CARLISLE - Dalston COUNCIL BY ELECTION RESULT (LIBDEM GAIN)

Carlisle, Dalston - Lib Dem gain from Conservative

Party	2013 votes	2013 share	since 2012	since 2011	since 2010	since 2008
Lib Dem	506	37.2%	-14.6%	+15.0%	+2.9%	-13.0%
Conservative	476	34.9%	+10.8%	-14.2%	-12.6%	-5.5%
Labour	186	13.7%	-1.6%	-7.5%	-4.5%	+4.3%
UKIP	167	12.3%	+3.6%	+4.7%	from nowhere	from nowhere
Green	27	2.0%	from nowhere	from nowhere	from nowhere	from nowhere
Total votes	1,362		-631	-894	-2,252	-933

Swing, if meaningful, Lib Dem to Conservative ~13% since 2012 and ~4% since 2008, but Conservative to Lib Dem ~15% since 2011 and ~8% since 2010

Ruth ALCROFT (The Labour Party Candidate)
Robert DICKINSON (UK Independence Party)
Michael GEE (Liberal Democrat)
Michael RANDALL (The Conservative Party Candidate)
James TUCKER (The Green Party)