23/2/2007 - Castle by-election result

The Liberal Democrat Party has retained the Castle seat (Carlisle) in yesterday's Cumbria County Council by-election. 

The by-election, which was won by Olwyn Luckley was held following the death in December of Liberal Democrat county councillor Geoff Hodgson.

The results of yesterday's by-election were:

James Robert Bainbridge (Conservative) - 117 Lynn Juliet Bates (Green) - 29 Joseph Duncan Hendry (Labour) - 222 Olwyn Doreen Luckley (Liberal Democrat) - 653

Turnout was 25.2 per cent. The political makeup of the council remains unchanged.

ENDS

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