By Robert Haile
The electorate have spoken and the make up of the Shadow Cumberland Council has been decided.
Of the 45 seats available the Labour Party took 30 seats with the Conservative Party taking 7, Liberal Democrats have 4, Independents 3 and there will be 2 Green Party Councillors.
At a turnout of 36.1 percent (76053) for the election with Ward turnout varying from 52.2 percent to 24.1 percent.
In Allerdale 11 Labour Party, 2 Conservative Party, 2 Independent and 1 Green Party Councillor have been elected.
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.
Below is the full set of results with turnout in each ward as votes cast and percent with each candidate with the number of votes gained.
Allerdale
Aspatria Ward – Votes 1436 34.5 percent
Kevin Thurlow – Independent 575
John Cook – Conservative Party 454
Peter Kendall – Labour Party 273
Alison Heather Parker – Green Party 79
Lauren Exley – Liberal Democrat 55
Bothel and Wharrels Ward – Votes 2049 48.9 percent
Jill Perry – Green Party 870
Malcolm Grainger – Conservative Party 805
Fran Eilbeck – Independent 374
Cockermouth North Ward – Votes 2281 43.2 percent
Helen Tucker – Labour and Co-Operative Party 1025
Catherine Mabel Bell – Conservative Party 896
Fiona Elspeth Cumming Jayatilaka – Liberal Democrat 360
Cockermouth South Ward – Votes 2377 47.7
Andrew Irving Semple – Labour Party 1065
Michael Neville Pemberton – Conservative Party 878
Keith Fitton – Green Party 227
Stephen Christopher Barnes – Liberal Democrat 207
Dearham and Broughton Ward – Votes 1837 38.8 percent
Martin Trevor Mundahl Harris – Labour Party 806
Neil Richmond Rumbold – Conservative Party 547
Nicky Cockburn – Independent 484
Harrington Ward – Votes 1430 29.7 percent
Denise Susan Rollo – Labour Party 605
Chris Clarkin – Conservative Party 350
Hilary Harrington – Independent 294
Herbert Briggs – Independent 181
Keswick Ward – Votes 1974 46.3 percent
Markus Dale Campbell-Savours – Labour Party 1340
Clive Hutchby – Independent 319
Elaine Haraldsen – Conservative Party 315
Maryport North Ward – Votes 1792 36.7
Carni McCarron-Holmes – Labour Party 675
George Masterton Kemp – Independent 645
Steve Newton – Conservative Party 472
Maryport South Ward – Votes 1269 26.9 percent
Bill Pegram – Labour Party 692
James Adrian Kirkbride – Independent 384
Antony Todd – Conservative Party 193
Moss Bay and Moorclose Ward – Votes 1395 27.7 percent
Stephen Stoddart – Independent 631
Neil Anthony Schofield – Labour Party 560
Jacqueline Diane Kirkbride – Conservative Party 204
Seaton Ward – Votes 1698 35.1 percent
Jimmy Grisdale – Labour Party 766
Colin Sharpe – Conservative Party 535
Paul Scott – Independent 252
Alistair John Grey – Green Party 76
David Surtees – Reform UK 69
Solway Coast Ward – Votes 1491 34.4 percent
Tony Markley – Conservative Party 993
Sharon Josephine Clair Watson – Green Party 498
St. John’s and Great Clifton Ward – Votes 1935 38 percent
Mark Anthony Fryer – Labour Party 859
Deb Garton – Conservative Party 571
Peter Gaston – Independent 439
Fliss Watts – Green Party 66
St. Michael’s Ward – Votes 1336 29.7 percent
Barbara Ann Cannon – Labour and Co-Operative Party 649
Will Wilkinson – Independent 347
John Connell – Conservative Party 287
Margaret Bennett – Liberal Democrat 53
Thursby Ward – Votes 1867 43.4 percent
Mike Johnson – Conservative Party 906
Jonathan Paul Graham – Independent 452
Shane Christopher McCarthy – Labour Party 328
Roger Peck – Liberal Democrat 94
Dianne Estelle Standen – Green Party 87
Wigton Ward – Votes 1859 34.2 percent
Elaine Lynch – Labour Party 738
Alan Clifford Curnuck Pitcher – Conservative Party 714
Sandra Lorraine Hodson – Independent 407
THE HERDWICK NEWS 