Westmorland and Furness council election, 2022

05/05/2022 · 33 wards · 65 seats contested

Most seats
36
Liberal Democrats
Seats contested
65
across 33 wards
Turnout
41.4%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats 36 — 54,163 39.1% —
Labour Party 15 — 24,731 17.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party 11 — 40,807 29.4% —
Independent 2 — 9,122 6.6% —
Green Party 1 — 9,429 6.8% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 — 335 0.2% —

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 65
Conservative and Unionist Party 65
Liberal Democrats 65
Labour Party 31
Green Party 30
Independent 18
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 4

A party standing a full slate could field 65 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Alston and Fellside 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Mary Robinson Elected 984 52.4% —
Labour Party Michael Timothy Hanley Elected 824 43.9% —
Labour Party Ian Lindley 572 30.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Richard Beveridge 425 22.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Dale Andrew Normington 403 21.5% —
Liberal Democrats Andy Baker 402 21.4% —
Liberal Democrats Richard Raymond William Sanderson 147 7.8% —
Majority252
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,878

Appleby and Brough 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Andy Connell Elected 986 55.5% —
Liberal Democrats Graham Simpkins Elected 631 35.5% —
Independent Gareth Hayes 609 34.3% —
Independent William Patterson 511 28.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Colin Smith 451 25.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Harry Berkeley 363 20.4% —
Majority22
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,776

Bowness and Lyth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Steve Bavin Elected 747 53.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jim Bland 584 41.5% —
Green Party Phil Clayton 75 5.3% —
Majority163
Turnout48.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,406

Burton and Holme

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Vicky Hughes Elected 891 60.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tom Harvey 519 35.4% —
Green Party Simon Blunden 58 4.0% —
Majority372
Turnout53.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,468

Coniston and Hawkshead

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Mary Pender Elected 854 63.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Ian Hoad 370 27.7% —
Labour Party Paul Andrew Martin 60 4.5% —
Green Party Mark Poole 53 4.0% —
Majority484
Turnout51.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,337

Dalton North 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Ben Shirley Elected 921 69.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Daniel Edwards Elected 783 58.8% —
Labour Party Robert Douglas Elliot 556 41.7% —
Liberal Democrats Rachael Hogg 262 19.7% —
Liberal Democrats Stephen John Coleman 143 10.7% —
Majority227
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,332

Dalton South 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Dave Taylor Elected 585 40.9% —
Labour Party Tony Callister Elected 488 34.1% —
Labour Party Steve Nott 483 33.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sam Ronson 469 32.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Des English 432 30.2% —
Independent Martin David McLeavy 268 18.7% —
Liberal Democrats Barbara Lilian Miller 74 5.2% —
Liberal Democrats Peter Graham Baker 64 4.5% —
Majority5
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,432

Eamont and Shap

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Neil Hughes Elected 1,031 65.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tom Lowther 539 34.3% —
Majority492
Turnout46.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,570

Eden and Lyvennet Vale 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Lorna Ann Baker Elected 960 55.6% —
Liberal Democrats Neil McCall Elected 816 47.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paula Breen 630 36.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Whipp 585 33.9% —
Independent Mike Tonkin 466 27.0% —
Majority186
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,728

Grange and Cartmel 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Jenny Boak Elected 2,588 65.1% —
Liberal Democrats Pete Endsor Elected 2,486 62.6% —
Liberal Democrats Sue Sanderson Elected 2,040 51.3% —
Independent Fiona Marguerite Hanlon 1,428 35.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tor McLaren 1,050 26.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party James Townley 882 22.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Edward Wilson 729 18.3% —
Green Party Mandy Barnett 301 7.6% —
Green Party Paul Woods 177 4.5% —
Green Party Luke Stanley Benjamin Mossbarnett 137 3.4% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Lilian El-Doufani 105 2.6% —
Majority612
Turnout50.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,974

Greystoke and Ullswater

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Judith Margaret Derbyshire Elected 1,150 70.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Debbie Wicks 475 29.2% —
Majority675
Turnout48.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,625

Hawcoat and Newbarns 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Les Hall Elected 1,151 44.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Niyall Allister Phillips Elected 1,069 41.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Roy Worthington Elected 993 38.1% —
Labour Party David Robert Cassidy 974 37.4% —
Labour Party Mike Leach 913 35.0% —
Labour Party Hayley Louise Preston 891 34.2% —
Independent Hazel Edwards 558 21.4% —
Independent Steven Lindsay Pryer 468 18.0% —
Independent Wendy Ada McClure 416 16.0% —
Liberal Democrats David Ian Benett Opie 160 6.1% —
Liberal Democrats Sheila Eccles 123 4.7% —
Liberal Democrats Christine Pearl Herbert 100 3.8% —
Majority19
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,605

Hesket and Lazonby 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Colin Atkinson Elected 676 42.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Hilary Frances Carrick Elected 658 40.9% —
Independent Elaine Mary Martin 599 37.2% —
Independent David Ryland 530 32.9% —
Liberal Democrats Roger Burgin 484 30.1% —
Liberal Democrats David Evans 229 14.2% —
Green Party Belinda Lloyd 44 2.7% —
Majority59
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,610

High Furness

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Matt Brereton Elected 581 41.4% —
Liberal Democrats Ian Charles Wharton 562 40.0% —
Labour Party Stephen Francis Carter 164 11.7% —
Green Party Peter Alan Howlett 97 6.9% —
Majority19
Turnout46.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,404

Kendal Castle 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Eamonn Matthew Hennessy Elected 1,224 64.3% —
Liberal Democrats Helen Ngaire Ladhams Elected 1,212 63.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Nigel Byrom 430 22.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Lewis Williams 404 21.2% —
Green Party Claire Wickham 207 10.9% —
Green Party Janet Antrobus 198 10.4% —
Labour Party Penny Henderson 134 7.0% —
Majority782
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,904

Kendal Highgate 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Phil Dixon Elected 1,111 67.1% —
Liberal Democrats Matt Severn Elected 942 56.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Margaret Bond 279 16.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mike Nicholson 264 15.9% —
Green Party Rosie Naish 256 15.5% —
Green Party Ian Rodham 179 10.8% —
Labour Party Oliver Gill 160 9.7% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Trevor Batchelor 122 7.4% —
Majority663
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,656

Kendal Nether 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Shirley Amelia Evans Elected 1,192 67.0% —
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Cornthwaite Elected 1,166 65.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lyndsay Elizabeth Slater 333 18.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Raymond Bower 271 15.2% —
Green Party Liz Wood 199 11.2% —
Labour Party Paul Michael Braithwaite 182 10.2% —
Green Party Daniel Rayson 154 8.7% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Paul John Casson 61 3.4% —
Majority833
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,779

Kendal South 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Richard Brook Elected 1,547 68.9% —
Liberal Democrats Doug Rathbone Elected 1,540 68.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Luke Ivan Gudgeon 564 25.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Shiela Ann Worthington 421 18.7% —
Green Party Elsa Fuster 177 7.9% —
Labour Party Lois Katherine Sparling 135 6.0% —
Green Party Phil Whiting 109 4.9% —
Majority976
Turnout48.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,246

Kendal Strickland and Fell 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Giles Charles Archibald Elected 1,381 59.3% —
Liberal Democrats Peter Thornton Elected 1,225 52.6% —
Green Party Laura Miller 749 32.2% —
Green Party Graham Jeffrey Vincent 576 24.7% —
Labour Party Virginia Branney 243 10.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Irene Asbury 221 9.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jacqueline Scott 215 9.2% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Martin Powell-Davies 47 2.0% —
Majority476
Turnout49.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,328

Kent Estuary 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Helen Elizabeth Chaffey Elected 1,767 72.1% —
Liberal Democrats Rupert James Audland Elected 1,621 66.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Margaret Elizabeth Handley 654 26.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Smillie 526 21.5% —
Green Party Jill Abel 337 13.7% —
Majority967
Turnout52.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,452

Kirkby Stephen and Tebay 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Phil Dew Elected 861 59.9% —
Liberal Democrats John Stephen Murray Elected 697 48.5% —
Liberal Democrats Adrian Waite 557 38.7% —
Independent Sandy Lancaster 496 34.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ray Briggs 266 18.5% —
Majority140
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,438

Levens and Crooklands

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Janet Mary Battye Elected 1,106 64.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kevin Holmes 539 31.4% —
Green Party Hilary Pickup 73 4.2% —
Majority567
Turnout55.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,718

Low Furness

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Ben Cooper Elected 650 44.5% —
Liberal Democrats Janet Willis 627 42.9% —
Labour Party Eirik Raymond Haugsbak Hunt 128 8.8% —
Green Party Paul Alan Rigg 56 3.8% —
Majority23
Turnout44.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,461

Old Barrow and Hindpool 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Anne Burns Elected 1,183 71.6% —
Labour Party Kevin Robert Hamilton Elected 1,089 65.9% —
Labour Party Margaret Ann Thomson Elected 1,076 65.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Anne Bispham 501 30.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Piya Das 407 24.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Brenda Lauderdale 406 24.6% —
Liberal Democrats Adam Grant Campbell 114 6.9% —
Liberal Democrats Gill Gardiner 99 6.0% —
Liberal Democrats Stephen Pickthall 83 5.0% —
Majority575
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,653

Ormsgill and Parkside 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Bill McEwan Elected 1,242 66.1% —
Labour Party Derek Brook Elected 1,211 64.5% —
Labour Party Beverly Ann Morgan Elected 1,177 62.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Elaine Burley 635 33.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ann Denise English 575 30.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Emma Louise Wylie 527 28.1% —
Liberal Democrats Jayne Marie Richardson 114 6.1% —
Liberal Democrats Phil Walker 84 4.5% —
Liberal Democrats Alasdair Wilkinson-Marsh 68 3.6% —
Majority542
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,878

Penrith North 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Patricia Anne Bell Elected 1,277 60.0% —
Liberal Democrats Mark Brian Rudhall Elected 820 38.5% —
Green Party Ali Ross 675 31.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Helen Jane Fearon 519 24.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Harry Fearon 444 20.8% —
Green Party Wade Tidbury 266 12.5% —
Independent Scott Jackson 138 6.5% —
Independent Peter Devine 122 5.7% —
Majority145
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,130

Penrith South 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Virginia Christie Taylor Elected 911 49.6% —
Liberal Democrats Mike Eyles Elected 899 49.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gillian Elizabeth Barnes 520 28.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Matt Vickers 459 25.0% —
Independent Lee Quinn 397 21.6% —
Independent Margaret Clark 272 14.8% —
Green Party Richard Kevin O'Brien 212 11.6% —
Majority379
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,835

Risedale and Roosecote 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jane Amelia Murphy Elected 1,152 52.2% —
Labour Party Andy Coles Elected 1,139 51.6% —
Labour Party Trevor Alan Biggins Elected 1,130 51.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Derek Gawne 984 44.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lynda Lea Shaw 947 42.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ronnie Haddow 871 39.5% —
Liberal Democrats Michael Wilson Barwise 145 6.6% —
Liberal Democrats Jade Sullivan 128 5.8% —
Liberal Democrats Heather Troughton 121 5.5% —
Majority146
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,206

Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Ian David Mitchell Elected 1,891 64.6% —
Liberal Democrats Hazel Margaret Hodgson Elected 1,854 63.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kevin Lancaster 983 33.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Pat Bell 898 30.7% —
Green Party Tony Gray 225 7.7% —
Majority871
Turnout52.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,926

Ulverston 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Judy Filmore Elected 1,445 38.0% —
Labour Party Jackie Drake Elected 1,286 33.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Helen Irving Elected 1,265 33.3% —
Labour Party Michelle Scrogham 1,247 32.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Clifford Butcher 1,218 32.0% —
Labour Party Mark Wilson 1,189 31.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Amanda Rigg 1,165 30.6% —
Green Party Bob Gerry 930 24.5% —
Green Party Rob O'Hara 864 22.7% —
Liberal Democrats Andrew Hudson 345 9.1% —
Liberal Democrats Dave Rushton 246 6.5% —
Liberal Democrats Charles Edward Howarth 209 5.5% —
Majority18
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,803

Upper Kent

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Ali Jama Elected 949 60.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Deborah Huck 415 26.4% —
Green Party Fran Richardson 210 13.3% —
Majority534
Turnout47.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,574

Walney Island 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Frank Cassidy Elected 1,349 66.0% —
Labour Party Anita Gwendoline Husband Elected 1,179 57.7% —
Labour Party Thérèse Assouad Elected 1,175 57.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Allen Rose 681 33.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Steve Sharpe 638 31.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Terri-Ann Gibney 622 30.4% —
Independent Steven Fletcher 275 13.4% —
Liberal Democrats Paul Martin Trollope 81 4.0% —
Liberal Democrats Chris Hogg 77 3.8% —
Liberal Democrats Tina Perkins 59 2.9% —
Majority494
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,045

Windermere and Ambleside 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats William Clark Elected 2,330 72.6% —
Liberal Democrats Andrew Guy Jarvis Elected 2,231 69.5% —
Liberal Democrats Dyan Jones Elected 2,183 68.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Cath Musetti 966 30.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jolyon Roland Thornhill Stephenson 774 24.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paula Marie Cross 751 23.4% —
Green Party Kate Threadgold 390 12.2% —
Majority1,217
Turnout46.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,208