Local Election Results 2008
Carlisle
One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Burgh, Irthing, Longtown and Rockcliffe, Lyne or Stanwix Rural.
Note:— The election in Upperby was postponed due to the death of a candidate.
Other results for Carlisle:2002200320042006200720102011201220142015201620182019
By-elections for Carlisle (may be incomplete): 24th November 2005 (Castle) — 5th March 2009 (Belah;Castle) — 16th September 2010 (Stanwix Urban) — 21st June 2012 (Harraby) — 5th September 2013 (Yewdale) — 17th October 2013 (Dalston) — 11th September 2014 (Castle) — 7th January 2016 (Botcherby) — 15th September 2016 (Castle) — 24th November 2016 (Castle) — 4th May 2017 (Belle Vue;Yewdale) — 6th September 2018 (Denton Holme) — 6th May 2021 (Cathedral & Castle;Harraby S. & Parklands;Newtown & Morton N.) — 28th October 2021 (Currock & Upperby) — 5th May 2022 (Longtown & the Border)
Results for Cumbria county council:2005200920132017
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party | Votes | Percent | Seats |
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| Conservative | 10692 | 39.6% | 7 |
| Labour | 8339 | 30.8% | 7 |
| Liberal Democrat | 3942 | 14.6% | 3 |
| British National Party | 2508 | 9.3% | 0 |
| Independent | 1377 | 5.1% | 1 |
| English Democrats Party | 176 | 0.7% | 0 |
| David Morton | C | 1212 | 66.6% |
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| Elaine Thomson | Lab | 431 | 23.7% |
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| Stephen Gash | EDP | 176 | 9.7% |
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| Mike Clarke | C | 682 | 42.1% |
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| Ian Stockdale | Lab | 620 | 38.2% |
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| Louise Winspear | LD | 163 | 10.1% |
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| Glen Gardner | BNP | 156 | 9.6% |
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| Michael Boaden | Lab | 509 | 36.1% |
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| John Blenkham | C | 443 | 31.4% |
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| Bobby Betton | Ind | 313 | 22.2% |
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| Karl Chappell | BNP | 145 | 10.3% |
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| James Layden | C | 913 | 75.1% |
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| Alex Faulds | Lab | 302 | 24.9% |
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| Jim Tootle | LD | 562 | 44.3% |
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| Christopher Southward | Lab | 299 | 23.6% |
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| Charlotte Arnold | C | 206 | 16.2% |
|---|
| Simon Osman | Ind | 202 | 15.9% |
|---|
| Colin Glover | Lab | 693 | 46.3% |
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| Brian Allan | BNP | 420 | 28.0% |
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| Lawrence Fisher | C | 286 | 19.1% |
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| Olive Hall | LD | 99 | 6.6% |
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| Trevor Allison | LD | 1151 | 50.2% |
|---|
| Gareth Ellis | C | 928 | 40.4% |
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| Grant Warwick | Lab | 216 | 9.4% |
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| Joan Southward | Lab | 627 | 43.5% |
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| Geoffrey Prest | C | 347 | 24.1% |
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| Allan Stevenson | Ind | 188 | 13.1% |
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| Rob Walker | BNP | 170 | 11.8% |
|---|
| Janet Tootle | LD | 108 | 7.5% |
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| Doreen Parsons | C | 471 | 70.7% |
|---|
| Helen Horne | Lab | 195 | 29.3% |
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| Carole Rutherford | Lab | 685 | 41.7% |
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| Michele Gwillim | C | 513 | 31.3% |
|---|
| Joyce Chisholm | BNP | 272 | 16.6% |
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| Colin Farmer | LD | 171 | 10.4% |
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| William Graham | Ind | 674 | 74.2% |
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| Harry Cain | C | 234 | 25.8% |
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| Nan Farmer | LD | 799 | 35.6% |
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| Ann Warwick | Lab | 740 | 32.9% |
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| David Barnes | BNP | 466 | 20.7% |
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| Teresa Cartner | C | 242 | 10.8% |
|---|
| Lucy Patrick | Lab | 661 | 42.2% |
|---|
| Barbara Eden | C | 453 | 28.9% |
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| Tony Carvell | BNP | 232 | 14.8% |
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| Paul Hendy | LD | 219 | 14.0% |
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| Andrew Stevenson | C | 1188 | 61.2% |
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| Richard Im Thurn | Lab | 511 | 26.3% |
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| Deborah Clode | LD | 242 | 12.5% |
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| Donald Cape | Lab | 595 | 35.2% |
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| Ann Warwick | Lab | 515 | |
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| James Osler | LD | 428 | 25.3% |
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| Georgina Clarke | C | 346 | 20.5% |
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| Brian Allan | BNP | 321 | 19.0% |
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| Alistair Barbour | BNP | 278 | |
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| Gareth Ellis | C | 275 | |
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| Barry Earp | C | 1283 | 78.5% |
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| Roger Horne | Lab | 352 | 21.5% |
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| Fiona Robson | C | 945 | 43.5% |
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| Steven Bowditch | Lab | 903 | 41.5% |
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| Michael Elliott | BNP | 326 | 15.0% |
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