Local Election Results 2022
Westmorland and Furness
Whole council up for election. Initially this was a shadow unitary council which took over functions from Cumbria County Council, Barrow-in-Furness Council, Eden Council and South Lakeland Council on 1 April 2023.
By-elections for Westmorland and Furness (may be incomplete): 4th May 2023 (Old Barrow & Hindpool)
— 2nd May 2024 (Grange & Cartmel)
— 17th October 2024 (Grange & Cartmel)
— 31st October 2024 (Kirkby Stephen & Tebay)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Liberal Democrat |
29960 |
40.6% |
36 |
| Conservative |
20841 |
28.3% |
11 |
| Labour |
10260 |
13.9% |
15 |
| Independent |
6535 |
8.9% |
2 |
| Green Party |
5839 |
7.9% |
1 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |
335 |
0.5% |
0 |
| Mary Robinson |
Ind |
984 |
37.3% |
| Michael Hanley |
Lab |
824 |
31.3% |
| Ian Lindley |
Lab |
572 |
|
| Michael Beveridge |
C |
425 |
16.1% |
| Dale Normington |
C |
403 |
|
| Andy Baker |
LD |
402 |
15.3% |
| Richard Sanderson |
LD |
147 |
|
| Andy Connell |
LD |
986 |
48.2% |
| Graham Simpkins |
LD |
631 |
|
| Gareth Hayes |
Ind |
609 |
29.8% |
| William Patterson |
Ind |
511 |
|
| Colin Smith |
C |
451 |
22.0% |
| Harry Berkeley |
C |
363 |
|
| Steve Bavin |
LD |
747 |
53.1% |
| Jim Bland |
C |
584 |
41.5% |
| Simon Clayton |
Grn |
75 |
5.3% |
| Vicky Hughes |
LD |
891 |
60.7% |
| Tom Harvey |
C |
519 |
35.4% |
| Simon Blunden |
Grn |
58 |
4.0% |
| Suzanne Pender |
LD |
854 |
63.9% |
| Michael Hoad |
C |
370 |
27.7% |
| Paul Martin |
Lab |
60 |
4.5% |
| Mark Poole |
Grn |
53 |
4.0% |
| Ben Shirley |
C |
921 |
53.0% |
| Daniel Edwards |
C |
783 |
|
| Robert Elliot |
Lab |
556 |
32.0% |
| Rachael Hogg |
LD |
262 |
15.1% |
| Stephen Coleman |
LD |
143 |
|
| Dave Taylor |
Ind |
585 |
36.2% |
| Tony Callister |
Lab |
488 |
30.2% |
| Steve Nott |
Lab |
483 |
|
| Sam Ronson |
C |
469 |
29.0% |
| Des English |
C |
432 |
|
| Martin McLeavy |
Ind |
268 |
|
| Barbara Miller |
LD |
74 |
4.6% |
| Peter Baker |
LD |
64 |
|
| Neil Hughes |
LD |
1031 |
65.7% |
| Tom Lowther |
C |
539 |
34.3% |
| Lorna Baker |
LD |
960 |
46.7% |
| Neil McCall |
LD |
816 |
|
| Paula Breen |
C |
630 |
30.6% |
| David Whipp |
C |
585 |
|
| Mike Tonkin |
Ind |
466 |
22.7% |
| Jenny Boak |
LD |
2588 |
47.3% |
| Pete Endsor |
LD |
2486 |
|
| Sue Sanderson |
LD |
2040 |
|
| Fiona Hanlon |
Ind |
1428 |
26.1% |
| Tor McLaren |
C |
1050 |
19.2% |
| James Townley |
C |
882 |
|
| David Wilson |
C |
729 |
|
| Mandy Barnett |
Grn |
301 |
5.5% |
| Paul Woods |
Grn |
177 |
|
| Luke Mossbarnett |
Grn |
137 |
|
| Lilian el-Doufani |
TUSC |
105 |
1.9% |
| Judith Derbyshire |
LD |
1150 |
70.8% |
| Debbie Wicks |
C |
475 |
29.2% |
| Les Hall |
C |
1151 |
40.5% |
| Niyall Phillips |
C |
1069 |
|
| Roy Worthington |
C |
993 |
|
| David Cassidy |
Lab |
974 |
34.3% |
| Mike Leach |
Lab |
913 |
|
| Hayley Preston |
Lab |
891 |
|
| Denise Edwards |
Ind |
558 |
19.6% |
| Steven Pryer |
Ind |
468 |
|
| Wendy McClure |
Ind |
416 |
|
| David Opie |
LD |
160 |
5.6% |
| Sheila Eccles |
LD |
123 |
|
| Christine Herbert |
LD |
100 |
|
| Colin Atkinson |
C |
676 |
37.5% |
| Hilary Carrick |
C |
658 |
|
| Elaine Martin |
Ind |
599 |
33.2% |
| David Ryland |
Ind |
530 |
|
| Roger Burgin |
LD |
484 |
26.8% |
| David Evans |
LD |
229 |
|
| Belinda Lloyd |
Grn |
44 |
2.4% |
| Matt Brereton |
C |
581 |
41.4% |
| Ian Wharton |
LD |
562 |
40.0% |
| Stephen Carter |
Lab |
164 |
11.7% |
| Peter Howlett |
Grn |
97 |
6.9% |
| Eamonn Hennessy |
LD |
1224 |
61.4% |
| Helen Ladhams |
LD |
1212 |
|
| Nigel Byrom |
C |
430 |
21.6% |
| David Williams |
C |
404 |
|
| Claire Wickham |
Grn |
207 |
10.4% |
| Janet Antrobus |
Grn |
198 |
|
| Penny Henderson |
Lab |
134 |
6.7% |
| Phil Dixon |
LD |
1111 |
57.6% |
| Matt Severn |
LD |
942 |
|
| Margaret Bond |
C |
279 |
14.5% |
| Mike Nicholson |
C |
264 |
|
| Rosie Naish |
Grn |
256 |
13.3% |
| Ian Rodham |
Grn |
179 |
|
| Oliver Gill |
Lab |
160 |
8.3% |
| Trevor Batchelor |
TUSC |
122 |
6.3% |
| Shirley Evans |
LD |
1192 |
60.6% |
| Jonathan Cornthwaite |
LD |
1166 |
|
| Lyndsay Slater |
C |
333 |
16.9% |
| Raymond Bower |
C |
271 |
|
| Liz Wood |
Grn |
199 |
10.1% |
| Paul Braithwaite |
Lab |
182 |
9.3% |
| Daniel Rayson |
Grn |
154 |
|
| Paul Casson |
TUSC |
61 |
3.1% |
| Jonathan Brook |
LD |
1547 |
63.8% |
| Doug Rathbone |
LD |
1540 |
|
| Luke Gudgeon |
C |
564 |
23.3% |
| Shiela Worthington |
C |
421 |
|
| Elsa Fuster |
Grn |
177 |
7.3% |
| Lois Sparling |
Lab |
135 |
5.6% |
| Phil Whiting |
Grn |
109 |
|
| Giles Archibald |
LD |
1381 |
52.3% |
| Peter Thornton |
LD |
1225 |
|
| Laura Miller |
Grn |
749 |
28.4% |
| Graham Vincent |
Grn |
576 |
|
| Virginia Branney |
Lab |
243 |
9.2% |
| Irene Asbury |
C |
221 |
8.4% |
| Jacqueline Scott |
C |
215 |
|
| Martin Powell-Davies |
TUSC |
47 |
1.8% |
| Helen Chaffey |
LD |
1767 |
64.1% |
| Rupert Audland |
LD |
1621 |
|
| Margaret Handley |
C |
654 |
23.7% |
| Peter Smillie |
C |
526 |
|
| Jill Abel |
Grn |
337 |
12.2% |
| Phil Dew |
C |
861 |
41.9% |
| John Murray |
LD |
697 |
33.9% |
| Adrian Waite |
LD |
557 |
|
| Sandy Lancaster |
Ind |
496 |
24.1% |
| Ray Briggs |
C |
266 |
|
| Janet Battye |
LD |
1106 |
64.4% |
| Kevin Holmes |
C |
539 |
31.4% |
| Hilary Pickup |
Grn |
73 |
4.2% |
| Ben Cooper |
C |
650 |
44.5% |
| Janet Willis |
LD |
627 |
42.9% |
| Eirik Hunt |
Lab |
128 |
8.8% |
| Paul Rigg |
Grn |
56 |
3.8% |
| Anne Burns |
Lab |
1183 |
65.8% |
| Kevin Hamilton |
Lab |
1089 |
|
| Margaret Thomson |
Lab |
1076 |
|
| Anne Bispham |
C |
501 |
27.9% |
| Piya Das |
C |
407 |
|
| Brenda Lauderdale |
C |
406 |
|
| Adam Campbell |
LD |
114 |
6.3% |
| Gill Gardiner |
LD |
99 |
|
| Stephen Pickthall |
LD |
83 |
|
| Bill McEwan |
Lab |
1242 |
62.4% |
| Derek Brook |
Lab |
1211 |
|
| Beverly Morgan |
Lab |
1177 |
|
| Elaine Burley |
C |
635 |
31.9% |
| Anne English |
C |
575 |
|
| Emma Wylie |
C |
527 |
|
| Jayne Richardson |
LD |
114 |
5.7% |
| Phil Walker |
LD |
84 |
|
| Alasdair Wilkinson-Marsh |
LD |
68 |
|
| Patricia Bell |
LD |
1277 |
48.9% |
| Mark Rudhall |
LD |
820 |
|
| Ali Ross |
Grn |
675 |
25.9% |
| Helen Fearon |
C |
519 |
19.9% |
| Harry Fearon |
C |
444 |
|
| Wade Tidbury |
Grn |
266 |
|
| Scott Jackson |
Ind |
138 |
5.3% |
| Peter Devine |
Ind |
122 |
|
| Virginia Taylor |
LD |
911 |
44.7% |
| Mike Eyles |
LD |
899 |
|
| Gillian Barnes |
C |
520 |
25.5% |
| Matt Vickers |
C |
459 |
|
| Lee Quinn |
Ind |
397 |
19.5% |
| Margaret Clark |
Ind |
272 |
|
| Richard O'Brien |
Grn |
212 |
10.4% |
| Jane Murphy |
Lab |
1152 |
50.5% |
| Andy Coles |
Lab |
1139 |
|
| Trevor Biggins |
Lab |
1130 |
|
| Derek Gawne |
C |
984 |
43.1% |
| Lynda Shaw |
C |
947 |
|
| Ronnie Haddow |
C |
871 |
|
| Michael Barwise |
LD |
145 |
6.4% |
| Jade Sullivan |
LD |
128 |
|
| Heather Troughton |
LD |
121 |
|
| Ian Mitchell |
LD |
1891 |
61.0% |
| Hazel Hodgson |
LD |
1854 |
|
| Kevin Lancaster |
C |
983 |
31.7% |
| Pat Bell |
C |
898 |
|
| Tony Gray |
Grn |
225 |
7.3% |
| Judy Filmore |
Grn |
1445 |
33.3% |
| Jackie Drake |
Lab |
1286 |
29.6% |
| Helen Irving |
C |
1265 |
29.1% |
| Michelle Scrogham |
Lab |
1247 |
|
| Andrew Butcher |
C |
1218 |
|
| Mark Wilson |
Lab |
1189 |
|
| Amanda Rigg |
C |
1165 |
|
| Bob Gerry |
Grn |
930 |
|
| Rob O'Hara |
Grn |
864 |
|
| Andrew Hudson |
LD |
345 |
7.9% |
| Dave Rushton |
LD |
246 |
|
| Charles Howarth |
LD |
209 |
|
| Ali Jama |
LD |
949 |
60.3% |
| Deborah Huck |
C |
415 |
26.4% |
| Fran Richardson |
Grn |
210 |
13.3% |
| Frank Cassidy |
Lab |
1349 |
56.5% |
| Anita Husband |
Lab |
1179 |
|
| Therese Assouad |
Lab |
1175 |
|
| Paul Rose |
C |
681 |
28.5% |
| Steve Sharpe |
C |
638 |
|
| Terri-Ann Gibney |
C |
622 |
|
| Steven Fletcher |
Ind |
275 |
11.5% |
| Paul Trollope |
LD |
81 |
3.4% |
| Chris Hogg |
LD |
77 |
|
| Tina Perkins |
LD |
59 |
|
| Will Clark |
LD |
2330 |
63.2% |
| Andrew Jarvis |
LD |
2231 |
|
| Dyan Jones |
LD |
2183 |
|
| Cath Musetti |
C |
966 |
26.2% |
| Jolyon Stephenson |
C |
774 |
|
| Paula Cross |
C |
751 |
|
| Kate Threadgold |
Grn |
390 |
10.6% |
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