1997 Cumbria County Council election

1997 UK local government election

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1997 Cumbria County Council election[1]

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All 83 seats of Cumbria County Council
42 seats needed for a majority
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Party  | Labour | Conservative
Last election  | 39 seats, 40.1% | 28 seats, 38.9%
Seats won  | 44 | 22
Seat change  | 5 | 6
Popular vote  | 103,969 | 94,524
Percentage  | 40.4% | 36.8%
Swing  | 0.3%  | 2.1%

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| Third party  | Fourth party
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Party  | Liberal Democrats | Independent
Last election  | 13 seats, 18.0% | 2 seats, 2.2%
Seats won  | 13  | 4
Seat change  |  | 2
Popular vote  | 49,777  | 7,619
Percentage  | 19.4%  | 3.0%
Swing  | 1.4%  | 0.8%

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The County of Cumbria within England

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| Council control before election

No overall control

| Council control after election

Labour Party

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Elections to Cumbria County Council were held on 1 May 1997. This was on the same day as other UK county council elections. The Labour Party gained control of the council, which had been under no overall control.

## Results

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1997 Cumbria County Council election[1] Party  | Seats  | Gains  | Losses  | Net gain/loss  | Seats %  | Votes %  | Votes  | +/−

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| Labour | 44 |  |  | 5 | 53.0 | 40.4 | 103,969 | 0.3
| Conservative | 22  |  |  | 6  | 26.5  | 36.8  | 94,524  | 2.1
| Liberal Democrats | 13  |  |  |  | 15.7  | 19.4  | 49,777  | 1.4
| Independent | 4  |  |  | 2  | 4.8  | 3.0  | 7,619  | 0.8
| Liberal | 0  |  |  | 1  | 0.0  | 0.2  | 551  | 0.6
| Green | 0  |  |  |  | 0.0  | 0.2  | 517  | New
| UKIP | 0  |  |  |  | 0.0  | 0.0  | 89  | New

## References

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1. ^ a b "Local Election Summaries 1997". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 15 October 2019.

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