Elections in May are set to bring huge changes across Cumbria as district councils are set to merge to form two unitary councils. Government plans will revamp the way the region is governed in 2021, scrapping the existing county council and district authorities.

In July 2021, it was announced that these would be replaced by two unitary councils. Westmorland and Furness Council will cover Eden, South Lakeland and Barrow. Cumberland council will cover Carlisle, Allerdale and Copeland.

To be able to vote in the elections of May 5, the inhabitants must be registered on the electoral lists. The deadline to register to vote is midnight on Thursday, April 14, and you can do it online here.

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People can choose to vote in several ways – in person, by mail or by appointing someone they trust to vote for them, which is called proxy voting. The deadline to apply for a postal vote is 5 p.m. on April 19, and for a proxy vote, the deadline is 5 p.m. on April 26.

Below is a list of all the Westmorland and Furness Council candidates standing for election on May 5:

Alston and Fellside neighborhood

ANDY BAKER Liberal Democrats

MICHAEL RICHARD BEVERIDGE Conservative Party Candidate

TIMOTHY MICHAEL Labor Party

IAN LINDLEY Labor Party

DALE ANDREW NORMINGTON Conservative Party Candidate

ROBINSON MARIE Independent

RICHARD RAYMOND WILLIAM SANDERSON Liberal Democrats

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Appleby and Brough neighborhood

HARRY BERKELEY Conservative Party Candidate

ANDY CONNELL Liberal Democrats

GARETH HAYES Independent

WILLIAM PATTERSON Independent

GRAHAM SIMPKINS Liberal Democrats

COLIN SMITH Conservative Party Candidate

Bowness and Lyth district

STEVE BAVIN Liberal Democrats

JIM BLAND Conservative Party Candidate

SIMON PHILIP CLAYTON Green Party

Burton and Holme Ward

SIMON JOSEPH BLUNDEN Green Party

TOM HARVEY Conservative Party candidate

VICKY HUGHES Liberal Democrats

Coniston and Hawkshead neighborhood

MICHAEL IAN HOAD Conservative Party Candidate

PAUL ANDREW MARTIN Labor Party

SUZANNE MARY PENDER Liberal Democrats

MARK RICHARD POOLE Green Party

Neighborhood Dalton North

STEPHEN JOHN COLEMAN Liberal Democrats

DANIEL CHRISTOPHER EDWARDS Conservative Party Candidate

ROBERT DOUGLAS ELLIOT Labor Party

RACHAEL HOGG Liberal Democrats

BEN SHIRLEY Conservative Party Candidate

South Dalton Ward

PETER GRAHAM BAKER Liberal Democrats P

TONY CALLISTER Labor Party

OF THE ENGLISH Candidate of the Conservative Party

MARTIN DAVID MCLEAVY Independent

BARBARA LILIAN MILLER Liberal Democrats

STEVE NOTT Labor Party

SAM RONSON Conservative Party Candidate

DAVE TAYLOR Independent

Eamont and Shap district

NEIL HUGHES Liberal Democrats

TOM LOWTHER Conservative Party Candidate

Eden district and Lyvennet Vale

LORNA ANN BAKER Liberal Democrats

PAULA BREEN Conservative Party Candidate

NEIL MCCALL Liberal Democrats

MIKE TONKIN Independent

DAVID WHIPP Conservative Party Candidate

Grange and Cartmel district

MANDY BARNETT Green Party

JENNY BOAK Liberal Democrats

LILIAN EL-DOUFANI Trade Union and Socialist Coalition

PETE ENDSOR Liberal Democrats

FIONA MARGUERITE HANLON Independent

TOR MCLAREN Conservative Party Candidate

LUKE STANLEY BENJAMIN MOSSBARNETT Green Party

SUE SANDERSON Liberal Democrats

JAMES TOWNLEY Conservative Party Candidate

DAVID EDWARD WILSON Conservative Party Candidate

PAUL ANTHONY WOODS Green Party

Greystoke and Ullswater neighborhood

JUDITH MARGARET DERBYSHIRE Liberal Democrats

DEBBIE WICKS Conservative Party Candidate

Hawcoat and Newbarns neighborhood

DAVID ROBERT CASSIDY Labor Party

SHEILA ECCLES Liberal Democrats P

DENISE HAZEL EDWARDS Independent

LES HALL Conservative Party Candidate

CHRISTINE PEARL HERBERT Liberal Democrats

MIKE LEACH Labor Party

WENDY ADA MCCLURE Independent

DAVID IAN BENETT OPIE Liberal Democrats

NIYALL ALLISTER PHILLIPS Conservative Party Candidate

HAYLEY LOUISE PRESTON Labor Party

STEVEN LINDSAY PRYER Independent

ROY WORTHINGTON Conservative Party Candidate

Hesket and Lazonby neighborhood

COLIN ATKINSON Conservative Party Candidate

ROGER BURGIN Liberal Democrats

HILARY FRANCES CARRICK Conservative Party Candidate

DAVID EVANS Liberal Democrats

BELINDA LUCY LLOYD Green Party

ELAINE MARY MARTIN Independent

DAVID RYLAND Independent

Neighborhood of High Fury

MATT BRERETON Conservative Party Candidate

STEPHEN FRANCIS CARTER Labor Party

PETER ALAN HOWLETT Green Party

IAN CHARLES WHARTON Liberal Democrats

Kendal Castle District

JANET MARY ANTROBUS Green Party

NIGEL BYROM Conservative Party Candidate

PENNY HENDERSON Labor Party

EAMONN MATTHEW HENNESSY Liberal Democrat

HELEN NGAIRE LADHAMS Liberal Democrats

CLAIRE WICKHAM Green Party

DAVID LEWIS WILLIAMS Conservative Party Candidate

Kendal Highgate area

TREVOR BATCHELOR Labor and Socialist Coalition

MARGARET BOND Conservative Party Candidate

PHIL DIXON Liberal Democrats

OLIVER GILL Labor Party

ROSIE NAISH Green Party

MIKE NICHOLSON Conservative Party Candidate

IAN RODHAM Green Party

MATT SEVERN Liberal Democrats

Kendal’s Netherguard

RAYMOND BOWER Conservative Party Candidate

PAUL MICHAEL BRAITHWAITE Labor Party

PAUL JOHN CASSON Labor and Socialist Coalition

JONATHAN CORNTHWAITE Liberal Democrats

SHIRLEY AMELIA EVANS Liberal Democrats

DANIEL ALEXANDER RAYSON Green Party

LYNDSAY ELIZABETH SLATER Conservative Party Candidate

LIZ WOOD’s Green Party

Kendal South District

JONATHAN RICHARD BROOK Liberal Democrats

ELSA FUSTER Green Party

LUKE IVAN GUDGEON Conservative Party Candidate

DOUG RATHBONE Liberal Democrats

LOIS KATHARINE SPARLING Labor Party

PHIL WHITING Green Party

SHIELA ANN WORTHINGTON Conservative Party Candidate

Kendal Strickland and Fell Ward

GILES CHARLES ARCHIBALD Liberal Democrats

IRENE ASBURY Conservative Party Candidate

VIRGINIE ELIZABETH BRANNEY Labor Party

LAURA MILLER Green Party

MARTIN POWELL-DAVIES Labor and Socialist Coalition P

JACQUELINE SCOTT Conservative Party Candidate

PETER CARLYLE THORNTON Liberal Democrats

GRAHAM JEFFREY VINCENT Green Party

Kent Estuary Neighborhood

JILL ABEL Green Party

RUPERT JAMES AUDLAND Liberal Democrats

HELEN ELIZABETH CHAFFEY Liberal Democrats

MARGARET ELIZABETH HANDLEY Conservative Party Candidate

PETER SMILLIE Conservative Party Candidate

Kirkby Stephen and Tebay Ward

RAY BRIGGS Conservative Party Candidate

PHIL DEW Conservative Party Candidate

SANDY LANCASTER Independent

JOHN STEPHEN MURRAY Liberal Democrats

ADRIAN HARVEYMARTIN WAITE Liberal Democrats

Levens and Crooklands area

JANET MARY BATTYE Liberal Democrats

KEVIN RONALD HOLMES Conservative Party Candidate

HILARY MARGARET PICKUP Green Party

Low Furness district

BEN THOMAS COOPER Conservative Party Candidate

EIRIK RAYMOND HAUGSBAK HUNT Labor Party

PAUL ALAN RIGG Green Party Candidate

JANET WILLIS Liberal Democrats

Old Barrow a district of Hindpool

ANNE BISPHAM Conservative Party candidate

ANNE BURNS Labor Party

ADAM GRANT CAMPBELL Liberal Democrats

PIYA DAS Conservative Party Candidate

GILL GARDINER Liberal Democrats

KEVIN ROBERT HAMILTON Labor Party P

BRENDA JOYCE LAUDERDALE Conservative Party Candidate

STEPHEN RAYMOND PICKTHALL Liberal Democrats

MARGARET ANN THOMSON Labor Party

Ormsgill and Parkside neighborhood

DEREK BROOK Labor Party

ELAINE BURLEY Conservative Party Candidate

ANN DENISE ENGLISH Conservative Party Candidate

BILL MCEWAN Labor Party

BEVERLY ANN MORGAN Labor Party

JAYNE MARIE RICHARDSON Liberal Democrats

PHIL WALKER Liberal Democrats

ALASDAIR WILKINSON-MARSH Liberal Democrats

EMMA LOUISE WYLIE Conservative Party Candidate

North Quarter of Penrith

PATRICIA ANN BELL Liberal Democrats

PETER DEVINE Independent

HARRY FEARON Conservative Party Candidate

HELEN JANE FEARON Conservative Party Candidate

SCOTT JACKSON Independent

ALI ROSS Green Party First Choice Candidate

MARK BRIAN RUDHALL Liberal Democrats

WADE TIDBURY Green Party Second Choice Candidate

Penrith South Quarter

GILLIAN ELIZABETH BARNES Conservative Party Candidate

MARGARET CLARK Independent

MIKE EYLES Liberal Democrats

RICHARD KEVIN O’BRIEN The Green Party

LEE QUINN Independent

VIRGINIE CHRISTINE TAYLOR Liberal Democrats

MATT VICKERS Conservative Party Candidate

Risedale and Roosecote neighborhood

MICHAEL WILSON BARWISE Liberal Democrats

TREVOR ALAN BIGGINS Labor Party

ANDY COLES Labor Party

DEREK GAWNE Conservative Party Candidate

RONNIE HADDOW Conservative Party Candidate

JANE AMELIA MURPHY Labor Party

LYNDA LEA SHAW Conservative Party Candidate

JADE SULLIVAN Liberal Democrats

HEATHER TROUGHTON Liberal Democrats

Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale area

PAT BELL Conservative Party Candidate

TONY GRAY Green Party

HAZEL MARGARET HODGSON Liberal Democrats

KEVIN JOHN LANCASTER Conservative Party Candidate

IAN DAVID MITCHELL Liberal Democrats

Ulverston Neighborhood

ANDREW CLIFFORD BUTCHER Conservative Party Candidate

JACKIE DRAKE Labor Party

JUDY FILMORE Green Party Lead Candidate

BOB GERRY Green Party Candidate

CHARLES EDWARD HOWARTH Liberal Democrats

ANDREW HUDSON Liberal Democrat

HELEN IRVING Conservative Party Candidate

ROB O’HARA Green Party Candidate

AMANDA JANE RIGG Conservative Party Candidate

DAVE RUSHTON Liberal Democrats

MICHELLE SCROGHAM Labor Party

MARK WILSON Labor Party

Upper Kent District

DEBORAH HUCK Conservative Party Candidate

ALI JAMA Liberal Democrats

FRAN RICHARDSON Green Party

Walney Island Neighborhood

THERESE MARY ASSOUAD Labor Party

FRANK CASSIDY Labor Party

STEVEN FLETCHER Independent

TERRI-ANN GIBNEY Conservative Party Candidate

CHRIS HOGG Liberal Democrats

ANITA GWENDOLINE MARI Labor Party

TINA PERKINS Liberal Democrats

PAUL ALLEN ROSE Conservative Party Candidate

STEVE SHARPE Conservative Party Candidate

PAUL MARTIN TROLLOPE Liberal Democrats

Windermere and Ambleside district

WILL CLARK Liberal Democrats

PAULA MARIE CROSS Conservative Party Candidate

ANDREW GUY JARVIS Liberal Democrats

DYAN JONES Liberal Democrats

CATH MUSETTI Conservative Party Candidate

JOLYON ROLAND THORNHILL STEPHENSON Conservative Party Candidate

KATE THREADGOLD Green Party