South Lakeland District Council elections

One third of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England was elected each year, followed by one year without election.

The council was established in 1974 and abolished in 2023.

Since the last boundary changes in 2008, 51 councillors had been elected from 45 wards.

Political control
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Leadership
The leaders of the council since 2001 have been:

Council elections

 * 1973 South Lakeland District Council election
 * 1976 South Lakeland District Council election
 * 1979 South Lakeland District Council election (New ward boundaries)
 * 1980 South Lakeland District Council election
 * 1982 South Lakeland District Council election
 * 1983 South Lakeland District Council election
 * 1984 South Lakeland District Council election
 * 1986 South Lakeland District Council election
 * 1987 South Lakeland District Council election
 * 1988 South Lakeland District Council election
 * 1990 South Lakeland District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
 * 1991 South Lakeland District Council election
 * 1992 South Lakeland District Council election
 * 1994 South Lakeland District Council election
 * 1995 South Lakeland District Council election
 * 1996 South Lakeland District Council election
 * 1998 South Lakeland District Council election
 * 1999 South Lakeland District Council election (New ward boundaries)
 * 2000 South Lakeland District Council election
 * 2002 South Lakeland District Council election
 * 2003 South Lakeland District Council election
 * 2004 South Lakeland District Council election
 * 2006 South Lakeland District Council election
 * 2007 South Lakeland District Council election
 * 2008 South Lakeland District Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 1)
 * 2010 South Lakeland District Council election
 * 2011 South Lakeland District Council election
 * 2012 South Lakeland District Council election
 * 2014 South Lakeland District Council election
 * 2015 South Lakeland District Council election
 * 2016 South Lakeland District Council election
 * 2018 South Lakeland District Council election (New ward boundaries)
 * 2019 South Lakeland District Council election