Before (end of 1988) (83 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 39 · Conservative 36 · Liberal Democrats 5 · Other 3
After (end of 1989) (83 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 37 · Conservative 37 · Liberal Democrats 6 · Other 3
Ward results
Aspatria1 seat · turnout 37.8%
| M. Dinning | Labour | 1,029 ✓ |
| D. Hassall | Independent | 838 |
Barrow Island1 seat · turnout 29.7%
| A. Tait | Labour | 586 ✓ |
| P. Clafton | Conservative | 237 |
Belah1 seat · turnout 43.1%
| T. Huntley | Conservative | 1,226 ✓ |
| A. Stevenson | Labour | 1,104 |
Belle Vue1 seat · turnout 42.2%
| J. Oswald | Labour | 1,110 ✓ |
| A. Toole | Conservative | 534 |
| E. Aldersey | Liberal Democrats | 200 |
Botcherby1 seat · turnout 33.4%
| A. Glendinning | Labour | 1,183 ✓ |
| M. Sunderland | Conservative | 331 |
Brampton & Gilsland1 seat · turnout 36.6%
| S. Rodgers | Conservative | 1,209 ✓ |
| F. Quan | Labour | 468 |
Bransty1 seat · turnout 49.1%
| M. Devlin | Labour | 1,375 ✓ |
| A. Butcher | Conservative | 868 |
Buttermere & Derwent1 seat
| S. Kemp | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Cartmel1 seat · turnout 40.3%
| R. Cavendish | Conservative | 1,251 ✓ |
| A. Baxter | Liberal Democrats | 522 |
Central1 seat · turnout 28.1%
| T. McSorley | Labour | 832 ✓ |
| R. Lucas | Conservative | 354 |
Cleator Moor North1 seat · turnout 36.7%
| G. Poole | Labour | 1,383 ✓ |
| H. Morris | Conservative | 521 |
Cleator Moor South1 seat · turnout 40.0%
| D. Banks | Labour | 1,154 ✓ |
| M. Mitchell | Conservative | 552 |
Cockermouth1 seat · turnout 52.1%
| B. Broadbent | Conservative | 1,732 ✓ |
| D. Dempsey | Labour | 1,385 |
Crooklands1 seat · turnout 39.2%
| J. Trotter | Conservative | 1,064 ✓ |
| A. Lang | Liberal Democrats | 689 |
Currock1 seat · turnout 34.8%
| P. Pattinson | Labour | 1,168 ✓ |
| L. Crookdale | Conservative | 436 |
Dalston & Cummersdale1 seat · turnout 35.6%
| C. Ross | Conservative | 1,290 ✓ |
| K. Aitken | Labour | 542 |
Dalton North1 seat · turnout 34.6%
| P. Phizacklea | Labour | 883 ✓ |
| D. English | Conservative | 650 |
Dalton South1 seat · turnout 31.9%
| E. Hillman | Conservative | 755 ✓ |
| W. Smith | Labour | 684 |
Dearham & Bassenthwaite1 seat · turnout 46.6%
| G. Sedgwick | Conservative | 1,068 ✓ |
| A. Clark | Labour | 1,061 |
Denton Holme1 seat · turnout 44.1%
| C. Southward | Labour | 1,139 ✓ |
| D. Parker | Conservative | 744 |
| C. Thomeson | Liberal Democrats | 91 |
Distington & Moresby1 seat · turnout 37.1%
| A. Hildrop | Labour | 1,198 ✓ |
| G. Roberts | Conservative | 434 |
Far Cross1 seat · turnout 48.4%
| T. Mallinson | Liberal Democrats | 1,260 ✓ |
| R. Burrell | Conservative | 1,052 |
Grange1 seat · turnout 42.4%
| P. Jackson | Conservative | 1,357 ✓ |
| R. Crossland | Liberal Democrats | 706 |
Greystoke & Mungrisdale1 seat
| J. Moffat | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Harraby1 seat · turnout 34.8%
| G. Whalley | Labour | 1,297 ✓ |
| J. Watson | Conservative | 388 |
Harrington & Salterbeck1 seat · turnout 45.3%
| G. Johnstone | Labour | 1,291 ✓ |
| E. Caine | Liberal Democrats | 328 |
Hawcoat1 seat · turnout 38.4%
| G. Smith | Conservative | 1,497 ✓ |
| P. Niblock | Labour | 337 |
Hensingham1 seat · turnout 40.4%
| R. Calvin | Labour | 1,319 ✓ |
| E. Salmon | Conservative | 291 |
Hesket & Kirkoswald1 seat
| D. Youngman | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
High Furness1 seat · turnout 42.9%
| D. Brayshaw | Conservative | 925 ✓ |
| B. Henson | Liberal Democrats | 551 |
| K. Ennion | Labour | 460 |
Highgate1 seat · turnout 43.9%
| M. Jowett | Labour | 1,132 ✓ |
| M. Ewart | Conservative | 825 |
| A. Harris | Liberal Democrats | 344 |
Hindpool1 seat · turnout 32.7%
| A. Burns | Labour | 1,012 ✓ |
| P. Clafton | Conservative | 511 |
Kent Estuary1 seat · turnout 40.0%
| R. Gyngell | Conservative | 1,295 ✓ |
| S. Rudd | Liberal Democrats | 702 |
Keswick & St. Johns1 seat · turnout 43.1%
| S. Askew | Conservative | 897 ✓ |
| J. Fletcher | Labour | 629 |
| E. Impey | Independent | 390 |
Kingmoor & Houghton1 seat · turnout 35.1%
| J. Porter | Conservative | 1,364 ✓ |
| C. Johnston | Labour | 398 |
Kirkby Stephen1 seat
| E. Frankland | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Longtown & Bewcastle1 seat · turnout 37.1%
| J. Jefferson | Conservative | 1,052 ✓ |
| J. Weedall | Labour | 496 |
Low Furness1 seat · turnout 38.6%
| R. Webster | Conservative | 1,004 ✓ |
| D. Wood | Labour | 432 |
| J. Wright | Liberal Democrats | 284 |
Lowther & Shap1 seat · turnout 40.6%
| R. Addison | Conservative | 1,579 ✓ |
| T. Minton | Liberal Democrats | 474 |
Lyth Valley1 seat
| A. Collins | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Maryport North1 seat · turnout 38.4%
| W. Cameron | Labour | 1,682 ✓ |
| J. Steel | Conservative | 386 |
Maryport South1 seat · turnout 37.8%
| D. Holmes | Labour | 1,124 ✓ |
| J. Peel | Independent | 519 |
Millom1 seat · turnout 58.7%
| J. Duffield | Labour | 1,895 ✓ |
| J. Brown | Conservative | 1,518 |
Mirehouse1 seat · turnout 41.1%
| H. Petrie | Labour | 1,224 ✓ |
| M. Nickson | Conservative | 161 |
Moorclose1 seat
| J. Valentine | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Nether1 seat · turnout 35.3%
| B. Studholme | Liberal Democrats | 1,235 ✓ |
| J. Stamp | Conservative | 618 |
Newbarns1 seat · turnout 41.4%
| S. Stevens | Conservative | 1,126 ✓ |
| D. Mason | Labour | 776 |
Parkside1 seat · turnout 34.0%
| C. Liversedge | Conservative | 893 ✓ |
| A. Harkin | Labour | 559 |
Penrith North West1 seat · turnout 42.2%
| J. Robinson | Liberal Democrats | 1,226 ✓ |
| M. Andrew | Conservative | 726 |
Penrith South East1 seat · turnout 41.5%
| D. Pantry | Conservative | 1,111 ✓ |
| K. Walker | Liberal Democrats | 883 |
| K. Hodgson | Labour | 374 |
Risedale1 seat · turnout 28.6%
| F. Christie | Labour | 760 ✓ |
| A. Cooksey | Conservative | 387 |
Roosecote1 seat · turnout 36.2%
| J. Richardson | Conservative | 948 ✓ |
| N. Graham | Labour | 411 |
| J. Wilkes | Liberal Democrats | 266 |
Seascale & Whicham1 seat · turnout 43.1%
| R. Strike | Conservative | 1,593 ✓ |
| R. Ross | Labour | 520 |
Seaton & Winscales1 seat · turnout 35.0%
| H. Lingard | Labour | 1,463 ✓ |
| P. Milburn | Independent | 428 |
Sedbergh & Kirkby Lonsdale1 seat · turnout 40.3%
| J. Nicholson | Conservative | 1,171 ✓ |
| D. Brooks | Liberal Democrats | 724 |
Silloth & Holme Abbey1 seat · turnout 50.7%
| W. Johnston | Independent | 1,451 ✓ |
| D. Pattinson | Conservative | 787 |
| J. Crouche | Labour | 306 |
St. Aidans1 seat · turnout 40.3%
| R. Watson | Labour | 1,151 ✓ |
| L. Fisher | Conservative | 641 |
St. Bees & Gosforth1 seat · turnout 41.5%
| A. Toft | Conservative | 1,429 ✓ |
| M. Jenkins | Labour | 602 |
St. Johns1 seat · turnout 48.7%
| J. Heaslip | Labour | 1,192 ✓ |
| R. Jones | Conservative | 1,028 |
| A. Caine | Liberal Democrats | 208 |
St. Michaels1 seat · turnout 41.1%
| M. McLeish | Labour | 1,373 ✓ |
| K. Steel | Conservative | 427 |
Stanwix Urban1 seat · turnout 42.0%
| G. Unwin | Conservative | 1,168 ✓ |
| W. Cameron | Labour | 707 |
Strickland & Fell1 seat · turnout 44.3%
| J. Dean | Conservative | 684 ✓ |
| A. Crossley | Liberal Democrats | 642 |
| J. Hayes | Labour | 572 |
Trinity1 seat · turnout 52.4%
| R. Aldersey | Liberal Democrats | 985 ✓ |
| M. Docherty | Labour | 943 |
| M. Thompson | Conservative | 292 |
Ulverston East1 seat · turnout 42.6%
| W. Kolbe | Labour | 1,222 ✓ |
| A. Berlini | Independent | 656 |
Ulverston West1 seat · turnout 43.4%
| P. Halfpenny | Conservative | 1,421 ✓ |
| R. Scott | Labour | 789 |
Upper Kent1 seat · turnout 46.4%
| E. Acland | Liberal Democrats | 1,265 ✓ |
| P. Cartmell | Conservative | 750 |
Upperby1 seat · turnout 36.4%
| S. Young | Labour | 1,019 ✓ |
| J. Osler | Liberal Democrats | 314 |
| J. Collier | Conservative | 295 |
Walney North1 seat · turnout 35.1%
| A. Nicholson | Labour | 850 ✓ |
| I. Scott | Conservative | 615 |
Walney South1 seat · turnout 35.4%
| W. Hudson | Conservative | 870 ✓ |
| A. Horne | Labour | 842 |
Warnell1 seat · turnout 35.4%
| A. Richardson | Conservative | 1,251 ✓ |
| J. Bush | Labour | 388 |
Wetheral1 seat · turnout 33.7%
| N. Wrightson | Conservative | 1,202 ✓ |
| J. Johnston | Labour | 403 |
Windermere1 seat · turnout 41.1%
| M. Wane | Liberal Democrats | 1,114 ✓ |
| R. Brown | Conservative | 1,011 |
Yewdale1 seat · turnout 39.1%
| A. Graham | Labour | 1,253 ✓ |
| S. Spark | Conservative | 699 |
| S. Coulson | Liberal Democrats | 265 |
