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All 83 seats of Cumbria County Council 42 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Cumbria County Council were held on 4 May 1989. This was on the same day as other UK county council elections. The whole council of 83 members was up for election and the council remained under no overall control.
Results
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Labour | 37 |  2
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44.6 | 42.3 | 59,863 |  0.8
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| Conservative | 37 | 1
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44.6 | 42.1 | 59,671 | 3.2
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| SLD | 6 | 1
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7.2 | 10.8 | 15,278 | 4.6
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| Independent | 3 | 
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3.6 | 4.7 | 6,623 | 1.2
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| Green | 0 |
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0.0 | 0.1 | 152 | 0.4
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References
- ^ "Local Election Summaries 1989". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
