Allerdale

Allerdale

Allerdale is a non-metropolitan district of Cumbria, England, with borough status. Its council is based in Workington and the borough has a population of 93,492 according to the 2001 census....

 Borough

Borough status in the United Kingdom

Borough status in the United Kingdom is granted by royal charter to local government districts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The status is purely honorary, and does not give any additional powers to the council or inhabitants of the district...

 Council in Cumbria

Cumbria

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, England

England

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 is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 1999, 56 councillor

Councillor

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s have been elected from 31 wards

Wards of the United Kingdom

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Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Party in control	Years
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	1973 - 1991
Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...	1991 - 2003
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	2003 - present

Council elections

Allerdale Council election, 1999

Allerdale Council election, 1999

Elections to Allerdale Council were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1995 increasing the number of seats by 3. The Labour party kept overall control of the council...

 (boundary changes increased the number of seat by 1)

Allerdale Council election, 2003

Allerdale Council election, 2003

Elections to Allerdale Council were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.-Election result:...

Allerdale Council election, 2007

Allerdale Council election, 2007

Elections to Allerdale Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.-Election result:9 Conservative, 4 Labour, 1 Independent and 1 Liberal Democrat candidates were unopposed....

Allerdale Council election, 2011

Allerdale Council election, 2011

The 2011 Allerdale Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Allerdale Borough Council in Cumbria, England. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.-Election result:...

1995-1999

1999-2003

2003-2007

2007-2011

2011-2015