2009 Cumbria County Council election

2009 Cumbria County Council election

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All 84 seats to Cumbria County Council 43 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Last election 32 seats, 38.7% 39 seats, 36.1% 11 seats, 19.6% Seats won 38 24 16 Seat change 6 15 5 Popular vote 62,488 33,281 38,250 Percentage 40.1% 21.4% 24.6% Swing 1.4% 14.7% 5.0%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Independent Socialist People's Party Last election 2 seats, 4.7% 0 seats, 0.4% Seats won 5 1 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 7,626 1,395 Percentage 4.9% 0.9% Swing % 0.5%
2009 local election results in Cumbria
Council control before election No Overall Control Council control after election No Overall Control

An election to Cumbria County Council took place on 2 May 2009 as part of the 2009 United Kingdom local elections.^[1] All 84 councillors were elected from various electoral divisions, which returned one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. They coincided with an election for the European Parliament. All 84 seats in the Council were up for election, and a total of 301 candidates stood.^[2] The total number of people registered to vote was 392,931.^[3] Prior to the election local Conservatives were leading a coalition with the Liberal Democrats with the Labour party as the council's official opposition.

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections,^[4] although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.^[5]