1993 Cumbria County Council election

1993 UK local government election

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All 83 seats of Cumbria County Council
42 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats
Last election	37 seats, 42.3%	37 seats, 42.1%	6 seats, 10.8%
Seats won	39	28	13
Seat change	2	9	7
Popular vote	53,100	51,543	23,790
Percentage	40.1%	38.9%	18.0%
Swing	2.2%	3.2%	7.2%

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Independent	Liberal
Last election	3 seats, 4.7%	Did not stand
Seats won	2	1
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	2,911	1,101
Percentage	2.2%	0.8%
Swing	2.5%	N/A

The County of Cumbria within England

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control

Elections to Cumbria County Council were held on 6 May 1993. This was on the same day as other UK county council elections. The whole council of 83 members was up for election and the council remained under no overall control.

Results

1993 Cumbria County Council election
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	39	2	47.0	40.1	53,100	2.2
Conservative	28	9	33.7	38.9	51,543	3.2
Liberal Democrats	13	7	15.7	18.0	23,790	7.2
Independent	2	1	2.4	2.2	2,911	2.5
Liberal	1	1	1.2	0.8	1,101	New

References

^ "Local Election Summaries 1993". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 15 October 2019.

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v t e Council elections in Cumbria
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Cumbria County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 Abolished
Allerdale Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 Abolished
Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2015 2019 Abolished
Carlisle City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 Abolished
Copeland Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 Abolished
Eden District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 Abolished
South Lakeland District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 Abolished
Cumberland County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished
Westmorland County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

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