# 2015 South Lakeland District Council election

The 2015 South Lakeland District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the South Lakeland District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.

## Election results summary

| Party | Party | Previous council | New council | +/- |
| | Liberal Democrats | 33 | 32 | 1 |
| | Conservatives | 15 | 16 | 1 |
| | Labour | 3 | 3 | |
| | Independent | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | Total | 51 | 51 | |
| Working majority | Working majority | 15 | 13 | |
South Lakeland Local Election Result 2015 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 41.2 | 41.5 | 11,362 |
| Liberal Democrats | 9 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 52.9 | 40.1 | 10,986 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 2,207 |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 1,687 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5.9 | 2.1 | 569 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 564 |

## Ward results

Ambleside & Grasmere :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vivienne Rees* | 1,002 | 48.3 | −8.3 |
| | Conservative | Hannah Lane | 635 | 30.6 | −5.0 |
| | Green | Simon Dunning | 268 | 12.9 | N/A |
| | Labour | Alison Gilchrist | 171 | 8.2 | −1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 367 | 17.7 | −3.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 70.44 | +21.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Arnside & Beetham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Stewart* | 1,356 | 49.8 | −8.3 |
| | Conservative | Peter Smillie | 1,005 | 36.9 | +1.2 |
| | Green | Mark Arrowsmith | 195 | 7.2 | N/A |
| | Labour | Lois Sparling | 168 | 6.2 | ±0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 351 | 12.9 | −9.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 77.22 | +14.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Broughton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Joss Curwen* | 569 | 40.7 | −35.1 |
| | Conservative | John Longmire | 550 | 39.3 | −36.5 |
| | Labour | John Lawrence | 155 | 11.1 | N/A |
| | Green | Donna Munro | 125 | 8.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19 | 1.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 75.48 | +21.4 |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
* Joss Curwen was originally elected as a Conservative councillor.
Burneside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Hurst-Jones | 478 | 40.3 | −22.5 |
| | Conservative | Nigel Byrom | 360 | 30.4 | +0.5 |
| | Green | Christopher Granger | 159 | 13.4 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Malcolm Nightingale | 103 | 8.7 | N/A |
| | Labour | Tony Rothwell | 86 | 7.3 | ±0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 118 | 9.9 | −23.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 70.87 | +17.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Burton & Holme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brian Cooper* | 1,232 | 53.9 | +1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vic Brown | 765 | 33.4 | −14.3 |
| | Labour | Nigel Warner | 186 | 8.1 | N/A |
| | Green | Adam Sandell | 104 | 4.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 467 | 20.5 | +15.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 75.57 | +15.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Cartmel & Grange West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Wilson* | 582 | 48.7 | −16.7 |
| | Conservative | Ted Walsh | 462 | 38.7 | +4.1 |
| | Green | Chris Gibbs | 150 | 12.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 120 | 10.0 | −20.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 75.11 | +15.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Grange North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eric Morrell | 623 | 44.8 | +2.9 |
| | Conservative | Steve Chambers | 511 | 36.7 | −21.4 |
| | Green | Jenny Gibbs | 155 | 11.1 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Stephen Willmott | 102 | 7.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 112 | 8.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 75.82 | +19.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Grange South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Tom Harvey* | 701 | 61.4 | +7.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dave Khan | 277 | 24.3 | −21.9 |
| | Green | Ben Barker | 163 | 14.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 424 | 37.1 | +29.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 76.05 | +11.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Holker :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gill Gardner | 687 | 62.6 | +7.2 |
| | Conservative | Grania Nicholson | 335 | 30.5 | −14.1 |
| | Green | Jocelyn Gaskell | 75 | 6.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 352 | 32.1 | +21.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 68.07 | +10.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Low Furness :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Airey* | 618 | 56.4 | −8.9 |
| | UKIP | Janet Butler | 160 | 14.6 | N/A |
| | Labour | Joan Casson | 132 | 12.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Loraine Birchall | 128 | 11.7 | −8.0 |
| | Green | Christian Barnes | 58 | 5.3 | −9.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 458 | 41.8 | −3.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 74.78 | +27.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Mid Furness :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andrew Butcher | 871 | 37.3 | −1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janet Willis* | 845 | 36.2 | −5.5 |
| | Labour | David Webster | 330 | 14.1 | −1.6 |
| | UKIP | Peter Richards | 199 | 8.5 | N/A |
| | Green | Bill Shaw | 89 | 3.8 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26 | 1.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 73.97 | +21.6 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Sedbergh & Kirkby Lonsdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mel Mackie | 1,622 | 43.7 | −4.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Evelyn Westwood* | 1,619 | 43.6 | −8.2 |
| | Green | Daphne Jackson | 269 | 7.2 | N/A |
| | Labour | Martin Holborn | 205 | 5.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3 | 0.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 76.44 | +18.8 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Whinfell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Thornton* | 592 | 47.6 | −15.5 |
| | Conservative | Pat Bell | 560 | 45.0 | +8.1 |
| | Green | Adam Rubinstein | 92 | 7.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 32 | 2.6 | −23.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 80.17 | +25.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Windermere Applethwaite & Troutbeck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ben Berry* | 686 | 57.7 | +7.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Jarvis | 399 | 33.6 | −15.8 |
| | Green | Kate Barkes | 104 | 8.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 287 | 24.1 | +22.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 72.61 | +14.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Windermere Bowness North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Jones* | 582 | 49.0 | −16.0 |
| | Conservative | Sandra Lilley | 463 | 39.0 | +9.1 |
| | Labour | Alan Ellison | 72 | 6.1 | +1.1 |
| | Green | Kate Threadgold | 71 | 6.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 119 | 10.0 | −25.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 73.80 | +16.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Windermere Bowness South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Williams* | 498 | 48.3 | −1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Rooke | 420 | 40.7 | −3.4 |
| | Green | Tim Shearer | 63 | 6.1 | N/A |
| | Labour | Rae Cross | 50 | 4.8 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 78 | 7.6 | +1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 73.80 | +28.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Windermere Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dyan Jones* | 631 | 58.3 | −11.6 |
| | Conservative | Adrian Naik | 253 | 23.4 | +8.2 |
| | Labour | Penny Henderson | 132 | 12.2 | −2.6 |
| | Green | Luke Barley | 67 | 6.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 378 | 34.9 | −19.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 64.80 | +18.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

## By-Elections

No by-elections were held between 2015 and 2016.