2016 UK local government election
The 2016 South Lakeland District Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections.
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
Party | Previous council | New council | +/- |
| Liberal Democrats | 32 | 32 | |
| Conservatives | 15 | 16 | 1 |
| Labour | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 51 | 51 | |
Working majority | 13 | 13 | |
Election results summary
South Lakeland Local Election Result 2016 Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.1 | 44.5 | 7,108 | |
| Conservative | 7 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 41.2 | 36.3 | 5,787 | |
| Labour | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 11.8 | 10.8 | 1,725 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 903 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 434 | |
Ward results
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An asterisk * indicates an incumbent seeking re-election.
Arnside & Beetham
Arnside & Beetham 2016 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Pete McSweeney | 1,220 | 65.2 | −5.3 |
| Conservative | Peter Smillie | 399 | 21.3 | −8.2 |
| UKIP | Alan Nigel Piper | 93 | 5.0 | N/A |
| Green | Jill Abel | 82 | 4.4 | N/A |
| Labour | Lois Katherine Sparling | 77 | 4.1 | N/A |
Majority | 821 | 43.9 | +2.9 |
Turnout | | 54.5 | +3.7 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Burton & Holme
Burton & Holme 2016 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Roger Kenneth Bingham* | 919 | 65.8 | +6.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Gordon Victor Higton | 308 | 22.0 | −18.2 |
| Labour | Nigel Edward Warner | 111 | 7.9 | N/A |
| Green | Andrew Robert Chapple | 59 | 4.2 | N/A |
Majority | 611 | 43.8 | +24.2 |
Turnout | | 47.2 | −7.0 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Coniston & Crake Valley
Coniston & Crake Valley 2016 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Anne Hall* | 391 | 63.9 | +3.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Val Sykes | 172 | 28.1 | −11.9 |
| Green | Mark Kidd | 49 | 8.0 | N/A |
Majority | 219 | 35.8 | +15.8 |
Turnout | | 47.9 | −5.6 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Crooklands
Crooklands 2016 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Sheila Eccles* | 611 | 64.2 | −2.3 |
| Conservative | David Matthews | 263 | 27.7 | −1.9 |
| Green | Meg Hill | 45 | 4.7 | +0.8 |
| UKIP | Malcolm James Hamilton Nightingale | 32 | 3.4 | N/A |
Majority | 348 | 36.5 | −0.4 |
Turnout | | 54.2 | +3.5 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Hawkshead
Hawkshead 2016 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | David William Norman Fletcher* | 478 | 58.1 | +4.7 |
| Conservative | Ann Elizabeth Myatt | 240 | 29.2 | −10.3 |
| UKIP | David Rimmer Walker | 55 | 6.7 | N/A |
| Green | Gwen Harrison | 50 | 6.1 | −1.0 |
Majority | 238 | 28.9 | +15.0 |
Turnout | | 57.9 | +5.7 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Levens
Levens 2016 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Annie Rawlinson* | 715 | 65.2 | +9.4 |
| Conservative | Kevin Ronald Holmes | 323 | 29.4 | −10.8 |
| UKIP | Yana Doidge | 21 | 1.9 | N/A |
| Labour | Dave Cope | 19 | 1.7 | N/A |
| Green | Claire Wickham | 19 | 1.7 | −2.3 |
Majority | 392 | 35.8 | +20.2 |
Turnout | | 64.1 | −3.4 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Lyth Valley
Lyth Valley 2016 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Holmes* | 482 | 59.6 | −2.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Bex Cooper | 220 | 27.2 | −6.1 |
| UKIP | Stephen Willmott | 43 | 5.3 | N/A |
| Labour | Alison Faith Gilchrist | 34 | 4.2 | −0.7 |
| Green | Kate Barkes | 30 | 3.7 | N/A |
Majority | 262 | 32.4 | +3.9 |
Turnout | | 44.7 | −9.5 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Milnthorpe
Milnthorpe 2016 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Rupert James Audland | 482 | 58.9 | −8.0 |
| Conservative | Steven Hurst | 253 | 30.9 | +3.1 |
| UKIP | Oksana Walker | 40 | 4.9 | N/A |
| Labour | Jo Magne | 33 | 4.0 | N/A |
| Green | Shona Kathleen Kidd | 11 | 1.3 | −4.0 |
Majority | 229 | 28.0 | −11.1 |
Turnout | | 49.8 | −2.5 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Sedbergh & Kirkby Lonsdale
Sedbergh & Kirkby Lonsdale 2016 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Nick Cotton* | 1,557 | 61.4 | +13.9 |
| Conservative | Alex Toubas | 779 | 30.7 | −14.0 |
| Labour | Nick Cross | 114 | 4.5 | +0.4 |
| Green | Daphne Mary Jackson | 84 | 3.3 | −0.4 |
Majority | 778 | 30.7 | +27.9 |
Turnout | | 53.5 | +2.6 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Staveley-in-Cartmel
Staveley-in-Cartmel 2016 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Sue Sanderson* | 512 | 62.7 | +5.9 |
| Conservative | Ted Walsh | 220 | 27.0 | −16.2 |
| UKIP | Brian Donald Thornton | 57 | 7.0 | N/A |
| Green | Ben John Barker | 27 | 3.3 | N/A |
Majority | 292 | 35.7 | +22.1 |
Turnout | | 52.7 | +3.3 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Staveley-in-Westmorland
Staveley-in-Westmorland 2016 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Stan Collins* | 486 | 58.9 | −13.2 |
| Conservative | Harry Taylor | 125 | 15.2 | −3.8 |
| Green | Fran Richardson | 112 | 13.6 | +4.7 |
| Labour | Peter Train | 68 | 8.2 | N/A |
| UKIP | Albina Thornton | 34 | 4.1 | N/A |
Majority | 361 | 43.7 | −9.4 |
Turnout | | 47.2 | ±0.0 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Ulverston Central
Ulverston Central 2016 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Norman Bishop-Rowe | 204 | 42.5 | +0.6 |
| Labour | Bharath Sundara Rajan* | 187 | 39.0 | −3.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Hudson | 64 | 13.3 | +4.3 |
| Green | Christopher Loynes | 25 | 5.2 | −1.6 |
Majority | 17 | 3.5 | N/A |
Turnout | | 33.3 | +0.2 |
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Ulverston East
Ulverston East 2016 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Mark Wilson* | 259 | 51.9 | +0.1 |
| Conservative | Peter Hornby | 143 | 28.7 | +1.8 |
| Green | Judith Ann Filmore | 53 | 10.6 | +3.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Maureen Frances Nicholson | 44 | 8.8 | +3.2 |
Majority | 116 | 23.2 | −1.7 |
Turnout | | 31.6 | +6.5 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Ulverston North
Ulverston North 2016 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Helen Irving* | 252 | 35.7 | −3.7 |
| Labour | Judith Ann Pickthall | 249 | 35.3 | +0.4 |
| Green | Simon James Filmore | 110 | 15.6 | −0.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ray Beecham | 95 | 13.5 | +3.8 |
Majority | 3 | 0.4 | −4.1 |
Turnout | | 46.1 | −0.2 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Ulverston South
Ulverston South 2016 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Amanda Rigg* | 268 | 47.9 | +0.2 |
| Labour | Joan Margaret Casson | 144 | 25.7 | −16.2 |
| UKIP | Peter Richards | 59 | 10.5 | N/A |
| Green | Bob Gerry | 45 | 8.0 | +1.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Loraine Birchall | 44 | 7.9 | +3.7 |
Majority | 124 | 22.2 | +16.4 |
Turnout | | 38.1 | +4.6 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Ulverston Town
Ulverston Town 2016 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John Victor Clough* | 272 | 52.4 | −1.7 |
| Conservative | Reuben Allonby | 137 | 26.4 | −3.5 |
| Green | Bill Shaw | 68 | 13.1 | +3.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Dave Khan | 42 | 8.1 | +2.1 |
Majority | 135 | 26.0 | +1.8 |
Turnout | | 35.4 | +1.6 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Ulverston West
Ulverston West 2016 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Janette Ethel Jenkinson* | 389 | 60.9 | −2.3 |
| Labour | Bob Brown | 158 | 24.7 | +0.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Gordon Ellis Brown | 58 | 9.1 | +4.8 |
| Green | Robert O'Hara | 34 | 5.3 | −2.8 |
Majority | 231 | 36.2 | −2.6 |
Turnout | | 43.6 | +3.6 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
By-Elections
Windermere Bowness North, 13 October 2016 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Jarvis | 441 | 60.1 | +11.1 |
| Conservative | Martin Hall | 256 | 34.9 | −4.1 |
| Green | Kate Threadgold | 37 | 5.0 | −1.0 |
Majority | 185 | 25.2 | +15.2 |
Turnout | 740 | 45.8 | −28.0 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Ambleside & Grasmere, 4 May 2017 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Vicky Hughes | 695 | 50.9 | −13.4 |
| Conservative | Tim Brown | 502 | 36.7 | +14.0 |
| Labour | Alison Gilchrist | 87 | 6.4 | −0.1 |
| Green | Chris Rowley | 82 | 6.0 | −0.4 |
Majority | 193 | 14.2 | −27.4 |
Turnout | 1,372 | 46.76 | +1.17 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
References
- ^ Elise Uberoi; Chris Watson; Richard Keen (19 May 2016). "Local elections 2016". House of Commons Library. p. 23.
- ^ "Elections 2016". South Lakeland District Council. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ "District Elections 2016 - Results". www.southlakeland.gov.uk. South Lakeland Council. Retrieved 4 June 2018.