By Robert Haile
The new County Council elections will take place on May 5 to decide who will sit on the 46 seat council and which party will have the control.
Cumbria currently works with a county and borough, district or city council but from April 2023 this system will change to a unitary authority with the county being split into two.
Cumberland will be made of Copeland Borough, Allerdale Borough and Carlisle City while Eden District, South Lakeland District and Borrow Borough will form Westmorland and Furness.
Of the 46 councillors Copeland will elected 12, Allerdale 16 and Carlisle 18 but who is standing and which political parties are being represented.
Allerdale
Aspatria Ward
John Cook – Conservative Party
Lauren Exley – Liberal Democrat
Peter Kendall – Labour Party
Alison Heather Parker – Green Party
Kevin Thurlow – Independent
Bothel and Wharrels Ward
Fran Eilbeck – Independent
Malcolm Grainger – Conservative Party
Jill Perry – Green Party
Cockermouth North Ward
Catherine Mabel Bell – Conservative Party
Fiona Elspeth Cumming Jayatilaka – Liberal Democrat
Helen Tucker – Labour and Co-Operative Party
Cockermouth South Ward
Stephen Christopher Barnes – Liberal Democrat
Keith Fitton – Green Party
Michael Neville Pemberton – Conservative Party
Andrew Irving Semple – Labour Party
Dearham and Broughton Ward
Nicky Cockburn – Independent
Martin Trevor Mundahl Harris – Labour Party
Neil Richmond Rumbold – Conservative Party
Harrington Ward
Herbert Briggs – Independent
Chris Clarkin – Conservative Party
Hilary Harrington – Independent
Denise Susan Rollo – Labour Party
Keswick Ward
Markus Dale Campbell-Savours – Labour Party
Elaine Haraldsen – Conservative Party
Clive Hutchby – Independent
Maryport North Ward
George Masterton Kemp – Independent
Carni McCarron-Holmes – Labour Party
Steve Newton – Conservative Party
Maryport South Ward
James Adrian Kirkbride – Independent
Bill Pegram – Labour Party
Antony Todd – Conservative Party
Moss Bay and Moorclose Ward
Jacqueline Diane Kirkbride – Conservative Party
Neil Anthony Schofield – Labour Party
Stephen Stoddart – Independent
Seaton Ward
Alistair John Grey – Green Party
Jimmy Grisdale – Labour Party
Paul Scott – Independent
Colin Sharpe – Conservative Party
David Surtees – Reform UK
Solway Coast Ward
Tony Markley – Conservative Party
Sharon Josephine Clair Watson – Green Party
St. John’s and Great Clifton Ward
Mark Anthony Fryer – Labour Party
Deb Garton – Conservative Party
Peter Gaston – Independent
Fliss Watts – Green Party
St. Michael’s Ward
Margaret Bennett – Liberal Democrat
Barbara Ann Cannon – Labour and Co-Operative Party
John Connell – Conservative Party
Will Wilkinson – Independent
Thursby Ward
Jonathan Paul Graham – Independent
Mike Johnson – Conservative Party
Shane Christopher McCarthy – Labour Party
Roger Peck – Liberal Democrat
Dianne Estelle Standen – Green Party
Wigton Ward
Sandra Lorraine Hodson – Independent
Elaine Lynch – Labour Party
Alan Clifford Curnuck Pitcher – Conservative Party
THE HERDWICK NEWS 