| Election Name: | 2018 South Lakeland District Council election[1] |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2016 South Lakeland District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Next Election: | 2019 South Lakeland District Council election |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
| Seats For Election: | All 51 seats to South Lakeland District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 26 |
| Election Date: | 3 May 2018 |
| Party1: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 32 |
| Seats1: | 29 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Popular Vote1: | 43,860 |
| Percentage1: | 41.0% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 16 |
| Seats2: | 19 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Popular Vote2: | 43,777 |
| Percentage2: | 40.9% |
| Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election3: | 2 |
| Seats3: | 3 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 10,828 |
| Percentage3: | 10.1% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Liberal Democrats |
| After Election: | Liberal Democrats |
The 2018 South Lakeland District Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2016, these major changes to boundaries were recommended by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE)[2] .
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 | 29 | align=center | 3 | |
| Conservatives | align=center | 16 | align=center | 19 | align=center | 3 | |
| Labour | align=center | 2 | align=center | 3 | align=center | 1 | |
| Independent | align=center | 1 | align=center | 0 | align=center | 1 | |
| 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.
A by-election was held on 20 December 2018 to fill a vacancy in Arnside & Milnthorpe following the death of Councillor Ian Stewart.