2022 Cumbria County Council election
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The 2022 Cumbria County Council election will take place alongside the other local elections on 5 May 2022.[1] All 87 seats to Cumbria County Council will be elected.
Before the election, the Cumbria County Council is run by a two-party administration of the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats.
Background[]
In the 2019 general election, the Labour Party lost their last two seats in Cumbria, including Barrow and Furness and Workington; parts of the so-called red wall.
In the last election the Conservatives won 37 seats with 44.3% of the popular vote. The Labour Party won 26 seats with 26.3% of the popular vote and formed a majority coalition with the 16 Councillors of the Liberal Democrats.
The election was postponed from 2021, on 10 April 2021.[2]
References[]
- ^ Chief Executives Office, Cumbria County Council. "Welcome to Cumbria County Council". www.cumbria.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ "Local elections postponed in three English counties". BBC News. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
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