Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 54.737°N -3.332°W |
Static Image: | Parsonby - geograph.org.uk - 577642.jpg |
Official Name: | Parsonby |
Civil Parish: | Plumbland |
Unitary England: | Cumberland |
Lieutenancy England: | Cumbria |
Region: | North West England |
Constituency Westminster: | Workington |
Post Town: | WIGTON |
Postcode District: | CA7 |
Postcode Area: | CA |
Dial Code: | 016973 |
Os Grid Reference: | NY142388 |
Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom Allerdale |
Parsonby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Plumbland, in the Cumberland district, in the ceremonial of Cumbria, England.[1] It is located on the B5301 road, south of Aspatria.
Parsonby, is part of the Workington constituency of the UK parliament. The current Member of Parliament is Sue Hayman, a member of the Labour Party.[2] The Labour Party has won the seat in every general election since 1979; the Conservative Party has only been elected once in Workington since the Second World War: in the 1976 Workington by-election.[3] From 1974 to 2023 it was in Allerdale district.
The village also has its own Parish Council jointly with nearby Plumbland; Plumbland Parish Council Parish Council.[4]
For the European Parliament residents in Parsonby voted to elect MEP's for the North West England constituency.