Allerdale

Borough of Allerdale
Borough
The Arms of Allerdale Borough Council
Shown within Cumbria
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
Ceremonial county	Cumbria
Historic county	Cumberland
Admin. HQ	Workington
Government
• Type	Allerdale Borough Council
• Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
• Executive:	Liberal Democrat (council NOC)
• MPs:	Tony Cunningham, Rory Stewart
Area
• Total	16.14 sq mi (41.81 km2)
Area rank	285th
Population (mid-2014 est.)
• Total	63,176
• Rank	Ranked 309th
• Density	3,900/sq mi (1,500/km2)
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	British Summer Time (UTC+1)
ONS code	16UB (ONS) E07000026 (GSS)
Ethnicity	99.4% White
Website	allerdale.gov.uk

Allerdale is a non-metropolitan district of Cumbria, England, with borough status. Its council is based in Workington and the borough has a population of 93,492 according to the 2001 census, increasing to 96,422 at the 2011 Census.^[1]

The Borough of Allerdale was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the municipal borough of Workington, the urban districts of Maryport, Cockermouth and Keswick; and the rural districts of Cockermouth and Wigton, all of which were within the administrative county of Cumberland. In 1995 Allerdale was granted borough status.

The name derives from the ancient region of Allerdale, represented latterly by the two wards of Cumberland, called Allerdale above Derwent and Allerdale below Derwent. Much of the area during the medieval period was a Royal Forest subject to forest law.^[2]

Politics

Elections to the borough council are held every four years with 56 councillor being elected from 31 wards. No party has had a majority on the council since Labour lost their majority at the 2003 election. As of the 2011 election, and following a number of by-elections and defections, the council is composed of the following councillors:-^[3][4][5]

Parishes

The district is divided into the following civil parishes:

• Broughton Moor, Buttermere
• Caldbeck, Camerton, Cockermouth, Crosscanonby
• Dean, Dearham, Dundraw
• Embleton
• Gilcrux, Great Clifton, Greysouthen
• Hayton and Mealo, Holme Abbey, Holme East Waver, Holme Low, Holme St Cuthbert
• Ireby and Uldale
• Keswick, Kirkbampton, Kirkbride
• Little Clifton, Lorton, Loweswater
• Maryport
• Oughterside and Allerby
• Papcastle, Plumbland
• Seaton, Sebergham, Setmurthy, Silloth on Solway, St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn
• Thursby
• Underskiddaw
• Waverton, Westnewton, Westward, Wigton, Winscales, Woodside, Workington, Wythop

References

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