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Westmorland and Furness | |
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 Westmorland and Furness shown within Cumbria | |
| Coordinates: 54°19′34″N 2°44′42″W / 54.326°N 2.745°W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | England |
| Region | North West |
| Ceremonial county | Cumbria |
| Historic county |
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| Incorporated | 1 April 2023 |
| Administrative HQ | Kendal |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unitary authority with leader and cabinet |
| • Body | Westmorland and Furness Council |
| • Control | Liberal Democrats |
| • Leader | Jonathan Brook (LD) |
| • Chairman | Matt Severn |
| • Chief Executive | Sam Plum |
| • House of Commons | 3 MPs
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| Area | |
| • Total | 1,450 sq mi (3,756 km2) |
| • Rank | 3rd |
| Population (2022)[3] | |
| • Total | 227,643 |
| • Rank | 81st |
| • Density | 160/sq mi (61/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| Postcode areas | |
| GSS code | E06000064 |
| Website | westmorlandandfurness |
Westmorland and Furness is a unitary authority area in Cumbria, England.[4][5] The economy is mainly focused on tourism around both the Lake District and Cumbria Coast, shipbuilding and the port in Barrow-in-Furness, and agriculture in the rural parts of the area.
The council area formed on 1 April 2023, on the abolition of Cumbria County Council[6][7] The council covers the areas formerly served by the districts of Barrow-in-Furness, Eden, and South Lakeland, which also ceased to function. It includes all of the area of the historic county of Westmorland as well as the Furness district of historic Lancashire. It also incorporates a very small part of historic Yorkshire, together with about a quarter of the area of (but only 10% of the population of) the historic county of Cumberland. The other part of Cumbria, to the north and west, forms the unitary authority area of Cumberland.
The first elections to the new authority took place in May 2022, with the Westmorland and Furness Council acting as a 'shadow authority' until the abolition of the three former districts and Cumbria County Council on 1 April 2023.[8]
- ^ "Councillors and committees". Westmorland and Furness Council. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "The Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "Lieutenancies Act 1997". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ^ "Next steps for new unitary councils in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset". Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "The Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022".
- ^ "Names for two controversial Cumbria councils revealed". BBC News. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2022.