Eden District Council elections

Eden District Council in Cumbria, England was elected every four years.

The council was established in 1974 and abolished in 2023.

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control		Years
	Independent	1973–2007
	No overall control	2007–2008
	Independent	2008–2015
	Conservative	2015–2019
	No overall control	2019–2023

Leadership

In 2002, following the Local Government Act 2000, the council adopted the "alternative arrangements" style of governance, as was permitted for authorities with under 85,000 residents. Eden's alternative arrangements were said to be unique within England for not having a single nominated leader, but instead having a group of four joint leaders, each of whom chaired one of the council's four main committees. The arrangement lasted for six years. In 2008, the council changed to a leader and cabinet model instead, with a single leader.^[2]^[3]^[4] The leaders of the council since 2002 have been:^[5]

Councillor		From	To
Four joint leaders (alternative arrangements)	Independent	9 May 2002	29 May 2008
Colin Nineham^[6]	Independent	29 May 2008	25 Aug 2009
Keith Phillips^[7]	Independent	1 Sep 2009	31 Mar 2010
Gordon Nicolson	Conservative	1 Apr 2010	21 May 2015
Kevin Beaty^[8]	Conservative	21 May 2015	16 May 2019
Virginia Taylor	Liberal Democrats	16 May 2019	31 Mar 2023

Council elections

1973 Eden District Council election
1976 Eden District Council election
1979 Eden District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[9]
1983 Eden District Council election
1987 Eden District Council election
1991 Eden District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[10]
1995 Eden District Council election
1999 Eden District Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 1)^[11]^[12]
2003 Eden District Council election
2007 Eden District Council election
2011 Eden District Council election
2015 Eden District Council election
2019 Eden District Council election

Results maps

2015 results map
2019 results map

By-election results

1999-2003

Penrith West By-Election 26 October 2000
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	100	36.9	+36.9
	Independent	89	32.8	−31.4
	Labour	82	30.3	−5.5
Majority		11	4.1
Turnout		271	12.9
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

Hesket By-Election 18 April 2002
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Independent	294	37.9	−1.2
	Conservative	245	31.6	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	237	30.5	+8.9
Majority		49	6.3
Turnout		776	36.7
	Independent gain from Conservative	Swing

Penrith North By-Election 18 April 2002
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Independent	255	49.4	+14.4
	Conservative	186	36.0	+12.1
	Liberal Democrats	175	33.9	+10.2
Majority		69	13.4
Turnout		616	18.0
	Independent gain from Conservative	Swing

2003-2007

Kirkby Stephen By-Election 19 June 2003^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Saunders	384	59.5
	Conservative	Barbara Dowson	186	28.8
	Independent	Simon Bennett	75	11.6
Majority			198	30.7
Turnout			645	32.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ullswater By-Election 26 June 2003^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sydney Simpson	198	60.2
	Independent	Jean Wildish	107	32.5
	Labour	Christopher Bagshaw	24	7.3
Majority			91	27.7
Turnout			329	30.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Ravenstonedale By-Election 19 February 2004^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Metcalfe-Gibson	192	51.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Raw	129	34.6
	Independent	Jane Brook	52	13.9
Majority			63	16.9
Turnout			373	52.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Askham By-Election 24 February 2005^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Lowis	206	55.1	+55.1
	Independent	Colin Warren	91	24.3	−43.3
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Hughes	77	20.6	−11.8
Majority			115	30.8
Turnout			374	35.5
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Crosby Ravensworth By-Election 8 June 2006^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joan Raine	211	39.7
	Independent	Brian Morris	185	34.8
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Wilcox	135	25.4
Majority			26	4.9
Turnout			531	47.7
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Orton with Tebay By-Election 3 August 2006^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Wilcox	165	50.5	+3.1
	Conservative	Peter Knowles	162	49.5	+49.5
Majority			3	1.0
Turnout			327	29.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Penrith Carleton By-Election 5 October 2006^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Bell	223	54.1
	Conservative	Christopher Vipond	189	45.9
Majority			34	11.8
Turnout			412	32.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2007-2011

Morland By-Election 17 April 2008^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Tonkin	198	52.1	+7.1
	Conservative	Joan Savage	108	28.4	−26.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Turner	74	19.5	+19.5
Majority			90	23.7
Turnout			380	38.1
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Penrith West By-Election 8 October 2009^[15]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elissa Robinson	387	51.7	+51.7
	Conservative	David Whipp	157	21.0	−17.6
	BNP	Alistair Barbour	102	13.6	+13.6
	Independent	Rebecca Taylor	58	7.8	−37.5
	Labour	Geoffrey Rockliffe-King	26	3.5	−12.7
	Green	Alan Marsden	18	2.4	+2.4
Majority			230	30.7
Turnout			748	31.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

2015-2019

Alston Moor by-election 4 August 2016^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Sheriff	302	54.6	N/A
	Conservative	Stephen Harrison	251	45.4	+15.7
Majority			51	9.2
Turnout			556	34
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor David Hymers.

Alston Moor by-election 20 July 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lizzie Sharp	407	55.8	n/a
	Conservative	Jim Clapp	253	34.7	+5.1
	Independent	Holly Ho	57	7.8	n/a
	Green	Richard O'Brien	13	1.8	n/a
Majority			154	21.1
Turnout			730	43.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Thomas Sheriff.

Penrith North by-election 16 November 2017^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Rudhall	422	45.2	+2.3
	Conservative	John Forrester	291	31.2	−0.8
	Labour	Karen Lockney	155	16.6	−8.5
	Green	Douglas Lawson	65	7.0	+7.0
Majority			131	14.0
Turnout			933
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hartside by-election 18 February 2018^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Orchard	175	52.9	−3.8
	Independent	Susan Castle-Clarke	98	29.6	−13.7
	Green	Richard Henry	58	17.5	+17.5
Majority			77	23.3
Turnout			331
	Conservative hold		Swing

2019-2023

Penrith South by-election 5 September 2019^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helen Fearon	222	46.3	+7.6
	Independent	Lee Quinn	189	39.4	−8.7
	Labour	Dave Knaggs	46	9.6	−7.7
	Putting Cumbria First	Kerryanne Wilde	23	4.8	+4.8
Majority			33	6.9
Turnout			480
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Shap by-election 14 November 2019^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Neil McCall	184	48.5	+17.2
	Conservative	Sean Quinn	128	33.8	−17.3
	Putting Cumbria First	Kerryanne Wilde	67	17.7	+0.1
Majority			56	14.8
Turnout			379
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Hartside by-election 6 May 2021^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Briggs	194	45.1	N/A
	Independent	Susan Castle-Clarke	101	23.5	N/A
	Labour	Dave Knaggs	94	21.9	N/A
	Independent	Nikita Parks	41	9.5	N/A
Majority			93	21.6
Turnout			430
	Conservative hold		Swing

Skelton by-election 6 May 2021^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Atkinson	302	54.4	−5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Burgin	131	23.6	−16.2
	Green	Belinda Lloyd	81	14.6	+14.6
	Labour	Hilary Snell	41	7.4	+7.4
Majority			171	30.8
Turnout			555
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penrith West by-election 30 September 2021^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Burgin	173	43.5	−7.6
	Conservative	Dale Normington	87	21.9	−6.8
	Independent	Jeff Thomson	51	12.8	+12.8
	Labour	Dave Knaggs	40	10.1	−17.7
	Putting Cumbria First	Jonathan Davies	28	7.0	+7.0
	Green	Richard O'Brien	19	4.8	+4.8
Majority			86	21.6
Turnout			398
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing