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Map showing the results of the 2016 South Lakeland District Council elections by ward.Liberal Democrats in yellow,Conservatives in blue,Independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2016. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2016 South Lakeland District Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members ofSouth Lakeland District Council in England.[2] This was on the same day as otherlocal elections.
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
| Party | Previous council | New council | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 32 | 32 | ||
| Conservatives | 15 | 16 | ||
| Labour | 3 | 2 | ||
| Independent | 1 | 1 | ||
| Green | 0 | 0 | ||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 51 | 51 | ||
| Working majority | 13 | 13 | ||
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.1 | 44.5 | 7,108 | ||
| Conservative | 7 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 41.2 | 36.3 | 5,787 | ||
| Labour | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 11.8 | 10.8 | 1,725 | ||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 903 | ||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 434 | ||
An asterisk * indicates an incumbent seeking re-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Pete McSweeney | 1,220 | 65.2 | −5.3 | |
| Conservative | Peter Smillie | 399 | 21.3 | −8.2 | |
| UKIP | Alan Nigel Piper | 93 | 5.0 | N/A | |
| Green | Jill Abel | 82 | 4.4 | N/A | |
| Labour | Lois Katherine Sparling | 77 | 4.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 821 | 43.9 | +2.9 | ||
| Turnout | 54.5 | +3.7 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Roger Kenneth Bingham* | 919 | 65.8 | +6.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gordon Victor Higton | 308 | 22.0 | −18.2 | |
| Labour | Nigel Edward Warner | 111 | 7.9 | N/A | |
| Green | Andrew Robert Chapple | 59 | 4.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 611 | 43.8 | +24.2 | ||
| Turnout | 47.2 | −7.0 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anne Hall* | 391 | 63.9 | +3.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Val Sykes | 172 | 28.1 | −11.9 | |
| Green | Mark Kidd | 49 | 8.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 219 | 35.8 | +15.8 | ||
| Turnout | 47.9 | −5.6 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sheila Eccles* | 611 | 64.2 | −2.3 | |
| Conservative | David Matthews | 263 | 27.7 | −1.9 | |
| Green | Meg Hill | 45 | 4.7 | +0.8 | |
| UKIP | Malcolm James Hamilton Nightingale | 32 | 3.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 348 | 36.5 | −0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 54.2 | +3.5 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David William Norman Fletcher* | 478 | 58.1 | +4.7 | |
| Conservative | Ann Elizabeth Myatt | 240 | 29.2 | −10.3 | |
| UKIP | David Rimmer Walker | 55 | 6.7 | N/A | |
| Green | Gwen Harrison | 50 | 6.1 | −1.0 | |
| Majority | 238 | 28.9 | +15.0 | ||
| Turnout | 57.9 | +5.7 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Annie Rawlinson* | 715 | 65.2 | +9.4 | |
| Conservative | Kevin Ronald Holmes | 323 | 29.4 | −10.8 | |
| UKIP | Yana Doidge | 21 | 1.9 | N/A | |
| Labour | Dave Cope | 19 | 1.7 | N/A | |
| Green | Claire Wickham | 19 | 1.7 | −2.3 | |
| Majority | 392 | 35.8 | +20.2 | ||
| Turnout | 64.1 | −3.4 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Holmes* | 482 | 59.6 | −2.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Bex Cooper | 220 | 27.2 | −6.1 | |
| UKIP | Stephen Willmott | 43 | 5.3 | N/A | |
| Labour | Alison Faith Gilchrist | 34 | 4.2 | −0.7 | |
| Green | Kate Barkes | 30 | 3.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 262 | 32.4 | +3.9 | ||
| Turnout | 44.7 | −9.5 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Rupert James Audland | 482 | 58.9 | −8.0 | |
| Conservative | Steven Hurst | 253 | 30.9 | +3.1 | |
| UKIP | Oksana Walker | 40 | 4.9 | N/A | |
| Labour | Jo Magne | 33 | 4.0 | N/A | |
| Green | Shona Kathleen Kidd | 11 | 1.3 | −4.0 | |
| Majority | 229 | 28.0 | −11.1 | ||
| Turnout | 49.8 | −2.5 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Nick Cotton* | 1,557 | 61.4 | +13.9 | |
| Conservative | Alex Toubas | 779 | 30.7 | −14.0 | |
| Labour | Nick Cross | 114 | 4.5 | +0.4 | |
| Green | Daphne Mary Jackson | 84 | 3.3 | −0.4 | |
| Majority | 778 | 30.7 | +27.9 | ||
| Turnout | 53.5 | +2.6 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sue Sanderson* | 512 | 62.7 | +5.9 | |
| Conservative | Ted Walsh | 220 | 27.0 | −16.2 | |
| UKIP | Brian Donald Thornton | 57 | 7.0 | N/A | |
| Green | Ben John Barker | 27 | 3.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 292 | 35.7 | +22.1 | ||
| Turnout | 52.7 | +3.3 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Stan Collins* | 486 | 58.9 | −13.2 | |
| Conservative | Harry Taylor | 125 | 15.2 | −3.8 | |
| Green | Fran Richardson | 112 | 13.6 | +4.7 | |
| Labour | Peter Train | 68 | 8.2 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Albina Thornton | 34 | 4.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 361 | 43.7 | −9.4 | ||
| Turnout | 47.2 | ±0.0 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Norman Bishop-Rowe | 204 | 42.5 | +0.6 | |
| Labour | Bharath Sundara Rajan* | 187 | 39.0 | −3.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Hudson | 64 | 13.3 | +4.3 | |
| Green | Christopher Loynes | 25 | 5.2 | −1.6 | |
| Majority | 17 | 3.5 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 33.3 | +0.2 | |||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mark Wilson* | 259 | 51.9 | +0.1 | |
| Conservative | Peter Hornby | 143 | 28.7 | +1.8 | |
| Green | Judith Ann Filmore | 53 | 10.6 | +3.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Maureen Frances Nicholson | 44 | 8.8 | +3.2 | |
| Majority | 116 | 23.2 | −1.7 | ||
| Turnout | 31.6 | +6.5 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Helen Irving* | 252 | 35.7 | −3.7 | |
| Labour | Judith Ann Pickthall | 249 | 35.3 | +0.4 | |
| Green | Simon James Filmore | 110 | 15.6 | −0.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ray Beecham | 95 | 13.5 | +3.8 | |
| Majority | 3 | 0.4 | −4.1 | ||
| Turnout | 46.1 | −0.2 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Amanda Rigg* | 268 | 47.9 | +0.2 | |
| Labour | Joan Margaret Casson | 144 | 25.7 | −16.2 | |
| UKIP | Peter Richards | 59 | 10.5 | N/A | |
| Green | Bob Gerry | 45 | 8.0 | +1.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Loraine Birchall | 44 | 7.9 | +3.7 | |
| Majority | 124 | 22.2 | +16.4 | ||
| Turnout | 38.1 | +4.6 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Victor Clough* | 272 | 52.4 | −1.7 | |
| Conservative | Reuben Allonby | 137 | 26.4 | −3.5 | |
| Green | Bill Shaw | 68 | 13.1 | +3.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Dave Khan | 42 | 8.1 | +2.1 | |
| Majority | 135 | 26.0 | +1.8 | ||
| Turnout | 35.4 | +1.6 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Janette Ethel Jenkinson* | 389 | 60.9 | −2.3 | |
| Labour | Bob Brown | 158 | 24.7 | +0.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gordon Ellis Brown | 58 | 9.1 | +4.8 | |
| Green | Robert O'Hara | 34 | 5.3 | −2.8 | |
| Majority | 231 | 36.2 | −2.6 | ||
| Turnout | 43.6 | +3.6 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Jarvis | 441 | 60.1 | +11.1 | |
| Conservative | Martin Hall | 256 | 34.9 | −4.1 | |
| Green | Kate Threadgold | 37 | 5.0 | −1.0 | |
| Majority | 185 | 25.2 | +15.2 | ||
| Turnout | 740 | 45.8 | −28.0 | ||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Vicky Hughes | 695 | 50.9 | −13.4 | |
| Conservative | Tim Brown | 502 | 36.7 | +14.0 | |
| Labour | Alison Gilchrist | 87 | 6.4 | −0.1 | |
| Green | Chris Rowley | 82 | 6.0 | −0.4 | |
| Majority | 193 | 14.2 | −27.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,372 | 46.76 | +1.17 | ||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||