2006 South Lakeland District Council election

[1] After the election, the composition of the council was: Candidates in the election included a Save Westmorland Hospital Group, opposed to any reduced services at Westmorland General Hospital.

[3] Meanwhile, councillors who stood down at the election included cabinet member Bob Barker and long time independent Elizabeth Braithwaite.

[3] The results saw the Liberal Democrats win a majority on the council after gaining 9 seats, 6 from Labour, 2 from the Conservatives and 1 from an independent.

[4] This gave the Liberal Democrats 31 seats and was the first time that a political party had won a majority on the council.

[5] The other 2 seats they gained were Sedbergh from the Conservatives and Lakes Grasmere, where the independent councillor had stepped down at the election.

Map of the results of the 2006 South Lakeland council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue. Wards in grey were not contested in 2006.