2019 Eden District Council election

2019 Eden District Council election
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All 38 seats to Eden District Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Results map by ward
Council control before election; ; Conservative	Council control after the election ; ; No overall control

The 2019 Eden District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Eden District Council in England. The council went from Conservative control to No overall control.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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2019 Eden District Council election^[2]
Party		Seats	+/-	Seat %
	Conservative	14	7	36.8
	Liberal Democrats	10	3	26.3
	Independent	10		26.3
	Labour	2	2	5.3
	Green	2	2	5.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lissie Sharp*	584	67.0	N/A
	Labour	Michael Hanley	575	65.9	N/A
	Independent	Andy Holt	239	27.4	N/A
	Conservative	Paul Lincoln	193	22.1	−21.9
Registered electors			1,663
Rejected ballots			3	0.3
Turnout			875	52.6
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Karen Greenwood*	232	85.6	+85.6
	Conservative	Ronald Kenyon	39	14.4	+14.4
Registered electors			1,005
Rejected ballots			2	0.7
Turnout			273	27.2
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Connell*	293	62.1	+62.1
	Conservative	Valerie Kendall	146	30.9	+30.9
	Labour	Tony Myler	33	7.0	+7.0
Registered electors			1,530
Rejected ballots			12	2.5
Turnout			484	31.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Harker	236	59.3	+15.5
	Conservative	Henry Fearon	162	40.7	−15.5
Registered electors			1,047
Rejected ballots			11	2.7
Turnout			409	39.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Simpkins	234	50.8	N/A
	Conservative	Maurice Hall	194	42.1	N/A
	Labour	Christopher Cheetham	33	7.2	N/A
Registered electors			1,096
Rejected ballots			8	1.7
Turnout			469	42.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Raine*	321	62.9	+62.9
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Kerrey	189	37.1	N/A
Registered electors			1,187
Rejected ballots			18	3.4
Turnout			528	44.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Derbyshire*	370	77.6	+21.5
	Conservative	Jason Shaw	107	22.4	N/A
Registered electors			1,185
Rejected ballots			7	1.4
Turnout			484	40.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Chambers*	228	47.4	+47.4
	Putting Cumbria First	Jonathan Davies	152	31.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Banks	101	21.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,263
Rejected ballots			8	1.6
Turnout			489	38.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Debra Wicks	Unopposed	N/A	±0.0
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Orchard*	Unopposed	N/A	−56.7
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elaine Martin*	443	51.0	−13.0
	Independent	David Ryland	372	42.8	N/A
	Conservative	Lesley Grisedale*	336	38.7	−9.6
	Green	Richard O'Brien	269	31.0	N/A
Registered electors			2,490
Rejected ballots			3	0.3
Turnout			872	35.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil Dew	494	60.8	+60.8
	Independent	Sandy Lancaster	368	45.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Donna Garner	173	21.3	N/A
	Labour	Ian Simkins	104	12.8	N/A
	Labour	Neil Cleeveley	96	11.8	N/A
Registered electors			2,043
Rejected ballots			3	0.4
Turnout			816	39.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Henry Sawrey-Cookson*	243	49.1	+49.1
	Liberal Democrats	Lorna Baker	167	33.7	N/A
	Conservative	Sean Quinn	85	17.2	N/A
Registered electors			1,182
Rejected ballots			9	1.8
Turnout			504	42.6
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mary Robinson*	325	72.7	+72.7
	Labour	John Potts	68	15.2	N/A
	Conservative	Olivia Bateman	54	12.1	N/A
Registered electors			1,160
Rejected ballots			10	2.2
Turnout			457	39.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Hartside (1 seat), 6 May 2021 ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Briggs	194	45.1	+45.1
	No Description	Susan Castle-Clarke	101	23.5	N/A
	Labour	Dave Knaggs	94	21.9	N/A
	Independent	Nikita Parks	41	9.5	N/A
Rejected ballots			1	0.2
Turnout			431	38.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Skelton (1 seat), 6 May 2021 ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Registered electors			1,218
Rejected ballots			4	0.7
	Conservative	Colin Atkinson	302	54.4	−5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Burgin	131	23.6	−16.2
	Green	Belinda Lloyd	81	14.6	N/A
	Labour	Hilary Snell	41	7.4	N/A
Turnout			559	45.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Douglas Banks*	347	69.3	+13.4
	Green	Richard Henry	102	20.4	N/A
	Conservative	Michael Beveridge	52	10.4	−16.6
Registered electors			1,228
Rejected ballots			2	0.4
Turnout			503	41.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Nicolson*	232	50.5	+50.5
	Green	Wade Tidbury	227	49.5	N/A
Registered electors			1,227
Rejected ballots			11	2.3
Turnout			470	38.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maurice Armstrong*	Unopposed	N/A	±0.0
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Tonkin*	248	59.3	+59.3
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Hughes	87	20.8	N/A
	Conservative	Isa Henderson	83	19.9	N/A
Registered electors			1,057
Rejected ballots			4	0.9
Turnout			422	39.9
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Todd	250	63.8	+63.8
	Liberal Democrats	Shelagh Medic	142	36.2	N/A
Registered electors			1,129
Rejected ballots			15	3.7
Turnout			407	36.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Douglas Lawson	439	76.9	N/A
	Conservative	Paula Breen*	132	23.1	−43.4
Registered electors			1,419
Rejected ballots			1	0.2
Turnout			572	40.3
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Denis Eyles*	375	63.0	+63.0
	Conservative	John Charles Lynch*	271	45.5	+45.5
	Labour	James Fallows	176	29.6	N/A
Registered electors			2,315
Rejected ballots			16	2.6
Turnout			611	26.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Deb Holden*	898	76.4	+27.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Rudhall*	736	62.6	+19.4
	Green	Ali Ross	679	57.8	N/A
	Conservative	Scott Jackson*	311	26.5	−10.2
	Conservative	David Whipp	236	20.1	−15.3
	Putting Cumbria First	Lucian Toma	223	19.0	N/A
Registered electors			3,327
Rejected ballots			8	0.7
Turnout			1,183	35.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Baker	164	62.4	+62.4
	Conservative	Gillian Barnes	65	24.7	N/A
	Labour	Hilary Snell	34	12.9	N/A
Registered electors			1,022
Rejected ballots			2	0.8
Turnout			265	25.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Connor	261	48.1	N/A
	Independent	Margaret Clark*	256	47.1	−2.6
	Conservative	Helen Fearon	210	38.7	−14.3
	Labour	Nicola Hawkins	94	17.3	N/A
Registered electors			2,048
Rejected ballots			3	0.5
Turnout			546	26.7
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Virginia Taylor*	283	51.1	+6.2
	Conservative	John Thompson*	159	28.7	−14.1
	Labour	Dave Knaggs	154	27.8	−9.5
	Labour	Neil Thompson	108	19.5	N/A
	UKIP	Mary Dixon	100	18.1	N/A
Registered electors			2,298
Rejected ballots			1	0.2
Turnout			555	24.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Meadowcroft*	127	50.8	+50.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kelvyn James	123	49.2	N/A
Registered electors			794
Rejected ballots			10	3.8
Turnout			260	32.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Owen*	273	51.1	+51.1
	Liberal Democrats	Neil McCall	167	31.3	N/A
	Putting Cumbria First	Kerryanne Wilde	94	17.6	N/A
Registered electors			1,089
Rejected ballots			10	1.8
Turnout			544	50.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Beaty*	275	60.2	+60.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Strevens	182	39.8	N/A
Registered electors			1,172
Rejected ballots			6	1.3
Turnout			463	39.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Darrell Smith	214	52.2	N/A
	Conservative	Alistair Hogg*	196	47.8	+47.8
Registered electors			1,058
Rejected ballots			13	3.1
Turnout			423	40.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Patterson*	226	61.2	+61.2
	Conservative	Graham Cox	72	19.5	N/A
	Green	Kimberley Lawson	71	19.2	N/A
Registered electors			1,075
Rejected ballots			6	1.6
Turnout			375	34.9
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helen Fearon	222	46.3	+7.6
	Independent	Lee Quinn	189	39.4	−8.7
	Labour	Dave Knaggs	46	9.6	−7.7
	Putting Cumbria First	Kerryanne Wilde	23	4.8	N/A
Rejected ballots			1	0.2
Turnout			481	23.6
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Registered electors			1,109
Rejected ballots			2	0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Neil McCall	184	48.5	+17.2
	Conservative	Sean Quinn	128	33.8	−17.3
	Putting Cumbria First	Kerryanne Wilde	67	17.7	+0.1
Turnout			379	34.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Registered electors			2,320
Rejected ballots			0	0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Burgin	173	43.5	−7.6
	Conservative	Dale Normington	87	21.9	−6.8
	Independent	Jeff Thomson	51	12.8	N/A
	Labour	Dave Knaggs	40	10.1	−17.7
	Putting Cumbria First	Jonathan Davies	28	7.0	N/A
	Green	Richard O'Brien	19	4.8	N/A
Turnout			398	17.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing