Carlisle
Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.
Cycles
- 2019 13 races · 39 seats 0.0% below quota
- 2018 17 races · 17 seats 5.9% below quota
- 2017 2 races · 2 seats 100.0% below quota
- 2016 17 races · 17 seats 35.3% below quota
Council composition as of 2021
39 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council on 1 January 2021 including by-elections and defections. Hover any seat for the party.
Most recent election (2019)
In 2019, 39 seats were up across 13 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 39 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party | 26,013 | 39.8% | 17 | 43.6% | 17 | 43.6% | 0 |
| Labour Party | 19,279 | 29.5% | 15 | 38.5% | 12 | 30.8% | +3 |
| Green Party | 5,940 | 9.1% | 1 | 2.6% | 3 | 7.7% | -2 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 5,350 | 8.2% | 1 | 2.6% | 3 | 7.7% | -2 |
| Independent | 5,166 | 7.9% | 4 | 10.3% | 3 | 7.7% | +1 |
| Liberal Democrats | 3,028 | 4.6% | 1 | 2.6% | 1 | 2.6% | 0 |
| Cumbria | 554 | 0.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 65,330 | 100.0% | 39 | 100.0% | 39 | 100.0% | 0 |
Vote share vs seats won
The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.
Council composition: what this election replaced
The 2019 cycle was an all-out election — every seat was contested. The two opencouncildata snapshots below show the council immediately after the 2019 election (current) and on the eve of it (2018), so you can see what the result replaced.
Full ward-by-ward results for 2019 →
Ward by ward
Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.
| Ward | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belah | 52% | 50% | ||
| Belah and Kingmoor | 48% | |||
| Belle Vue | 59% | 47% | 57% | |
| Botcherby | 43% | 57% | ||
| Botcherby and Harraby North | 61% | |||
| Brampton | 46% | 62% | ||
| Brampton and Fellside | 61% | |||
| Castle | 50% | 56% | ||
| Cathedral and Castle | 54% | |||
| Currock | 59% | 59% | ||
| Currock and Upperby | 60% | |||
| Dalston | 56% | 52% | ||
| Dalston and Burgh | 79% | |||
| Denton Holme | 54% | 61% | ||
| Denton Holme and Morton South | 52% | |||
| Great Corby and Geltsdale | 51% | |||
| Harraby | 54% | 54% | ||
| Harraby South and Parklands | 47% | |||
| Hayton | 70% | |||
| Longtown and Rockcliffe | 66% | |||
| Longtown and the Border | 75% | |||
| Morton | 48% | 59% | ||
| Newtown and Morton North | 54% | |||
| Sandsfield and Morton West | 47% | |||
| St Aidans | 48% | 55% | ||
| Stanwix and Houghton | 59% | |||
| Stanwix Rural | 66% | |||
| Stanwix Urban | 51% | 53% | ||
| Upperby | 58% | 61% | ||
| Wetheral | 63% | 64% | ||
| Wetheral and Corby | 59% | |||
| Yewdale | 41% | 47% | 48% |