2022 Westmorland and Furness Council election

2022 Westmorland and Furness Council election
← 2017 5 May 2022
All 65 seats to Westmorland and Furness Council
33 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Labour Conservative
Seats won 36 15 11
Popular vote 29,960 10,132 20,841
Percentage 39.8% 13.4% 27.7%
2022 Westmorland and Furness Council election.
Council control after election


Liberal Democrats

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]

  1. ^ "Next steps for new unitary councils in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset". Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  2. ^ "The Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022". Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Names for two controversial Cumbria councils revealed". BBC News. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2022.