Before (end of 2011) (51 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 32 · Conservative 18 · Labour 1 · Other 0
After (end of 2012) (51 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 34 · Conservative 14 · Labour 3 · Other 0
Ward results
Arnside and Beetham1 seat
| Prudence Jupe | Liberal Democrats | 1,265 ✓ |
| Mike Nicholson | Conservative | 529 |
Burton and Holme1 seat
| Roger Bingham | Conservative | 991 ✓ |
| Victor Brown | Liberal Democrats | 666 |
| Anne Hall | Conservative | 418 ✓ |
| Michael Carter | Liberal Democrats | 279 |
Crooklands1 seat · turnout 50.4%
| Sheila Eccles | Liberal Democrats | 599 ✓ |
| Jessie Alston | Conservative | 267 |
| Ko Koens | Green | 35 |
Hawkshead1 seat · turnout 51.7%
| David Fletcher | Liberal Democrats | 412 ✓ |
| Sarah Ibbetson | Conservative | 305 |
| Paul Milling | Green | 55 |
Kendal Fell1 seat · turnout 41.2%
| Giles Archibald | Liberal Democrats | 387 ✓ |
| Lois Katherine Sparling | Labour | 183 |
| Patrick Birchall | Conservative | 70 |
| Paul Metsers | Green | 49 |
| Malcolm James Hamilton Nightingale | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 30 |
Kendal Strickland & Fell1 seat
| John McCreesh | Liberal Democrats | 1,157 ✓ |
| Paul Michael Braithwaite | Labour | 542 |
| Patrick Birchall | Conservative | 268 |
| Malcolm James Hamilton Nightingale | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 110 |
Levens1 seat · turnout 66.7%
| Mary Orr | Liberal Democrats | 635 ✓ |
| Brian Rendell | Conservative | 458 |
| Leigh Martindale | Green | 45 |
Lyth Valley1 seat · turnout 53.8%
| John Charles Goff Holmes | Conservative | 633 ✓ |
| Deborah Gallagher | Liberal Democrats | 341 |
| Marilyn Molloy | Labour | 50 |
Milnthorpe1 seat · turnout 51.9%
| David Ryder | Liberal Democrats | 590 ✓ |
| Steil Clark | Conservative | 245 |
| Frank Airey | Green | 47 |
| Nicholas Cotton | Liberal Democrats | 1,164 ✓ |
| Kevin Lancaster | Conservative | 1,115 |
| Martin Holborn | Labour | 103 |
| Mandy Barnett | Green | 92 |
Staveley-in-Cartmel1 seat
| Sue Sanderson | Liberal Democrats | 436 ✓ |
| Ted Walsh | Conservative | 331 |
Staveley-in-Westmorland1 seat
| Stan Collins | Liberal Democrats | 581 ✓ |
| Sandra Isabel Lilley | Conservative | 153 |
| Rachael Milling | Green | 72 |
Ulverston Central1 seat · turnout 32.7%
| Bharath Rajan | Labour | 211 ✓ |
| Norman Bishop-Rowe | Conservative | 209 |
| Andrew Hudson | Liberal Democrats | 45 |
| Alison Morris | Green | 34 |
Ulverston East1 seat · turnout 25.1%
| Jen Wilson | Labour | 214 ✓ |
| Peter Hornby | Conservative | 111 |
| Ian Jackson | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 34 |
| Judith Ann Filmore | Green | 31 |
| Maureen Frances Nicholson | Liberal Democrats | 23 |
Ulverston North1 seat · turnout 45.9%
| Helen Irving | Conservative | 280 ✓ |
| Colin Pickthall | Labour | 248 |
| Chris Loynes | Green | 114 |
| Ann Downe | Liberal Democrats | 69 |
Ulverston South1 seat · turnout 33.1%
| Amanda Rigg | Conservative | 239 ✓ |
| Judith Ann Pickthall | Labour | 210 |
| Kate Rawles | Green | 31 |
| David Khan | Liberal Democrats | 21 |
Ulverston Town1 seat · turnout 33.5%
| John Clough | Labour | 271 ✓ |
| James Samson | Conservative | 150 |
| Simon James Filmore | Green | 50 |
| Andrew Mellor | Liberal Democrats | 30 |
Ulverston West1 seat · turnout 39.6%
| Janette Jenkinson | Conservative | 381 ✓ |
| Charles Hunt | Labour | 147 |
| Robert O'Hara | Green | 49 |
| Loraine Birchall | Liberal Democrats | 26 |