BELOW are the names of the candidates set to vie for election to the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority on May 5.
The 213-strong list will be whittled down to 65 elected councillors.
These councillors will serve five-year terms, one year of which will be spent on a 'shadow authority' that will oversee preparations for Westmorland and Furness Council, which is to begin operating in April 2023.
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Key:
C = Conservative
G = Green
I = Independent
L = Labour
LD = Liberal Democrats
Alston & Fellside
Andy Baker LD
Michael Richard Beveridge C
Michael Timothy Hanley L
Ian Lindley L
Dale Andrew Normington C
Mary Robinson I
Richard Raymond William Sanderson LD
Appleby & Brough
Harry Berkeley C
Andy Connell LD
Gareth Hayes I
William Patterson I
Graham Simpkins LD
Colin Smith C
Bowness & Lyth
Steve Bavin LD
Jim Bland C
Simon Philip Clayton G
Burton & Holme
Simon Joseph Blunden G
Tom Harvey C
Vicky Hughes LD
Coniston & Hawkshead
Michael Ian Hoad C
Paul Andrew Martin L
Suzanne Mary Pender LD
Mark Richard Poole G
Dalton North
Stephen John Coleman LD
Daniel Christopher Edwards C
Robert Douglas Elliot L
Rachael Hogg LD
Ben Shirley C
Dalton South
Peter Graham Baker LD
Tony Callister L
Des English C
Martin David McLeavy I
Barbara Lilian Miller LD
Steve Nott L
Sam Ronson C
Dave Taylor I
Eamont & Shap
Neil Hughes LD
Tom Lowther C
Eden & Lyvennet Vale
Lorna Ann Baker LD
Paula Breen C
Neil McCall LD
Mike Tonkin I
David Whipp C
Grange & Cartmel
Mandy Barnett G
Jenny Boak LD
Lilian El-Doufani Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Pete Endsor LD
Fiona Marguerite Hanlon I
Tor McLaren C
Luke Stanley Benjamin Mossbarnett G
Sue Sanderson LD
James Townsley C
David Edward Wilson C
Paul Anthony Woods G
Greystoke & Ullswater
Judith Margaret Derbyshire LD
Debbie Wicks C
Hawcoat & Newbarns
David Robert Cassidy L
Sheila Eccles LD
Denise Hazel Edwards I
Les Hall C
Christine Pearl Herbert LD
Mike Leach L
Wendy Ada McClure I
David Ian Bennett Opie LD
Niyall Allister Phillips C
Hayley Louise Preston L
Steven Lindsay Pryer I
Roy Worthington C
Hesket & Lazonby
Colin Atkinson C
Roger Burgin LD
Hilary Frances Carrick C
David Evans LD
Belinda Lucy Lloyd G
Elaine Mary Martin I
David Ryland I
High Furness
Matt Brereton C
Stephen Francis Carter L
Peter Alan Howlett G
Ian Charles Wharton LD
Kendal Castle
Janet Mary Antrobus G
Nigel Byrom C
Penny Henderson L
Eammon Matthew Hennessy LD
Helen Ngaire Ladhams LD
Claire Wickham G
David Lewis Williams C
Kendal Highgate
Trevor Batchelor Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Margaret Bond C
Phil Dixon LD
Oliver Gill L
Rosie Naish G
Mike Nicholson C
Ian Rodham G
Matt Severn LD
Kendal Nether
Raymond Bower C
Paul Michael Braithwaite L
Paul John Casson Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Jonathan Cornthwaite LD
Shirley Amelia Evans LD
Daniel Alexander Rayson G
Lyndsay Elizabeth Slater C
Liz Wood G
Kendal South
Jonathan Richard Brook LD
Elsa Fuster G
Luke Ivan Gudgeon C
Doug Rathbone LD
Lois Katharine Sparling L
Phil Whiting G
Sheila Ann Worthington C
Kendal Strickland and Fell
Giles Charles Archibald LD
Irene Asbury C
Virginia Elizabeth Branney L
Laura Miller G
Martin Powell-Davies Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Jacqueline Scott C
Peter Carlyle Thornton LD
Graham Jeffrey Vincent G
Kent Estuary
Jill Abel G
Rupert James Audland LD
Helen Elizabeth Chaffey LD
Margaret Elizabeth Handley C
Peter Smilie C
Kirkby Stephen & Tebay
Ray Briggs C
Phil Dew C
Sandy Lancaster I
John Stephen Murray LD
Adrian Harvey Martin Waite LD
Levens & Crooklands
Janet Mary Battye LD
Kevin Ronald Holmes C
Hilary Margaret Pickup G
Low Furness
Ben Thomas Cooper C
Eirik Raymond Haugsbak Hunt L
Paul Alan Rigg G
Janet Willis LD
Old Barrow & Hindpool
Anne Bispham C
Anne Burns L
Adam Grant Campbell LD
Piya Das LD
Gill Gardiner LD
Kevin Robert Hamilton L
Brenda Joyce Lauderdale C
Stephen Raymond Pickthall LD
Margaret Ann Thomson L
Ormsgill & Parkside
Derek Brook L
Elaine Burley C
Ann Denise English C
Bill McEwan L
Beverly Ann Morgan L
Jayne Marie Richardson LD
Phil Walker LD
Alasdair Wilkinson-Marsh LD
Emma Louise Wylie C
Penrith North
Patricia Ann Bell LD
Peter Devine I
Harry Fearon C
Helen Jane Fearon C
Scott Jackson I
Ali Ross G first-choice candidate
Mark Brian Rudhall LD
Wade Tidbuy G second-choice candidate
Penrith South
Gillian Elizabeth Barnes C
Margaret Clark I
Mike Eyles LD
Richard Kevin O’Brien G
Lee Quinn I
Virginia Christine Taylor LD
Matt Vickers C
Risedale & Roosecote
Michael Wilson Barwise LD
Trevor Alan Biggins L
Andy Coles L
Derek Gawne C
Ronnie Haddow C
Jane Amelia Murphy L
Lynda Lea Shaw C
Jade Sullivan LD
Heather Throughton LD
Sedbergh & Kirkby Lonsdale
Pat Bell C
Tony Gray G
Hazel Margaret Hodgson LD
Kevin John Lancaster C
Ian David Mitchell LD
Ulverston
Andrew Clifford Butcher C
Jackie Drake L
Judy Filmore G lead candidate
Bob Gerrry G
Charles Edward Howarth LD
Andrew Hudson LD
Helen Irving C
Rob O’Hara G
Amanda Jane Rigg C
Dave Rushton LD
Michelle Scrogham L
Mark Wilson L
Upper Kent
Deborah Huck C
Ali Jama LD
Fran Richardson G
Walney Island
Therese Mary Assouad L
Frank Cassidy L
Steven Fletcher I
Terri-Ann Gibney C
Chris Hogg LD
Anita Gwendoline Husband L
Tina Perkins LD
Paul Allen Rose C
Steve Sharpe C
Paul Martin Trollope LD
Windermere & Ambleside
Will Clark LD
Paula Marie Cross C
Andrew Guy Jarvis LD
Dyan Jones LD
Cath Musetti C
Jolyon Roland Thornhill Stephenson C
Kate Threadgold
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