Before (end of 1990) (55 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 24 · Other 19 · Conservative 12 · Liberal Democrats 0
After (end of 1991) (55 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 31 · Other 11 · Conservative 11 · Liberal Democrats 2
Ward results
All Saints2 seats
| Christine Jackson | Conservative | 908 ✓ |
| J. Hully | Labour | 904 ✓ |
| E. Whiteside | Conservative | 867 |
| P. Clarkson | Labour | 688 |
Aspatria2 seats · turnout 32.6%
| G. Robinson | Labour | 634 |
| R Postlethwaite | Labour | 428 |
| D Hassall | Independent | 381 |
Binsey1 seat
| I. McGuffie | Conservative | 486 ✓ |
| E. Winter | Independent | 246 |
Castle2 seats
| J. Hartley | Conservative | 922 ✓ |
| Leslie Lytollis | Conservative | 837 ✓ |
| I. Ellis | Labour | 610 |
| D. Moyes | Labour | 544 |
Crummock1 seat
| J. Milburn | Conservative | 0 |
Dalton1 seat · turnout 46.2%
| J. Steel | Conservative | 402 |
| R. Chatterton | Liberal Democrats | 217 |
Dearham1 seat
| J. Tweddle | Labour | 0 |
Ellen1 seat
| R. Lightfoot | Independent | 0 |
Ellenborough2 seats · turnout 41.5%
| V. Mulgrew | Labour | 894 |
| R. Hine | Labour | 651 |
| M Thompson | Liberal Democrats | 534 |
| E. Galletly | Independent | 348 |
Ewanrigg2 seats
| C. McCarron-Holmes | Labour | 0 |
Flimby1 seat · turnout 47.4%
| J. Windsor | Labour | 423 |
| J. Peel | Independent | 249 |
Harrington1 seat · turnout 55.2%
| A Caine | Liberal Democrats | 514 |
| B. Weir | Labour | 390 |
| H. Burns | Conservative | 355 |
Keswick3 seats · turnout 30.0%
| M. Clark | Independent | 1,313 |
| J. Branthwaite | Conservative | 951 |
| D Kemp | Labour | 805 |
| G. Hodgson | Independent | 634 |
Marsh1 seat
| N. Mowbray | Independent | 0 |
Moorclose3 seats · turnout 29.9%
| S. Bromley | Labour | 989 |
| I. Francis | Labour | 824 |
| J. Timney | Labour | 755 |
| W. Maccready | Independent | 416 |
Netherhall2 seats · turnout 39.0%
| K. Mulgrew | Labour | 764 |
| K. Smith | Labour | 602 |
| A. Kendall | Independent | 543 |
Salterbeck2 seats
| M. Kirkwood | Labour | 0 |
| A. Findley | Labour | 0 |
| M. Kirkwood | Labour | 0 ✓ |
| A. Findley | Labour | 0 ✓ |
Seaton Moor3 seats · turnout 32.9%
| J. Musgrave | Labour | 1,359 |
| H. Lingard | Labour | 1,281 |
| C. Woolf | Labour | 1,110 |
| D. Peers | Independent | 736 |
Silloth2 seats · turnout 40.8%
| W. Johnston | Independent | 777 |
| R. Turner | Labour | 573 |
| A. Goldsbrough | Independent | 567 |
St. Bridgets1 seat
| E. Ward | Conservative | 0 |
St. Johns3 seats
| T. Cunningham | Labour | 959 ✓ |
| John Heathcote | Conservative | 783 ✓ |
| John Robertson | Labour | 768 ✓ |
| S. Robertson | Labour | 754 |
| Robert Hardon | Conservative | 688 |
| J. Elliott | Conservative | 658 |
St. Michaels3 seats · turnout 31.2%
| T. Livingstone | Labour | 947 |
| J. Askew | Labour | 924 |
| Tony Holmes | Labour | 848 |
| J. Perkins | Independent | 581 |
Stainburn1 seat · turnout 45.8%
| L. Conaway | Conservative | 648 |
| P. Bales | Labour | 379 |
Warnell1 seat · turnout 50.1%
| D. Hutchinson | Liberal Democrats | 381 |
| D. Smith | Independent | 335 |
Waver1 seat
| J. Huntington | Independent | 0 |
Wigton3 seats · turnout 28.3%
| R. Blackburn | Independent | 1,094 |
| S. James | Independent | 919 |
| N. Fell | Independent | 809 |
| J Graham | Labour | 747 |