Before (end of 1996)
Not known.
After (end of 1997)
Not known.
Ward results
Distington & Moresby1 seat
| M. Hartley | Conservative | 901 |
Egremont1 seat
| D. Southward | Labour | 2,979 |
| J. Holmes | Conservative | 1,621 |
Hensingham1 seat
| J. Brown | Conservative | 599 |
Millom1 seat
| P. Hodgson | Conservative | 1,715 |
| A. Baines | LIB | 551 |
Mirehouse1 seat
| G. Higgins | Conservative | 381 |
St. Bees & Gosforth1 seat
| G. McKendry | Labour | 1,131 |
| M. Swift | Liberal Democrats | 573 |