# 2016 South Lakeland District Council election

The 2016 South Lakeland District Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
| Party | Party | Previous council | New council | +/- |
| | Liberal Democrats | 32 | 32 | |
| | Conservatives | 15 | 16 | 1 |
| | Labour | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| | Independent | 1 | 1 | |
| | Green | 0 | 0 | |
| | UKIP | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | Total | 51 | 51 | |
| Working majority | Working majority | 13 | 13 | |

## Election results summary

South Lakeland Local Election Result 2016 :
| 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 |

## Ward results

An asterisk * indicates an incumbent seeking re-election.

### Arnside & Beetham

Arnside & Beetham 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 821 | 43.9 | +2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 54.5 | +3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Burton & Holme

Burton & Holme 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 611 | 43.8 | +24.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.2 | −7.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Coniston & Crake Valley

Coniston & Crake Valley 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 219 | 35.8 | +15.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.9 | −5.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Crooklands

Crooklands 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 348 | 36.5 | −0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 54.2 | +3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Hawkshead

Hawkshead 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 238 | 28.9 | +15.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 57.9 | +5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Levens

Levens 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 392 | 35.8 | +20.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 64.1 | −3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Lyth Valley

Lyth Valley 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 262 | 32.4 | +3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.7 | −9.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Milnthorpe

Milnthorpe 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 229 | 28.0 | −11.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.8 | −2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Sedbergh & Kirkby Lonsdale

Sedbergh & Kirkby Lonsdale 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 778 | 30.7 | +27.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.5 | +2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Staveley-in-Cartmel

Staveley-in-Cartmel 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 292 | 35.7 | +22.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 52.7 | +3.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Staveley-in-Westmorland

Staveley-in-Westmorland 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 361 | 43.7 | −9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.2 | ±0.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Ulverston Central

Ulverston Central 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 17 | 3.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 33.3 | +0.2 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Ulverston East

Ulverston East 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 116 | 23.2 | −1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 31.6 | +6.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Ulverston North

Ulverston North 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 3 | 0.4 | −4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 46.1 | −0.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Ulverston South

Ulverston South 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 124 | 22.2 | +16.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.1 | +4.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Ulverston Town

Ulverston Town 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 135 | 26.0 | +1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.4 | +1.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Ulverston West

Ulverston West 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 231 | 36.2 | −2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 43.6 | +3.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

## By-Elections

Windermere Bowness North, 13 October 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 185 | 25.2 | +15.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 740 | 45.8 | −28.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Ambleside & Grasmere, 4 May 2017 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 193 | 14.2 | −27.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,372 | 46.76 | +1.17 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |