The Conservatives have secured the highest number of seats on Carlisle City Council - but not enough to clinch a majority.

However one of the biggest shocks saw Green candidate Helen Davison clinch a council seat in Belah and Kingmoor - with long-serving Conservative councillor and former mayor Trish Vasey losing her place on the council.

Ukip also pulled off a shock win, clinching the Currock and Upperby seat by one vote after a recount.

John Denholm, the new Ukip councillor, said: "I'm flabbergasted. At first I thought I'd been beaten by one vote, so we asked for a recount and it turns out I'd won by one. 

"It was a good campaign. A lot of people have been disgusted by politics in general."

New Green councillor Helen Davison said: "I'm the first Green councillor we've ever had in Carlisle. 

"I think a lot of it is to do with the raising of awareness about the climate crisis we are in, and also some of the work I've been doing locally on the incinerator. I'm absolutely thrilled."

The Tories now have 17 seats, Labour have secured 15, four independents have been elected, one Liberal Democrat, one Ukip and one Green.

Botcherby was the most hotly-contested, with 13 candidates standing. The result saw three independent councillors retain their seats, with three Labour members losing out.

The Conservatives lost three previously-serving councillors - Doreen Parsons, Rob Currie and Trish Vasey. 

Labour also lost a number of former councillors, including Abdul Harid, current mayor Jessica Riddle, Anne Quilter, Stephen Bowditch, Sue Crawford and David Graham. 

The overall turnout was 32 per cent, though in some wards it was as low as 25 per cent. 

It leaves the council with no party in overall control, meaning the Conservatives and Labour will be looking to see if they can make a deal with the other parties and independents in the coming days. 

Tory leader John Mallinson that although his party came out on top, it was not the majority win they were hoping for - blaming national politicians for failing to deliver Brexit. He said: "It was a difficult election for ourselves and Labour. Really external factors were the issue. Brexit was on everyone's lips."

Labour leader Colin Glover said that considering the boundary changes, they hadn't performed too badly. But again he felt people had voted on national issues, rather than local. 

"A lot of it was to do with wjat's been going on in Westminster. It's upset a large part of the electorate on both sides. I feel sad about that.

"Local councillors are the closest level of government to communities and residents. There are some very good local councillors who have lost their sets because of things that are completely out of their control."

A total of 39 seats on the authority were up for grabs, with three in each of 13 new wards. A party would need 20 to secure a majority.

It is the first election since boundary changes were approved.

Each person could cast up to three votes, making the counting process more complicated than previous years.

There were previously 52 councillors - 24 Labour, 22 Conservative, five Independent and one Liberal Democrat.

This meant there was no party in overall control of the authority.

The matter was further complicated when Labour's Stephen Sidgwick was thrown out of the party for putting himself forward as an Independent candidate in this election, having not been selected to stand for the party.

It means that going into this election, he was no longer a Labour member - meaning the party actually had 23 seats.

Results: 

Belah and Kingmoor

David Morton (Con) 

Gareth Ellis (Con)

Helen Davison (Green)

Botcherby and Harraby North

Rob Betton (Ind)

Jeff Bomford (Ind) 

Jack Paton (Ind)

Brampton and Fellside

Mike Mitchelson (Con)

Raymond Tinnion (Ind)

Keith Meller (Con)

Cathedral and Castle

Anne Glendinning (Lab)

Louise Atkinson (Lab)

Chris Robinson (Lab)

Currock and Upperby

Colin Glover (Lab)

Lucy Patrick (Lab)

John Denholm (Ukip)

Dalston and Burgh

Trevor Allison (Lib Dem)

Ann McKerrell (Con)

John Collier (Con)

Denton Holme and Morton South

Chris Southward (Lab) 

Ruth Alcroft (Lab) 

Lisa Brown (Lab) 

Harraby South and Parklands

Lee Sherriff (Lab)

Niall McNulty (Lab)

Joanne Ellis-Williams (Lab)

Longtown and the Border 

Val Tarbitt (Con) 

John Mallinson (Con) 

David Shepherd (Con) 

Newtown and Morton North

Les Tickner (Lab) 

Pamela Birks (Lab) 

Calvin Rodgerson (Lab) 

Sandsfield and Morton West

James Bainbridge (Con)

Christina Finlayson (Con)

Jeanette Bradley (Lab)

Stanwix and Houghton

Liz Mallinson (Con)

Fiona Robson (Con)

Paul Nedved (Con)

Wetheral and Corby

Stephen Higgs (Con)

Nigel Christian (Con)

Marilyn Bowman (Con)