2014 Carlisle City Council election

The 2014 Carlisle City Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Carlisle District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

17 seats were contested in 2014 and four sitting councillors stood down at the election from Castle, Denton Holme, Harraby and Wetheral wards.^[3]

Election result

Labour gained one seat from the Liberal Democrats to win 9 of the 17 seats contested.^[4] The Labour gain came in Castle ward and took Labour to 29 councillors, while the Liberal Democrats dropped to 2 seats on the council after failing to win any seats in 2014.^[4] The Conservatives also gained a seat in Dalston from independent Bryan Craig and thus won 7 seats in 2014 to have 19 councillors overall. There did remain two independent councillors however, as independent Rob Betton retained his seat in Botcherby.^[4] Meanwhile, the UK Independence Party failed to win any seats, but did come second in 10 of the 17 seats contested.^[4] Overall turnout at the election was 34.2%.^[5]

Carlisle local election result 2014^[6]^[7]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	9	1	0	+1	52.9	32.2	8,394	-15.1%
Conservative	7	1	0	+1	41.2	31.3	8,158	+2.5%
Independent	1	0	1	-1	5.9	5.6	1,468	+1.7%
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	22.1	5,741	+15.2%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	5.3	1,388	+0.3%
Liberal Democrats	0	0	1	-1	0	2.7	705	-4.7%
TUSC	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	174	+0.3%

Ward results

Belah^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gareth Ellis	823	42.4	−0.2
	Labour	Allan Stevenson	535	27.6	−12.5
	UKIP	Philip Douglass	442	22.8	+9.7
	Green	Claire Unwin	140	7.2	+3.0
Majority			288	14.8	+12.4
Turnout			1,940	39.2	+0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belle Vue^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jessica Riddle	632	40.7	−17.0
	Conservative	Nigel Christian	505	32.6	−1.5
	UKIP	Paul Chapman	358	23.1	+23.1
	Green	Gillian Curwen	56	3.6	−1.5
Majority			127	8.2	−15.4
Turnout			1,551	31.0	−0.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Botcherby^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert Betton	773	52.3	+27.9
	Labour	Ruth Alcroft	358	24.2	−30.1
	UKIP	Robert Strong	217	14.7	+6.3
	Conservative	Teresa Evans	131	8.9	−2.2
Majority			415	28.1
Turnout			1,479	31.8	+4.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Brampton^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Mitchelson	700	53.1	+2.0
	Labour	Gerard Champney	244	18.5	−15.9
	UKIP	Christian Forster	206	15.6	+1.0
	Green	Dallas Brewis	113	8.6	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats	James Osler	56	4.2	+4.2
Majority			456	34.6	+17.9
Turnout			1,319	36.2	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Caig	435	37.3	−19.5
	UKIP	Robert Reid-Sinclair	267	22.9	+22.9
	Conservative	Kevin Reynolds	221	19.0	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Manwara Begum	127	10.9	−8.7
	Green	Richard Hunt	87	7.5	−1.9
	TUSC	Robert Charlesworth	28	2.4	+2.4
Majority			168	14.4	−22.8
Turnout			1,165	26.8	+0.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Currock^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Heather Bradley	599	50.3	−19.4
	UKIP	Robert Scott	310	26.0	+26.0
	Conservative	Genna Martin	197	16.5	+1.3
	Green	Hazel Graham	49	4.1	+4.1
	TUSC	Brent Kennedy	36	3.0	−5.0
Majority			289	24.3	−30.2
Turnout			1,191	25.7	−1.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Dalston^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann McKerrell	707	32.4	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Wood	467	21.4	−30.4
	Independent	David Craig	409	18.7	+18.7
	UKIP	Robert Dickinson	319	14.6	+5.9
	Labour	Jo-Anne Williams	281	12.9	−2.4
Majority			240	11.0
Turnout			2,183	45.2	+3.6
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Denton Holme^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Southward	638	44.7	−18.0
	UKIP	John Warmingham	328	23.0	+15.1
	Conservative	Barbara Eden	273	19.1	+2.2
	Green	James Tucker	134	9.4	+0.5
	TUSC	John Higginson	54	3.8	+3.8
Majority			310	21.7	−24.1
Turnout			1,427	28.5	+0.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Harraby^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Burns	662	42.8	−20.8
	UKIP	Edward Haughan	451	29.2	+20.6
	Conservative	Lawrence Fisher	353	22.8	+3.0
	Green	John Reardon	81	5.2	+1.2
Majority			211	13.6	−30.2
Turnout			1,547	30.4	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Longtown and Rockcliffe^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raynor Bloxham	467	47.2	−8.0
	UKIP	Susan Parker	313	31.6	+18.9
	Labour	Graham Bartlett	185	18.7	−9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Marjorie Richardson	24	2.4	+2.4
Majority			154	15.6	−11.6
Turnout			989	29.4	−4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Morton^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Stothard	734	45.6	−20.1
	UKIP	William Bertham	424	26.3	+15.7
	Conservative	Charlotte Fisher	368	22.8	+12.9
	Green	Helen Atkinson	51	3.2	+0.7
	TUSC	David Barton	34	2.1	+2.1
Majority			310	19.2	−35.2
Turnout			1,611	33.4	−3.5
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Aidans^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Quilter	550	40.3	−10.5
	UKIP	Michael Bradford	309	22.6	+13.9
	Conservative	David Shepherd	274	20.1	+0.6
	Green	Neil Boothman	232	17.0	−4.0
Majority			241	17.7	−12.2
Turnout			1,365	29.5	+1.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Stanwix Rural^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marilyn Bowman	747	52.9	−11.1
	UKIP	Carol Weaver	333	23.6	+14.2
	Labour	Elizabeth Furneaux	253	17.9	−1.5
	Green	Charmian McCutcheon	79	5.6	−1.8
Majority			414	29.3	−15.3
Turnout			1,412	38.1	−4.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stanwix Urban^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Mallinson	915	44.3	+1.6
	Labour	Craig Nicholson	566	27.4	−8.1
	UKIP	Fiona Mills	349	16.9	+6.5
	Green	Helen Davison	235	11.4	+0.0
Majority			349	16.9	+9.7
Turnout			2,065	43.9	+2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Upperby^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Wilson	653	52.8	−20.0
	UKIP	John Denholm	316	25.6	+25.6
	Conservative	Shaidat Danmole-Ellis	193	15.6	−0.1
	Green	Emma Hughes	52	4.2	+4.2
	TUSC	Daniel Thorburn	22	1.8	+1.8
Majority			337	27.3	−29.8
Turnout			1,236	30.4	+1.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Wetheral^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Higgs	727	43.7	−12.4
	UKIP	Geoffrey Round	305	18.3	+4.5
	Independent	Ian Yates	286	17.2	+17.2
	Labour	Christine Bowditch	236	14.2	−6.9
	Green	Ian Brewis	79	4.7	−4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Wheatcroft	31	1.9	+1.9
Majority			422	25.4	−9.6
Turnout			1,664	42.8	+3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yewdale^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steven Bowditch	833	44.2	−15.0
	Conservative	Christina Finlayson	557	29.6	−5.8
	UKIP	Michael Owen	494	26.2	+26.2
Majority			276	14.6	−9.2
Turnout			1,884	39.3	−3.4
	Labour hold		Swing

By-elections between 2014 and 2015

A by-election was held in Castle ward on 11 September 2014 after the death of Labour councillor Willie Whalen.^[9] The seat was held for Labour by Alan Taylor with a 152-vote majority over Conservative Robert Currie.^[9]

Castle by-election 11 September 2014^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Taylor	364	38.4	+1.1
	Conservative	Robert Currie	212	22.4	+3.4
	UKIP	Fiona Mills	208	22.0	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Lawrence Jennings	121	12.8	+1.9
	Green	Richard Hunt	42	4.4	−3.1
Majority			152	16.1	+1.7
Turnout			947	21.7	−5.1
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "Carlisle". BBC News Online. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
^ Henderson, Stuart; Dearden, Lizzie (23 May 2014). "Local elections results 2014: Full list of how Ukip, Labour, the Tories and Lib Dems have performed - Ukip take more than 140 seats as Liberal Democrats and Tories make huge losses". The Independent. NewsBank.
^ "Carlisle's big names standing down at elections". News and Star. 26 April 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Labour retain control of Carlisle Council after elections". News and Star. 23 May 2014. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
^ "Previous Election Results". Carlisle City Council. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
^ "Results Elections 2014". The Times. NewsBank. 24 May 2014. pp. 88–89.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Carlisle City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "Elections 2014". Carlisle City Council. Archived from the original on 4 August 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c Duncan, Ian (12 September 2014). "Labour hold city and county council seats in Carlisle". News and Star. Archived from the original on 1 October 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2015.

[vote2014-1] "Carlisle". BBC News Online. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

[full-2] Henderson, Stuart; Dearden, Lizzie (23 May 2014). "Local elections results 2014: Full list of how Ukip, Labour, the Tories and Lib Dems have performed - Ukip take more than 140 seats as Liberal Democrats and Tories make huge losses". The Independent. NewsBank.

[standing-3] "Carlisle's big names standing down at elections". News and Star. 26 April 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.

[retain-4] "Labour retain control of Carlisle Council after elections". News and Star. 23 May 2014. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2015.

[previous-5] "Previous Election Results". Carlisle City Council. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

[elections-6] "Results Elections 2014". The Times. NewsBank. 24 May 2014. pp. 88–89.

[results-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Carlisle City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

[turnouts-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "Elections 2014". Carlisle City Council. Archived from the original on 4 August 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2015.

[county-9] Duncan, Ian (12 September 2014). "Labour hold city and county council seats in Carlisle". News and Star. Archived from the original on 1 October 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2015.

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