2011 Copeland Borough Council election

[1] At the last election in 2007 Labour won 31 seats, compared to 19 Conservatives and 1 independent.

[2] However between 2007 and 2011 Labour councillors Brian Dixon and Sam Meteer quit the party to sit as independents.

[3][4] A total of 95 candidates stood in the election for the 51 seats being contested.

[5] The Conservatives dropped 4 seats to have 15 councillors, while 2 independents were elected in Arlecdon and Distington.

[7] This included defeating the Conservative parliamentary candidate for Copeland at the 2010 general election, Chris Whiteside.