Workington is a coastal town and civil parish at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast in Cumbria,England. At the 2011 census it had a population of 25,207.
Cockermouth is a market town and civil parish in the Cumberland unitary authority area of Cumbria,England,so named because it is at the confluence of the River Cocker as it flows into the River Derwent. The mid-2010 census estimates state that Cockermouth has a population of 8,204,increasing to 8,761 at the 2011 Census.
Sir Ian McCartney is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Makerfield from 1987 and 2010. McCartney served in Tony Blair's Cabinet from 2003 until 2007,when Gordon Brown became Prime Minister. He was made a Knight Bachelor in the 2010 Dissolution Honours List.
Workington was a constituency in Cumbria represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.
Copeland was a constituency in Cumbria created in 1983 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The constituency was represented in Parliament by Trudy Harrison,of the Conservative Party,since a by-election in February 2017. It was retained at the snap 2017 general election four months later. The seat had been held by Labour candidates at elections between 1983 and 2015 included.
Andrew John Gwynne is a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Denton and Reddish from 2005 until the seat was abolished in 2024,and as the first MP for the new Gorton and Denton constituency since 2024. He was Shadow Minister for Social Care from 2023 to the 2024 election. He is currently serving as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention. He is the son of the late broadcaster and pundit John Gwynne.
Angus Brendan MacNeil is a Scottish politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Na h-Eileanan an Iar from 2005 to 2024.
Barbara Mary Keeley is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Worsley and Eccles South,previously Worsley,from 2005 to 2024.
Susan Mary Hayman,Baroness Hayman of Ullock is a British politician and life peer and Government minister. A member of the Labour Party,she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Workington from 2015 to 2019. Hayman served as an Opposition Whip from 2015 to 2016 and Shadow Minister for Flooding and Coastal Communities from 2016 to 2017,then as Shadow Secretary of State for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs from 2017 to 2019 and was appointed to the House of Lords in 2020.
Sir Alister William Jack is a Scottish politician who served as Secretary of State for Scotland from 2019 to 2024. A member of the Scottish Conservatives,he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dumfries and Galloway from 2017 to 2024.
Mark Ian Jenkinson is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the abolished seat of Workington from 2019 to the 2024 general election. He stood for the newly formed constituency of Penrith and Solway. In the 2024 United Kingdom general election,he contested Penrith and Solway but was defeated by Labour candidate Markus Campbell-Savours.
Workington man is a political term that has been used by polling companies in the United Kingdom. Named after the Cumbria town of Workington,the term was first used ahead of the 2019 general election. Workington man describes the stereotypical swing voter who it was believed would determine the election result. Their support of the Conservatives in the 2019 election helped the party break the Labour Party's Red Wall of safe seats.
Samantha Kate Dixon is a British politician who serves as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chester North and Neston. She sat for City of Chester from 2022 until the seat's abolition in 2024. A member of the Labour Party,she was Leader of Cheshire West and Chester Council from 2015 to 2019.
Whitehaven and Workington is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies,it was contested for the first time at the 2024 general election. It is currently represented by Josh MacAlister of the Labour Party since 2024.
Alan Strickland is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor since 2024.
Joshua Thomas Aderele Babarinde,,is a British Liberal Democrat politician and social entrepreneur who has been Member of Parliament for Eastbourne since 2024.
Julie Minns is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Carlisle since 2024.
Daniel Aldridge is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Weston-super-Mare since the 2024 general election.
Lloyd Hatton is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for South Dorset since 2024.
