2009 Cumbria County Council election

2009 UK local government election August 2015 2009 Cumbria County Council election Cumbria Parliamentary no yes 2005 Cumbria County Council election 2005 2013 Cumbria County Council election 2013 All 84 seats to Cumbria County Council 43 4 June 2009 Conservative Party (UK) 32 seats, 38.7% 38 6 62,488 40.1% 1.4% Labour Party (UK) 39 seats, 36.1% 24 15 33,281 21.4% 14.7% Liberal Democrats (UK) 11 seats, 19.6% 16 5 38,250 24.6% 5.0% Independent (politician) 2 seats, 4.7% 5 3 7,626 4.9% % Socialist People's Party (Furness) 0 seats, 0.4% 1 1 1,395 0.9% 0.5% Cumbria wards 2009.svg 2009 local election results in Cumbria Council control Council control after election No Overall Control No Overall Control An election to Cumbria County Council took place on 2 May 2009 as part of the 2009 United Kingdom local elections.http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/Election2013/Results/default.asp Election 2013 Results All 84 councillors were elected from various electoral divisions, which returned one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. They coincided with an election for the European Parliament. All 84 seats in the Council were up for election, and a total of 301 candidates stood.http://www.cumberland-news.co.uk/news/battle_lines_are_drawn_ahead_of_the_cumbria_council_elections_1_555027?referrerPath=news/ https://archive.today/20130420012738/http://www.cumberland-news.co.uk/news/battle_lines_are_drawn_ahead_of_the_cumbria_council_elections_1_555027?referrerPath=news/ dead 20 April 2013 Battle lines are drawn ahead of the Cumbria council elections Julian Whittle Cumberland News 15 May 2009 2009-05-15 The total number of people registered to vote was 392,931.http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/election2009/Number_and_Breakdown_of_Registered_Voters.asp Number and Breakdown of Registered Voters Cumbria County Council website 2009-05-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100226141615/http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/election2009/Number_and_Breakdown_of_Registered_Voters.asp 26 February 2010 dead dmy-all Prior to the election local Conservatives were leading a coalition with the Liberal Democrats with the Labour party as the council's official opposition. All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections,http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1694/schedule/made The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006, Schedule Part 1 Legislation.gov.uk 13 October 2011 18 April 2012 although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/faq/voting-and-registration/i-have-two-homes.-can-i-register-to-vote-at-both-addresses I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses? The Electoral Commission 5 January 2011 7 May 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190507083825/https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/faq/voting-and-registration/i-have-two-homes.-can-i-register-to-vote-at-both-addresses dead Background In the previous election, held on 5 May 2005, the Labour Party won 39 seats, the Conservative Party 32, the Liberal Democrats 11, and independents two. By the end of this term, the Liberal Democrats had lost one councillor, and there were three independents.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cumbria/8026601.stm Council elections 2009: Cumbria BBC News 13 May 2009 2009-05-15 As in the 2001 election, the Council was left hung. For most of these eight years, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats formed a coalition, although Labour is running a minority administration going into the election. On a national level, the Conservative Party are polling well and have targeted Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness, although Richard Moss, BBC Political Editor for the North East and Cumbria, has said that an absolute majority is unlikely.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/8028676.stm Political parties eye up Cumbria BBC News 13 May 2009 2009-05-14 Richard Moss It is considered to be a "safer area" than some of the other councils up for election in 2009, but the Liberal Democrats have also been making a push in the region.http://www.politics.co.uk/interviews/elections/analysis-local-elections-2009-$1300168.htm Analysis: Local elections 2009 politics.co.ukauthor=Alex Stevenson 1 June 2009 2009-06-02 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090614121736/http://www.politics.co.uk/interviews/elections/analysis-local-elections-2009-%241300168.htm 14 June 2009 dmy-all In 2008, the Council rejected the idea of having a directly elected mayor, instead opting for a cabinet-style administration that resembled the previous system. The new model will be adopted after this election.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/7615511.stm Council rules out elected mayor BBC News 14 September 2008 2009-05-14 A proposal for the Council to become a unitary authority was made in 2007,http://www.24dash.com/news/Local_Government/2007-01-26-Twenty-six-councils-bid-to-become-unitary-authorities Twenty-six councils bid to become unitary authorities webmaster 26 January 2007 2009-05-15 and Cumbria went into consultation stage, although the idea was rejected.http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/10037 Woolas announces sixteen successful bids for unitary status to improve local services eGove monitor 27 March 2007 2009-05-15 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071227092535/http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/10037 27 December 2007 dmy The plan was opposed by the district councils—which would have disappeared under the arrangement—of Carlisle, Allerdale, Eden, Copeland, South Lakeland, and Barrow-in-Furness, and Carlisle MP Eric Martlew, who believed that a referendum should have been held on the same day as the district council elections of 3 May 2007.http://www.whitehaven-news.co.uk/1.167901 https://archive.today/20130505110913/http://www.whitehaven-news.co.uk/1.167901 dead 5 May 2013 Big step forward for unitary authority bid Julian Whittle The Whitehaven News 30 March 2007 2009-05-15 Other parties fielding candidates in the election included the British National Party (BNP), the Green Party, the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), and the People's Party, which had seen success in Barrow previous years, where all six of its candidates were standing. The BNP is set to stand in 42 wards, after fielding none in the 2005 election. The leaders of the Council's Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat and People's Party groups all said that they felt the BNP would be unsuccessful. Christian church leaders also criticised the BNP for appealing to Christians in its campaigns, saying that the party was trying to stir up "racial and religious hatred."http://www.christiantoday.com/article/use.vote.for.hope.not.hate.say.cumbrian.church.leaders/23202.htm Use vote for hope not hate, say Cumbrian church leaders Jennifer Gold Christian Today 28 April 2009 2009-05-16 Mike Ashburner, Barrow and South Lakeland organiser for the BNP and the party's Hawcoat candidate, denied that the BNP was a racist party, and said that the reason for standing in Cumbria was "simply that our policies are so popular with people."http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/barrow/fury_at_bnp_s_cumbria_county_council_election_stance?referrerPath=news/1.90824 Fury at BNP's Cumbria County Council election stance North West Evening Mail 4 May 2009 2009-05-14 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110605103139/http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/barrow/fury_at_bnp_s_cumbria_county_council_election_stance?referrerPath=news%2F1.90824 5 June 2011 dmy-all In a 2007 by-election for the Kells and Sandwith (Whitehaven) ward, the party's candidate gained 40.1% of the vote, narrowly losing to the Labour candidate.http://www.whitehaven-news.co.uk/news/leaders_urge_big_poll_turnout_1_554025?referrerPath=home https://archive.today/20130505133005/http://www.whitehaven-news.co.uk/news/leaders_urge_big_poll_turnout_1_554025?referrerPath=home dead 5 May 2013 Leaders urge big poll turnout The Whitehaven News Alan Irving 13 May 2009 2009-05-16 Coming into the European elections, the BNP was perceived as having the best chance, nationally, to win a seat in the North West England constituency, where party leader Nick Griffin is running.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/best-way-to-beat-the-bnp-is-to-vote-green-1678539.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/best-way-to-beat-the-bnp-is-to-vote-green-1678539.html 1 May 2022 subscription 'Best way to beat the BNP is to vote Green' Andrew Grice The Independent 4 May 2009 2009-05-14 London In the Labour Party's manifesto, plans were set out to cap council tax increases at three per cent in each of the next four years; Council leader Stewart Young justified this by saying that people were not prepared to pay above the rate of inflation any more. The party promised improvements to schooling and roads, and Young said that he hoped the party would be judged on its record in office, and not by the performances for the incumbent UK Labour government. The Conservatives pledged to have a blanket 30 mph speed limit in any village big enough to display a name sign, improved roads, and said that they would "remodel" Cumbria Care so that fewer elderly people felt the need to move into care homes. The Liberal Democrats said that they would introduce cheaper bus fees for young people, a clampdown on speeding, a review of road maintenance and the introduction of four new transport schemes, and schemes designed to give communities greater access to the Council. 2005 Cumbria County Council election Party Seats Labour Party (UK) Labour 39 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative 32 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats 11 Independent Independent 2 Results 2009 Cumbria County Council electionhttp://www.cumbria.gov.uk/Election2013/Results/default.asp Elections 2013 results Cumbria County Council 3 May 2013 17 May 2013http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/election2009/Results/default.asp County Summary Cumbria County Council 17 May 2013 Conservative Party (UK) 38 6 45.2 40.1 62,488 6.5 Labour Party (UK) 24 15 28.6 21.4 33,281 14.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) 16 5 19.0 24.6 38,250 5.0 Independent (politician) 5 3 6.0 4.9 7,626 0.2 Socialist People's Party (Furness) 1 1 1.2 0.9 1,395 0.5 British National Party 0 0.0 5.2 8,151 New Green Party of England and Wales 0 0.0 2.2 3,377 2.0 UKIP 0 0.0 0.8 1,188 0.7 |} lower-alpha References 2 External links Cumbria County Council August 2015 Category:2009 English local elections 2009 Category:2000s in Cumbria