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]
The combined composition of the three merging district councils going into that election was as follows:[4]
Affiliation | Members | |
---|---|---|
44 | ||
35 | ||
28 | ||
Independent / Other | 14 | |
3 | ||
1 |
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.[5] [6]
2022 Westmorland and Furness Election | |||||||||||
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Party | Councillors | Votes | |||||||||
Of total | Net | Of total | Net | ||||||||
Liberal Democrats | 36 | data-sort-value="" | 29,960 | 39.8% | |||||||
Labour Party | 15 | data-sort-value="" | 10,132 | 13.4% | |||||||
Conservative Party | 11 | data-sort-value="" | 20,841 | 27.7% | |||||||
Independents | 2 | data-sort-value="" | 8,238 | 10.9% | |||||||
Green Party | 1 | data-sort-value="" | 5,839 | 7.7% | |||||||
TUSC | 0 | data-sort-value="" | 335 | 0.4% |
Party | Councillors | Votes | |||||||||
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Of total | Net | Of total | Net | ||||||||
Labour Party | 13 | data-sort-value="" | 6,944 | 46.5% | |||||||
Conservative Party | 5 | data-sort-value="" | 5,342 | 35.8% | |||||||
Independents | 1 | data-sort-value="" | 1,686 | 11.3% | |||||||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | data-sort-value="" | 950 | 6.4% |
Party | Councillors | Votes | |||||||||
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Of total | Net | Of total | Net | ||||||||
Liberal Democrats | 11 | data-sort-value="" | 7,898 | 39.7% | |||||||
Conservative Party | 3 | data-sort-value="" | 5,096 | 25.6% | |||||||
Independents | 1 | data-sort-value="" | 5,124 | 25.8% | |||||||
Labour Party | 1 | data-sort-value="" | 824 | 4.1% | |||||||
Green Party | 0 | data-sort-value="" | 931 | 4.7% |
Party | Councillors | Votes | |||||||||
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Of total | Net | Of total | Net | ||||||||
Liberal Democrats | 25 | data-sort-value="" | 21,112 | 52.1% | |||||||
Conservative Party | 3 | data-sort-value="" | 10,403 | 25.7% | |||||||
Green Party | 1 | data-sort-value="" | 4,908 | 12.1% | |||||||
Labour Party | 1 | data-sort-value="" | 2,364 | 5.8% | |||||||
Independents | 0 | data-sort-value="" | 1,428 | 3.5% | |||||||
TUSC | 0 | data-sort-value="" | 335 | 0.8% |