# 2018 Carlisle City Council election

The 2018 Carlisle City Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Carlisle District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council remained in no overall control.

## Overall result

Carlisle local election result 2018 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47.1 | 44.0 | 10,648 | 12.7 |
| Labour | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 47.1 | 39.7 | 9,603 | 7.5 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 5.9 | 5.6 | 1,353 | 0.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 4.7 | 1,147 | 2.0 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 4.5 | 1,076 | 0.8 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.4 | 349 | 20.7 |

## Ward results
### Belah

Belah :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gareth Ellis | 902 | 50.4 | 8.0 |
| | Labour | Jeanette Bradley | 429 | 24.0 | 3.6 |
| | Independent | Alan Toole | 274 | 15.3 | New |
| | Green | Penelope Foster | 114 | 6.4 | 0.8 |
| | UKIP | Philip Douglass | 69 | 3.9 | 18.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 473 | 26.4 | 11.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,790 | 37.3 | 1.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Belle Vue

Belle Vue :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jessica Riddle | 925 | 57.2 | 16.5 |
| | Conservative | Melissa Andrews | 693 | 42.8 | 10.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 232 | 14.4 | 6.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,627 | 32.9 | 1.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Botcherby

Botcherby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Robert Betton | 827 | 57.2 | 4.9 |
| | Labour | Lisa Brown | 482 | 33.4 | 9.2 |
| | Conservative | Linda Danielis | 136 | 9.4 | 0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 345 | 23.8 | 4.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,448 | 32.8 | 1.0 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Brampton

Brampton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mike Mitchelson | 758 | 61.7 | 8.6 |
| | Labour | Maggie Robinson | 276 | 22.5 | 4.0 |
| | Green | Sharon Seymour | 108 | 8.8 | 0.2 |
| | Independent | Malcolm Craik | 87 | 7.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 482 | 39.2 | 4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,229 | 33.8 | 2.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Castle

Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Anne Glendinning | 587 | 56.3 | 19.0 |
| | Conservative | Paul Bradley | 311 | 29.8 | 10.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Wood | 73 | 7.0 | 3.9 |
| | Green | Richard Hunt | 72 | 6.9 | 0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 276 | 26.5 | 12.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,046 | 25.8 | 1.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Currock

Currock :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sue Crawford | 616 | 59.2 | 8.9 |
| | Conservative | Barbara Eden | 271 | 26.0 | 9.5 |
| | UKIP | John Denholm | 107 | 10.3 | 15.7 |
| | Green | Helen Atkinson | 47 | 4.5 | 0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 345 | 33.2 | 8.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,043 | 23.7 | 2.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Dalston

Dalston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ann McKerrell | 1,119 | 52.3 | 19.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Gee | 658 | 30.7 | 9.3 |
| | Labour | Calvin Rodgerson | 364 | 17.0 | 4.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 461 | 21.6 | 10.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,145 | 37.2 | 8.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Denton Holme

Denton Holme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Christopher Southward | 754 | 61.1 | 16.4 |
| | Conservative | Syed Ali | 345 | 27.9 | 8.8 |
| | Green | Rob Morrison | 136 | 11.0 | 1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 409 | 33.2 | 11.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,240 | 26.2 | 2.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Harraby

Harraby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paul Carrigan | 742 | 53.6 | 10.8 |
| | Conservative | Geoff Mitchell | 560 | 40.4 | 17.6 |
| | Green | Julian Oldfield | 83 | 6.0 | 0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 182 | 13.2 | 0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,389 | 27.6 | 2.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Longtown and Rockcliffe

Longtown and Rockcliffe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Raynor Bloxham | 526 | 65.8 | 18.6 |
| | Labour | Paul Atkinson | 213 | 26.6 | 7.9 |
| | UKIP | Fiona Mills | 61 | 7.6 | 24.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 313 | 39.2 | 23.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 803 | 25.2 | 4.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Morton

Morton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Colin Stothard | 801 | 59.1 | 13.5 |
| | Conservative | Charles McKerrell | 476 | 35.1 | 12.3 |
| | Green | Alan Peters | 79 | 5.8 | 2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 325 | 24.0 | 4.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,359 | 29.2 | 4.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St Aidans

St Aidans :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Anne Quilter | 662 | 55.3 | 15.0 |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Osborne | 379 | 31.7 | 11.6 |
| | Independent | Michael Middlemore | 87 | 7.3 | New |
| | Green | Henry Goodwin | 69 | 5.8 | 11.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 283 | 23.6 | 5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,200 | 27.6 | 1.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Stanwix Rural

Stanwix Rural :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Marilyn Bowman | 903 | 65.9 | 13.0 |
| | Labour | Christopher Robinson | 292 | 21.3 | 3.4 |
| | Green | Sky Higgins | 116 | 8.5 | 2.9 |
| | UKIP | John Harding | 59 | 4.3 | 19.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 611 | 44.6 | 15.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,372 | 33.5 | 4.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Stanwix Urban

Stanwix Urban :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Mallinson | 1,083 | 53.0 | 8.7 |
| | Labour | Louise Atkinson | 696 | 34.0 | 6.6 |
| | Green | Helen Davison | 188 | 9.2 | 2.2 |
| | Independent | Claire Pearce | 78 | 3.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 387 | 19.0 | 2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,048 | 44.0 | 0.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Upperby

Upperby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Graham | 640 | 60.7 | 7.9 |
| | Conservative | Linda Mitchell | 292 | 27.7 | 12.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Osler | 122 | 11.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 348 | 33.0 | 5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,057 | 27.2 | 3.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Wetheral

Wetheral :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stephen Higgs | 1,015 | 64.1 | 20.4 |
| | Labour | Robert Rynn | 336 | 21.2 | 7.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Moss | 116 | 7.3 | 5.4 |
| | Green | Dallas Brewis | 64 | 4.0 | 0.7 |
| | UKIP | Geoffrey Round | 53 | 3.3 | 15.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 679 | 42.9 | 17.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,586 | 39.7 | 3.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Yewdale

Yewdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Currie | 879 | 47.6 | 18.0 |
| | Labour | Timothy Linford | 788 | 42.7 | 1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Coates | 178 | 9.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 91 | 4.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,846 | 39.6 | 0.3 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

## By-elections between 2018 and 2019

Denton Holme by-election 6 September 2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lisa Brown | 647 | 62.5 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | Syed Ali | 254 | 24.5 | −3.4 |
| | Green | Rob Morrison | 78 | 7.5 | −3.5 |
| | UKIP | Phil Douglass | 57 | 5.5 | +5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 393 | 37.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,036 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |