Editing Cumbria (section)

==Governance==
===Local===
{{Main|Cumberland Council|Westmorland and Furness Council}}
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Cumbria is governed by two unitary authorities, Cumberland Council and Westmorland and Furness Council. The [[Cumberland unitary authority area]] covers the north and west of Cumbria, and [[Westmorland and Furness]] the south and east; they are named after the historic counties of [[Cumberland]] and [[Westmorland]], but have different boundaries.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 April 2023 |title=Two new unitary authorities to make running Cumbria 'simpler' |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-65128512 |access-date=14 December 2023}}</ref> Cumberland has had a [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] majority administration since the [[2022 Cumberland Council election]], and Westmorland and Furness has had a [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] majority administration since the [[2022 Westmorland and Furness Council election]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cumberland Council election – 5 May 2022 |url=https://www.cumberland.gov.uk/election/cumberland-council-election-5-may-2022 |access-date=14 December 2023 |website=Cumberland Council}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Westmorland & Furness result – Local Elections 2022 |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2022/england/councils/E07000248 |access-date=14 December 2023}}</ref> Cumberland Council and Westmorland and Furness Council collaborate through a [https://cumberland.moderngov.co.uk/mgCommitteeDetails.aspx?ID=435 Joint Executive Committee] and the [https://enterprisingcumbria.org.uk/enterprising-cumbria Enterprising Cumbria] Economic Growth Body. In September 2024, the two councils submitted an expression of interest to form a [[combined authority]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk/news/2024/councils-submit-devolution-response-government | title=Councils submit devolution response to Government &#124; Westmorland and Furness Council }}</ref> Plans for a mayoral combined authority were agreed by the UK government in February 2025, with the first mayor expected to be elected in May 2026.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/24915682.barrow-mp-outlines-hopes-a590-devolution-announcement/ |title= Barrow MP outlines hopes for A590 in devolution announcement |date= 7 February 2025 |access-date=7 February 2025|publisher=[[The Mail (Cumbria)]]}}</ref>

Between 1974 and 2023 Cumbria was administered by [[Cumbria County Council]] and six [[Non-metropolitan district|district council]]s: [[Allerdale]], [[Borough of Barrow-in-Furness|Barrow-in-Furness]], [[City of Carlisle|Carlisle]], [[Borough of Copeland|Copeland]], [[Eden District|Eden]], and [[South Lakeland]]. These were abolished on 1 April 2023, when the two unitary authorities were established.<ref>{{cite web |title=Next steps for new unitary councils in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/next-steps-for-new-unitary-councils-in-cumbria-north-yorkshire-and-somerset |website=GOV.UK |access-date=1 January 2022|language=en}}</ref>

The [[Duchy of Lancaster]], the private estate of the sovereign, exercises some rights of [[the Crown]] in the County Palatine of Lancaster, which includes the Furness area of Cumbria.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Duchy of Lancaster – Jurisdiction |url=https://www.farrer.co.uk/globalassets/clients-and-sectors/bona-vacantia/duchy-of-lancaster-jurisdiction.pdf |access-date=14 December 2023 |website=Farrer & Co }}</ref>

===National===
{{Main|List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cumbria}}Until the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]], there were six parliamentary constituencies in Cumbria: [[Barrow and Furness]], [[Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency)|Carlisle]], [[Copeland (UK Parliament constituency)|Copeland]], [[Penrith and the Border]], [[Westmorland and Lonsdale]], and [[Workington (UK Parliament constituency)|Workington]]. Five were won by the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] in the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]], with Westmorland and Lonsdale won by the Liberal Democrats. The [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]] abolished Copeland, Workington, and Penrith and the Border, replacing them with the new constituencies of [[Penrith and Solway]] and [[Whitehaven and Workington]]. The three remaining constituencies underwent significant boundary changes, including some electoral wards being transferred from Westmorland and Lonsdale to [[Morecambe and Lunesdale]], making the latter a cross-county constituency (it had previously been exclusively in [[Lancashire]]).
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Constituency
! 1983
! 1987
! 1992
! 1997
! 2001
! 2005
! 2010
! 2015
! 2017
! 2019
! 2024
|-
| [[Barrow and Furness]]
| colspan=2 | {{color box|blue|CON}} [[Cecil Franks]]
| colspan=4 | {{color box|red|LAB|white}} [[John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness|John Hutton]]
| colspan=3| {{color box|red|LAB|white}} [[John Woodcock, Baron Walney|John Woodcock]]
| colspan=1| {{color box|blue|CON}} [[Simon Fell (politician)|Simon Fell]]
| colspan=1| {{color box|red|LAB|white}}
'''[[Michelle Scrogham]]'''
|-
| [[Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency)|Carlisle]]
|| {{color box|red|LAB|white}} [[Ronald Lewis (British politician)|Ronald Lewis]]
| colspan=5 | {{color box|red|LAB|white}} [[Eric Martlew]]
| colspan=4| {{color box|blue|CON}} [[John Stevenson (British politician)|John Stevenson]]
| colspan=1| {{color box|red|LAB|white}} '''[[Julie Minns]]'''
|-
| [[Copeland (UK Parliament constituency)|Copeland]]
| colspan=5 | {{color box|red|LAB|white}} [[Jack Cunningham]]
| colspan=3 | {{color box|red|LAB|white}} [[Jamie Reed]]
| colspan=2| {{color box|blue|CON}} [[Trudy Harrison]]
| colspan=1| Constituency abolished. See: ''[[Penrith and Solway]]'' and ''[[Whitehaven and Workington]]''.
|- 
| [[Morecambe and Lunesdale]]
| colspan=10 | ''[[List of parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire|Lancashire constituency]]''
| colspan=1| {{color box|red|LAB|white}} '''[[Lizzi Collinge]]'''
|-
| [[Penrith and the Border]]
| colspan=6 | {{color box|blue|CON}} [[David Maclean]]
| colspan=3| {{color box|blue|CON}} [[Rory Stewart]]
| colspan=1| {{color box|blue|CON}} [[Neil Hudson (politician)|Neil Hudson]]
| colspan=1| Constituency abolished. See: ''[[Penrith and Solway]]'' and ''[[Whitehaven and Workington]]''.
|-
| [[Penrith and Solway]]
| colspan=10 | –
| colspan=1| {{color box|red|LAB|white}} '''[[Markus Campbell-Savours]]'''
|-
| [[Westmorland and Lonsdale]]
| colspan=3 | {{color box|blue|CON}} [[Michael Jopling]]
| colspan=2 | {{color box|blue|CON}} [[Tim Collins (politician)|Tim Collins]]
| colspan=6 | {{color box|orange|LD}} '''[[Tim Farron]]'''
|-
| [[Whitehaven and Workington]]
| colspan=10 | –
| colspan=1| {{color box|red|LAB|white}} '''[[Josh MacAlister]]'''
|-
| [[Workington (UK Parliament constituency)|Workington]]
| colspan=4 | {{color box|red|LAB|white}} [[Dale Campbell-Savours]]
| colspan=3 | {{color box|red|LAB|white}} [[Tony Cunningham (politician)|Tony Cunningham]]
| colspan=2 | {{color box|red|LAB|white}} [[Sue Hayman]]
| colspan1 | {{color box|blue|CON}} [[Mark Jenkinson]]
| colspan=1| Constituency abolished. See: ''[[Penrith and Solway]]'' and ''[[Whitehaven and Workington]]''.
|}

{| class=wikitable
|-
! colspan="10" | 2019 General Election Results in Cumbria
|-
!Party
!Votes
!%
!Change from 2017
!Seats
!Change from 2017
|-
|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|143,615
|52.4%
|{{increase}}3.6%
|5
|{{increase}}2
|-
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|79,402
|28.9%
|{{decrease}}7.3%
|0
|{{decrease}}2
|-
|[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]
|39,426
|14.4%
|{{increase}}2.6%
|1
|0
|-
|[[Green Party of England and Wales|Greens]]
|4,223
|1.5%
|{{increase}}0.8%
|0
|0
|-
|[[Brexit Party|Brexit]]
|3,867
|1.4%
|new
|0
|0 
|-
|Others
|3,044
|1.1%
|{{increase}}0.7%
|0
|0
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''274,313'''
|'''100.0'''
|
|   '''6'''
|
|}

=== Politics ===
Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats are strongest in rural areas, and Labour is strongest in the industrial towns.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 June 2024 |title=Cumbria constituencies could prove a crucial battleground |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c51171z405ro |access-date=16 June 2024 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>