Eden District Council elections

Eden District Council in Cumbria, England is elected every four years.

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Eden District Council election, 1973
Eden District Council election, 1976
Eden District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
Eden District Council election, 1983
Eden District Council election, 1987
Eden District Council election, 1991 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
Eden District Council election, 1995
Eden District Council election, 1999 (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 1)^[4]^[5]
Eden District Council election, 2003
Eden District Council election, 2007
Eden District Council election, 2011
Eden District Council election, 2015

Penrith West By-Election 26 October 2000
Party		Votes	%	±
	Conservative	100	36.9	+36.9
	Independent	89	32.8	-31.4
	Labour	82	30.3	-5.5
Majority		11	4.1
Turnout		271	12.9
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

Hesket By-Election 18 April 2002
Party		Votes	%	±
	Independent	294	37.9	-1.2
	Conservative	245	31.6	+5.0
	Liberal Democrat	237	30.5	+8.9
Majority		49	6.3
Turnout		776	36.7
	Independent gain from Conservative	Swing

Penrith North By-Election 18 April 2002
Party		Votes	%	±
	Independent	255	49.4	+14.4
	Conservative	186	36.0	+12.1
	Liberal Democrat	175	33.9	+10.2
Majority		69	13.4
Turnout		616	18.0
	Independent gain from Conservative	Swing

Kirkby Stephen By-Election 19 June 2003^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Saunders	384	59.5
	Conservative	Barbara Dowson	186	28.8
	Independent	Simon Bennett	75	11.6
Majority			198	30.7
Turnout			645	32.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Ullswater By-Election 26 June 2003^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sydney Simpson	198	60.2
	Independent	Jean Wildish	107	32.5
	Labour	Christopher Bagshaw	24	7.3
Majority			91	27.7
Turnout			329	30.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Ravenstonedale By-Election 19 February 2004^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Metcalfe-Gibson	192	51.5
	Liberal Democrat	John Raw	129	34.6
	Independent	Jane Brook	52	13.9
Majority			63	16.9
Turnout			373	52.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Askham By-Election 24 February 2005^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Joan Lowis	206	55.1	+55.1
	Independent	Colin Warren	91	24.3	-43.3
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Hughes	77	20.6	-11.8
Majority			115	30.8
Turnout			374	35.5
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Crosby Ravensworth By-Election 8 June 2006^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joan Raine	211	39.7
	Independent	Brian Morris	185	34.8
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Wilcox	135	25.4
Majority			26	4.9
Turnout			531	47.7
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Orton with Tebay By-Election 3 August 2006^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Wilcox	165	50.5	+3.1
	Conservative	Peter Knowles	162	49.5	+49.5
Majority			3	1.0
Turnout			327	29.8
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Penrith Carleton By-Election 5 October 2006^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Bell	223	54.1
	Conservative	Christopher Vipond	189	45.9
Majority			34	11.8
Turnout			412	32.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Morland By-Election 17 April 2008^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Michael Tonkin	198	52.1	+7.1
	Conservative	Joan Savage	108	28.4	-26.6
	Liberal Democrat	John Turner	74	19.5	+19.5
Majority			90	23.7
Turnout			380	38.1
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Penrith West By-Election 8 October 2009^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Elissa Robinson	387	51.7	+51.7
	Conservative	David Whipp	157	21.0	-17.6
	BNP	Alistair Barbour	102	13.6	+13.6
	Independent	Rebecca Taylor	58	7.8	-37.5
	Labour	Geoffrey Rockliffe-King	26	3.5	-12.7
	Green	Alan Marsden	18	2.4	+2.4
Majority			230	30.7
Turnout			748	31.8
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Alston Moor by-election 4 August 2016^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas Sheriff	302	54.6	N/A
	Conservative	Stephen Harrison	251	45.4	+15.7
Majority			51	9.2
Turnout			556	34
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor David Hymers

Council elections in Cumbria

Cumbria County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Allerdale Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

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

Carlisle City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Copeland Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Eden District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

South Lakeland District 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 2012 2014 2015 2016

Cumberland County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970

Westmorland County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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