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 consists of the area covered by the districts of Barrow-in-Furness, Eden and South Lakeland.
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.
Background
The combined composition of the three merging district councils going into that election was as follows:
Results
The Liberal Democrats secured a majority on the incoming council with 36 out of 65 councillors. Labour have 15 councillors, the Conservatives have 11 councillors, the Green Party have 1 councillor and 2 councillors were elected as independents.
Ward results (Barrow-in-Furness)
Dalton North
Dalton South
Hawcoat & Newbarns
Old Barrow & Hindpool
Ormsgill & Parkside
Risedale & Roosecote
Walney Island
Ward results (Eden)
Alston & Fellside
Appleby & Brough
Eamont & Shap
Eden & Lyvennet Vale
Greystoke & Ullswater
Hesket & Lazonby
Kirkby Stephen & Tebay
Penrith North
Penrith South
Ward results (South Lakeland)
Bowness & Lyth
Burton & Holme
Coniston & Hawkshead
Grange & Cartmel
High Furness
Kendal Castle
Kendal Highgate
Kendal Nether
Kendal South
Kendal Strickland & Fell
Kent Estuary
Levens & Crooklands
Low Furness
Sedbergh & Kirkby Lonsdale
Ulverston
Upper Kent
Windermere & Ambleside
By-elections
Old Barrow and Hindpool
Grange & Cartmel
Grange & Cartmel
Kirkby Stephen and Tebay
Eamont & Shap
See also
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