# 2012 South Lakeland District Council election

The 2012 South Lakeland District Council election was held on 3 May 2012 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election, having been elected "all out" in 2008 and "in thirds" every year thereafter.

## Election results summary

| Party | Party | Previous council | New council | +/- |
| | Liberal Democrats | 33 | 34 | 1 |
| | Conservatives | 17 | 14 | 3 |
| | Labour | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 51 | 51 | |
| Working majority | Working majority | 15 | 17 | |
South Lakeland Local Election Result 2012 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Liberal Democrats | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 | 44.66 | 7,202 |
| Conservative | 6 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 33.3 | 42.26 | 6,815 |
| Labour | 3 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 16.7 | 9.02 | 1,454 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.06 | 655 |

## Ward results

Arnside & Beetham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pru Jupe* | 1,265 | 70.5 | +10.3 |
| | Conservative | Mike Nicholson | 529 | 29.5 | −8.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 736 | 41.0 | +18.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,794 | 50.79 | −11.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Burton & Holme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Roger Bingham* | 991 | 59.8 | −7.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vic Brown | 666 | 40.2 | +4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 325 | 19.6 | −12.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,657 | 54.2 | −2.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Coniston and Crake Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anne Hall* | 418 | 60.0 | −4.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Carter | 279 | 40.0 | +4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 139 | 20.0 | −8.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 697 | 53.53 | −5.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Crooklands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila Eccles* | 599 | 66.5 | −3.9 |
| | Conservative | Jess Alston | 267 | 29.6 | ±0.0 |
| | Green | Ko Koens | 35 | 3.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 332 | 36.9 | −3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 901 | 50.7 | −14.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Hawkshead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Fletcher | 412 | 53.4 | −0.1 |
| | Conservative | Sarah Ibbetson | 305 | 39.5 | −7.0 |
| | Green | Paul Milling | 55 | 7.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 107 | 13.9 | +6.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 772 | 52.19 | −8.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Kendal Fell (by-election) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Giles Archibald | 387 | 53.8 | −21.5 |
| | Labour | Lois Sparling | 183 | 25.5 | +0.8 |
| | Conservative | Patrick Birchall | 70 | 9.7 | N/A |
| | Green | Paul Metsers | 49 | 6.8 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Malcolm Nightingale | 30 | 4.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 204 | 28.3 | −22.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,722 | 41.87 | −24.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Levens :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Orr | 635 | 55.8 | −8.3 |
| | Conservative | Brian Rendell | 458 | 40.2 | +4.3 |
| | Green | Leigh Martindale | 45 | 4.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 177 | 15.6 | −12.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,138 | 67.53 | +0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Lyth Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Holmes* | 633 | 61.8 | +17.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Danny Gallagher | 341 | 33.3 | −22.3 |
| | Labour | Marilyn Molloy | 50 | 4.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 292 | 28.5 | +17.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,024 | 54.23 | −3.4 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
* The Conservative Party had previously gained the seat in Lyth Valley at a by-election.
Milnthorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Ryder | 590 | 66.9 | −8.5 |
| | Conservative | Stell Clark | 245 | 27.8 | +3.2 |
| | Green | Frank Airey | 47 | 5.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 345 | 39.1 | −11.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 882 | 52.34 | −1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Sedbergh & Kirkby Lonsdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nick Cotton | 1,184 | 47.5 | +4.4 |
| | Conservative | Kevin Lancaster* | 1,115 | 44.7 | −7.5 |
| | Labour | Martin Holborn | 103 | 4.1 | N/A |
| | Green | Mandy Barnett | 92 | 3.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 69 | 2.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,494 | 50.89 | −5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Staveley-in-Cartmel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sue Sanderson | 436 | 56.8 | +4.2 |
| | Conservative | Ted Walsh | 331 | 43.2 | −4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 105 | 13.6 | +8.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 767 | 49.42 | −6.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Staveley-in-Westmorland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stan Collins* | 581 | 72.1 | −8.0 |
| | Conservative | Sandra Lilley | 153 | 19.0 | −0.9 |
| | Green | Rachael Milling | 72 | 8.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 428 | 53.1 | −7.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 806 | 47.19 | −6.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Ulverston Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Bharath Rajan | 211 | 42.3 | +11.1 |
| | Conservative | Norman Bishop-Rowe* | 209 | 41.9 | −15.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Hudson | 45 | 9.0 | −2.4 |
| | Green | Alison Morris | 34 | 6.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2 | 0.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 499 | 33.13 | +0.1 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Ulverston East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | John Wilson* | 214 | 51.8 | +7.6 |
| | Conservative | Peter Hornby | 111 | 26.9 | −13.2 |
| | UKIP | Ian Jackson | 34 | 8.2 | N/A |
| | Green | Judith Filmore | 31 | 7.5 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maureen Nicholson | 23 | 5.6 | −10.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 103 | 24.9 | +24.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 413 | 25.12 | −4.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Ulverston North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Helen Irving | 280 | 39.4 | −15.9 |
| | Labour Co-op | Colin Pickthall | 248 | 34.9 | +11.3 |
| | Green | Chris Loynes | 114 | 16.0 | +5.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Downe | 69 | 9.7 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 32 | 4.5 | −27.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 711 | 46.26 | −0.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Ulverston South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Amanda Rigg | 239 | 47.7 | −17.2 |
| | Labour Co-op | Judith Ann Pickthall | 210 | 41.9 | +20.2 |
| | Green | Kate Rawles | 31 | 6.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Khan | 21 | 4.2 | −9.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 29 | 5.8 | −37.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 501 | 33.51 | −7.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Ulverston Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Clough | 271 | 54.1 | +11.4 |
| | Conservative | James Samson* | 150 | 29.9 | −13.6 |
| | Green | Simon Filmore | 50 | 10.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Mellor | 30 | 6.0 | −7.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 121 | 24.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 501 | 33.80 | +0.9 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Ulverston West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Janette Jenkinson* | 381 | 63.2 | −6.8 |
| | Labour | Ian Hunt | 147 | 24.4 | +7.1 |
| | Green | Robert O'Hara | 49 | 8.1 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Loraine Birchall | 26 | 4.3 | −8.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 234 | 38.8 | −13.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 603 | 39.96 | −1.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

## By-Elections

Windermere Bowness North, 29 August 2013 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Jones | 431 | 60.9 | −4.1 |
| | Conservative | Ian Keeling | 248 | 35.0 | +5.1 |
| | Labour | Rae Cross | 29 | 4.1 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 183 | 25.9 | −9.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 708 | 42.75 | −14.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Levens, 17 October 2013 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Annie Rawlinson | 569 | 57.0 | +1.2 |
| | Conservative | Brian Rendell | 430 | 43.0 | +2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 139 | 14.0 | −2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 999 | 58.8 | −11.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |