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The 2015 Eden District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Eden District Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Results by electoral ward

Alston Moor

Alston Moor (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Patricia Mary Goodwin	710	64.1
	Conservative	David Hymers	487	44.0
	Independent	Timothy Alan Haldon	446	40.3
Turnout			1,120	62.8	+16.8
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Appleby (Appleby)

Appleby (Appleby) (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan Keith Morgan	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Turnout			n/a
	Independent hold		Swing

Appleby (Bongate)

Appleby (Bongate) (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Nicholas Connell	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Turnout			n/a
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Askham

Askham (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Donald Randall Slee	432	56.2	-4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Darrell Jon Smith	337	43.8	+4.0
Turnout			787	69.4	+26.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brough

Brough (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Malcolm Smith	392	55.5	n/a
	Independent	Ian Roger Tench	314	44.5	n/a
Turnout			730	66.0	n/a
	Independent hold		Swing

Crosby Ravensworth

Crosby Ravensworth (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Elizabeth Raine	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Turnout			n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dacre

Dacre (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Margaret Derbyshire	503	56.1	n/a
	Independent	Hugh Harrison	393	43.9	n/a
Turnout			920	76.1	n/a
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Eamont

Eamont (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Edmund Chambers	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Turnout			n/a
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Greystoke

Greystoke (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Harper Sealby	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Turnout			n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hartside

Hartside (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sheila Orchard	438	56.7	n/a
	Independent	Susan Jane Castle-Clarke	334	43.3	n/a
Turnout			812	75.1	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hesket

Hesket (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elaine Mary Martin	1,094	64.0
	Conservative	Lesley Ann Grisedale	825	48.3
	Independent	Debra Ann Wicks	502	29.4
Turnout			1,765	68.11
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkby Stephen

Kirkby Stephen (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Trevor Charles Ladhams	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Conservative	Valerie Kendall	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Turnout			n/a
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Kirkby Thore

Kirkby Thore (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Sawrey Cookson	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Turnout			n/a
	Independent hold		Swing

Kirkoswald

Kirkoswald (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mary Robinson	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Turnout			n/a
	Independent hold		Swing

Langwathby

Langwathby (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Douglas Hugh Banks	494	55.9	n/a
	Conservative	Thomas William Wentworth Waites	239	27.0	n/a
	Independent	Alan William Marsden	151	17.1	n/a
Turnout			916	70.6
	Independent hold		Swing

Lazonby

Lazonby (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Macpherson Nicolson	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Turnout			n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing

Long Marton

Long Marton (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maurice Allan Armstrong	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Turnout			n/a
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Morland

Morland (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Christopher Tonkin	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Turnout			n/a
	Independent hold		Swing

Orton with Tebay

Orton with Tebay (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian John Todd	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Turnout			n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penrith Carleton

Penrith Carleton (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paula Breen	525	66.5	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	John Grattan Bowen	264	33.5	n/a
Turnout			909	67.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Penrith East

Penrith East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Denis Eyles	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Conservative	John Charles Lynch	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Turnout			n/a
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penrith North

Penrith North (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Mary Holden	1,037	49.3
	Liberal Democrats	Robin John Howse	909	43.2
	Conservative	Scott Michael Jackson	773	36.7
	Conservative	Stephen Ridley	746	35.4
	Conservative	David Whipp	746	35.4
	Labour	Geoffrey Rockliffe-King	606	28.8
Turnout				61.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penrith Pategill

Penrith Pategill (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Michael Tompkins	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Turnout			n/a
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Penrith South

Penrith South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Temple	615	53.0	n/a
	Independent	Margaret Clark	576	49.7	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Burgin	302	26.0	n/a
Turnout				56.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Penrith West

Penrith West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Virginia Christine Taylor	571	44.9
	Conservative	John George Thompson	545	42.8
	Labour	Jamie Nicholas Ayers	475	37.3	n/a
Turnout			1,591	52.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ravenstonedale

Ravenstonedale (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Marie Meadowcroft	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Turnout			n/a
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Shap

Shap (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Mervyn Owen	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Turnout			n/a
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Skelton

Skelton (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Michael Beaty	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Turnout			n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ullswater

Ullswater (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alistair Richard Hogg	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Turnout			n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warcop

Warcop (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Patterson	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
Turnout			n/a
	Independent hold		Swing

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