Elections
Allerdale Borough
Council's Electoral Registration Section administers the
organisation of all elections at Parish, Borough, County,
Parliamentary (Workington Constituency) and European levels taking
place with the Borough of Allerdale.
The Electoral Registration Section undertakes a statutory
function to prepare and produce the Annual Register of Electors for
the whole of the Borough currently amounting to some 76,000 names
which include the entire Workington constituency and part of the
Penrith and the Border Constituency. The area of both
constituencies changed effective from the 1997 Parliamentary
General Election, when Workington constituency gained some 9100
electors transferred from Penrith and the Border.
Borough and Parish Council Elections
Allerdale Borough Council is one of six borough councils in
Cumbria. You are represented by 56 councillors.
The last Borough Council Elections took place on
Thursday 3rd May 2007 and were combined with Parish Council
Elections.
View the Borough and Parish Council
Election results.
At Borough Council Elections Maggie Mooney (Allerdale's Chief
Executive) is the Returning Officer.
Parish and Town Elections
Parish and Town Councils provide representation at the
most local level and can provide local leisure, tourist and
recreation services.
Parish/Town Council Elections are held once every four years and
are almost always combined with the Borough Elections. The
last lot of Parish Council Elections took place on Thursday
3rd May 2007.
At Parish Council Elections Maggie Mooney is the Returning
Officer.
View the Parish and Town Election
results.
CALC can provide further
advice regarding Parish/Town Councils.
County Council Elections
Cumbria County Council is responsible for
county-wide services including highways, education, social services
and libraries. You are represented by 16 county councillors. The
most recent elections were on 5th May 2005 when the County
Elections were combined with the Parliamentary Elections.
At County Council Elections Maggie Mooney is
the Deputy Returning Officer and Bob Mather (Deputy Chief Executive
of Cumbria County Council) is the Returning Officer.
Parliamentary Elections
You can view the parliamentary election results for both
constituencies and all the national results which
are published on the BBC website, Workington and
Penrith and The Border Constituencies.
At Parliamentary Elections Maggie Mooney is the Acting Returning
Officer and The High Sheriff is the Returning Officer.
European Parliamentary Elections
European Parliamentary Elections are held once
every five years and the last European Elections took place on the
10th June 2004. Allerdale forms part of the North West Region
which were conducted as an all postal pilot in the hope to increase
voter turnout, which it did by 10%. In total we received
27,889 validated votes which gave us a turnout of 37.3%
In European Parliamentary Elections Sheila
Brown (Allerdale Borough Council's Electoral Registration
Officer) is the Local Returning Officer and the Regional
Returning Officer is Sir Howard Bernstein.
You can get the results for Allerdale and for
the whole of the North West Region at
www.europarl.org.ukAbsent Voting
For more information on Absent Voting see
our absent voting section
Frequently Asked Questions
For frequently asked questions about Elections see our FAQ section.