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.
Boundary changes are set to take place at the next Parliamentary
election. The Workington Constituency will gain electors from
the Penrith and The Border Constituency (part of which belongs to
Eden District
Council) but will also loose some electors to the Copeland
Constituency (which belongs to Copeland Borough Council).
This table shows which constituency Allerdale's wards will fall
under at the next Parliamentary Election.
| Workington Constituency |
Penrith and the Border Constituency |
Copeland Constituency |
| All Saints Ward |
Warnell Ward |
Crummock Ward |
| Aspatria Ward |
Wigton Ward |
Dalton Ward |
| Boltons Ward |
|
Derwent Valley Ward |
| Broughton St Bridgets Ward |
|
Keswick Ward |
| Christchurch Ward |
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| Clifton Ward |
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| Ellen Ward |
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| Ellenborough Ward |
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| Ewanrigg Ward |
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| Flimby Ward |
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| Harrington Ward |
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| Holme Ward |
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| Marsh Ward |
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| Moorclose Ward |
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| Moss Bay Ward |
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| Netherhall Ward |
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| Seaton Ward |
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| Silloth Ward |
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| Solway Ward |
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| St Johns Ward |
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| St Michaels Ward |
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| Stainburn Ward |
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| Wampool Ward |
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| Waver Ward |
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| Wharrels Ward |
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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 Harry Dyke (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 Harry Dyke is the
Returning Officer.
View the Parish and Town Election
results.
CALC can provide further
advice regarding Parish/Town Councils.
Information for Parish/Town Clerks
regarding vacancies.
County Council Elections
County Council Elections took place on 4th June 2009 when
the poll was be combined with European Parliamentary
Elections. The statement of results can be found in the
downloadable documents section
below.
At County Council Elections Harry Dyke is the Deputy
Returning Officer and Patricia Diane Wood is the Returning
Officer.
Cumbria County Council is responsible for county-wide services
including highways, education, social services and libraries. You
are represented by 16 county councillors. The last County
Council Elections were on 5th May 2005 when they were
combined with the Parliamentary Elections.
Here you can view the 2005 County
Council Election results.
Parliamentary Elections
For the moment Allerdale Borough Council has two Parliamentary
Constituencies Workington and
Penrith and
The Border (part of which belongs to Eden District Council).
You can view the 2005 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 Harry Dyke is the Acting Returning
Officer and The High Sheriff is the Returning Officer.
The next parliamentary election must be held by Thursday 3rd
June 2010.
European Parliamentary Elections
European Parliamentary Elections took place on 4th June
2009 when they were combined with the County Council
Elections. The statement of results for the North West Region can
be found in the downloadable documents section at the bottom of this page.
More information on the 2009 European Elections can be found at
www.northwestvotes.gov.uk
In European Parliamentary Elections Harry Dyke (Allerdale
Borough Council's Electoral Registration Officer) is the Local
Returning Officer and the Regional Returning Officer is Sir Howard
Bernstein.
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%
You can get the results for Allerdale and for the whole of the
North West Region at www.europarl.org.uk
Absent 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.