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    1997 handbook

    South Lakeland: 1997 local elections

    17 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1996) (52 seats, Elections Centre)

    Liberal Democrats 24 · Other 12 · Conservative 10 · Labour 6

    After (end of 1997) (52 seats, Elections Centre)

    Liberal Democrats 23 · Other 12 · Conservative 11 · Labour 6

    Ward results

    Cartmel1 seat
    A. BaxterLiberal Democrats1,409
    C ThompsonConservative1,212
    Michael GoffLabour411
    Crooklands1 seat · turnout 75.6%
    R. BinghamConservative1,949
    E PhillipsLiberal Democrats1,160
    B. McKeeLabour560
    Far Cross1 seat · turnout 72.3%
    T. MattinsonLiberal Democrats1,721
    M. ClarkConservative948
    R. YatesLabour719
    Grange1 seat
    Peter Crompton JacksonConservative1,913
    G. WaimannLiberal Democrats1,114
    L. CookseyLabour478
    High Furness1 seat · turnout 72.8%
    E. DaviesLiberal Democrats1,728
    H. BarkerConservative1,482
    Highgate1 seat
    M. JowettLabour1,851
    M GrahamConservative1,420
    D. PoppsLiberal Democrats821
    Kent Estuary1 seat · turnout 75.8%
    W. LadellLiberal Democrats1,734
    R. GyngellConservative1,576
    L AbeysuriyaLabour491
    Lakes1 seat · turnout 68.3%
    A. ParkerLiberal Democrats1,059
    Elizabeth ParkerConservative1,022
    G MiddletonIndependent646
    C. Kelly-GoddardLabour443
    Low Furness1 seat · turnout 74.1%
    Alison MetcalfeLiberal Democrats1,059
    R. WebsterConservative1,022
    R ScottLabour443
    Lyth Valley1 seat · turnout 71.9%
    Jim BlandConservative1,797
    B. WoofLiberal Democrats1,191
    R. RothwellLabour361
    Nether1 seat · turnout 74.0%
    T. ClareLiberal Democrats1,650
    Braithwaite P.Labour1,401
    Glover D.Conservative1,303
    Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale1 seat · turnout 69.9%
    John NicholsonConservative1,975
    K. NicholsonLiberal Democrats1,029
    D. LongmireLabour452
    Strickland & Fell1 seat · turnout 71.5%
    D. ClarkeLabour1,813
    G CookLiberal Democrats821
    K PowellConservative752
    Ulverston East1 seat
    W. KolbeLabour1,756
    M. HornbyConservative909
    L. PooleLiberal Democrats371
    Ulverston West1 seat · turnout 74.1%
    P. HalfpennyConservative1,621
    F. PlantLabour1,392
    E. VaughanLiberal Democrats755
    Upper Kent1 seat
    E. AclandLiberal Democrats1,840
    G RichardsonConservative1,110
    D. BaileyLabour346
    Windermere1 seat · turnout 72.3%
    J. StockerLiberal Democrats1,721
    David NunnsConservative1,466
    G. BaddeleyLabour616