Cumberland

  • Council Control: Lab
  • Conservatives 8
  • Labour 27
  • Liberal Democrats 4
  • Green 2
  • Other 5

Independent Group 3, Independent 2. Coastal Cumbria, including Sellafield nuclear plant and industrial towns of Workington, Wigton, Cockermouth and Maryport; also Solway Firth border areas and the historic city of Carlisle.

Mike Hawkins (Mirehouse) moved from Labour to Independent in March 2025; Linda Jones-Bulman (Cleator Moor East and Frizington) did so in January 2025.

Next local elections
2027

Election cycle
Full

Local authority type
Unitary

Address
Civic Centre, Carlisle CA3 8QG

Phone
0300 373 3730

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

Council Tax (Band D)
£2283.83