Before (end of 2008) (9 seats, our estimate)
Liberal Democrats 5 · Conservative 4
After (end of 2009) (9 seats, our estimate)
Liberal Democrats 6 · Conservative 3
Ward results
High Furness1 seat
| Claire Salisbury | Conservative | 1,315 ✓ |
| John Hemingway | Liberal Democrats | 894 |
Kendal Castle1 seat
| Thomas Clare | Liberal Democrats | 1,799 ✓ |
| James Robin Alexander | Conservative | 526 |
| Penelope Henderson | Labour | 63 |
Kendal Highgate1 seat
| Geoff Cook | Liberal Democrats | 1,233 ✓ |
| Robin Brown | Conservative | 338 |
| Robert Rothwell | Labour | 169 |
Kendal Nether1 seat
| Clare Feeney-Johnson | Liberal Democrats | 1,507 ✓ |
| Christine Bellas | Conservative | 439 |
| Les Lishman | Independent | 198 |
| Allan Ring | Labour | 90 |
Kendal South1 seat
| Brenda Clare Gray | Liberal Democrats | 1,675 ✓ |
| Alan Bobbett | Conservative | 1,008 |
| Marylin Molloy | Labour | 75 |
| Ben Jameson | Liberal Democrats | 1,575 ✓ |
| Dan Ross | Conservative | 379 |
| Rae Cross | Labour | 158 |
| Donna Devlin | BNP | 70 |
Kent Estuary1 seat · turnout 62.2%
| Ian Stewart | Liberal Democrats | 2,123 ✓ |
| S. Blonsky | Conservative | 1,082 |
| Sue Blonsky | Conservative | 1,032 |
| Lois Katherine Sparling | Labour | 61 |
Low Furness1 seat
| Janet Willis | Liberal Democrats | 1,095 ✓ |
| Paul Irving | Conservative | 937 |
| Mark Wilson | Labour | 192 |
Penrith North1 seat
| Hilary Carrick | Conservative | 813 ✓ |
| John Tompkins | Liberal Democrats | 798 |
| Geoffrey Rockliffe-King | Labour | 129 |
| Anthony O'Malley | BNP | 94 |
| Kevin Lancaster | Conservative | 1,285 ✓ |
| Fenner Pearson | Liberal Democrats | 1,272 |
| Kathryn Willard | Labour | 46 |
Upper Kent1 seat
| Stan Collins | Liberal Democrats | 1,439 ✓ |
| Eric Hookway | Conservative | 616 |
| Edwin Bateman | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 218 |