| Election Name: | 2011 South Lakeland District Council election |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2010 South Lakeland District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2010 |
| Next Election: | 2012 South Lakeland District Council election |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
| Seats For Election: | 19 of the 51 seats to South Lakeland District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 26 |
| Election Date: | 5 May 2011 |
| Party1: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 34 |
| Seats1: | 12 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Popular Vote1: | 11,217 |
| Percentage1: | 51.3% |
| Seats After1: | 32 |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 16 |
| Seats2: | 7 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 9,607 |
| Percentage2: | 43.9% |
| Seats After2: | 18 |
| Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election3: | 1 |
| Seats3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 881 |
| Percentage3: | 4.0% |
| Seats After3: | 1 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Liberal Democrats |
| After Election: | Liberal Democrats |
The 2011 South Lakeland District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 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:
19 seats were contested at the election over 18 wards.[3] 2 of these were by-elections, in Levens and in 1 of the 2 seats being fought in Ambleside and Grasmere.[3] Both the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives stood in every seat, while Labour put up 8 candidates and the Green Party 2 candidates.[4]
The results saw the Liberal Democrats keep their majority on the council after losing 1 seat to the Conservatives.[5] The only change came in Windermere Applethwaite and Troutbeck, with the Conservatives taking the seat by 12 votes after several recounts.[3] This left the Liberal Democrats on 32 seats, compared to 18 for the Conservatives and 1 for Labour.[3] Overall turnout in the election was 56.16%.[6]
| 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 | 33 | align=center | 32 | align=center | 1 | |
| Conservatives | align=center | 17 | align=center | 18 | align=center | 1 | |
| Labour | align=center | 1 | align=center | 1 | align=center | ||
| Total | 51 | 51 | |||||
| Working majority | |||||||