Labour has won the Keswick seat for the new Cumberland Council as it swept the board to gain control of the new authority.
The new council will replace Allerdale, Copeland and Carlisle authorities and the county council. A new Westmorland and Furness Council will cover the area currently under control of Eden, South Lakes and Barrow.
Markus Campbell-Savours will represent Keswick on the new authority.
The Labour Party member got 1,340 votes in the election. Clive Hutchby, an independent, received 319 votes and in third place, Conservative Elaine Haraldsen got 315 votes.
The overall turnout for the Cumberland Council election was 36.1 per cent – with 76,053 people voting out of an eligible electorate of 210,788.
National pundits are calling the Labour result significant because all three districts are represented by Conservative MPs.
Workington man was a target for the Conservative Party and the Workington and Copeland constituencies are considered red wall seats in Parliament.
The Labour Party will take overall control of the new 46-seat Cumberland Council. The majority to take control was 24 and they hold 30 seats on the authority. The Conservatives have seven seats, the Liberal Democrats four seats, independent councillors three and the Green Party two seats.
This means Labour have gained 12 seats, the Conservatives have lost 14, the Liberal Democrats gained two, the Green Party gained two and the Independents lost two.
Votes for Westmorland and Furness Council will be counted on Friday during the day.
Here is a list of the candidates for Westmorland and Furness Council. We’ll be bringing you the results as they are declared during the count.
Key
- C: Conservative
- G: Green
- I: Independent
- L: Labour
- LD: Liberal Democrats
Alston & Fellside
- Andy Baker LD
- Michael Richard Beveridge C
- Michael Timothy Hanley L
- Ian Lindley L
- Dale Andrew Normington C
- Mary Robinson I
- Richard Raymond William Sanderson LD
Appleby & Brough
- Harry Berkeley C
- Andy Connell LD
- Gareth Hayes I
- William Patterson I
- Graham Simpkins LD
- Colin Smith C
Bowness & Lyth
- Steve Bavin LD
- Jim Bland C
- Simon Philip Clayton G
Burton & Holme
- Simon Joseph Blunden G
- Tom Harvey C
- Vicky Hughes LD
- Coniston & Hawkshead
- Michael Ian Hoad C
- Paul Andrew Martin L
- Suzanne Mary Pender LD
- Mark Richard Poole G
Dalton north
- Stephen John Coleman LD
- Daniel Christopher Edwards C
- Robert Douglas Elliot L
- Rachael Hogg LD
- Ben Shirley C
Dalton south
- Peter Graham Baker LD
- Tony Callister L
- Des English C
- Martin David McLeavy I
- Barbara Lilian Miller LD
- Steve Nott L
- Sam Ronson C
- Dave Taylor I
Eamont & Shap
- Neil Hughes LD
- Tom Lowther C
Eden & Lyvennet Vale
- Lorna Ann Baker LD
- Paula Breen C
- Neil McCall LD
- Mike Tonkin I
- David Whipp C
Grange & Cartmel
- Mandy Barnett G
- Jenny Boak LD
- Lilian El-Doufani Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
- Pete Endsor LD
- Fiona Marguerite Hanlon I
- Tor McLaren C
- Luke Stanley Benjamin Mossbarnett G
- Sue Sanderson LD
- James Townsley C
- David Edward Wilson C
- Paul Anthony Woods G
Greystoke & Ullswater
- Judith Margaret Derbyshire LD
- Debbie Wicks C
Hawcoat & Newbarns
- David Robert Cassidy L
- Sheila Eccles LD
- Denise Hazel Edwards I
- Les Hall C
- Christine Pearl Herbert LD
- Mike Leach L
- Wendy Ada McClure I
- David Ian Bennett Opie LD
- Niyall Allister Phillips C
- Hayley Louise Preston L
- Steven Lindsay Pryer I
- Roy Worthington C
Hesket & Lazonby
- Colin Atkinson C
- Roger Burgin LD
- Hilary Frances Carrick C
- David Evans LD
- Belinda Lucy Lloyd G
- Elaine Mary Martin I
- David Ryland I
High Furness
- Matt Brereton C
- Stephen Francis Carter L
- Peter Alan Howlett G
- Ian Charles Wharton LD
Kendal Castle
- Janet Mary Antrobus G
- Nigel Byrom C
- Penny Henderson L
- Eammon Matthew Hennessy LD
- Helen Ngaire Ladhams LD
- Claire Wickham G
- David Lewis Williams C
Kendal Highgate
- Trevor Batchelor Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
- Margaret Bond C
- Phil Dixon LD
- Oliver Gill L
- Rosie Naish G
- Mike Nicholson C
- Ian Rodham G
- Matt Severn LD
Kendal Nether
- Raymond Bower C
- Paul Michael Braithwaite L
- Paul John Casson Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
- Jonathan Cornthwaite LD
- Shirley Amelia Evans LD
- Daniel Alexander Rayson G
- Lyndsay Elizabeth Slater C
- Liz Wood G
Kendal South
- Jonathan Richard Brook LD
- Elsa Fuster G
- Luke Ivan Gudgeon C
- Doug Rathbone LD
- Lois Katharine Sparling L
- Phil Whiting G
- Sheila Ann Worthington C
Kendal Strickland and Fell
- Giles Charles Archibald LD
- Irene Asbury C
- Virginia Elizabeth Branney L
- Laura Miller G
- Martin Powell-Davies Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
- Jacqueline Scott C
- Peter Carlyle Thornton LD
- Graham Jeffrey Vincent G
Kent Estuary
- Jill Abel G
- Rupert James Audland LD
- Helen Elizabeth Chaffey LD
- Margaret Elizabeth Handley C
- Peter Smilie C
Kirkby Stephen & Tebay
- Ray Briggs C
- Phil Dew C
- Sandy Lancaster I
- John Stephen Murray LD
- Adrian Harvey Martin Waite LD
Levens & Crooklands
- Janet Mary Battye LD
- Kevin Ronald Holmes C
- Hilary Margaret Pickup G
Low Furness
- Ben Thomas Cooper C
- Eirik Raymond Haugsbak Hunt L
- Paul Alan Rigg G
- Janet Willis LD
Old Barrow & Hindpool
- Anne Bispham C
- Anne Burns L
- Adam Grant Campbell LD
- Piya Das LD
- Gill Gardiner LD
- Kevin Robert Hamilton L
- Brenda Joyce Lauderdale C
- Stephen Raymond Pickthall LD
- Margaret Ann Thomson L
Ormsgill & Parkside
- Derek Brook L
- Elaine Burley C
- Ann Denise English C
- Bill McEwan L
- Beverly Ann Morgan L
- Jayne Marie Richardson LD
- Phil Walker LD
- Alasdair Wilkinson-Marsh LD
- Emma Louise Wylie C
Penrith north
- Patricia Ann Bell LD
- Peter Devine I
- Harry Fearon C
- Helen Jane Fearon C
- Scott Jackson I
- Ali Ross G first choice candidate
- Mark Brian Rudhall LD
- Wade Tidbuy G second choice candidate
Penrith south
- Gillian Elizabeth Barnes C
- Margaret Clark I
- Mike Eyles LD
- Richard Kevin O’Brien G
- Lee Quinn I
- Virginia Christine Taylor LD
- Matt Vickers C
Risedale & Roosecote
- Michael Wilson Barwise LD
- Trevor Alan Biggins L
- Andy Coles L
- Derek Gawne C
- Ronnie Haddow C
- Jane Amelia Murphy L
- Lynda Lea Shaw C
- Jade Sullivan LD
- Heather Throughton LD
Sedbergh & Kirkby Lonsdale
- Pat Bell C
- Tony Gray G
- Hazel Margaret Hodgson LD
- Kevin John Lancaster C
- Ian David Mitchell LD
Ulverston
- Andrew Clifford Butcher C
- Jackie Drake L
- Judy Filmore G lead candidate
- Bob Gerrry G
- Charles Edward Howarth LD
- Andrew Hudson LD
- Helen Irving C
- Rob O’Hara G
- Amanda Jane Rigg C
- Dave Rushton LD
- Michelle Scrogham L
- Mark Wilson L
Upper Kent
- Deborah Huck C
- Ali Jama LD
- Fran Richardson G
Walney Island
- Therese Mary Assouad L
- Frank Cassidy L
- Steven Fletcher I
- Terri-Ann Gibney C
- Chris Hogg LD
- Anita Gwendoline Husband L
- Tina Perkins LD
- Paul Allen Rose C
- Steve Sharpe C
- Paul Martin Trollope LD
Windermere & Ambleside
- Will Clark LD
- Paula Marie Cross C
- Andrew Guy Jarvis LD
- Dyan Jones LD
- Cath Musetti C
- Jolyon Roland Thornhill C
- Kate Threadgold
