| Election Name: | 2022 Westmorland and Furness Council election |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2017 Cumbria County Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2017 |
| Seats For Election: | All 65 seats to Westmorland and Furness Council |
| Majority Seats: | 33 |
| Election Date: | 5 May 2022 |
| Party1: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats1: | 36 |
| Popular Vote1: | 29,960 |
| Percentage1: | 39.8% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats2: | 15 |
| Popular Vote2: | 10,132 |
| Percentage2: | 13.4% |
| Party3: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats3: | 11 |
| Popular Vote3: | 20,841 |
| Percentage3: | 27.7% |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| After Party: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
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 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | |||||||