Westmorland and Furness Council elections

Local government elections in Cumbria, England

Westmorland and Furness Council elections are to be held every four years from 2027 onwards, to elect all 65 members of Westmorland and Furness Council, a unitary authority in England. There are 33 wards, listed in List of electoral wards in Cumbria, which each elect one, two or three councillors.

Council elections

Year	Seats	Liberal Democrats	Labour	Conservative	Green	Independent	Council control after election
Year	Seats						Council control after election
2022	65	36	15	11	1	2		Liberal Democrats

District result maps

2022 results map

By-election results

2022-2027

Old Barrow and Hindpool By-Election 4 May 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Cassidy	1,004	69.4	+8.8
	Conservative	Derek Gawne	354	24.5	−3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Pickthall	89	6.2	+1.5
Majority			650	44.9
Turnout			1,447	17.77	−3.33
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.3

Grange and Cartmel By-Election 2 May 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Hull	2,852	77.2	+20.3
	Conservative	Ally Hibbert	691	18.7	−5.3
	TUSC	Martin Powell-Davies	151	4.2	+1.8
Majority			2,161	58.5
Turnout			3,694
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Grange and Cartmel By-Election 17 October 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Bloomer	2,180	84.8	+37.5
	Conservative	Tor McLaren	392	15.2	−4.0
Majority			1,788	69.6
Turnout			2,572
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Kirkby Stephen and Tebay By-Election 31 October 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Waite	887	82.7	+48.8
	Conservative	Pat Bell	186	17.3	−24.6
Majority			701	65.4
Turnout			1,073
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

References

"The Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022: Article 21", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/331 (art. 21), retrieved 25 July 2024
"The Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022: Schedule". gov.uk. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
"Westmorland & Furness result - Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
"Westmorland and Furness".
"Local Elections Archive Project — Old Barrow and Hindpool Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Grange and Cartmel Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Grange and Cartmel Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Grange and Cartmel Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2024.

External links

Westmorland and Furness Council

v t e Council elections in Cumbria
Cumberland Council	2022
Westmorland and Furness Council	2022
Cumbria County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 Abolished
Allerdale Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 Abolished
Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2015 2019 Abolished
Carlisle City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 Abolished
Copeland Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 Abolished
Eden District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 Abolished
South Lakeland District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 Abolished
Cumberland County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished
Westmorland County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

v t e Unitary authorities of England
Areas	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Buckinghamshire Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Cumberland Darlington Derby Dorset East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Isles of Scilly Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Northamptonshire North Somerset North Yorkshire Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Somerset Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Westmorland and Furness West Northamptonshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York
Councils	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Buckinghamshire Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Cumberland Darlington Derby Dorset East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Isles of Scilly Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Northamptonshire North Somerset North Yorkshire Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Somerset Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Westmorland and Furness West Northamptonshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York
Elections	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Buckinghamshire Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Cumberland Darlington Derby Dorset East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Isles of Scilly Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Northamptonshire North Somerset North Yorkshire Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Somerset Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Westmorland and Furness West Northamptonshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

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