These were the first elections to the new authority, with the council acting as a 'shadow authority' until the abolition of the three former districts and Cumbria County Council on 1 April 2023.[3]
The Liberal Democrats secured a majority on the incoming council with 36 out of 65 councillors. Labour will have 15 councillors, the Conservatives will have 11 councillors, the Green Party will have 1 councillor and 2 councillors were elected as independents.[4][5]
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April 10, 2024
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The 2022 Westmorland and Furness Council election was held on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Westmorland and Furness Council in England The council area will consist of the area covered by the districts of Barrow in Furness Eden and South Lakeland 1 2 These were the first elections to the new authority with the council acting as a shadow authority until the abolition of the three former districts and Cumbria County Council on 1 April 2023 3 Contents 1 Results 2 Ward results Barrow in Furness 2 1 Dalton North 2 2 Dalton South 2 3 Hawcoat amp Newbarns 2 4 Old Barrow amp Hindpool 2 5 Ormsgill amp Parkside 2 6 Risedale amp Roosecote 2 7 Walney Island 3 Ward results Eden 3 1 Alston amp Fellside 3 2 Appleby amp Brough 3 3 Eamont amp Shap 3 4 Eden amp Lyvennet Vale 3 5 Greystoke amp Ullswater 3 6 Hesket amp Lazonby 3 7 Kirkby Stephen amp Tebay 3 8 Penrith North 3 9 Penrith South 4 Ward results South Lakeland 4 1 Bowness amp Lyth 4 2 Burton amp Holme 4 3 Coniston amp Hawkshead 4 4 Grange amp Cartmel 4 5 High Furness 4 6 Kendal Castle 4 7 Kendal Highgate 4 8 Kendal Nether 4 9 Kendal South 4 10 Kendal Strickland amp Fell 4 11 Kent Estuary 4 12 Levens amp Crooklands 4 13 Low Furness 4 14 Sedbergh amp Kirkby Lonsdale 4 15 Ulverston 4 16 Upper Kent 4 17 Windermere amp Ambleside 5 See also 6 ReferencesResults editThe Liberal Democrats secured a majority on the incoming council with 36 out of 65 councillors Labour will have 15 councillors the Conservatives will have 11 councillors the Green Party will have 1 councillor and 2 councillors were elected as independents 4 5 2022 Westmorland and Furness Election nbsp Results MapParty Councillors VotesOf total Net Of total NetLiberal Democrats 36 55 4 36 65 29 960 39 8 Labour Party 15 23 1 15 65 10 132 13 4 Conservative Party 11 16 9 11 65 20 841 27 7 Independents 2 3 1 2 65 8 238 10 9 Green Party 1 1 5 1 65 5 839 7 7 TUSC 0 0 0 0 65 335 0 4 Ward results Barrow in Furness edit 6 Party Councillors VotesOf total Net Of total NetLabour Party 13 68 4 13 19 6 944 46 5 Conservative Party 5 26 3 5 19 5 342 35 8 Independents 1 5 3 1 19 1 686 11 3 Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 0 19 950 6 4 Dalton North edit Dalton North 2 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Ben Shirley 921 60 6 N AConservative Daniel Edwards 783 51 5 N ALabour Robert Elliot 556 36 6 N ALiberal Democrats Rachael Hogg 262 17 2 N ALiberal Democrats Stephen Coleman 143 9 4 N AMajorityTurnout 1 520 32 01Conservative win new seat Conservative win new seat Dalton South edit Dalton South 2 Party Candidate Votes Independent Dave Taylor 585 38 4 N ALabour Tony Callister 488 32 0 N ALabour Steve Nott 483 31 7 N AConservative Sam Ronson 469 30 8 N AConservative Des English 432 28 4 N AIndependent Martin McLeavy 268 17 6 N ALiberal Democrats Barbara Miller 74 4 9 N ALiberal Democrats Peter Baker 64 4 2 N AMajorityTurnout 1 523 32 99Independent win new seat Labour win new seat Hawcoat amp Newbarns edit Hawcoat amp Newbarns 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Les Hall 1 151 41 9 N AConservative Niyall Phillips 1 069 38 9 N AConservative Roy Worthington 993 36 1 N ALabour David Cassidy 974 35 4 N ALabour Mike Leach 913 33 2 N ALabour Hayley Preston 891 32 4 N AIndependent Denise Edwards 558 20 3 N AIndependent Steven Pryer 468 17 0 N AIndependent Wendy McClure 416 15 1 N ALiberal Democrats David Opie 160 5 8 N ALiberal Democrats Sheila Eccles 123 4 5 N ALiberal Democrats Christine Herbert 100 3 6 N AMajorityTurnout 2 750 31 44Conservative win new seat Conservative win new seat Conservative win new seat Old Barrow amp Hindpool edit Old Barrow amp Hindpool 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Anne Burns 1 183 66 6 N ALabour Kevin Hamilton 1 089 61 4 N ALabour Margaret Thomson 1 076 60 6 N AConservative Anne Bispham 501 28 2 N AConservative Piya Das 407 22 9 N AConservative Brenda Lauderdale 406 22 9 N ALiberal Democrats Adam Campbell 114 6 4 N ALiberal Democrats Gill Gardiner 99 5 6 N ALiberal Democrats Stephen Pickthall 83 4 7 N AMajorityTurnout 1 775 21 10Labour win new seat Labour win new seat Labour win new seat Ormsgill amp Parkside edit Ormsgill amp Parkside 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Bill McEwan 1 242 61 5 N ALabour Derek Brook 1 211 60 0 N ALabour Beverly Morgan 1 177 58 3 N AConservative Elaine Burley 635 31 5 N AConservative Ann English 575 28 5 N AConservative Emma Wylie 527 26 1 N ALiberal Democrats Jayne Richardson 114 5 6 N ALiberal Democrats Phil Walker 84 4 2 N ALiberal Democrats Alasdair Wilkinson Marsh 68 3 4 N AMajorityTurnout 2 019 24 68Labour win new seat Labour win new seat Labour win new seat Risedale amp Roosecote edit Risedale amp Roosecote 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Jane Murphy 1 152 49 6 N ALabour Andy Coles 1 139 49 1 N ALabour Trevor Biggins 1 130 48 7 N AConservative Derek Gawne 984 42 4 N AConservative Lynda Shaw 947 40 8 N AConservative Ronnie Haddow 871 37 5 N ALiberal Democrats Michael Barwise 145 6 2 N ALiberal Democrats Jade Sullivan 128 5 5 N ALiberal Democrats Heather Troughton 121 5 2 N AMajorityTurnout 2 321 28 20Labour win new seat Labour win new seat Labour win new seat Walney Island edit Walney Island 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Frank Cassidy 1 349 61 4 N ALabour Anita Husband 1 179 53 7 N ALabour Therese Assouad 1 175 53 5 N AConservative Paul Rose 681 31 0 N AConservative Steve Sharpe 638 29 1 N AConservative Terri Ann Gibney 622 28 3 N AIndependent Steven Fletcher 275 12 5 N ALiberal Democrats Paul Trollope 81 3 7 N ALiberal Democrats Chris Hogg 77 3 5 N ALiberal Democrats Tina Perkins 59 2 7 N AMajorityTurnout 2 196 26 73Labour win new seat Labour win new seat Labour win new seat Ward results Eden editParty Councillors VotesOf total Net Of total NetLiberal Democrats 11 68 8 11 16 7 898 39 7 Conservative Party 3 18 8 3 16 5 096 25 6 Independents 1 6 3 1 16 5 124 25 8 Labour Party 1 6 3 1 16 824 4 1 Green Party 0 0 0 0 16 931 4 7 Alston amp Fellside edit Alston amp Fellside 2 Party Candidate Votes Independent Mary Robinson 984 45 9 N ALabour Michael Hanley 824 38 4 N ALabour Ian Lindley 572 26 7 N AConservative Michael Beveridge 425 19 8 N AConservative Dale Normington 403 18 8 N ALiberal Democrats Andy Baker 402 18 7 N ALiberal Democrats Richard Sanderson 147 6 9 N AMajorityTurnout 2 145 41 31Independent win new seat Labour win new seat Appleby amp Brough edit Appleby amp Brough 2 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Andy Connell 986 51 8 N ALiberal Democrats Graham Simpkins 631 33 2 N AIndependent Gareth Hayes 609 32 0 N AIndependent William Patterson 511 26 9 N AConservative Colin Smith 451 23 7 N AConservative Harry Berkeley 363 19 1 N AMajorityTurnout 1 902 40 23Liberal Democrats win new seat Liberal Democrats win new seat Eamont amp Shap edit Eamont amp Shap 1 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Neil Hughes 1 031 65 7 N AConservative Tom Lowther 539 34 3 N AMajority 492 31 4Turnout 1 570 45 55Liberal Democrats win new seat Eden amp Lyvennet Vale edit Eden amp Lyvennet Vale 2 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Lorna Baker 960 51 0 N ALiberal Democrats Neil McCall 816 43 3 N AConservative Paula Breen 630 33 4 N AConservative David Whipp 585 31 1 N AIndependent Mike Tonkin 466 24 7 N AMajorityTurnout 1 884 42 03Liberal Democrats win new seat Liberal Democrats win new seat Greystoke amp Ullswater edit Greystoke amp Ullswater 1 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Judith Derbyshire 1 150 70 8 N AConservative Debbie Wicks 475 29 2 N AMajority 675 41 6Turnout 1 625 47 66Liberal Democrats win new seat Hesket amp Lazonby edit Hesket amp Lazonby 2 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Colin Atkinson 676 33 4 N AConservative Hilary Carrick 658 32 5 N AIndependent Elaine Martin 599 29 6 N AIndependent David Ryland 530 26 2 N ALiberal Democrats Roger Burgin 484 23 9 N ALiberal Democrats David Evans 229 11 3 N AGreen Belinda Lloyd 44 2 2 N AMajorityTurnout 2 023 40 93Conservative win new seat Conservative win new seat Kirkby Stephen amp Tebay edit Kirkby Stephen amp Tebay 2 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Phil Dew 861 51 5 N ALiberal Democrats John Murray 697 41 7 N ALiberal Democrats Adrian Waite 557 33 3 N AIndependent Sandy Lancaster 496 29 7 N AConservative Ray Briggs 266 15 9 N AMajorityTurnout 1 672 41 90Conservative win new seat Liberal Democrats win new seat Penrith North edit Penrith North 2 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Patricia Bell 1 277 58 6 N ALiberal Democrats Mark Rudhall 820 37 6 N AGreen Ali Ross 675 31 0 N AConservative Helen Fearon 519 23 8 N AConservative Harry Fearon 444 20 4 N AGreen Wade Tidbury 266 12 2 N AIndependent Scott Jackson 138 6 3 N AIndependent Peter Devine 122 5 6 N AMajorityTurnout 2 178 37 84Liberal Democrats win new seat Liberal Democrats win new seat Penrith South edit Penrith South 2 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Virginia Taylor 911 45 5 N ALiberal Democrats Mike Eyles 899 44 9 N AConservative Gillian Barnes 520 26 0 N AConservative Matt Vickers 459 22 9 N AIndependent Lee Quinn 397 19 8 N AIndependent Margaret Clark 272 13 6 N AGreen Richard O Brien 212 10 6 N AMajorityTurnout 2 001 28 55Liberal Democrats win new seat Liberal Democrats win new seat Ward results South Lakeland editParty Councillors VotesOf total Net Of total NetLiberal Democrats 25 83 3 25 30 21 112 52 1 Conservative Party 3 10 0 3 30 10 403 25 7 Green Party 1 3 3 1 30 4 908 12 1 Labour Party 1 3 3 1 30 2 364 5 8 Independents 0 0 0 0 30 1 428 3 5 TUSC 0 0 0 0 30 335 0 8 Bowness amp Lyth edit Bowness amp Lyth 1 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Steve Bavin 747 53 1 N AConservative Jim Bland 584 41 5 N AGreen Simon Clayton 75 5 3 N AMajority 163 11 6Turnout 1 406 48 34Liberal Democrats win new seat Burton amp Holme edit Burton amp Holme 1 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Vicky Hughes 891 60 7 N AConservative Tom Harvey 519 35 4 N AGreen Simon Blunden 58 4 0 N AMajority 372 25 3Turnout 1 468 52 57Liberal Democrats win new seat Coniston amp Hawkshead edit Coniston amp Hawkshead 1 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Suzanne Pender 854 63 9 N AConservative Michael Hoad 370 27 7 N ALabour Paul Andrew Martin 60 4 5 N AGreen Mark Poole 53 4 0 N AMajority 484 36 2Turnout 1 337 50 93Liberal Democrats win new seat Grange amp Cartmel edit Grange amp Cartmel 3 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Jenny Boak 2 588 59 3 N ALiberal Democrats Pete Endsor 2 486 56 9 N ALiberal Democrats Sue Sanderson 2 040 46 7 N AIndependent Fiona Hanlon 1 428 32 7 N AConservative Tor McLaren 1 050 24 0 N AConservative James Townley 882 20 2 N AConservative David Wilson 729 16 7 N AGreen Mandy Barnett 301 6 9 N AGreen Paul Woods 177 4 1 N AGreen Luke Mossbarnett 137 3 1 N ATUSC Lilian El Doufani 105 2 4 N AMajorityTurnout 4 367 49 85Liberal Democrats win new seat Liberal Democrats win new seat Liberal Democrats win new seat High Furness edit High Furness 1 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Matt Brereton 581 41 4 N ALiberal Democrats Ian Wharton 562 40 0 N ALabour Stephen Carter 164 11 7 N AGreen Peter Howlett 97 6 9 N AMajority 19 1 4Turnout 1 404 45 97Conservative win new seat Kendal Castle edit Kendal Castle 2 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Eamonn Hennessy 1 224 59 8 N ALiberal Democrats Helen Ladhams 1 212 59 2 N AConservative Nigel Byrom 430 21 0 N AConservative David Williams 404 19 7 N AGreen Claire Wickham 207 10 1 N AGreen Janet Antrobus 198 9 7 N ALabour Penny Henderson 134 6 5 N AMajorityTurnout 2 048 42 74Liberal Democrats win new seat Liberal Democrats win new seat Kendal Highgate edit Kendal Highgate 2 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Phil Dixon 1 111 62 5 N ALiberal Democrats Matt Severn 942 53 0 N AConservative Margaret Bond 279 15 7 N AConservative Mike Nicholson 264 14 8 N AGreen Rosie Naish 256 14 4 N AGreen Ian Rodham 179 10 1 N ALabour Oliver Gill 160 9 0 N ATUSC Trevor Batchelor 122 6 9 N AMajorityTurnout 1 778 38 13Liberal Democrats win new seat Liberal Democrats win new seat Kendal Nether edit Kendal Nether 2 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Shirley Evans 1 192 62 6 N ALiberal Democrats Jonathan Cornthwaite 1 166 61 2 N AConservative Lyndsay Slater 333 17 5 N AConservative Raymond Bower 271 14 2 N AGreen Liz Wood 199 10 5 N ALabour Paul Braithwaite 182 9 6 N AGreen Daniel Rayson 154 8 1 N ATUSC Paul Casson 61 3 2 N AMajorityTurnout 1 904 37 99Liberal Democrats win new seat Liberal Democrats win new seat Kendal South edit Kendal South 2 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Jonathan Brook 1 547 64 9 N ALiberal Democrats Doug Rathbone 1 540 64 6 N AConservative Luke Gudgeon 564 23 7 N AConservative Shiela Worthington 421 17 7 N AGreen Elsa Fuster 177 7 4 N ALabour Lois Sparling 135 5 7 N AGreen Phil Whiting 109 4 6 N AMajorityTurnout 2 383 48 33Liberal Democrats win new seat Liberal Democrats win new seat Kendal Strickland amp Fell edit Kendal Strickland amp Fell 2 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Giles Archibald 1 381 56 4 N ALiberal Democrats Peter Thornton 1 225 50 0 N AGreen Laura Miller 749 30 6 N AGreen Graham Vincent 576 23 5 N ALabour Virginia Branney 243 9 9 N AConservative Irene Asbury 221 9 0 N AConservative Jacqueline Scott 215 8 8 N ATUSC Martin Powell Davies 47 1 9 N AMajorityTurnout 2 448 49 44Liberal Democrats win new seat Liberal Democrats win new seat Kent Estuary edit Kent Estuary 2 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Helen Chaffey 1 767 67 8 N ALiberal Democrats Rupert Audland 1 621 62 2 N AConservative Margaret Handley 654 25 1 N AConservative Peter Smillie 526 20 2 N AGreen Jill Abel 337 12 9 N AMajorityTurnout 52 15Liberal Democrats win new seat Liberal Democrats win new seat Levens amp Crooklands edit Levens amp Crooklands 1 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Janet Battye 1 106 64 4 N AConservative Kevin Holmes 539 31 4 N AGreen Hilary Pickup 73 4 2 N AMajority 567 33 0Turnout 1 718 54 66Liberal Democrats win new seat Low Furness edit Low Furness 1 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Ben Cooper 650 44 5 N ALiberal Democrats Janet Willis 627 42 9 N ALabour Eirik Hunt 128 8 8 N AGreen Paul Rigg 56 3 8 N AMajority 23 1 6Turnout 1 461 43 91Conservative win new seat Sedbergh amp Kirkby Lonsdale edit Sedbergh amp Kirkby Lonsdale 2 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Ian Mitchell 1 891 60 2 N ALiberal Democrats Hazel Hodgson 1 854 59 1 N AConservative Kevin Lancaster 983 31 3 N AConservative Pat Bell 898 28 6 N AGreen Tony Gray 225 7 2 N AMajorityTurnout 3 139 51 81Liberal Democrats win new seat Liberal Democrats win new seat Ulverston edit Ulverston 3 Party Candidate Votes Green Judy Filmore 1 445 36 4 N ALabour Jackie Drake 1 286 32 4 N AConservative Helen Irving 1 265 31 8 N ALabour Michelle Scrogham 1 247 31 4 N AConservative Andrew Butcher 1 218 30 7 N ALabour Mark Wilson 1 189 29 9 N AConservative Amanda Rigg 1 165 29 3 N AGreen Bob Gerry 930 23 4 N AGreen Rob O Hara 864 21 8 N ALiberal Democrats Andrew Hudson 345 8 7 N ALiberal Democrats Dave Rushton 246 6 2 N ALiberal Democrats Charles Howarth 209 5 3 N AMajorityTurnout 3 972 42 76Green win new seat Labour win new seat Conservative win new seat Upper Kent edit Upper Kent 1 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Ali Jama 949 60 3 N AConservative Deborah Huck 415 26 4 N AGreen Fran Richardson 210 13 3 N AMajority 534 33 9Turnout 1 574 47 44Liberal Democrats win new seat Windermere amp Ambleside edit Windermere amp Ambleside 3 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Will Clark 2 330 67 1 N ALiberal Democrats Andrew Jarvis 2 231 64 3 N ALiberal Democrats Dyan Jones 2 183 62 9 N AConservative Cath Musetti 966 27 8 N AConservative Jolyon Stephenson 774 22 3 N AConservative Paula Cross 751 21 6 N AGreen Kate Threadgold 390 11 2 N AMajorityTurnout 3 471 45 52Liberal Democrats win new seat Liberal Democrats win new seat Liberal Democrats win new seat See also editWestmorland and Furness Council electionsReferences edit Next steps for new unitary councils in Cumbria North Yorkshire and Somerset Ministry of Housing Communities amp Local Government 21 July 2021 Retrieved 9 January 2022 The Cumbria Structural Changes Order 2022 Retrieved 24 March 2023 Names for two controversial Cumbria councils revealed BBC News 5 November 2021 Retrieved 9 January 2022 Westmorland and Furness Westmorland amp Furness result Local Elections 2022 BBC News Westmorland and Furness Retrieved 24 March 2023 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2022 Westmorland and Furness Council election amp oldid 1216503985, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,