Cumbria general election 2024 candidates in full for all constituencies

Simon Coyle

21 June 2024 at 1:22 pm·2-min read

People across Cumbria will head to the ballot box on July 4 to vote in the 2024 general election.

The area comprises of six Parliamentary constituencies including Carlisle, Barrow and Furness, Whitehaven and Workington, Westmorland and Lonsdale, Penrith and Solway and Morecambe and Lunesdale (also Lancashire).

Each of these constituencies will elect one MP to Parliament to represent the area.

The shock summer general election was called by Rishi Sunak on May 22, with elections taking place in all 650 seats across the UK. Since the 2019 general election major boundary changes affecting 90% of Parliamentary constituencies have come into force.

Polls will close at 10pm on Thursday, July 4, with counts taking place across the UK overnight.

Here are all the candidates standing in all six Cumbria constituencies. Note that C stands for Consverative, Lab for Labour and LD Liberal Democrat.

Carlisle

John Stevenson (C)
Julie Minns (Lab)
Brian Wernham (LD)
Gavin Hawton (Green)
Stephen Ward (Reform)
Thomas Lynestrider (Ind)
Sean Reed (Ind)
Rachel Hayton (Soc Dem)

Barrow and Furness

Simon Fell (C)
Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
Adrian Waite (LD)
Lorraine Wrennall (Green)
Barry Morgan (Reform)
Lisa Morgan (PartyWomen)

Whitehaven and Workington

Andrew Johnson (C)
Josh MacAlister (Lab)
Chris Wills (LD)
Jill Perry (Green)
David Surtees (Reform)

Westmorland and Lonsdale

Matty Jackman (C)
Pippa Smith (Lab)
Tim Farron (LD)
Phil Clayton (Green)
James Townley (Reform)
Izzy Solabarrieta (Heritage)
John Studholme (Ind)
Wendy Long (Soc Dem)

Penrith and Solway

Mark Jenkinson (C)
Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Julia Aglionby (LD)
Susan Denham-Smith (Green)
Matthew Moody (Reform)
Chris Johnston (Ind)
Roy Ivinson (ND)
Shaun Long (Soc Dem)

Morecambe and Lunesdale (also Lancashire)

David Morris (C)
Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
Peter Jackson (LD)
Gina Dowding (Green)
Barry Parsons (Reform)

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