2016 South Lakeland District Council election
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![]() Map showing the results of the 2016 South Lakeland District Council elections by ward. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, Independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2016. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2016 South Lakeland District Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections.
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
Party | Previous council | New council | +/- | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 32 | 32 | ![]() | |
Conservatives | 15 | 16 | ![]() | |
Labour | 3 | 2 | ![]() | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | ![]() | |
Green | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |
Total | 51 | 51 | ||
Working majority | 13 | 13 |
Election results summary
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.1 | 44.5 | 7,108 | ||
Conservative | 7 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 41.2 | 36.3 | 5,787 | ||
Labour | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 11.8 | 10.8 | 1,725 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 903 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 434 |
Ward results
[edit]An asterisk * indicates an incumbent seeking re-election.
Arnside & Beetham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Pete McSweeney | 1,220 | 65.2 | −5.3 | |
Conservative | Peter Smillie | 399 | 21.3 | −8.2 | |
UKIP | Alan Nigel Piper | 93 | 5.0 | N/A | |
Green | Jill Abel | 82 | 4.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Lois Katherine Sparling | 77 | 4.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 821 | 43.9 | +2.9 | ||
Turnout | 54.5 | +3.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Burton & Holme
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Kenneth Bingham* | 919 | 65.8 | +6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Victor Higton | 308 | 22.0 | −18.2 | |
Labour | Nigel Edward Warner | 111 | 7.9 | N/A | |
Green | Andrew Robert Chapple | 59 | 4.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 611 | 43.8 | +24.2 | ||
Turnout | 47.2 | −7.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Coniston & Crake Valley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anne Hall* | 391 | 63.9 | +3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Val Sykes | 172 | 28.1 | −11.9 | |
Green | Mark Kidd | 49 | 8.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 219 | 35.8 | +15.8 | ||
Turnout | 47.9 | −5.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Crooklands
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sheila Eccles* | 611 | 64.2 | −2.3 | |
Conservative | David Matthews | 263 | 27.7 | −1.9 | |
Green | Meg Hill | 45 | 4.7 | +0.8 | |
UKIP | Malcolm James Hamilton Nightingale | 32 | 3.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 348 | 36.5 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 54.2 | +3.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Hawkshead
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David William Norman Fletcher* | 478 | 58.1 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Ann Elizabeth Myatt | 240 | 29.2 | −10.3 | |
UKIP | David Rimmer Walker | 55 | 6.7 | N/A | |
Green | Gwen Harrison | 50 | 6.1 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 238 | 28.9 | +15.0 | ||
Turnout | 57.9 | +5.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Levens
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Annie Rawlinson* | 715 | 65.2 | +9.4 | |
Conservative | Kevin Ronald Holmes | 323 | 29.4 | −10.8 | |
UKIP | Yana Doidge | 21 | 1.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Dave Cope | 19 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Green | Claire Wickham | 19 | 1.7 | −2.3 | |
Majority | 392 | 35.8 | +20.2 | ||
Turnout | 64.1 | −3.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Lyth Valley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Holmes* | 482 | 59.6 | −2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bex Cooper | 220 | 27.2 | −6.1 | |
UKIP | Stephen Willmott | 43 | 5.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Alison Faith Gilchrist | 34 | 4.2 | −0.7 | |
Green | Kate Barkes | 30 | 3.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 262 | 32.4 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 44.7 | −9.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Milnthorpe
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Rupert James Audland | 482 | 58.9 | −8.0 | |
Conservative | Steven Hurst | 253 | 30.9 | +3.1 | |
UKIP | Oksana Walker | 40 | 4.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Jo Magne | 33 | 4.0 | N/A | |
Green | Shona Kathleen Kidd | 11 | 1.3 | −4.0 | |
Majority | 229 | 28.0 | −11.1 | ||
Turnout | 49.8 | −2.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Sedbergh & Kirkby Lonsdale
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Nick Cotton* | 1,557 | 61.4 | +13.9 | |
Conservative | Alex Toubas | 779 | 30.7 | −14.0 | |
Labour | Nick Cross | 114 | 4.5 | +0.4 | |
Green | Daphne Mary Jackson | 84 | 3.3 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 778 | 30.7 | +27.9 | ||
Turnout | 53.5 | +2.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Staveley-in-Cartmel
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sue Sanderson* | 512 | 62.7 | +5.9 | |
Conservative | Ted Walsh | 220 | 27.0 | −16.2 | |
UKIP | Brian Donald Thornton | 57 | 7.0 | N/A | |
Green | Ben John Barker | 27 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 292 | 35.7 | +22.1 | ||
Turnout | 52.7 | +3.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Staveley-in-Westmorland
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stan Collins* | 486 | 58.9 | −13.2 | |
Conservative | Harry Taylor | 125 | 15.2 | −3.8 | |
Green | Fran Richardson | 112 | 13.6 | +4.7 | |
Labour | Peter Train | 68 | 8.2 | N/A | |
UKIP | Albina Thornton | 34 | 4.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 361 | 43.7 | −9.4 | ||
Turnout | 47.2 | ±0.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Ulverston Central
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norman Bishop-Rowe | 204 | 42.5 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Bharath Sundara Rajan* | 187 | 39.0 | −3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Hudson | 64 | 13.3 | +4.3 | |
Green | Christopher Loynes | 25 | 5.2 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 17 | 3.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 33.3 | +0.2 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Ulverston East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Wilson* | 259 | 51.9 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Peter Hornby | 143 | 28.7 | +1.8 | |
Green | Judith Ann Filmore | 53 | 10.6 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Maureen Frances Nicholson | 44 | 8.8 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 116 | 23.2 | −1.7 | ||
Turnout | 31.6 | +6.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ulverston North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Helen Irving* | 252 | 35.7 | −3.7 | |
Labour | Judith Ann Pickthall | 249 | 35.3 | +0.4 | |
Green | Simon James Filmore | 110 | 15.6 | −0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ray Beecham | 95 | 13.5 | +3.8 | |
Majority | 3 | 0.4 | −4.1 | ||
Turnout | 46.1 | −0.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Ulverston South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Amanda Rigg* | 268 | 47.9 | +0.2 | |
Labour | Joan Margaret Casson | 144 | 25.7 | −16.2 | |
UKIP | Peter Richards | 59 | 10.5 | N/A | |
Green | Bob Gerry | 45 | 8.0 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Loraine Birchall | 44 | 7.9 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 124 | 22.2 | +16.4 | ||
Turnout | 38.1 | +4.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Ulverston Town
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Victor Clough* | 272 | 52.4 | −1.7 | |
Conservative | Reuben Allonby | 137 | 26.4 | −3.5 | |
Green | Bill Shaw | 68 | 13.1 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dave Khan | 42 | 8.1 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 135 | 26.0 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 35.4 | +1.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ulverston West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Janette Ethel Jenkinson* | 389 | 60.9 | −2.3 | |
Labour | Bob Brown | 158 | 24.7 | +0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Ellis Brown | 58 | 9.1 | +4.8 | |
Green | Robert O'Hara | 34 | 5.3 | −2.8 | |
Majority | 231 | 36.2 | −2.6 | ||
Turnout | 43.6 | +3.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
By-Elections
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | +15.2 | ||
Turnout | 740 | 45.8 | −28.0 | ||
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 | 14.2 | −27.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,372 | 46.76 | +1.17 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ Elise Uberoi; Chris Watson; Richard Keen (19 May 2016). "Local elections 2016". House of Commons Library. p. 23.
- ^ "Elections 2016". South Lakeland District Council. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ "District Elections 2016 - Results". www.southlakeland.gov.uk. South Lakeland Council. Retrieved 4 June 2018.