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1997 UK local government election From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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All 83 seats of Cumbria County Council 42 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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