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    1997 handbook

    Cumberland: 1997 local elections

    7 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1996) (19 seats, our estimate)

    Conservative 8 · Labour 8 · Liberal Democrats 2 · Independent 1

    After (end of 1997) (26 seats, our estimate)

    Conservative 12 · Labour 10 · Liberal Democrats 3 · Independent 1

    Ward results

    Brampton & Gilsland1 seat
    K. WilkinsonConservative2,066 ✓
    K RossLabour1,540
    Dalston & Cummersdale1 seat
    J. CollierConservative2,533 ✓
    J. PrewittLabour1,434
    Harraby1 seat
    M RichardsonLabour2,182 ✓
    B. HodgsonConservative750
    Kingmoor & Houghton1 seat
    John MallinsonConservative2,580 ✓
    M ScarboroughLabour1,310
    Longtown & Bewcastle1 seat
    J JeffersonConservative1,843 ✓
    J. WeedallLabour1,141
    St. Aidans1 seat
    Watson R.Labour1,599 ✓
    M. ThwaitesConservative918
    M HuggonLiberal Democrats580
    Trinity1 seat
    R. AlderseyLiberal Democrats1,482 ✓
    Margaret MartlewLabour1,228
    Reid Sinclair RConservative384