[B]elle Vue and Yewdale Ward Carlisle City Council By Elections were held on Thursday, 4 May.
The results are as follows:
Belle Vue By-Election
Candidates and votes cast
Pamela Birks (The Labour Party): 775 votes cast
Rob Currie (The Conservative Party): 771 votes cast
Susan Riley (UK Independence Party): 116 votes cast
Spoilt votes: 3
Total number of votes cast: 1665
The turnout was 35.6%
Pamela Birks (The Labour Party) was duly elected as the City Councillor for Belle Vue.
Yewdale By-Election
Candidates and votes cast
Jeff Coates (Liberal Democrat): 152 votes cast
Malcolm Fraser Craik (UK Independence Party): 92 votes cast
Christina Finlayson (The Conservative Party): 931 votes cast
Graham David (The Labour Party): 792 votes cast
Spoilt votes: 5
Total number of votes cast: 1972
The turnout was 43.9%
Christina Finlayson (The Conservative Party) was duly elected as the City Councillor for Yewdale.
Following the By-Election, the composition of the Council is as follows: 26 Labour Councillors, 21 Conservative Councillors, 4 Independents and 1 Liberal Democrat Councillor.