Westmorland and Furness

  • Council Control: LD
  • Conservatives 10
  • Labour 15
  • Liberal Democrats 37
  • Green 1
  • Other 2

Independent 2 (sit in the same group as the Green Party). Rural inland Cumbria, with main towns of Kendal, Penrith and Appleby; the Lake District, and industrial towns of Barrow-in-Furness and Ulverston.

The Liberal Democrats gained a seat from the Conservatives in Kirkby Stephen and Tebay at a byelection on 31 October, and held Grange and Cartmel at a byelection on 17 October.

Next local elections
2027

Election cycle
Full

Local authority type
Unitary

Address
South Lakeland House, Lowther Street, Kendal LA9 4DQ

Phone
0300 373 3300

Website
https://www.westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk/

Council Tax (Band D)
£2277.47