Cumberland Parishes

[carolus]

Six parishes with elections in 2024. They last elected in 2021, having been scheduled for 2020 before covid disrupted them. None of the six councils had a contested election in 2021, and the only party description was:

Cumwhitton (8) - 1 LD, six others

The other parishes were:

Brampton (15) - eleven candidates

Carlatton & Cumrew (6) - six candidates

Castle Carrock (7) - seven candidates

Hayton (12) - five candidates

Wetheral (15) - twelve candidates

[listener]

Carolus

I am delighted that you are leading a movement of interest in parish council elections. I have felt like a lone voice in the past.

The parish nominations for Carlisle in 2021 were not published on the website and my e-mail to the elections office remained unanswered.

Where did you find the 2021 nominations and could you please provide a link?

[carolus]

Feb 9, 2024 21:34:26 GMT listener said:

Carolus

I am delighted that you are leading a movement of interest in parish council elections. I have felt like a lone voice in the past.

The parish nominations for Carlisle in 2021 were not published on the website and my e-mail to the elections office remained unanswered.

Where did you find the 2021 nominations and could you please provide a link?

I was able to get through via [e-mail] a couple of weeks ago - they were helpful if somewhat literal in answering my questions (I ended up with the information above and didn't push for the specific candidate names or full SOPNs).

Re: parishes - even if their powers are rather limited, voters treat them seriously, so I think they're worthy of interest for that alone. And then of course from a psephological point of view plenty of them are clearly taken seriously by parties as well.

[carolus]

Only one party candidate, and no contested elections

Brampton (15) - 1 LD*, 8 []*