| Election Name: | 2016 South Lakeland District Council election[1] |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2015 South Lakeland District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2015 |
| Next Election: | 2018 South Lakeland District Council election |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
| Seats For Election: | 17 of the 51 seats to South Lakeland District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 26 |
| Election Date: | 5 May 2016 |
| Party1: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 32 |
| Seats1: | 8 |
| Popular Vote1: | 7,108 |
| Percentage1: | 44.5% |
| Seats After1: | 32 |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 15 |
| Seats2: | 7 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 5,787 |
| Percentage2: | 36.3% |
| Seats After2: | 16 |
| Party4: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election4: | 3 |
| Seats4: | 2 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 1,725 |
| Percentage4: | 10.8% |
| Seats After4: | 2 |
| Party5: | Independent (politician) |
| Last Election5: | 1 |
| Seats5: | 0 |
| Popular Vote5: | 0 |
| Percentage5: | 0.0% |
| Seats After5: | 1 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Liberal Democrats |
| After Election: | Liberal Democrats |
The 2016 South Lakeland District Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections.
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
| 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 | 32 | align=center | 32 | align=center | ||
| Conservatives | align=center | 15 | align=center | 16 | align=center | 1 | |
| Labour | align=center | 3 | align=center | 2 | align=center | 1 | |
| Independent | align=center | 1 | align=center | 1 | align=center | ||
| Green | align=center | 0 | align=center | 0 | align=center | ||
| UKIP | align=center | 0 | align=center | 0 | align=center | ||
| Total | 51 | 51 | |||||
| Working majority | |||||||
An asterisk * indicates an incumbent seeking re-election.