Local Election Results 2016
South Lakeland
One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Ambleside and Grasmere, Broughton, Burneside, Cartmel and Grange West, Grange North, Grange South, Holker, the Kendal wards, Low Furness, Mid Furness, Whinfell or the Windermere wards.
Other results for South Lakeland:
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
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 |
7108 |
44.5% |
8 |
| Conservative |
5787 |
36.3% |
7 |
| Labour |
1725 |
10.8% |
2 |
| Green Party |
903 |
5.7% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
434 |
2.7% |
0 |
| Pete McSweeney |
LD |
1220 |
65.2% |
| Peter Smillie |
C |
399 |
21.3% |
| Alan Piper |
UKIP |
93 |
5.0% |
| Jill Abel |
Grn |
82 |
4.4% |
| Lois Sparling |
Lab |
77 |
4.1% |
| Roger Bingham |
C |
919 |
65.8% |
| Gordon Higton |
LD |
308 |
22.0% |
| Nigel Warner |
Lab |
111 |
7.9% |
| Andrew Chapple |
Grn |
59 |
4.2% |
| Anne Hall |
C |
391 |
63.9% |
| Val Sykes |
LD |
172 |
28.1% |
| Mark Kidd |
Grn |
49 |
8.0% |
| Sheila Eccles |
LD |
611 |
64.2% |
| David Matthews |
C |
263 |
27.7% |
| Meg Hill |
Grn |
45 |
4.7% |
| Malcolm Nightingale |
UKIP |
32 |
3.4% |
| David Fletcher |
LD |
478 |
58.1% |
| Ann Myatt |
C |
240 |
29.2% |
| David Walker |
UKIP |
55 |
6.7% |
| Gwen Harrison |
Grn |
50 |
6.1% |
| Annie Rawlinson |
LD |
715 |
65.2% |
| Kevin Holmes |
C |
323 |
29.4% |
| Yana Doidge |
UKIP |
21 |
1.9% |
| Dave Cope |
Lab |
19 |
1.7% |
| Claire Wickham |
Grn |
19 |
1.7% |
| John Holmes |
C |
482 |
59.6% |
| Bex Cooper |
LD |
220 |
27.2% |
| Stephen Willmott |
UKIP |
43 |
5.3% |
| Alison Gilchrist |
Lab |
34 |
4.2% |
| Kate Barkes |
Grn |
30 |
3.7% |
| Rupert Audland |
LD |
482 |
58.9% |
| Steven Hurst |
C |
253 |
30.9% |
| Oksana Walker |
UKIP |
40 |
4.9% |
| Jo Magne |
Lab |
33 |
4.0% |
| Shona Kidd |
Grn |
11 |
1.3% |
| Nick Cotton |
LD |
1557 |
61.4% |
| Alex Toubas |
C |
779 |
30.7% |
| Nick Cross |
Lab |
114 |
4.5% |
| Daphne Jackson |
Grn |
84 |
3.3% |
| Sue Sanderson |
LD |
512 |
62.7% |
| Ted Walsh |
C |
220 |
27.0% |
| Brian Thornton |
UKIP |
57 |
7.0% |
| Ben Barker |
Grn |
27 |
3.3% |
| Stan Collins |
LD |
486 |
58.9% |
| Henry Taylor |
C |
125 |
15.2% |
| Fran Richardson |
Grn |
112 |
13.6% |
| Peter Train |
Lab |
68 |
8.2% |
| Albina Thornton |
UKIP |
34 |
4.1% |
| Norman Bishop-Rowe |
C |
204 |
42.5% |
| Bharath Rajan |
Lab |
187 |
39.0% |
| Andrew Hudson |
LD |
64 |
13.3% |
| Christopher Loynes |
Grn |
25 |
5.2% |
| Mark Wilson |
Lab |
259 |
51.9% |
| Peter Hornby |
C |
143 |
28.7% |
| Judith Filmore |
Grn |
53 |
10.6% |
| Maureen Nicolson |
LD |
44 |
8.8% |
| Helen Irving |
C |
252 |
35.7% |
| Judith Pickthall |
Lab |
249 |
35.3% |
| Simon Filmore |
Grn |
110 |
15.6% |
| Ray Beecham |
LD |
95 |
13.5% |
| Amanda Rigg |
C |
268 |
47.9% |
| Joan Casson |
Lab |
144 |
25.7% |
| Peter Richards |
UKIP |
59 |
10.5% |
| Bob Gerry |
Grn |
45 |
8.0% |
| Loraine Birchall |
LD |
44 |
7.9% |
| John Clough |
Lab |
272 |
52.4% |
| Reuben Allonby |
C |
137 |
26.4% |
| Bill Shaw |
Grn |
68 |
13.1% |
| Dave Khan |
LD |
42 |
8.1% |
| Janette Jenkinson |
C |
389 |
60.9% |
| Bob Brown |
Lab |
158 |
24.7% |
| Gordon Brown |
LD |
58 |
9.1% |
| Robert O'Hara |
Grn |
34 |
5.3% |
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