Local Councillors are elected by the community to decide how the council should carry out its various activities. They represent public interest as well as individuals living within the ward in which he or she has been elected to serve a term of office.
They have regular contact with the general public through council meetings, telephone calls or surgeries. Surgeries provide an opportunity for any ward resident to go and talk their councillor face to face and these take place on a regular basis.
Councillors are not paid a salary for their work, but they do receive allowances. By law, all members of the Council are required to complete a declaration of interest form, the details of which are published annually.
To find your councillor please use the below links:
Kendal Strickland and Fell
Liberal Democrats
Cabinet Member for Climate, Biodiversity and Environmental Services
Walney Island
Labour
Hesket and Lazonby
Conservative
Kent Estuary
Liberal Democrats
Eden and Lyvennet Vale
Liberal Democrats
Levens and Crooklands
Liberal Democrats
Cabinet Member for Children's Services
Bowness and Lyth
Liberal Democrats
Penrith North
Liberal Democrats
Cabinet Member for Adult Care
Risedale and Roosecote
Labour
Grange and Cartmel
Liberal Democrats
High Furness
Conservative
Deputy Leader of the Conservatives
Ormsgill and Parkside
Labour
Leader of the Labour Group
Kendal South
Liberal Democrats
Leader of the Council
Old Barrow and Hindpool
Labour
Dalton South
Labour
Hesket and Lazonby
Conservative
Leader of the Conservative Group
Old Barrow and Hindpool
Labour
Walney Island
Labour
Kent Estuary
Liberal Democrats
Windermere and Ambleside
Liberal Democrats
Risedale and Roosecote
Labour
Appleby and Brough
Liberal Democrats
Low Furness
Conservative
Kendal Nether
Liberal Democrats
Greystoke and Ullswater
Liberal Democrats
Cabinet Member for Housing and Customer Services
Kirkby Stephen and Tebay
Conservative
Kendal Highgate
Liberal Democrats
Ulverston
Labour
Dalton North
Conservative
Kendal Nether
Liberal Democrats
Penrith South
Liberal Democrats
Ulverston
Green Party
Deputy Leader of the Independent/Green Group
Hawcoat and Newbarns
Conservative
Old Barrow and Hindpool
Labour
Alston and Fellside
Labour
Kendal Castle
Liberal Democrats
Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale
Liberal Democrats
Eamont and Shap
Liberal Democrats
Cabinet Member for Transport and Regulatory Services
Burton and Holme
Liberal Democrats
Grange and Cartmel
Liberal Democrats
Walney Island
Labour
Ulverston
Conservative
Upper Kent
Liberal Democrats
Deputy Chair of Council
Windermere and Ambleside
Liberal Democrats
Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Finance
Windermere and Ambleside
Liberal Democrats
Kendal Castle
Liberal Democrats
Eden and Lyvennet Vale
Liberal Democrats
Ormsgill and Parkside
Labour
Deputy Leader of the Labour Group & Armed Forces Champion for the Furness Locality
Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale
Liberal Democrats
Ormsgill and Parkside
Labour
Risedale and Roosecote
Labour
Kirkby Stephen and Tebay
Liberal Democrats
Coniston and Hawkshead
Liberal Democrats
Hawcoat and Newbarns
Conservative
Kendal South
Liberal Democrats
Alston and Fellside
Independent
Leader of the Independent/Green Group
Penrith North
Liberal Democrats
Kendal Highgate
Liberal Democrats
Chair of the Council
Dalton North
Conservative
Appleby and Brough
Liberal Democrats
Dalton South
Independent
Penrith South
Liberal Democrats
Cabinet Member for Sustainable Communities and Localities
Kendal Strickland and Fell
Liberal Democrats
Cabinet Member for Highways, Assets and ICT
Grange and Cartmel
Hawcoat and Newbarns
Conservative