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South Lakeland

Former local government district in England

Field	Value
name	South Lakeland District
type	Non-metropolitan district
image_blank_emblem	South Lakeland DC logo.svg
blank_emblem_size	200
image_map	South Lakeland UK locator map.svg
map_caption	Shown within Cumbria
mapsize	frameless
subdivision_type	Sovereign state
subdivision_name	United Kingdom
subdivision_type1	Constituent country
subdivision_name1	England
subdivision_type2	Region
subdivision_name2	North West England
subdivision_type3	Ceremonial county
subdivision_name3	Cumbria
subdivision_type4	Historic county
subdivision_name4	Lancashire (part)
Westmorland (part)
Yorkshire (part)
seat_type	Admin. HQ
seat	Kendal
government_type	South Lakeland District Council
leader_name	Leader & Cabinet
leader_title2	MPs:
established_title	Founded
established_date
extinct_title	Abolished
extinct_date
area_total_km2
latd		latm=	lats=	latNS=
longd		longm=	longs=	longEW=
population_as_of	2021
population_total	104,676
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	Greenwich Mean Time
utc_offset	+0
timezone_DST	British Summer Time
utc_offset_DST	+1
postal_code_type	Postcode
postal_code
blank_name	ISO 3166-2
blank_info
blank1_name	ONS code
blank1_info	16UG (ONS)
E07000031 (GSS)
blank2_name	OS grid reference
blank2_info
blank3_name	NUTS 3
blank3_info
blank4_name	Ethnicity
website	southlakeland.gov.uk

Westmorland (part) Yorkshire (part) E07000031 (GSS)

South Lakeland was a local government district in Cumbria, England, from 1974 to 2023. Its council was based in Kendal. The district covered the southern part of the Lake District region, as well as northwestern parts of the Yorkshire Dales. At the 2011 Census, the population of the district was 103,658, an increase from 102,301 at the 2001 Census.

The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It was formed from the Kendal borough, Windermere urban district, most of Lakes urban district, South Westmorland Rural District, from Westmorland, Grange and Ulverston urban districts and North Lonsdale Rural District from Lancashire, and Sedbergh Rural District from the West Riding of Yorkshire.

In April 2023, Cumbria was reorganised into two unitary authorities. South Lakeland District Council was abolished and its functions were transferred to the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority.

Governance

Elections to the district council were held in three out of every four years, with one third of the 51 seats on the council being elected at each election. No political party held a majority on the council from the first election in 1973 to 2006. However, after winning a majority at the 2006 election the Liberal Democrats controlled the council. After a set of by-elections in 2021 the council was composed of the following councillors:-

	Green	1

The council was fined £120,000 in February 2015 after two women were killed in separate incidents by reversing rubbish lorries. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive found they had failed to tackle the risks from reversing vehicles.

Map

References

"South Lakeland Local Authority".
"South Lakeland Local Authority".
"Next steps for new unitary councils in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset".
"England council elections". [[BBC News Online]].
(16 February 2015). "South Lakeland Council fined £120,000 over bin lorry deaths". BBC News.

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