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2013 Cumbria County Council election

2013 UK local government election

Field	Value
election_name	2013 Cumbria County Council election
country	Cumbria
type	Parliamentary
ongoing	no
party_colour	yes
previous_election	2009 Cumbria County Council election
previous_year	2009
next_election	2017 Cumbria County Council election
next_year	2017
seats_for_election	All 84 seats to Cumbria County Council
majority_seats	43
election_date	2 May 2013
party1	Labour Party (UK)
seats1	35
seat_change1	11
party2	Conservative Party (UK)
seats2	26
seat_change2	12
party3	Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats3	16
seat_change3
map_image	Cumbria UK local election 2013 map.svg
map_size	400px
map_caption	Map showing the results of the 2013 Cumbria County Council elections.
title	Council control
posttitle	Council control after election
before_election	No Overall Control
after_election	No Overall Control

An election to Cumbria County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections. All 84 councillors were elected from electoral divisions which returned one county councillor each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. Following an electoral review carried out by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, newly drawn electoral divisions were used without change in the number of county councillors.

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections, although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election. Prior to the election the Conservatives were in a joint administration with Labour, the Liberal Democrats being in opposition.

Summary

The election saw the council remain in no overall control. However Labour councillors overtook Conservatives to become the largest party on the county council.

The Liberal Democrat and Conservative parties had enough seats to form a coalition, with the support of some of the Independents, but following the election of a new Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group, a coalition was formed between them and Labour, with the Conservatives going into opposition .

Results

{{Switcher	Party	Councillors	Votes	Net	Net
[[File:2013 Cumbria County Council Election Results Map.png	border	780px]]	Results Map
Conservative Party (UK)}};"		Conservative Party	26	-12	39,581	31.6%
Labour Party (UK)}};"		Labour Party	35	+11	34,876	27.9%
Liberal Democrats (UK)}};"		Liberal Democrats	16	0	23,282	18.6%
UK Independence Party}};"		UK Independence Party	0	0	14,591	11.7%
Independent (politician)}};"		Independent	7	+2	7,013	5.6%
Green Party of England and Wales}};"		Green	0	0	2,798	2.2%
British National Party}};"		British National Party	0	0	1,737	1.4%
Socialist People's Party (Furness)}};"		Socialist People's Party	0	0	256	0.2%
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition}};"		Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	0	0	226	0.2%

Members elected

The election returned members as follows:

Electoral division	Member(s) elected	Party	District (note: administered as a whole)
Aspatria	Jim Lister	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Bothel and Wharrels	Joseph (Alan) Bowness	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Cockermouth North	Eric Nicholson		[Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Cockermouth South	Allan Kennon		[Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Dearham and Broughton	Alan Clark	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Harrington	Marjorie Rae	W. Cumbria Independent Group	Independent}}"
Keswick	Andrew Lisser	Non-aligned	Independent}}"
Maryport North	Carni McCarron-Holmes	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Maryport South	Keith Little	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Moss Bay and Moor Close	Gerald Humes	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}”
Seaton	Trevor Matthew Fee	Non-aligned	Independent}}”
St. John's and Great Clifton	Joe Holliday	W. Cumbria Independent Group	Independent}}"
St. Michael's	Alan Barry	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Solway Coast	Tony Markley		[Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Thursby	Duncan Fairbairn		[Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Wigton	Roger Liddle	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Dalton North	Barry Doughty	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Dalton South	Ernie Wilson	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Hawcoat	David Roberts		[Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Hindpool	Anne Burns	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Newbarns and Parkside	Jane Murphy	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Old Barrow	John Murphy	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Ormsgill	William McEwan	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Risedale	Kevin Hamilton	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Roosecote	Helen Wall	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Walney North	Melvyn Worth	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Walney South	Mandy Telford	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Belah	Alan Toole	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Belle Vue	Ian Stockdale	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Botcherby	Robert Betton	Non-aligned	Independent}}”
Brampton	Lawrence Fisher	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Castle	William Whalen	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Corby and Hayton	William Graham	Non-aligned	Independent}}”
Currock	Reg Watson OBE	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Dalston and Burgh	Trevor Allison	Liberal Democrat	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"
Denton Holme	Hugh McDevitt	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Harraby North	Cyril Weber	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Harraby South	Deborah Earl	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Houghton and Irthington	John Mallinson	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Longtown	Val Tarbitt	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Morton	John Bell	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Stanwix Urban	Elizabeth Mallinson	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Upperby	Stewart Young	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Wetheral	Nick Marriner	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Bransty	Eileen Weir	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Cleator Moor East and Frizington	Tim Knowles	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Cleator Moor West	Frank Morgan	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Egremont	David Southward MBE	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Egremont North and St Bees	Henry Wormstrup	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Gosforth	Norman Clarkson	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Hillcrest and Hensingham	Christine Wharrier	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Howgate	Susan Hayman	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Kells and Sandwith	Wendy Skillcorn	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Millom	Brian Crawford		Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Millom Without	Keith Haigh Hitchen	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Mirehouse	Michael Hawkins	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Alston and East Fellside	Mary Robinson	W. Cumbria Independent Group	Independent}}"
Appleby	Martin Stephenson	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Eden Lakes	Neil Hughes	Liberal Democrat	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"
Greystoke and Hesket	Bert Richardson	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Kirkby Stephen	Olivia (Libby) Bateman	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Penrith East	Patricia Bell	Liberal Democrat	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"
Penrith North	Hilary Carrick	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Penrith Rural	Gary Strong	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Penrith West	Helen Fearon	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Cartmel	Rod Wilson	Liberal Democrat	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"
Grange	William Wearing	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
High Furness	David Fletcher	Liberal Democrat	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"
Kendal Castle	Clare Feeney-Johnson	Liberal Democrat	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"
Kendal Highgate	Geoffrey Cook	Liberal Democrat	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"
Kendal Nether	Shirley Evans	Liberal Democrat	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"
Kendal South	Brenda Gray	Liberal Democrat	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"
Kendal Strickland Fell	John McCreesh	Liberal Democrat	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"
Kent Estuary	Ian Stewart	Liberal Democrat	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"
Lakes (note: small part)	Heidi Halliday	Liberal Democrat	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"
Low Furness	Janet Willis	Liberal Democrat	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"
Lower Kentdale	Roger Bingham	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Lyth Valley	Lyth Valley	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale	Nick Cotton	Liberal Democrat	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"
Ulverston East	Mark Wilson	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Ulverston West	James Airey	Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Upper Kent	Stan Collins	Liberal Democrat	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"
Windermere	Jo Stephenson	Liberal Democrat	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"

References

"Election 2013 Results".
[http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/north-west/cumbria/cumbria-county-council-fer Further Electoral Review – Cumbria] {{Webarchive. link. (4 February 2013 Local Government Boundary Commission for England)
[http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111529478/pdfs/ukdsi_9780111529478_en.pdf The Cumbria (Electoral Changes) Order 2012] Legislation.gov.uk
(13 October 2011). "The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006, Schedule Part 1". Legislation.gov.uk.
"I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses?". The Electoral Commission.
(16 May 2013). "Cumbria County Council approves coalition deal". BBC News.
(3 May 2013). "Elections 2013 results". Cumbria County Council.

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