2019 Copeland Borough Council election

The 2019 Copeland Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Copeland Borough Council in England. They were held on the same day as other local elections.

Result Summary

2019 Copeland Borough Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	19	–	–	10	57.6	49.1	14,159
	Conservative	10	–	–	7	30.3	39.8	11,473
	Independent	4	–	–	1	12.1	9.9	2,853
	UKIP	0	–	–		0.0	1.1	316
	Liberal Democrats	0	–	–		0.0	0.1	34

Ward results

Arlecdon & Ennerdale

Arlecdon & Ennerdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gwynneth Everett	503	42.9
	Independent	Steven Morgan	477	40.7
	Labour	Duncan Hoyle	351	29.9
	Conservative	Arthur Lamb	290	24.7
	Conservative	Allan Mossop	267	22.8
Majority
Turnout			1,178	33.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Beckermet

Beckermet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sam Meteer	339	56.2
	Conservative	Yvonne Clarkson	264	43.8
Majority
Turnout			613	37.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Black Combe & Scafell

Black Combe & Scafell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gerard McGrath	677	52.7
	Conservative	Doug Wilson	622	48.4
	Labour	Anne Todd	483	37.6
Majority
Turnout			1,356	41.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Cleator Moor

Cleator Moor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joan Hully	723	51.2
	Labour	Hugh Branney	719	51.0
	Labour	Linda Jones-Bulman	660	46.8
	Independent	Nicholas Ford	329	23.3
	UKIP	Lee Doran	316	22.4
	Conservative	Oliver Dorgan	266	18.9
	Conservative	Chris Whiteside	233	16.5
	Independent	Herbert Crossman	208	14.7
	Conservative	Calum Nicholson	135	9.6
Majority
Turnout			1,420	28.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Corkickle

Corkickle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gemma Dinsdale	328	60.3
	Conservative	Andrew Wonnacott	216	39.7
Majority
Turnout			557	36.0
	Labour win (new seat)

Distington, Lowca & Parton

Distington, Lowca & Parton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jackie Bowman	481	58.4
	Labour	Dave Banks	349	42.4
	Conservative	Daniel Glover	283	34.3
	Conservative	Elaine Haraldsen	272	33.0
Majority
Turnout			872	29.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Egremont

Egremont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael McVeigh	1,009	63.6
	Labour	Sam Pollen	954	60.2
	Labour	Tom Higgins	904	57.0
	Conservative	Archibald Reid	486	30.6
	Conservative	Harry Berger	360	22.7
	Conservative	Christopher Turner	354	22.3
Majority
Turnout			1,632	35.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Gosforth & Seascale

Gosforth & Seascale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Moore	Unopposed
	Conservative	Andrew Pratt	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout			–	–
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hillcrest

Hillcrest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Allan Forster	663	46.0
	Conservative	Brian O'Kane	646	44.9
	Conservative	Russell Studholme	645	44.8
	Conservative	Alistair Norwood	572	39.7
	Labour	Joseph Ghayouba	521	36.2
Majority
Turnout			1,492	36.0
	Labour hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative win (new seat)

Kells

Kells

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Kane	230	46.8
	Independent	Christopher Hayes	209	42.6
	Conservative	Brigid Whiteside	52	10.6
Majority
Turnout			499	29.0
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Millom

Millom

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Date	827	59.2
	Conservative	Felicity Wilson	654	46.8
	Conservative	Fred Gleaves	618	44.3
	Labour	Denise Burness	559	40.0
	Labour	Bob Kelly	489	35.0
Majority
Turnout			1,437	32.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Moor Row & Bigrigg

Moor Row & Bigrigg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Graham Calvin	387	57.8
	Conservative	Jean Lewthwaite	248	37.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Minogue	34	5.1
Majority
Turnout			688	39.0
	Labour win (new seat)

Moresby

Moresby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Minshaw	271	51.4
	Conservative	Martin Barbour	256	48.6
Majority
Turnout			538	37.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Sneakyeat

Sneakyeat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jeanette Forster	377	75.0
	Conservative	Stephen Haraldsen	126	25.0
Majority
Turnout			528	30.0
	Labour win (new seat)

St. Bees

St. Bees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Hailes	404	64.2
	Labour	Alan Alexander	225	35.8
Majority
Turnout			667	38.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whitehaven Central

Whitehaven Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Charles Maudling	622	43.3
	Labour	Sean Cullen	561	39.0
	Labour	Eileen Weir	532	37.0
	Conservative	Carla Arrighi	456	31.7
	Conservative	Graham Roberts	456	31.7
	Labour	Christopher Reay	380	26.4
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hutson	280	19.5
Majority
Turnout			1,453	33.0
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Whitehaven South

Whitehaven South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Carl Walmsley	669	50.8
	Labour	Mike Hawkins	570	43.3
	Labour	Peter Tyson	502	38.1
	Labour	Andi Rutherford	437	33.2
	Conservative	Graham Hutson	173	13.1
	Conservative	Doreen Platt	170	12.9
	Conservative	Jonathan Spencer	165	12.5
Majority
Turnout			1,332	25.0
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)