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.
The 12 Copeland seats that were available the Labour Party took 10 with the Conservative Party taking the other 2.
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.
Copeland
Bransty Ward – Votes 1644 38.5 percent turnout
Joseph Ghayouba – Labour Party 1043
Charles Edward Maudling – Conservative Party 461
Ryan Gerard Redmond – Independent 71
Sean Cullen – Independent 69
Cleator Moor and Frizington – Votes 1439 34.2 percent
Linda Jones-Bulman – Labour Party 847
Christopher Paul Turner – Conservative Party 443
Aliscia Marie Ellie Wood – Independent 149
Cleator Moor West – Votes 1507 33.7 percent
Michael Christopher Eldon – Labour Party 1087
Ged McGrath – Conservative Party 343
Rhiannon Connors – Independent 77
Egremont – Votes 1747 38.1 percent
Sam Pollen – Labour Party 1185
Jeffrey Hailes – Conservative Party 465
Shane Branthwaite – Independent 97
Egremont North and St Bees – Votes 1478 34.5 percent
Reginald Graham Minshaw – Labour Party 747
Chris Whiteside – Conservative Party 572
Louis Thomason – Independent 159
Gosforth – Votes 2044 43.6 percent
David Willis Moore – Conservative Party 989
James Richard Dickaty – Labour Party 916
Mike Minogue – Liberal Democrat 139
Hillcrest and Hensingham – Votes 1610 37.7 percent
Jeanette Forster – Labour Party 831
High Brian O’Kane – Conservative Party 568
Edwin Dinsdale – Independent 211
Howgate – Votes 1489 33.8 percent
Gillian Ruth Troughton – Labour Party 678
Martin Steven Barbour – Conservative Party 500
Kevin Young – Independent 238
William Robert Dixon – Heritage Party – Free Speech and Liberty 50
Eren McGuire – Independent 23
Kells and Sandwith – Votes 1421 29.1 percent
Emma Louise Williamson – Labour Party 1046
Arthur William Creighton Lamb – Conservative Party 302
Tanisha Dobinson – Independent 73
Millom – 1297 30.1 percent
Bob Kelly – Labour Party 667
Doug Wilson – Conservative Party 630
Millom Without – Votes 1559 40.5 percent
Andy Pratt – Conservative Party 862
Anna Mary Todd – Labour Party 507
Jeff Amos – Liberal Democrat 190
Mirehouse – Votes 1355 33.6 percent
Mike Hawkins – Labour Party 536
Wammo Walmsley – Independent 477
Oliver Joseph Dorgan – Conservative Party 195
Gemma Dinsdale – Independent 112
Tony Lowrey – Independent 35
THE HERDWICK NEWS 