County Council

Cumbria County Council is a directly elected body providing a wide range of important public services for the people of Cumbria. The Council also champions the interests of Cumbria at regional, national and European levels.

The County Council has 84 elected members, each representing a single electoral division. The Council consists of 37 Conservative members, 26 Labour members, 16 Liberal Democrat members and 5 Independent members. Following the elections on 4 May 2017 there was no one party with overall control.

The current administration is a Labour and Liberal Democrat alliance.

The Cabinet of CCC consists of 10 councillors, four of whom are Liberal Democrats including the Deputy Leader.

The Eden Valley area of Cumbria returns nine members to CCC for the divisions shown on the map. Three of these are Liberal Democrats:

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• Penrith East - Councillor Patricia Bell, Cabinet member with responsibility for Health and Care Services.

• Eden Lakes - Councillor Neil Hughes

• Appleby - Councillor Andy Connell

• Kirkby Stephen, Prospective Candidate Adrian Waite

• Penrith North, Prospective Candidate Deborah Holden

• Penrith West, Prospective Candidate Mark Rudhall

• Greystoke and Hesket, Prospective Candidate Oliver Latimer