Carlisle City Council elections

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.

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]

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 control	Years
Labour	1973 - 1976
No overall control	1976 - 1979
Labour	1979 - 1999
Conservative	1999 - 2003
No overall control	2003 - 2012
Labour	2012 - 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]

• Carlisle City Council election, 1973
• Carlisle City Council election, 1976
• Carlisle City Council election, 1979
• Carlisle City Council election, 1983 (New ward boundaries)^[4]
• Carlisle City Council election, 1984 (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
• Carlisle City Council election, 1986
• Carlisle City Council election, 1987
• Carlisle City Council election, 1988
• Carlisle City Council election, 1990 (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[6]
• Carlisle City Council election, 1991

Year	Labour	Conservative	Independent	Liberal Democrats	Vacant	Notes
1992[7]	30	18	1	2	0
1994[8]	27	20	1	3	0
1995[9]	30	17	1	3	0
1996[10]	33	14	1	3	0
1998[11]	33	14	1	3	0
1999[3]	16	28	2	6	0	New ward boundaries[12]
2000[13]	14	30	2	6	0
2002[14]	18	27	2	5	0
2003[15]	22	24	1	5	0
2004[16]	24	20	1	7	0
2006[17]	24	19	1	8	0
2007[18]	25	19	1	7	0
2008[19]	21	21	1	7	2
2010[20]	23	22	2	5	0
2011[21]	24	22	2	4	0
2012[22]	27	20	2	2	1
2014[2]	29	19	2	2	0
2015[23]	29	20	2	1	0

District result maps

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  2002 results map

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  2003 results map

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  2004 results map

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  2006 results map

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  2007 results map

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  2008 results map

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  2010 results map

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  2011 results map

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  2012 results map

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  2014 results map

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;^[24] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election	Date	Incumbent party		Winning party
Trinity	17 October 1996		Liberal Democrat		Liberal Democrat
Belle Vue	2 October 1997		Labour		Labour
Stanwix Rural	2 October 1997		Conservative		Conservative
Castle by-election	19 April 2001		Liberal Democrat		Labour
Castle by-election	24 November 2005		Liberal Democrat		Liberal Democrat
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 Democrat		Liberal Democrat
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 Democrat
Castle by-election	11 September 2014		Labour		Labour

References

1. "Voting". Carlisle City Council. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
2. "Carlisle". BBC News Online. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
3. "Carlisle". BBC News Online. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
4. The City of Carlisle (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
5. The Allerdale and Carlisle (Areas) Order 1983
6. legislation.gov.uk - The Cumbria, Northumberland and North Yorkshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
7. "Local election results 1992". The Times. 9 May 1992.
8. "Non Metropolitan Districts". The Times. 7 May 1994.
9. "Complete list of results from thursday's council elections". The Times. 6 May 1995.
10. "Election Results Round-Up". The Times. 3 May 1996.
11. "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16.
12. legislation.gov.uk - The City of Carlisle (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
13. "Carlisle". BBC News Online. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
14. "Carlisle". BBC News Online. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
15. "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
16. "Carlisle council". BBC News Online. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
17. "Local elections: Carlisle". BBC News Online. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
18. "Carlisle". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
19. "Election Results 2008". Carlisle City Council. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
20. "Carlisle". BBC News Online. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
21. "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
22. "Election results 2012: Non-Metro". The Guardian (NewsBank). 5 May 2012.
23. "Carlisle City Council Elections -2015". Carlisle City Council. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
24. "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 28 November 2011.

External links

• Carlisle City Council