Carlisle City Council elections

One third of Carlisle City Council in Cumbria, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 1999, 52 councillors have been elected from 22 wards.[1]

Map showing the composition of Carlisle Council as of the 2015 election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, independents in grey and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]

Party in controlYears
Labour1973 - 1976
No overall control1976 - 1979
Labour1979 - 1999
Conservative1999 - 2003
No overall control2003 - 2012
Labour2012 – 2019
No overall control2019–Present

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 1999 election which increased the number of seats by one, leading to the whole council being elected in that year.[3]

  • 1973 Carlisle City Council election
  • 1976 Carlisle City Council election
  • 1979 Carlisle City Council election
  • 1983 Carlisle City Council election (New ward boundaries)[4]
  • 1984 Carlisle City Council election (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[5]
  • 1986 Carlisle City Council election
  • 1987 Carlisle City Council election
  • 1988 Carlisle City Council election
  • 1990 Carlisle City Council election (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[6]
  • 1991 Carlisle City Council election
Year Labour Conservative Independent Liberal Democrats UKIP Vacant Notes
1992[7] 30 18 1 2 0 0
1994[8] 27 20 1 3 0 0
1995[9] 30 17 1 3 0 0
1996[10] 33 14 1 3 0 0
1998[11] 33 14 1 3 0 0
1999[3] 16 28 2 6 0 0 New ward boundaries[12]
2000[13] 14 30 2 6 0 0
2002[14] 18 27 2 5 0 0
2003[15] 22 24 1 5 0 0
2004[16] 24 20 1 7 0 0
2006[17] 24 19 1 8 0 0
2007[18] 25 19 1 7 0 0
2008[19] 21 21 1 7 0 2
2010[20] 23 22 2 5 0 0
2011[21] 24 22 2 4 0 0
2012[22] 27 20 2 2 0 1
2014[2] 29 19 2 2 0 0
2015[23] 29 20 2 1 0 0
2019[24] 15 17 4 1 1 0 New ward boundaries[25]

District result maps
  • 2002 results map
  • 2003 results map
  • 2004 results map
  • 2006 results map
  • 2007 results map
  • 2008 results map
  • 2010 results map
  • 2011 results map
  • 2012 results map
  • 2014 results map

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[26] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-electionDateIncumbent partyWinning party
Trinity 17 October 1996 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Belle Vue 2 October 1997 Labour Labour
Stanwix Rural 2 October 1997 Conservative Conservative
Castle by-election 19 April 2001 Liberal Democrats Labour
Castle by-election 24 November 2005 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Upperby by-election (2 seats) 12 June 2008 Labour Labour
Belah by-election 5 March 2009 Conservative Conservative
Castle by-election 5 March 2009 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Stanwix Urban by-election 16 September 2010 Conservative Conservative
Harraby by-election 21 June 2012 Labour Labour
Yewdale by-election 5 September 2013 Labour Labour
Dalston by-election 17 October 2013 Conservative Liberal Democrats
Castle by-election 11 September 2014 Labour Labour

References
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  5. The Allerdale and Carlisle (Areas) Order 1983
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  22. "Election results 2012: Non-Metro". The Guardian. NewsBank. 5 May 2012.
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  24. "Carlisle City Council Elections -2019". Carlisle City Council. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
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