Allerdale Borough Council elections

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The election of councillors to Allerdale Borough Council in Cumbria, England took place every four years. The council was established in 1974 and it was abolished in 2023. The last elections were in 2019.

At the 1999 boundary review, there were 56 councillors in 31 wards. This changed in 2019 following another boundary review. The number of councillors was reduced to 49 and the number of wards reduced to 23.[1][2]

Political control[edit]

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[3]

Party in control Years
No overall control 1973–1991
Labour 1991–2003
No overall control 2003–2023

Leadership[edit]

The leaders of the council since 2003 have been:[4]

Councillor Party From To
Mark Fryer Labour 4 May 2003
Jim Musgrave Labour 21 May 2003 6 May 2007
Joe Milburn[5] Conservative 24 May 2007 20 May 2009
Tim Heslop[6] Conservative 20 May 2009 18 May 2011
Alan Smith[7] Labour 5 Nov 2015 22 May 2019
Marion Fitzgerald[8] Independent 22 May 2019 21 Feb 2020
Mike Johnson † Conservative 3 Mar 2021 31 Mar 2023

† As deputy leader, assumed leadership duties from 21 February 2020, but not formally confirmed as leader himself until 3 March 2021.

Council elections[edit]

Election results[edit]

Overall control Conservative Labour Lib Dems UKIP Independent
2019 NOC 15 14 - - 20
2015 NOC 17 28 - 3 8
2011 NOC 12 28 - - 16
2007 NOC 19 21 4 - 12
2003 NOC 15 27 5 - 9
1999 Labour 8 33 7 - 5

Borough result maps[edit]

  • 1999 results map
    1999 results map
  • 2003 results map
    2003 results map
  • 2007 results map
    2007 results map
  • 2011 results map
    2011 results map
  • 2015 results map
    2015 results map

By-election results[edit]

1995-1999[edit]

Ellen By-Election 6 March 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 207 42.0
Liberal Democrats 148 30.0
Independent 138 28.0
Majority 59 12.0
Turnout 493 31.0
Labour hold Swing
Salterbeck By-Election 6 March 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 537 89.6
Liberal Democrats 62 10.4
Majority 475 79.2
Turnout 599 30.0
Labour hold Swing
Broughton By-Election 18 September 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 489 88.6
Conservative 63 11.4
Majority 426 77.2
Turnout 552 42.0
Labour hold Swing
Moorclose By-Election 18 September 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 525 59.7 -9.4
Liberal Democrats 355 40.3 +9.4
Majority 170 19.4
Turnout 880 29.0
Labour hold Swing
St Johns By-Election 18 September 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 436 53.4 -10.6
Conservative 381 46.6 +10.6
Majority 55 6.8
Turnout 817 23.5
Labour hold Swing
Stainburn By-Election 18 September 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 259 51.1 -3.0
Conservative 248 48.9 +3.0
Majority 11 2.2
Turnout 507 22.0
Labour hold Swing
Keswick By-Election 26 March 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 648 45.7
Conservative 388 27.4
Labour 331 23.3
Independent 51 3.6
Majority 260 28.3
Turnout 1,418 34.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
St Michaels By-Election 7 May 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 658 74.2 +2.9
Conservative 229 25.8 +25.8
Majority 429 48.4
Turnout 887
Labour hold Swing
Salterbeck By-Election 27 August 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour unopposed
Labour hold Swing

1999-2003[edit]

Moorclose By-Election 1 July 1999 (3)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Minto 906
Labour Peter Bales 888
Labour Philip Tibble 770
Liberal Democrats John Morley 289
Liberal Democrats Mark Hayton 255
Liberal Democrats Bertha Wright 225
Conservative Simon Collins 220
Turnout 3,553 24
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Waver By-Election 20 September 2001[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Patrick Short 119 67.6 +67.6
Independent Gordon Hanning 57 32.4 -44.9
Majority 62 35.2
Turnout 176 12.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing

2003-2007[edit]

Solway By-Election 19 June 2003[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Buchanan 274 57.3
Independent Dorothy Tinnion 87 18.2
Independent Janice Nott 69 14.4
Labour Mark Kidd 48 10.0
Majority 187 39.1
Turnout 478 36.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Wampool By-Election 1 April 2004[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stuart Moffat 308 69.7
Liberal Democrats Davis Black 96 21.7
Labour Christine Smith 38 8.6
Majority 212 48.0
Turnout 442 31.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Wharrels By-Election 18 August 2005[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jacqueline Mounsey unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Waver By-Election 8 September 2005[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hunter 220 82.4 +82.4
Independent Charles Miles 47 17.6 -42.3
Majority 173 64.8
Turnout 267 18.8
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Marsh By-Election 3 November 2005[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Vaughan Hodgson 213 61.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Barker 131 38.1
Majority 82 23.8
Turnout 344 26.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Dalton By-Election 24 November 2005[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chris Garrard 220 72.6
Labour Bill Bacon 83 27.4
Majority 137 45.2
Turnout 303 22.1
Conservative hold Swing

2007-2011[edit]

All Saints By-Election 5 June 2008[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Tyson 587 45.0 -1.8
Labour Christine Smith 536 41.1 -12.2
BNP Paul Stafford 99 7.6 +7.6
Green Helen Graham 58 4.4 +4.4
Independent Eddie Woodthorpe 25 1.9 +1.9
Majority 51 3.9
Turnout 1,305 36
Conservative hold Swing
Workington St John's By-Election 30 October 2008[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gerald Humes 452 35.6 -14.7
Conservative Simon Collins 394 31.0 -18.7
BNP Clive Jefferson 257 20.2 +20.2
Independent John Bracken 113 8.9 +8.9
Green Alistair Grey 55 4.3 +4.3
Majority 58 4.6
Turnout 1,271 30.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Christchurch By-Election 19 August 2010[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roy Swindells 466 66.1 +0.9
Liberal Democrats Roger Peck 131 18.6 +18.6
Green Bob Edwards 108 15.3 +15.3
Majority 335 47.5
Turnout 705 24.1
Conservative hold Swing

2011-2015[edit]

Keswick By-Election 1 September 2011[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Pugmire 757 59.7
Labour Tony Lywood 448 35.3
Green Flic Crowley 63 5.0
Majority 309 24.4
Turnout 1,268 31.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing
Derwent Valley By-Election 2 May 2013[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hilary Hope 225 49.3 -25.1
UKIP Mark Jenkinson 92 20.2 +20.2
Green Geoff Smith 82 18.0 +18.0
Labour Andrew Lawson 57 12.5 -13.1
Majority 133 29.2
Turnout 456
Conservative hold Swing
Wampool By-Election 2 May 2013[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patricia Macdonald 195 41.1 -34.1
UKIP Robert Hardon 102 21.5 +21.5
Independent Marion Fitzgerald 98 20.7 +20.7
Green Jill Perry 40 8.4 +8.4
Liberal Democrats Charles Miles 39 8.2 +8.2
Majority 93 19.6
Turnout 474
Conservative hold Swing
Boltons By-Election 20 June 2013[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Marion Fitzgerald 175 35.7 +35.7
Conservative Colin Smithson 157 32.0 -1.8
Independent Mary Mumberson 103 21.0 +21.0
Green Dianne Standen 55 11.2 +11.2
Majority 18 3.7
Turnout 490
Independent hold Swing
Seaton By-Election 14 November 2013[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Lawson 464 40.0 +3.6
UKIP Mark Jenkinson 426 36.7 +36.7
Conservative Mike Davidson 133 11.5 +11.5
Green Alistair Grey 108 9.3 -4.9
Liberal Democrats Chris Snowden 30 2.6 +2.6
Majority 38 3.3
Turnout 1,161
Labour gain from Independent Swing

2015-2019[edit]

Dalton by-election 24 March 2016[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Marion Fitzgerald 133 31.7 +31.7
Labour Ross Hayman 118 28.2 +28.2
Conservative Mike Johnson 93 22.2 -26.0
UKIP Eric Atkinson 53 12.6 -1.9
Green Flic Crowley 22 5.3 -10.6
Majority 15 3.6
Turnout 419
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Moss Bay by-election 24 March 2016[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Johnston 411 64.9 N/A
UKIP Bob Hardon 189 29.9 N/A
Conservative Louise Donnelly 33 5.2 N/A
Majority 222 35.1
Turnout 633
Labour hold Swing
Christchurch by-election 22 September 2016[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Ellis 324 40.7 +5.8
Liberal Democrats Debbie Taylor 234 29.4 +20.0
Conservative Simon Nicholson 206 25.9 -19.3
UKIP Eric Atkinson 32 4.0 +4.0
Majority 90 11.3
Turnout 800
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

2019-2023[edit]

Aspatria by-election 6 May 2021[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Kevin Thurlow 531 50.4 +50.4
Conservative Lucy Winter 344 32.6 -8.2
Labour Billy Miskelly 158 15.0 -9.3
Workers Party Glenn Doncaster 21 2.0 +2.0
Majority 187 17.7
Turnout 1,054
Independent gain from Putting Cumbria First Swing
Christchurch by-election 6 May 2021[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Kennon 623 48.6 +1.8
Labour Helen Tucker 378 29.5 -23.7
Liberal Democrats Stephen Barnes 248 19.3 +19.3
Independent Russ Cockburn 21 1.6 +1.6
For Britain Eric Atkinson 12 0.9 +0.9
Majority 245 19.1
Turnout 1,282
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Ellen and Gilcrux by-election 6 May 2021[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Gorrill 343 39.4 +3.8
Labour Martin Harris 285 32.7 -12.4
Independent Scott Blagg 193 22.2 +22.2
Green Dianne Standen 38 4.4 -14.9
Liberal Democrats Margrit Scott 12 1.4 +1.4
Majority 58 6.7
Turnout 871
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
St John's by-election 6 May 2021[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Antony McGuckin 513 38.3 +10.0
Conservative Debbie Garton 451 33.7 +22.7
Independent Andrew Eccles 250 18.7 +18.7
Independent George Campbell 55 4.1 +4.1
Liberal Democrats Margaret Bennett 41 3.1 -4.9
Green Alison Parker 30 2.2 -2.8
Majority 62 4.6
Turnout 1,340
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Seaton and Northside by-election 6 May 2021[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Sharpe 629 41.5 +15.8
Independent Aileen Brown 415 27.4 +27.4
Labour Beth Dixon 395 26.1 +2.0
Green Alistair Grey 48 2.2 -5.2
Liberal Democrats Andrew Murray 27 1.8 +1.8
Majority 214 14.1
Turnout 1,514
Conservative hold Swing
Maryport South by-election 25 November 2021[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Pegram 273 52.9 +10.2
Independent Eric Galletly 149 28.9 +28.9
Conservative Steve Newton 94 18.2 +11.4
Majority 124 24.0
Turnout 516
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Stainburn and Clifton by-election 17 February 2022[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jimmy Grisdale 354 54.6 +25.1
Conservative Jacqueline Kirkbride 294 45.4 +28.3
Majority 60 9.3
Turnout 648
Labour gain from Independent Swing
St Michael's by-election 5 May 2022[40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barbara Cannon 454 49.8 +11.3
Independent Ralph Hunter 278 30.5 +30.5
Conservative John Connell 179 19.6 +10.1
Majority 176 19.3
Turnout 911
Labour hold Swing

References[edit]

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