The 2022 Westmorland and Furness Council election was held on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Westmorland and Furness Council in England. The council area consists of the area covered by the districts of Barrow-in-Furness, Eden and South Lakeland.
These were the first elections to the new authority, with the council acting as a 'shadow authority' until the abolition of the three former districts and Cumbria County Council on 1 April 2023.
Background The combined composition of the three merging district councils going into that election was as follows:
Affiliation Members 44 35 28 Independent / Other 14 3 1
Results The Liberal Democrats secured a majority on the incoming council, winning 36 of the 65 seats. Labour won 15 seats, the Conservatives won 11, two independent candidates were elected and the Green Party won one.
2022 Westmorland and Furness Election Party Councillors Votes Of total Net Of total Net Liberal Democrats 36 29,960 39.8% Labour Party 15 10,132 13.4% Conservative Party 11 20,841 27.7% Independents 2 8,238 10.9% Green Party 1 5,839 7.7% TUSC 0 335 0.4%
Ward results (Barrow-in-Furness)
Party Councillors Votes Of total Net Of total Net Labour Party 13 6,944 46.5% Conservative Party 5 5,342 35.8% Independents 1 1,686 11.3% Liberal Democrats 0 950 6.4%
Dalton North
Dalton South
Hawcoat & Newbarns
Old Barrow & Hindpool
Ormsgill & Parkside
Risedale & Roosecote
Walney Island
Ward results (Eden) Party Councillors Votes Of total Net Of total Net Liberal Democrats 11 7,898 39.7% Conservative Party 3 5,096 25.6% Independents 1 5,124 25.8% Labour Party 1 824 4.1% Green Party 0 931 4.7%
Alston & Fellside
Appleby & Brough
Eamont & Shap
Eden & Lyvennet Vale
Greystoke & Ullswater
Hesket & Lazonby
Kirkby Stephen & Tebay
Penrith North
Penrith South
Ward results (South Lakeland) Party Councillors Votes Of total Net Of total Net Liberal Democrats 25 21,112 52.1% Conservative Party 3 10,403 25.7% Green Party 1 4,908 12.1% Labour Party 1 2,364 5.8% Independents 0 1,428 3.5% TUSC 0 335 0.8%
Bowness & Lyth
Burton & Holme
Coniston & Hawkshead
Grange & Cartmel
High Furness
Kendal Castle
Kendal Highgate
Kendal Nether
Kendal South
Kendal Strickland & Fell
Kent Estuary
Levens & Crooklands
Low Furness
Sedbergh & Kirkby Lonsdale
Ulverston
Upper Kent
Windermere & Ambleside
Changes 2022–2027
In March 2025, Liberal Democrat councillor Ali Jama left the party to sit as an independent. Liberal Democrat councillor Michael Eyles also left the party to sit as an independent in April 2026.
Old Barrow and Hindpool
The by-election followed the death of Labour councillor Ann Thomson in January 2023.
Grange & Cartmel
The seat had been vacated by Liberal Democrat councillor Pete Endsor in March 2024.
Grange & Cartmel
The by-election followed the retirement of Liberal Democrat councillor Sue Sanderson.
Kirkby Stephen and Tebay
The by-election followed the retirement of Conservative councillor Phil Dew.
Eamont & Shap
The by-election followed the retirement of Liberal Democrat councillor Neil Hughes at the end of December 2024.
Penrith South
The by-election followed the retirement of Liberal Democrat councillor Virginia Taylor.
Hawcoat & Newbarns
The by-election followed the resignation of Conservative councillor Niyall Phillips.
See also Westmorland and Furness Council elections
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