It’s all change for the General Election this year in Cumbria – because you may have swapped constituencies without realising.
The Boundary Commission shook up the way the county is divided when it comes to MP representation – and the existing six constituencies have now become five, with different footprints.
Rules require that every constituency in England – apart from the Isle of Wight – has an electorate that is no smaller than 69,724.
Constituencies had become unbalanced, prompting the review, which began in 2021. Its recommendations were accepted last year and around 10% of constituencies have no change to their boundaries across England.
Parliament has 650 MPs in total – and that number has not changed following the shake-up. But what does it mean for you?
Workington has changed to become Whitehaven & Workington – merging with the former constituency of Copeland, which now no longer exists.
Here’s Cumbria Crack’s interactive guide to the new-look constituencies – slide the red bar to see how where you live has changed.
Where is the footprint of the new Whitehaven & Workington constituency?
Candidates for the new Whitehaven & Workington constituency
The former Workington seat was won by Conservative MP Mark Jenkinson in 2019 with a 4,176 majority. The electorate at the time was 61,370.
Mr Jenkinson is standing for the Penrith & Solway seat in the 2024 General Election.
The former MP for Copeland, Trudy Harrison, of The Conservative Party, has stood down. Mrs Harrison had a majority of 5,842 in the 2019 election. The electorate at the time was 61,693.
The estimated electorate for the new Whitehaven & Workington seat is 67,244.
How has the rest of the county changed?
We’ve created maps for the rest of the county. You can see them by clicking on the constituency name below:
