Cumberland Council elections

All 46 members of Cumberland Council, a unitary authority in England, are elected every four years.

Council elections

Year	Seats	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Independent	Green	Council control after election
Year	Seats						Council control after election
2022^[1]	46	30	7	4	3	2		Labour

District result maps

2022 results map

By-election results

2022-2026

Harraby North by-election, 27 June 2024^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Justin McDermott	455	60.5	−4.1
	Conservative	Rob Currie	165	21.9	−9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Wills	70	9.3	+9.3
	Green	Peri Conner	62	8.2	+8.2
Majority			290	38.6
Turnout			752
	Labour hold		Swing

Keswick by-election, 17 October 2024^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sally Lansbury	513	50.7	−17.2
	Conservative	Graham King	384	38.0	+22.0
	Green	Jane Hall	85	8.4	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Rivers	29	2.9	+2.9
Majority			129	12.8
Turnout			1,011
	Labour hold		Swing

Wetheral by-election, 17 October 2024^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gareth Ellis	665	51.6	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Wills	463	35.9	+16.8
	Labour	Ruth Alcroft	160	12.4	−15.2
Majority			202	15.7
Turnout			1,288
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harraby South by-election, 20 August 2026^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Josh Kirkwood	560	42.5	+42.5
	Labour	Ruth Alcroft	469	35.6	−5.3
	Conservative	Rob Currie	236	17.9	−17.4
	Green	Rose-Ellen Kemp	29	2.2	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Kelly	23	1.7	+1.7
Majority			91	6.9
Turnout			1,317
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing

References

↑ "Cumberland election result - Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
↑ "Local Elections Archive Project – Harraby North Ward". andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
↑ "Local Elections Archive Project – Keswick Ward". andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
↑ "Local Elections Archive Project – Wetheral Ward". andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
↑ "Local Elections Archive Project – Harraby South Ward". andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2026.

External links

Cumberland Council

[2022_result-1] "Cumberland election result - Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 15 June 2022.

[2] "Local Elections Archive Project – Harraby North Ward". andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2024.

[3] "Local Elections Archive Project – Keswick Ward". andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2024.

[4] "Local Elections Archive Project – Wetheral Ward". andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2024.

[5] "Local Elections Archive Project – Harraby South Ward". andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2026.

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v t e Council elections in Cumbria
Cumberland Council	2022
Westmorland and Furness Council	2022
Cumbria County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 Abolished
Allerdale Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 Abolished
Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2015 2019 Abolished
Carlisle City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 Abolished
Copeland Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 Abolished
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See also: Wards Boundary changes