2019 South Lakeland District Council election

2019 South Lakeland District Council election^[1]
← 2018 2 May 2019 2022 →
16 of the 51 seats to South Lakeland District Council; 26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	45.06%
	Map showing the results of the 2019 South Lakeland District Council elections by ward. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, Labour in red. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2019.
Council control before election; Liberal Democrats;	Council control after election ; Liberal Democrats;

The 2019 South Lakeland District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election.^[2]

Quick facts 16 of the 51 seats to South Lakeland District Council 26 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...

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Party		Previous council	New council	+/-
	Liberal Democrats	29	32	3
	Conservatives	19	15	4
	Labour	3	3
	Green	0	1	1
Total		51	51
Working majority		7	13

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	32	3	0	+3	62.75	45.16	15,140	+4.16
	Conservative	15	0	4	-4	29.41	33.20	11,130	-7.72
	Labour	3	0	0	0	5.88	7.85	2,631	-2.27
	Green	1	1	0	+1	1.96	12.71	4,262	+5.02
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.56	187	+0.29
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.53	177	New
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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Lamb	735	53.5	+0.7
	Conservative	Tim Brown	398	29.0	+2.0
	Green	Christina Birch	176	12.8	+2.8
	Labour	Joshua Gilroy	64	4.7	−2.6
Majority			337	24.5	−1.3
Turnout				42.6	−0.1
Rejected ballots			14
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pete McSweeney*	1,339	58.3	+5.4
	Conservative	Rachel Ashburner	616	26.8	−6.8
	Green	Jill Abel	269	11.7	−1.3
	Labour	Alison Gilchrist	73	3.2	−1.9
Majority			723	31.5	+12.7
Turnout				46.6	−6.0
Rejected ballots			19
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Rendell	1,084	50.0	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Bavin	823	37.9	+8.9
	Green	Helen Bentley	208	9.6	−3.8
	Labour	Kate Tordorff	54	2.5	−4.4
Majority			261	12.1	−10.7
Turnout				46.3	−1.0
Rejected ballots			21
	Conservative hold		Swing

2019 South Lakeland District Council election

Results

Ward results

Ambleside & Grasmere

Arnside & Milnthorpe

Bowness & Levens

Broughton & Coniston

Burton & Crooklands

Furness Peninsula

Grange

Kendal East

Kendal Rural

Kendal South & Natland

Kendal Town

Kendal West

Sedbergh & Kirkby Lonsdale

Ulverston East

Ulverston West

Windermere

Changes 2019–2023

Elections delayed from 2020

Broughton & Coniston

Furness Peninsula

Grange

Kendal Rural

By-elections

Grange

Kendal North

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Wharton	878	40.5	+5.1
	Conservative	Matt Brereton*	830	38.2	−1.0
	UKIP	Alan Piper	177	8.2	N/A
	Green	Lynette Gilligan	170	7.8	−1.6
	Labour	Paul Martin	115	5.3	−1.4
Majority			48	2.3	N/A
Turnout				44.0	−4.8
Rejected ballots			10
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Harvey*	1,012	47.7	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Herbert	839	39.5	+4.7
	Green	Simon Blunden	200	9.4	+4.2
	Labour	Jim Ring	71	3.3	−3.4
Majority			273	8.2	−0.3
Turnout				45.5	−8.3
Rejected ballots			24
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Willis	801	45.5	+5.8
	Conservative	Andrew Butcher*	641	36.4	−6.6
	Labour	Eirik Hunt	181	10.3	+0.4
	Green	Peter Howlett	139	7.9	−0.5
Majority			160	9.1	N/A
Turnout				39.3	−4.5
Rejected ballots			30
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Khan*	1,366	57.7	+12.9
	Conservative	Daniel Asplin	665	28.1	−10.9
	Green	Robin Le Mare	202	8.5	−2.4
	Labour	Paul Casson	134	5.7	−1.9
Majority			701	29.6	+27.1
Turnout				51.6	−2.5
Rejected ballots			33
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Ladhams*	1,148	53.6	+14.3
	Conservative	James Alexander	619	28.9	−6.9
	Green	Paul Woods	209	9.8	+3.0
	Labour	Helen Stafford	167	7.8	−2.3
Majority			529	24.7	+21.2
Turnout				42.7	−1.3
Rejected ballots			21
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Hodgson*	1,173	50.5	+13.2
	Conservative	Mike Nicholson	744	32.0	−2.9
	Green	Fran Richardson	316	13.6	−0.3
	Labour	Hanna Burke	90	3.9	−3.3
Majority			429	18.5	+16.1
Turnout				48.8	−0.7
Rejected ballots			28
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Doug Rathbone*	1,333	56.3	+14.8
	Conservative	John Waddington	772	32.6	−6.0
	Green	Elsa Fuster	166	7.0	+2.1
	Labour	Lois Sparling	96	4.1	−3.0
Majority			561	23.7	+20.8
Turnout				48.6	−1.0
Rejected ballots			14
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Dixon*	905	40.9	−3.5
	Green	Ian Rodham	787	35.6	+25.6
	Conservative	Aron Taylor	299	13.5	−5.2
	Labour	Paul Braithwaite	222	10.0	−9.0
Majority			118	5.3	−19.9
Turnout				45.3	−0.4
Rejected ballots			13
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susanne Long	1,021	51.3	+11.9
	Conservative	Hannah Lane	383	19.2	−12.2
	Green	Claire Wickham	207	7.0	−2.6
	Labour	Trevor Batchelor	192	9.6	−5.7
	Independent	Graham Vincent*	187	9.4	−30.0
Majority			638	32.1	+24.1
Turnout				39.0	−2.0
Rejected ballots			12
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Suzie Pye	1,332	51.0	+8.1
	Conservative	Sheila Capstick*	1,072	41.1	−1.9
	Green	Daphne Jackson	131	5.0	−0.1
	Labour	Nick Cross	76	2.9	−3.1
Majority			260	9.9	N/A
Turnout				55.1	+4.7
Rejected ballots			28
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Ulverston West 2019^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Judy Filmore	756	37.0	+12.8
	Conservative	Amanda Rigg*	748	36.6	−9.6
	Labour	Sharon Webster	374	18.3	−12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Beecham	164	8.0	−4.0
Majority			8	0.4	N/A
Turnout				45.5	+0.9
Rejected ballots			19
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Windermere 2019^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dyan Jones*	1,095	50.2	+7.2
	Conservative	Jane Hoyle	848	38.8	−1.7
	Green	Kate Threadgold	126	5.8	−1.7
	Labour	Penny Henderson	114	5.2	−4.4
Majority			247	11.4	+8.9
Turnout				47.6	−3.1
Rejected ballots			31
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Furness Peninsula, 6 May 2021^[5]
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	7.3	N/A
Turnout				44.9	+5.6
Rejected ballots			7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kendal North, 23 September 2021^[7]
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	7.1	+2.3
Turnout				39.5	−7.9
Registered electors			3,374
Rejected ballots			6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shirley-Anne Wilson	608	43.6	−2.7
	Conservative	Maf Servante Haddow	399	28.6	−7.4
	Green	Chris Loynes	200	14.3	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Hudson	188	13.5	−0.4
Majority			209	15.0	+4.7
Turnout				31.4	−2.9
Rejected ballots			27
	Labour 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	13.4	+11.1
Turnout				50.6	+6.6
Rejected ballots			5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

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	33.8	+4.2
Turnout				50.3	−1.3
Rejected ballots			10
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

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	17.8	−0.7
Turnout				47.3	−1.5
Rejected ballots			13
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

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			795	39.4
Turnout			2,022	42.9	−8.7
Rejected ballots			4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing