| Election Name: | 2010 South Lakeland District Council election |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2008 South Lakeland District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Next Election: | 2011 South Lakeland District Council election |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
| Seats For Election: | 18 of the 51 seats to South Lakeland District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 26 |
| Election Date: | 6 May 2010 |
| Party1: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 36 |
| Seats1: | 16 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Popular Vote1: | 15,867 |
| Percentage1: | 60.1% |
| Seats After1: | 34 |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 14 |
| Seats2: | 2 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 8,586 |
| Percentage2: | 32.5% |
| Seats After2: | 16 |
| Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election3: | 1 |
| Seats3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 1,736 |
| Percentage3: | 6.6% |
| Seats After3: | 1 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Liberal Democrats |
| After Election: | Liberal Democrats |
The 2010 South Lakeland District Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Before the election the Liberal Democrats had controlled the council since winning a majority at the 2006 election.[3] Going into the 2010 election they held 36 seats, compared to 14 for the Conservatives and 1 seat for the Labour Party.[3]
18 seats were being contested in the election with the Liberal Democrats defending all of them.[4]
The results saw the Liberal Democrats maintain their majority on the council despite losing 2 seats to the Conservatives.[4] The Conservatives gains came in the seats of Mid Furness and Staveley-in-Cartmel, and left the Liberal Democrats on 34 seats, compared to 16 for the Conservatives.[4] Overall turnout in the election was 72.25%,[5] due to the election being held at the same time as the general election.[4]
| valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 230px" | Party | valign=top style="width: 30px" | Previous council | valign=top style="width: 30px" | New council | valign=top style="width: 30px" | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | align=center | 36 | align=center | 34 | align=center | 2 | |
| Conservatives | align=center | 14 | align=center | 16 | align=center | 2 | |
| Labour | align=center | 1 | align=center | 1 | align=center | ||
| Total | 51 | 51 | |||||
| Working majority | |||||||