Cumbria County Council in England was elected every four years between 1973 and 2017. Since the last boundary changes in 2013, 84 councillors were elected from 84 wards for the last council before abolition in 2023.[1]
Political control of the council from 1974 until its abolition in 2023 was held by the following parties:[2]
| Party in control | Years | |
|---|---|---|
| 1974–1977 | ||
| 1977–1981 | ||
| 1981–1985 | ||
| 1985–1997 | ||
| 1997–2001 | ||
| 2001–2023 | ||
The leaders of the council from 1986 until its abolition in 2023 were:[3]
| Councillor | Party | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Minto[4] | 1986 | 9 May 2000 | ||
| Stewart Young | 9 May 2000 | 21 Jun 2001 | ||
| Rex Toft[5] | 21 Jun 2001 | 16 Sep 2004 | ||
| Tim Stoddard | 16 Sep 2004 | 10 Sep 2008 | ||
| Stewart Young | 10 Sep 2008 | 18 Jun 2009 | ||
| Jim Buchanan[6] | 18 Jun 2009 | 8 Apr 2010 | ||
| Eddie Martin | 22 Apr 2010 | 5 May 2013 | ||
| Stewart Young | 16 May 2013 | 31 Mar 2023 | ||
| width=32 | width=90 | Overall control | width=87 align="center" | Conservative | width=87 align="center" | Labour | width=87 align="center" | Lib Dems | width=87 align="center" | Socialist People's | width=87 align="center" | Liberal | width=87 align="center" | Independent | |||||||
| 2017 | NOC | 37 | 26 | 16 | - | - | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | NOC | 26 | 35 | 16 | - | - | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | NOC | 38 | 24 | 16 | 1 | - | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | NOC | 32 | 39 | 11 | - | - | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 2001 | NOC | 33 | 40 | 10 | - | - | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 2001 | NOC | 33 | 40 | 10 | - | - | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Labour | 22 | 44 | 13 | - | - | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 1993 | NOC | 28 | 39 | 13 | - | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 1989 | NOC | 37 | 37 | 6 | - | - | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 1985 | NOC | 36 | 39 | 5 | - | - | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 1981 | NOC | 35 | 42 | 3 | - | - | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 1977 | Conservative | 52 | 23 | - | - | - | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| 1973 | NOC | 31 | 38 | 1 | - | - | 12 |