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Allerdale Borough Council elections

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The election of councillors to Allerdale Borough Council in Cumbria, England took place every four years. The council was established in 1974 and it was abolished in 2023. The last elections were in 2019.

At the 1999 boundary review, there were 56 councillors in 31 wards. This changed in 2019 following another boundary review. The number of councillors was reduced to 49 and the number of wards reduced to 23.^[1]^[2]

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Party in control		Years
	No overall control	1973–1991
	Labour	1991–2003
	No overall control	2003–2023

Councillor		From	To
Mark Fryer	Labour		4 May 2003
Jim Musgrave	Labour	21 May 2003	6 May 2007
Joe Milburn^[5]	Conservative	24 May 2007	20 May 2009
Tim Heslop^[6]	Conservative	20 May 2009	18 May 2011
Alan Smith^[7]	Labour	5 Nov 2015	22 May 2019
Marion Fitzgerald^[8]	Independent	22 May 2019	21 Feb 2020
Mike Johnson †	Conservative	3 Mar 2021	31 Mar 2023

Party		Votes	%
	Labour	207	42.0
	Liberal Democrats	148	30.0
	Independent	138	28.0
Majority		59	12.0
Turnout		493	31.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%
	Labour	537	89.6
	Liberal Democrats	62	10.4
Majority		475	79.2
Turnout		599	30.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%
	Labour	489	88.6
	Conservative	63	11.4
Majority		426	77.2
Turnout		552	42.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Allerdale_local_elections

Allerdale Borough Council elections

Political control

Leadership

Council elections

Election results

Borough result maps

By-election results

1995-1999

1999-2003

2003-2007

2007-2011

2011-2015

2015-2019

2019-2023

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	Overall control		Conservative		Labour		Lib Dems		UKIP		Independent
2019	NOC	15		14		-		-		20
2015	NOC	17		28		-		3		8
2011	NOC	12		28		-		-		16
2007	NOC	19		21		4		-		12
2003	NOC	15		27		5		-		9
1999	Labour	8		33		7		-		5

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	525	59.7	-9.4
	Liberal Democrats	355	40.3	+9.4
Majority		170	19.4
Turnout		880	29.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	436	53.4	-10.6
	Conservative	381	46.6	+10.6
Majority		55	6.8
Turnout		817	23.5
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	259	51.1	-3.0
	Conservative	248	48.9	+3.0
Majority		11	2.2
Turnout		507	22.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	648	45.7
	Conservative	388	27.4
	Labour	331	23.3
	Independent	51	3.6
Majority		260	28.3
Turnout		1,418	34.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	658	74.2	+2.9
	Conservative	229	25.8	+25.8
Majority		429	48.4
Turnout		887
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joan Minto	906
	Labour	Peter Bales	888
	Labour	Philip Tibble	770
	Liberal Democrats	John Morley	289
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Hayton	255
	Liberal Democrats	Bertha Wright	225
	Conservative	Simon Collins	220
Turnout			3,553	24
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Short	119	67.6	+67.6
	Independent	Gordon Hanning	57	32.4	-44.9
Majority			62	35.2
Turnout			176	12.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Buchanan	274	57.3
	Independent	Dorothy Tinnion	87	18.2
	Independent	Janice Nott	69	14.4
	Labour	Mark Kidd	48	10.0
Majority			187	39.1
Turnout			478	36.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stuart Moffat	308	69.7
	Liberal Democrats	Davis Black	96	21.7
	Labour	Christine Smith	38	8.6
Majority			212	48.0
Turnout			442	31.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

All Saints By-Election 5 June 2008^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Tyson	587	45.0	-1.8
	Labour	Christine Smith	536	41.1	-12.2
	BNP	Paul Stafford	99	7.6	+7.6
	Green	Helen Graham	58	4.4	+4.4
	Independent	Eddie Woodthorpe	25	1.9	+1.9
Majority			51	3.9
Turnout			1,305	36
	Conservative hold		Swing

Workington St John's By-Election 30 October 2008^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Humes	452	35.6	-14.7
	Conservative	Simon Collins	394	31.0	-18.7
	BNP	Clive Jefferson	257	20.2	+20.2
	Independent	John Bracken	113	8.9	+8.9
	Green	Alistair Grey	55	4.3	+4.3
Majority			58	4.6
Turnout			1,271	30.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Christchurch By-Election 19 August 2010^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Swindells	466	66.1	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Peck	131	18.6	+18.6
	Green	Bob Edwards	108	15.3	+15.3
Majority			335	47.5
Turnout			705	24.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Derwent Valley By-Election 2 May 2013^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hilary Hope	225	49.3	-25.1
	UKIP	Mark Jenkinson	92	20.2	+20.2
	Green	Geoff Smith	82	18.0	+18.0
	Labour	Andrew Lawson	57	12.5	-13.1
Majority			133	29.2
Turnout			456
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacqueline Mounsey	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hunter	220	82.4	+82.4
	Independent	Charles Miles	47	17.6	-42.3
Majority			173	64.8
Turnout			267	18.8
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Vaughan Hodgson	213	61.9
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Barker	131	38.1
Majority			82	23.8
Turnout			344	26.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Chris Garrard	220	72.6
	Labour	Bill Bacon	83	27.4
Majority			137	45.2
Turnout			303	22.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Pugmire	757	59.7
	Labour	Tony Lywood	448	35.3
	Green	Flic Crowley	63	5.0
Majority			309	24.4
Turnout			1,268	31.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Macdonald	195	41.1	-34.1
	UKIP	Robert Hardon	102	21.5	+21.5
	Independent	Marion Fitzgerald	98	20.7	+20.7
	Green	Jill Perry	40	8.4	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Miles	39	8.2	+8.2
Majority			93	19.6
Turnout			474
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Marion Fitzgerald	175	35.7	+35.7
	Conservative	Colin Smithson	157	32.0	-1.8
	Independent	Mary Mumberson	103	21.0	+21.0
	Green	Dianne Standen	55	11.2	+11.2
Majority			18	3.7
Turnout			490
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Lawson	464	40.0	+3.6
	UKIP	Mark Jenkinson	426	36.7	+36.7
	Conservative	Mike Davidson	133	11.5	+11.5
	Green	Alistair Grey	108	9.3	-4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Snowden	30	2.6	+2.6
Majority			38	3.3
Turnout			1,161
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Marion Fitzgerald	133	31.7	+31.7
	Labour	Ross Hayman	118	28.2	+28.2
	Conservative	Mike Johnson	93	22.2	-26.0
	UKIP	Eric Atkinson	53	12.6	-1.9
	Green	Flic Crowley	22	5.3	-10.6
Majority			15	3.6
Turnout			419
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Johnston	411	64.9	N/A
	UKIP	Bob Hardon	189	29.9	N/A
	Conservative	Louise Donnelly	33	5.2	N/A
Majority			222	35.1
Turnout			633
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Ellis	324	40.7	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Debbie Taylor	234	29.4	+20.0
	Conservative	Simon Nicholson	206	25.9	-19.3
	UKIP	Eric Atkinson	32	4.0	+4.0
Majority			90	11.3
Turnout			800
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kevin Thurlow	531	50.4	+50.4
	Conservative	Lucy Winter	344	32.6	-8.2
	Labour	Billy Miskelly	158	15.0	-9.3
	Workers Party	Glenn Doncaster	21	2.0	+2.0
Majority			187	17.7
Turnout			1,054
	Independent gain from Putting Cumbria First		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Kennon	623	48.6	+1.8
	Labour	Helen Tucker	378	29.5	-23.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Barnes	248	19.3	+19.3
	Independent	Russ Cockburn	21	1.6	+1.6
	For Britain	Eric Atkinson	12	0.9	+0.9
Majority			245	19.1
Turnout			1,282
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick Gorrill	343	39.4	+3.8
	Labour	Martin Harris	285	32.7	-12.4
	Independent	Scott Blagg	193	22.2	+22.2
	Green	Dianne Standen	38	4.4	-14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Margrit Scott	12	1.4	+1.4
Majority			58	6.7
Turnout			871
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Antony McGuckin	513	38.3	+10.0
	Conservative	Debbie Garton	451	33.7	+22.7
	Independent	Andrew Eccles	250	18.7	+18.7
	Independent	George Campbell	55	4.1	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Bennett	41	3.1	-4.9
	Green	Alison Parker	30	2.2	-2.8
Majority			62	4.6
Turnout			1,340
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Sharpe	629	41.5	+15.8
	Independent	Aileen Brown	415	27.4	+27.4
	Labour	Beth Dixon	395	26.1	+2.0
	Green	Alistair Grey	48	2.2	-5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Murray	27	1.8	+1.8
Majority			214	14.1
Turnout			1,514
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Pegram	273	52.9	+10.2
	Independent	Eric Galletly	149	28.9	+28.9
	Conservative	Steve Newton	94	18.2	+11.4
Majority			124	24.0
Turnout			516
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jimmy Grisdale	354	54.6	+25.1
	Conservative	Jacqueline Kirkbride	294	45.4	+28.3
Majority			60	9.3
Turnout			648
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Cannon	454	49.8	+11.3
	Independent	Ralph Hunter	278	30.5	+30.5
	Conservative	John Connell	179	19.6	+10.1
Majority			176	19.3
Turnout			911
	Labour hold		Swing