Ulverston is a market town and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness,Cumbria,England. Historically in Lancashire,it lies a few miles south of the Lake District National Park and just north-west of Morecambe Bay,within the Furness Peninsula. Lancaster is 39 miles (63 km) to the east,Barrow-in-Furness 10 miles (16 km) to the south-west and Kendal 25 miles (40 km) to the north-east. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 11,524,increasing at the 2011 census to 11,678.
Barrow-in-Furness is a port town and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria,England. Historically in Lancashire,it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. The borough was merged into the new Westmorland and Furness district in 2023. At the tip of the Furness peninsula,close to the Lake District,it is bordered by Morecambe Bay,the Duddon Estuary and the Irish Sea. In 2021,Barrow's population was 55,489,making it the second largest urban area in Cumbria after Carlisle,and the largest in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority.
Michelle Angela Gildernew is an Irish Sinn Féin politician from County Tyrone,Northern Ireland. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Fermanagh and South Tyrone from 2017 to 2024,after previously holding the seat from 2001 to 2015.
Carolyn Parrish is a Canadian politician who has served as the mayor of Mississauga since June 24,2024. She was a member of the House of Commons from 1993 to 2006 representing ridings in Mississauga,Ontario;initially as a Liberal Party MP,and then as an independent MP from 2004 to 2006 following her removal from the party. She became a city councillor for Mississauga City Council in 2006,and remained there until 2010,when she was defeated by Ron Starr. After a brief retirement from politics,Parrish contested and won the position of Councillor for Ward 5 in the 2014 municipal election. She resigned on March 15,2024 to successfully contest the 2024 Mississauga mayoral by-election and took office on June 24.
Dalton-in-Furness is a town in Westmorland and Furness,Cumbria,England,4 miles (6 km) north east of Barrow-in-Furness. Along with the rest of the Furness peninsula,it was historically part of Lancashire. It is in the parish of Dalton Town with Newton,alongside the nearby hamlet of Newton-in-Furness. In 2011 it had a population of 7,827.
Barrow and Furness,formerly known as Barrow-in-Furness,is a UK Parliament constituency in Cumbria. It has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Michelle Scrogham of the Labour Party since 2024.
Ulverston Victoria High School (UVHS) is a secondary school and sixth form located in the town of Ulverston,Cumbria,England. It is the successor school to Ulverston Grammar School and Victoria Secondary Modern,which were combined in 1967 to form Ulverston Comprehensive School. This school ultimately became UVHS.
Mandy Telford is the former President of National Union of Students from 2002 to 2004,having served the previous two years as President of NUS Scotland. She was the fifth woman to hold the NUS presidency and was twice elected as the Labour Students candidate.
Layla Michelle Moran is a British Liberal Democrat politician. She has served as the Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee since September 2024,and has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Oxford West and Abingdon since 2017.
John Zak Woodcock,Baron Walney is a British politician and life peer who formerly acted as the Conservative government’s independent adviser on political violence and disruption and is currently in position under the Labour government. He had previously served as a Labour Co-op and then independent Member of Parliament (MP) for Barrow and Furness from 2010 to 2019. He has sat as a crossbencher in the House of Lords since 2021,previously sitting as a non-affiliated peer.
Michelle Leanne Landry is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2013 federal election,representing the Division of Capricornia. Landry served as the Assistant Minister for Children and Families (2018–2022) and as the Assistant Minister for Northern Australia (2020–2022) in the Morrison government. She is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland,and sits with the Nationals in federal parliament.
Susan Mary Hayman,Baroness Hayman of Ullock is a British politician and life peer who has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs since July 2024. 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.
Marie Elizabeth Rimmer,is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for St Helens South and Whiston since 2015.
Helen Elizabeth Hayes is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dulwich and West Norwood since 2015. She was subsequently elected Chair of the House of Commons Education Select Committee in September 2024.
Good is a South African social democratic political party that was formed in December 2018.
Simon Richard James Fell is a British Conservative Party politician,who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Barrow and Furness from 2019 to 2024.
Westmorland and Furness is a unitary authority area in Cumbria,England. The economy is mainly focused on tourism around both the Lake District and Cumbria Coast,shipbuilding and the port in Barrow-in-Furness,and agriculture in the rural parts of the area.
Elsie-Jane Blundell is a British Labour politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Heywood and Middleton North since 2024.
