Liberal Democrat Neil McCall was tonight elected as the new councillor for the Shap District ward on Eden District Council.
Mr McCall received 184 votes while Sean William Quinn, Conservative, got 128 votes and Kerryanne Wilde, Putting Cumbria First, polled 67 votes.
There were two spoilt votes.
The turnout was 34.36 per cent from a total electorate of 1109.
