South_Lakeland_District_Council_elections

South Lakeland District Council elections

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One third of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England was elected each year, followed by one year without election.

The council was established in 1974 and abolished in 2023.

Since the last boundary changes in 2008, 51 councillors had been elected from 45 wards.^[1]

By-election results

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Councillor		From	To
Colin Hodgson	Conservative	12 Sep 2001	16 May 2006
Brendan Jameson	Liberal Democrats	16 May 2006	19 Mar 2012
Peter Thornton	Liberal Democrats	16 May 2012	18 May 2016
Giles Archibald	Liberal Democrats	18 May 2016	19 May 2021
Jonathan Brook	Liberal Democrats	19 May 2021	31 Mar 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Manning	538	71.2	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Woddy	218	28.8	N/A
Majority			320	42.4
Turnout			756	50.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Tyson	508	51.7	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Metcalfe	475	48.3	-5.3
Majority			33	3.4
Turnout			983
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Betty Spendlove	423	57.0	-8.9
	Conservative	Walter Phillipson	277	37.3	+3.2
	Labour	Susan Page	42	5.7	+5.7
Majority			146	19.7
Turnout			742	50.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Wilkinson	202	62.9	-3.4
	Labour	Bharath Rajan	94	29.3	-4.4
	Green	William Shaw	25	7.8	+7.8
Majority			108	33.6
Turnout			321	23.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Holmes	474	49.5	-5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Hall	451	47.1	+4.4
	Labour	Marilyn Molloy	32	3.3	+1.0
Majority			23	2.4
Turnout			957	48.73
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Stephenson	418	72.9	+3.0
	Conservative	Sandra Lilley	85	14.8	-0.4
	Labour	Penny Henderson	50	8.7	-6.1
	UKIP	Robert Gibson	20	3.5	N/A
Majority			333	58.1
Turnout			573	33.63
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Jones	431	60.9	-4.1
	Conservative	Ian Keeling	248	35.0	+5.1
	Labour	Rae Cross	29	4.1	-0.9
Majority			183	25.9
Turnout			708	42.75
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Annie Rawlinson	569	57.0	+1.2
	Conservative	Brian Rendell	430	43.0	+2.8
Majority			139	14.0
Turnout			999	58.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dyan Jones	416	64.0	-5.9
	Conservative	Sandra Lilley	184	28.3	+13.1
	Green	Gwen Harrison	50	7.7	N/A
Majority			333	58.1
Turnout			650	39.42
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Jarvis	441	60.1	+11.1
	Conservative	Martin Hall	256	34.9	-4.1
	Green	Kate Threadgold	37	5.0	-1.0
Majority			185	25.2
Turnout			740	45.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vicky Hughes	695	50.9	-13.4
	Conservative	Tim Brown	502	36.7	+14.0
	Labour	Alison Gilchrist	87	6.4	-0.1
	Green	Chris Rowley	82	6.0	-0.4
Majority			193	41.6
Turnout			1,372	46.76
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Chaffey	1,319	59.4	+3.9
	Conservative	Rachel Ashburner	709	31.9	-1.7
	Green	Jill Abel	125	5.6	-7.4
	Labour	Kate Love	68	3.1	-2.0
Majority			610	27.5
Turnout			2,221	44.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Furness Peninsula, 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ben Cooper	939	45.7	+9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Loraine Birchall	790	38.4	-7.1
	Labour	Sharon Webster	216	10.5	+0.2
	Green	Peter Howlett	111	5.4	-2.5
Majority			149
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grange, 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pete Endsor	1,427	60.2	+2.5
	Conservative	Aron Taylor	627	26.4	-1.7
	Green	Robin Le Mare	163	6.9	-1.6
	Labour	Ben Barker	155	6.5	+0.8
Majority			800
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Kendal Rural, 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ali Jama	1,206	52.1	+1.6
	Conservative	Luke Gudgeon	794	34.3	+2.3
	Green	Frances Richardson	239	10.3	-3.3
	Labour	Hanna Burke	74	3.2	-0.7
Majority			412
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Grange, 12 August 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Hanlon	1,336	66.2	+8.5
	Conservative	Steve Chambers	541	26.8	-1.3
	Green	Robin Le Mare	85	4.2	-4.3
	Labour	Patricia Wright	56	2.8	-2.9
Majority			800	33.8	+4.2
Turnout			2,022	42.9	-8.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Troughton	1,317	51.9	+11.4
	Conservative	Matt Brereton	977	38.5	+0.3
	Green	Lynette Gilligan	136	5.4	-2.4
	Labour	Paul Martin	108	4.3	-1.0
Majority			340
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Cornthwaite	622	46.9	+12.2
	Green	Liz Hendry	527	39.8	+9.9
	Conservative	Aron Taylor	122	9.2	-14.6
	Labour	Virginia Branney	54	4.1	-11.1
Majority			95
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing