2022_Westmorland_and_Furness_Council_election

2022 Westmorland and Furness Council election

2022 UK local government election

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]

Ward results (Barrow-in-Furness)

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Ward results (Eden)

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2022 Westmorland and Furness Election
Results Map
Party		Councillors				Votes
Party			Of total	Net			Of total	Net
	Liberal Democrats	36	55.4%		36 / 65	29,960	39.8%
	Labour Party	15	23.1%		15 / 65	10,132	13.4%
	Conservative Party	11	16.9%		11 / 65	20,841	27.7%
	Independents	2	3.1%		2 / 65	8,238	10.9%
	Green Party	1	1.5%		1 / 65	5,839	7.7%
	TUSC	0	0.0%		0 / 65	335	0.4%


Party		Councillors				Votes
Party			Of total	Net			Of total	Net
	Labour Party	13	68.4%		13 / 19	6,944	46.5%
	Conservative Party	5	26.3%		5 / 19	5,342	35.8%
	Independents	1	5.3%		1 / 19	1,686	11.3%
	Liberal Democrats	0	0.0%		0 / 19	950	6.4%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ben Shirley	921	60.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	Daniel Edwards	783	51.5	*N/A*
	Labour	Robert Elliot	556	36.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Rachael Hogg	262	17.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Coleman	143	9.4	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,520	32.01
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dave Taylor	585	38.4	*N/A*
	Labour	Tony Callister	488	32.0	*N/A*
	Labour	Steve Nott	483	31.7	N/A
	Conservative	Sam Ronson	469	30.8	N/A
	Conservative	Des English	432	28.4	N/A
	Independent	Martin McLeavy	268	17.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Miller	74	4.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Baker	64	4.2	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,523	32.99
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Les Hall	1,151	41.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	Niyall Phillips	1,069	38.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	Roy Worthington	993	36.1	*N/A*
	Labour	David Cassidy	974	35.4	N/A
	Labour	Mike Leach	913	33.2	N/A
	Labour	Hayley Preston	891	32.4	N/A
	Independent	Denise Edwards	558	20.3	N/A
	Independent	Steven Pryer	468	17.0	N/A
	Independent	Wendy McClure	416	15.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Opie	160	5.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Eccles	123	4.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Herbert	100	3.6	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,750	31.44
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Burns	1,183	66.6	*N/A*
	Labour	Kevin Hamilton	1,089	61.4	*N/A*
	Labour	Margaret Thomson	1,076	60.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	Anne Bispham	501	28.2	N/A
	Conservative	Piya Das	407	22.9	N/A
	Conservative	Brenda Lauderdale	406	22.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Campbell	114	6.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Gill Gardiner	99	5.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Pickthall	83	4.7	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,775	21.10
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill McEwan	1,242	61.5	*N/A*
	Labour	Derek Brook	1,211	60.0	*N/A*
	Labour	Beverly Morgan	1,177	58.3	*N/A*
	Conservative	Elaine Burley	635	31.5	N/A
	Conservative	Ann English	575	28.5	N/A
	Conservative	Emma Wylie	527	26.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jayne Richardson	114	5.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Walker	84	4.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Alasdair Wilkinson-Marsh	68	3.4	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,019	24.68
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Murphy	1,152	49.6	*N/A*
	Labour	Andy Coles	1,139	49.1	*N/A*
	Labour	Trevor Biggins	1,130	48.7	*N/A*
	Conservative	Derek Gawne	984	42.4	N/A
	Conservative	Lynda Shaw	947	40.8	N/A
	Conservative	Ronnie Haddow	871	37.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Barwise	145	6.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jade Sullivan	128	5.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Troughton	121	5.2	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,321	28.20
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Cassidy	1,349	61.4	*N/A*
	Labour	Anita Husband	1,179	53.7	*N/A*
	Labour	Therese Assouad	1,175	53.5	*N/A*
	Conservative	Paul Rose	681	31.0	N/A
	Conservative	Steve Sharpe	638	29.1	N/A
	Conservative	Terri-Ann Gibney	622	28.3	N/A
	Independent	Steven Fletcher	275	12.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Trollope	81	3.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Hogg	77	3.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Tina Perkins	59	2.7	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,196	26.73
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mary Robinson	984	45.9	*N/A*
	Labour	Michael Hanley	824	38.4	*N/A*
	Labour	Ian Lindley	572	26.7	N/A
	Conservative	Michael Beveridge	425	19.8	N/A
	Conservative	Dale Normington	403	18.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Baker	402	18.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Sanderson	147	6.9	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,145	41.31
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Connell	986	51.8	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Simpkins	631	33.2	*N/A*
	Independent	Gareth Hayes	609	32.0	N/A
	Independent	William Patterson	511	26.9	N/A
	Conservative	Colin Smith	451	23.7	N/A
	Conservative	Harry Berkeley	363	19.1	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,902	40.23
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Hughes	1,031	65.7	*N/A*
	Conservative	Tom Lowther	539	34.3	N/A
Majority			492	31.4
Turnout			1,570	45.55
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lorna Baker	960	51.0	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Neil McCall	816	43.3	*N/A*
	Conservative	Paula Breen	630	33.4	N/A
	Conservative	David Whipp	585	31.1	N/A
	Independent	Mike Tonkin	466	24.7	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,884	42.03
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Derbyshire	1,150	70.8	*N/A*
	Conservative	Debbie Wicks	475	29.2	N/A
Majority			675	41.6
Turnout			1,625	47.66
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Atkinson	676	33.4	*N/A*
	Conservative	Hilary Carrick	658	32.5	*N/A*
	Independent	Elaine Martin	599	29.6	N/A
	Independent	David Ryland	530	26.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Burgin	484	23.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Evans	229	11.3	N/A
	Green	Belinda Lloyd	44	2.2	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,023	40.93
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ulverston (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Judy Filmore	1,445	36.4	*N/A*
	Labour	Jackie Drake	1,286	32.4	*N/A*
	Conservative	Helen Irving	1,265	31.8	*N/A*
	Labour	Michelle Scrogham	1,247	31.4	N/A
	Conservative	Andrew Butcher	1,218	30.7	N/A
	Labour	Mark Wilson	1,189	29.9	N/A
	Conservative	Amanda Rigg	1,165	29.3	N/A
	Green	Bob Gerry	930	23.4	N/A
	Green	Rob O'Hara	864	21.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Hudson	345	8.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Rushton	246	6.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Howarth	209	5.3	N/A
Majority
Turnout			3,972	42.76
	Green win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil Dew	861	51.5	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	John Murray	697	41.7	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Waite	557	33.3	N/A
	Independent	Sandy Lancaster	496	29.7	N/A
	Conservative	Ray Briggs	266	15.9	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,672	41.90
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Bell	1,277	58.6	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Rudhall	820	37.6	*N/A*
	Green	Ali Ross	675	31.0	N/A
	Conservative	Helen Fearon	519	23.8	N/A
	Conservative	Harry Fearon	444	20.4	N/A
	Green	Wade Tidbury	266	12.2	N/A
	Independent	Scott Jackson	138	6.3	N/A
	Independent	Peter Devine	122	5.6	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,178	37.84
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Virginia Taylor	911	45.5	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Eyles	899	44.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	Gillian Barnes	520	26.0	N/A
	Conservative	Matt Vickers	459	22.9	N/A
	Independent	Lee Quinn	397	19.8	N/A
	Independent	Margaret Clark	272	13.6	N/A
	Green	Richard O'Brien	212	10.6	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,001	28.55
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Bavin	747	53.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	Jim Bland	584	41.5	N/A
	Green	Simon Clayton	75	5.3	N/A
Majority			163	11.6
Turnout			1,406	48.34
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vicky Hughes	891	60.7	*N/A*
	Conservative	Tom Harvey	519	35.4	N/A
	Green	Simon Blunden	58	4.0	N/A
Majority			372	25.3
Turnout			1,468	52.57
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Pender	854	63.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	Michael Hoad	370	27.7	N/A
	Labour	Paul Andrew Martin	60	4.5	N/A
	Green	Mark Poole	53	4.0	N/A
Majority			484	36.2
Turnout			1.337	50.93
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Boak	2,588	59.3	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Pete Endsor	2,486	56.9	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Sanderson	2,040	46.7	*N/A*
	Independent	Fiona Hanlon	1,428	32.7	N/A
	Conservative	Tor McLaren	1,050	24.0	N/A
	Conservative	James Townley	882	20.2	N/A
	Conservative	David Wilson	729	16.7	N/A
	Green	Mandy Barnett	301	6.9	N/A
	Green	Paul Woods	177	4.1	N/A
	Green	Luke Mossbarnett	137	3.1	N/A
	TUSC	Lilian El-Doufani	105	2.4	N/A
Majority
Turnout			4,367	49.85
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matt Brereton	581	41.4	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Wharton	562	40.0	N/A
	Labour	Stephen Carter	164	11.7	N/A
	Green	Peter Howlett	97	6.9	N/A
Majority			19	1.4
Turnout			1,404	45.97
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Eamonn Hennessy	1,224	59.8	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Ladhams	1,212	59.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	Nigel Byrom	430	21.0	N/A
	Conservative	David Williams	404	19.7	N/A
	Green	Claire Wickham	207	10.1	N/A
	Green	Janet Antrobus	198	9.7	N/A
	Labour	Penny Henderson	134	6.5	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,048	42.74
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Dixon	1,111	62.5	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Severn	942	53.0	*N/A*
	Conservative	Margaret Bond	279	15.7	N/A
	Conservative	Mike Nicholson	264	14.8	N/A
	Green	Rosie Naish	256	14.4	N/A
	Green	Ian Rodham	179	10.1	N/A
	Labour	Oliver Gill	160	9.0	N/A
	TUSC	Trevor Batchelor	122	6.9	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,778	38.13
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

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Results

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

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Evans	1,192	62.6	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Cornthwaite	1,166	61.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	Lyndsay Slater	333	17.5	N/A
	Conservative	Raymond Bower	271	14.2	N/A
	Green	Liz Wood	199	10.5	N/A
	Labour	Paul Braithwaite	182	9.6	N/A
	Green	Daniel Rayson	154	8.1	N/A
	TUSC	Paul Casson	61	3.2	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,904	37.99
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Brook	1,547	64.9	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Doug Rathbone	1,540	64.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	Luke Gudgeon	564	23.7	N/A
	Conservative	Shiela Worthington	421	17.7	N/A
	Green	Elsa Fuster	177	7.4	N/A
	Labour	Lois Sparling	135	5.7	N/A
	Green	Phil Whiting	109	4.6	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,383	48.33
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Giles Archibald	1,381	56.4	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Thornton	1,225	50.0	*N/A*
	Green	Laura Miller	749	30.6	N/A
	Green	Graham Vincent	576	23.5	N/A
	Labour	Virginia Branney	243	9.9	N/A
	Conservative	Irene Asbury	221	9.0	N/A
	Conservative	Jacqueline Scott	215	8.8	N/A
	TUSC	Martin Powell-Davies	47	1.9	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,448	49.44
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Chaffey	1,767	67.8	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Rupert Audland	1,621	62.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	Margaret Handley	654	25.1	N/A
	Conservative	Peter Smillie	526	20.2	N/A
	Green	Jill Abel	337	12.9	N/A
Majority
Turnout				52.15
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Battye	1,106	64.4	*N/A*
	Conservative	Kevin Holmes	539	31.4	N/A
	Green	Hilary Pickup	73	4.2	N/A
Majority			567	33.0
Turnout			1,718	54.66
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ben Cooper	650	44.5	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Willis	627	42.9	N/A
	Labour	Eirik Hunt	128	8.8	N/A
	Green	Paul Rigg	56	3.8	N/A
Majority			23	1.6
Turnout			1,461	43.91
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Mitchell	1,891	60.2	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Hodgson	1,854	59.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	Kevin Lancaster	983	31.3	N/A
	Conservative	Pat Bell	898	28.6	N/A
	Green	Tony Gray	225	7.2	N/A
Majority
Turnout			3,139	51.81
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ali Jama	949	60.3	*N/A*
	Conservative	Deborah Huck	415	26.4	N/A
	Green	Fran Richardson	210	13.3	N/A
Majority			534	33.9
Turnout			1,574	47.44
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Will Clark	2,330	67.1	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Jarvis	2,231	64.3	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Dyan Jones	2,183	62.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	Cath Musetti	966	27.8	N/A
	Conservative	Jolyon Stephenson	774	22.3	N/A
	Conservative	Paula Cross	751	21.6	N/A
	Green	Kate Threadgold	390	11.2	N/A
Majority
Turnout			3,471	45.52
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)