One third of South Lakeland

South Lakeland

South Lakeland is a local government district in Cumbria, England. Its council is based in Kendal. It includes much of the Lake District.The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972...

 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 2008, 51 councillor

Councillor

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s have been elected from 45 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: Independent

Independent (politician)

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Party in control	Years
1973 - 1979
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...	1979 - 2006
Liberal Democrats	2006 - present

Council elections

South Lakeland Council election, 1998

South Lakeland Council election, 1998

The 1998 South Lakeland Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control....

South Lakeland Council election, 1999

South Lakeland Council election, 1999

The 1999 South Lakeland Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998. The council stayed under no overall control.-Election...

 (whole council elected after boundary changes)

South Lakeland Council election, 2000

South Lakeland Council election, 2000

The 2000 South Lakeland Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control....

South Lakeland Council election, 2002

South Lakeland Council election, 2002

The 2002 South Lakeland Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control....

South Lakeland Council election, 2003

South Lakeland Council election, 2003

The 2003 South Lakeland Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control....

South Lakeland Council election, 2004

South Lakeland Council election, 2004

The 2004 South Lakeland Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control....

South Lakeland Council election, 2006

South Lakeland Council election, 2006

The 2006 South Lakeland Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control.After the election, the...

South Lakeland Council election, 2007

South Lakeland Council election, 2007

The 2007 South Lakeland Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council....

South Lakeland Council election, 2008

South Lakeland Council election, 2008

The 2008 South Lakeland Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2007 reducing the number of seats by 1...

 (whole council elected after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 1)

South Lakeland Council election, 2010

South Lakeland Council election, 2010

The 2010 South Lakeland Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council....

South Lakeland Council election, 2011

South Lakeland Council election, 2011

The 2011 South Lakeland Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council....

1997-2001

2001-2005

2009-2015