- It is local election day and voters across the county will be heading to the polls in an election that will help shape the future of local government in Cumbria.
- In the biggest change to Cumbria’s council structures since 1974, two new unitary councils are being formed to replace the existing set-up of six district councils and Cumbria County Council.
- In the area currently covered by Barrow Borough, Eden District and South Lakeland District councils the new unitary authority will be called Westmorland and Furness Council.
- In the Westmorland and Furness Council election, voters will be electing 65 councillors to the new unitary council.
- They will be elected in 33 new wards covering the new council area, with voters in 24 of those wards able to vote for up to two or three candidates to represent them.
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