Before (end of 2000) (56 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 36 · Conservative 8 · Liberal Democrats 7 · Other 5
After (end of 2001) (56 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 36 · Conservative 8 · Liberal Democrats 7 · Other 5
Ward results
Aspatria & Wharrels1 seat · turnout 65.3%
| K. Brandwood | Conservative | 1,467 |
| C. Ainsworth | Labour | 1,447 |
| C. Miles | Liberal Democrats | 527 |
Bowness Thursby & Caldock1 seat · turnout 66.9%
| Fairbairn D. | Conservative | 1,916 |
| A. Martin | Liberal Democrats | 865 |
| G. Hanning | Labour | 623 |
Cockermouth East1 seat · turnout 67.3%
| E Nicholson | Conservative | 1,706 |
| M. Harris | Labour | 1,131 |
| M. Burgess | Liberal Democrats | 588 |
Cockermouth West1 seat · turnout 63.9%
| T Heslop | Conservative | 1,223 |
| Isabel Jeanette Burns | Labour | 959 |
| J. Morley | Liberal Democrats | 442 |
Dearham & Broughton1 seat
| A. Clark | Labour | 2,245 |
| M. Wood | Conservative | 1,342 |
Harrington Clifton & Stainburn1 seat · turnout 62.2%
| J. Holliday | Labour | 1,723 |
| I Francis | Liberal Democrats | 1,480 |
Keswick & Derwent1 seat · turnout 63.6%
| S. Hind | Conservative | 1,503 |
| E. Barraclough | Liberal Democrats | 1,229 |
| D Kemp | Labour | 1,010 |
Maryport East1 seat · turnout 58.2%
| D. Holmes | Labour | 2,384 |
| J. Lawson | Conservative | 487 |
Maryport West1 seat · turnout 62.3%
| W. Cameron | Labour | 1,830 |
| M. Bird | Independent | 612 |
| H. Hargreaves | Conservative | 323 |
Seaton1 seat · turnout 59.2%
| N. Findley | Labour | 1,716 |
| W Newton | Conservative | 701 |
Solway Coast1 seat · turnout 62.3%
| R. Allison | Labour | 1,208 |
| A Markley | Conservative | 1,162 |
| W Jefferson | Independent | 739 |
| J. Peacock | LCA | 121 |
St. Michaels1 seat
| T. Stainton | Labour | 1,897 |
| K. Steel | Conservative | 386 |
| M Hayton | Liberal Democrats | 244 |
