| Election Name: | 2017 Cumbria County Council election |
| Country: | Cumbria |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2013 Cumbria County Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2013 |
| Seats For Election: | All 84 seats to Cumbria County Council |
| Majority Seats: | 43 |
| Election Date: | 4 May 2017 |
| Leader1: | James Airey |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 25 |
| Seats1: | 37 |
| Seat Change1: | 12 |
| Popular Vote1: | 62,696 |
| Percentage1: | 44.3% |
| Swing1: | 13.3% |
| Leader2: | Stewart Young |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 35 |
| Seats2: | 26 |
| Seat Change2: | 10 |
| Popular Vote2: | 37,276 |
| Percentage2: | 26.3% |
| Swing2: | 2.0% |
| Leader3: | Patricia Anne Bell |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election3: | 16 |
| Seats3: | 16 |
| Seat Change3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 25,308 |
| Percentage3: | 17.9% |
| Swing3: | 0.1% |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | No overall control |
| After Election: | No overall control |
The 2017 Cumbria County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom.[1] All 84 councillors were elected from electoral divisions which return one county councillor each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.
| Party | Councillors | Votes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Of total | Net | Of total | Net | ||||||||
| Conservative Party | 37 | +14 | data-sort-value="" | 62,696 | 44.3% | +13.1% | |||||
| Labour Party | 26 | -10 | data-sort-value="" | 32,276 | 26.3% | -2.0% | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | 16 | +1 | data-sort-value="" | 25,308 | 17.9% | -0.1% | |||||
| Independent | 5 | -2 | data-sort-value="" | 7,797 | 5.5% | -0.9% | |||||
| Green | 0 | 0 | data-sort-value="" | 5,632 | 4.0% | +1.8% | |||||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | data-sort-value="" | 2,791 | 2.0% | -9.7% | |||||
(16 seats, 16 electoral divisions)
The consultation on local reorganisation in Cumbria meant that Cumbria County Council elections did go ahead as planned in 2021. However, elections for the vacant seats on councils were held on Thursday 6 May 2021. These were - Brampton, Cockermouth North, St John's & Great Clifton and Ulverston West.[2]
On 17 June 2020, a by-election of Corby & Hayton was announced after the resignation of Independent councillor William Graham. A by-election took place on 26 August to fill the vacant seat, and was won by the Liberal Democrats.[3]