The first elections in the new Westmorland and Furness authority are set to take place.
On Thursday May 4 voters will be heading to the polls to vote for parish or town councils with one councillor being elected to sit on the Westmorland and Furness council.
The vacancy on the Westmorland and Furness Council for Old Barrow and Hindpool came about following the death of Councillor Ann Thomson in January.
This will also be the first election where voters will need to show ID to prove who they are.
Below are the candidates for the elections that are being ran as there are more candidates than seats on offer.
Barrow Parish Council
Walney South Ward
- Irene Asbury – Conservative
- John David Murphy – Labour
- Colin Thomson – Labour
- Sheila Ann Worthington – Conservative
Walney North Ward
- Geoff Bowron – Conservative
- Bob Elliot – Labour
- Jill Heath – Conservative
- Kay Hyland – Labour
Barrow Island Ward
- Irene Asbury – Conservative
- Penny Jackson – Labour
Hindpool Ward
- Kerry Ann Burns – Conservative
- Dave Morrison – Labour
- Jill Heath – Conservative
- Kay Hyland – Labour
Central Ward
- Anne Bispham – Conservative
- Ray Bower – Conservative
- Fred Chatfield – Labour
- Dani Petrova– Labour
Ormsgill Ward
- Chris Altree – Labour
- James Stephen Clayton – Conservative
- Judith McEwan – Labour
- Helen Diane Stretch – Conservative
Parkside Ward
- Andy Coles – Labour
- Ben Thomas Cooper – Conservative
- Brian Cooper – Conservative
- Sam Hall – Labour
Risedale Ward
- Mark Acton Baguley – Conservative
- Steve Herbert – Labour
- Mike Hoad – Conservative
- David James Palmer – Labour
Hawcoat Ward
- Tricia Casey – Labour
- Mike Leach – Labour
- Niyall Allister Phillips – Conservative
- Ray Worthington – Conservative
Newbarnes Ward
- Piya Das – Conservative
- Les Hall – Conservative
- David Ian Bennett Opie – Liberal Democrat
- Kyle David Andrew Raymond – Labour
- Michael Younger – Labour
Roosecote Ward
- Graham Allan Beddoes – Labour
- Derek Gawne – Conservative
- Paul Antony Griffiths – Labour
- Keith Myers – Conservative
Westmorland and Furness Barrow Councillor
Old Barrow and Hindpool Ward
- Dave Cassidy – Labour
- Derek Gawne – Conservative
- Stephen Raymond Pickthall – Liberal Democrats
Penrith Town Council
Penrith North Parish Ward
- William Balderstone – Conservative
- Paul Donald – Labour
- Scott Michael Jackson –
- Daniel Marcus Jayson – Labour
- Ronald J Kenyon –
- Dale Normington – Conservative
Penrith South Parish Ward
- Roger Burgin – Liberal Democrat
- Margaret Clark –
- Danny Smith – Labour
Penrith West Parish Ward
- Barbara Jayson – Liberal Democrat
- Dave Knaggs – Labour
- Hilary Snell – Labour
- Jeff Thomson – Independent
Parish Council
Asby Parish
- Diane Blenkinsop
- Andy Dorset
- Garret John Fitzpatrick
- Alister James Jeffrey Horn
- Dianne Jacqueline Maughan
- William Graham Parkin
Ravensworth Parish
- David Matthew Graham
- David William Hewitt
- Ginny Holroyd
- John Charles Lynch
- Debbie McCall
- Joan Elizabeth Raine
- Diane Ridgway
- Helen Katherine Rimmer
Kirkby Stephen Parish
- Alexander Doyle Birtles
- Philip Roy Dew
- Maurice Edward Hall – Independent
- Sandy Lancaster
- John Stephen Murray
- Paul Richardson
- Dorothy Thornton
- Christine Tinn
- Adrian Harvey Martin Waite
- Mike Walker
- Grace Sophia Wren
Matterdale Parish Council
- Paul Brian Airey
- Claire Elizabeth Beaumont
- Richard Allen Dobinson
- Michael James Firth
- Veronica Anne Gore
- David George Richard Harrison
- Daniel William Holder
- Richard Nevard Lloyd
- William Arthur McAlpine
- Pamela Jane Newport
- John Charles O’Neil
- Ben Shaw
- Jean Wilson
Musgrave Parish Council
- David Charles Bates
- Mike Clarke
- Norman Bradley English
- Paul Taylor
- Michael Kevin Watson
- Timothy Michael Wells
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