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.^[1]

Overall result[edit]

Carlisle local election result 2018
	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[edit]

Belah[edit]

Belah
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			473	26.4	11.6
Turnout			1,790	37.3	1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belle Vue[edit]

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

Botcherby[edit]

Botcherby
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			345	23.8	4.3
Turnout			1,448	32.8	1.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Brampton[edit]

Brampton
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			482	39.2	4.6
Turnout			1,229	33.8	2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle[edit]

Castle
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			276	26.5	12.1
Turnout			1,046	25.8	1.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Currock[edit]

Currock
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			345	33.2	8.9
Turnout			1,043	23.7	2.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Dalston[edit]

Dalston
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			461	21.6	10.6
Turnout			2,145	37.2	8.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Denton Holme[edit]

Denton Holme
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			409	33.2	11.5
Turnout			1,240	26.2	2.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Harraby[edit]

Harraby
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			182	13.2	0.4
Turnout			1,389	27.6	2.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Longtown and Rockcliffe[edit]

Longtown and Rockcliffe
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			313	39.2	23.6
Turnout			803	25.2	4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Morton[edit]

Morton
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			325	24.0	4.7
Turnout			1,359	29.2	4.2
	Labour hold		Swing

St Aidans[edit]

St Aidans
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			283	23.6	5.9
Turnout			1,200	27.6	1.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Stanwix Rural[edit]

Stanwix Rural
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			611	44.6	15.3
Turnout			1,372	33.5	4.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stanwix Urban[edit]

Stanwix Urban
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			387	19.0	2.1
Turnout			2,048	44.0	0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Upperby[edit]

Upperby
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			348	33.0	5.8
Turnout			1,057	27.2	3.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Wetheral[edit]

Wetheral
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			679	42.9	17.5
Turnout			1,586	39.7	3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yewdale[edit]

Yewdale
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			91	4.9	N/A
Turnout			1,846	39.6	0.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

By-elections between 2018 and 2019[edit]

Denton Holme by-election 6 September 2018^[2]
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			393	37.9
Turnout			1,036
	Labour hold		Swing

References[edit]

^ "Carlisle City Council Elections - 2018" (PDF). Carlisle City Council. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Denton Holme Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 2 October 2022.

[1] "Carlisle City Council Elections - 2018" (PDF). Carlisle City Council. Retrieved 30 May 2022.

[2] "Local Elections Archive Project — Denton Holme Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 2 October 2022.

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