One third of Carlisle

City of Carlisle

The City of Carlisle is a local government district of Cumbria, England, with the status of a city and non-metropolitan district. It is named after its largest settlement, Carlisle, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Brampton and Longtown, as well as outlying villages...

 District

Non-metropolitan district

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 Council in Cumbria

Cumbria

Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...

, England

England

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 is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 1999, 52 councillor

Councillor

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s have been elected from 22 wards

Wards of the United Kingdom

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Political control

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

Party in control	Years
Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...	1973 - 1976
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	1976 - 1979
Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...	1979 - 1999
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	1999 - 2003
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	2003 - present

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details. Boundary changes took place for the 1999 election

Carlisle Council election, 1999

The 1999 Carlisle Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Carlisle District Council in Cumbria, England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes increased the number of seats by 1. The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from the...

 which increased the number of seats by 1, leading to the whole council being elected in that year.

Year	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
1998 Carlisle Council election, 1998 The 1998 Carlisle Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Carlisle District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council....	33		14		3		1
1999 Carlisle Council election, 1999 The 1999 Carlisle Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Carlisle District Council in Cumbria, England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes increased the number of seats by 1. The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from the...	16		28		6		2
2000 Carlisle Council election, 2000 The 2000 Carlisle Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Carlisle District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council....	14		30		6		2
2002 Carlisle Council election, 2002 The 2002 Carlisle Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Carlisle District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council....	18		27		5		2
2003 Carlisle Council election, 2003 The 2003 Carlisle Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Carlisle District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party lost overall control of the council to no overall control....	22		24		5		1
2004 Carlisle Council election, 2004 The 2004 Carlisle Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Carlisle District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control....	24		20		7		1
2006 Carlisle Council election, 2006 The 2006 Carlisle Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Carlisle District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control....	24		19		8		1
2007	25		19		7		1
2008	21		21		7		1
2010	23		22		5		2
2011	24		22		4		2

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections; 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
Belle Vue	2 October 1997
Stanwix Rural	2 October 1997
Castle by-election	19 April 2001
Castle by-election	24 November 2005
Upperby (2)	12 June 2008
Belah	5 March 2009
Castle	5 March 2009
Stanwix Urban	16 September 2010

2008-2009

External links

• Carlisle Council