Local Election Results 2002
South Lakeland
One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in the Ulverston wards, the Windermere wards or any of the rural wards except Sedbergh. One Independent councillor was elected unopposed. The election in Arnside and Beetham this year was a by-election.
Other results for South Lakeland:
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
By-elections for South Lakeland (may be incomplete): 10th March 2005 (Crake Valley; Ulverston C.)
— 4th November 2010 (Lyth Valley)
— 9th February 2012 (Windermere Town)
— 29th August 2013 (Windermere Bowness N.)
— 17th October 2013 (Levens)
— 2nd October 2014 (Windermere Town)
— 13th October 2016 (Windermere Bowness N.)
— 4th May 2017 (Ambleside & Grasmere)
— 20th December 2018 (Arnside & Milnthorpe)
— 6th May 2021 (Broughton & Coniston; Furness Peninsula; Grange; Kendal Rural)
Results for Cumbria county council: 2005
2009
2013
2017
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Liberal Democrat |
5690 |
44.4% |
9 |
| Conservative |
4199 |
32.7% |
2 |
| Labour |
2746 |
21.4% |
6 |
| Independent |
190 |
1.5% |
1 |
| Ian Stewart |
LD |
1038 |
54.1% |
| George Crossman |
C |
879 |
45.9% |
| Sonia Lawson |
LD |
344 |
51.7% |
| Lyndsay Slater |
C |
267 |
40.2% |
| Alan Whitton |
Lab |
54 |
8.1% |
| Simon Butterfield |
C |
278 |
43.9% |
| Carole Cliffe |
LD |
218 |
34.4% |
| Guy Johnson |
Lab |
137 |
21.6% |
| Robin Yates |
Lab |
233 |
47.6% |
| Geoffrey Cook |
LD |
195 |
39.9% |
| Helen Graham |
C |
61 |
12.5% |
| Robert Rothwell |
Lab |
276 |
39.8% |
| Russell Caton |
LD |
250 |
36.1% |
| Pamela Flitcroft |
C |
167 |
24.1% |
| Stephen Shine |
LD |
411 |
63.7% |
| Susan Hunt |
C |
154 |
23.9% |
| Margaret Alderson |
Lab |
80 |
12.4% |
| Paul Little |
LD |
269 |
43.5% |
| Rita Molloy |
Lab |
256 |
41.4% |
| Frank Brooks |
C |
94 |
15.2% |
| Avril Dobson |
Lab |
255 |
64.4% |
| Janet Brooks |
C |
77 |
19.4% |
| Gwyneth Raymond |
LD |
64 |
16.2% |
| Angela Barratt |
LD |
248 |
42.6% |
| Brian Dobson |
Lab |
184 |
31.6% |
| Jack Tomlinson |
C |
150 |
25.8% |
| Paul Braithwaite |
Lab |
298 |
44.4% |
| Christopher Mayho |
LD |
291 |
43.4% |
| Susannah Pearson |
C |
82 |
12.2% |
| Gwendoline Murfin |
LD |
363 |
57.5% |
| Olga Lewis |
C |
154 |
24.4% |
| Keith Fawcett |
Lab |
114 |
18.1% |
| Brendan Jameson |
LD |
395 |
73.3% |
| Elizabeth Graham |
C |
101 |
18.7% |
| Helen Speed |
Lab |
43 |
8.0% |
| Graham Vincent |
LD |
491 |
58.8% |
| Harold Barker |
C |
282 |
33.8% |
| Terence McIntee |
Lab |
62 |
7.4% |
| Jean Ewing |
Lab |
375 |
61.0% |
| Melvin Mackie |
C |
120 |
19.5% |
| Lynne Mayho |
LD |
120 |
19.5% |
| Charles Batteson |
Lab |
379 |
63.8% |
| James McKeefery |
LD |
121 |
20.4% |
| Geoffrey Robson |
C |
94 |
15.8% |
| Robert Barker |
LD |
580 |
46.8% |
| Brian Barton |
C |
468 |
37.8% |
| George Middleton |
Ind |
190 |
15.3% |
| Elizabeth Braithwaite |
Ind |
unop. |
|
| Paul Winn |
C |
771 |
72.5% |
| Sydney McLennan |
LD |
292 |
27.5% |
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