Putting Cumbria First

Putting Cumbria First
Leader	Jonathan Davies
Founded	14 January 2019[1]
Headquarters	Mile Lane Penrith Cumbria CA11 0BX[1]
Membership	190 (2019)[2]
Ideology	Localism
Council seats in Cumbria	1 / 343
Website
http://www.puttingcumbriafirst.co.uk
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Putting Cumbria First, also known as CumbriaFirst, is a regional political party based in Penrith, Cumbria. It was founded in January 2019 by local businessman Jonathan Davies with a vision of putting Cumbria's interests first.[2]

Policies

The party's policies include:[3]

• Increasing funding for schools
• Universal access to 4G networks
• Fully dualling the A66 and A69 roads
• Scrapping the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cumbria
• Increasing front-line police
• Support for a second Scottish Independence Referendum
• Opposition to local government cuts

The party's leader Jonathan Davies supports giving city status to the town of Barrow-in-Furness.[4]

Electoral performance

The Party Leader, Jonathan Davies, stood as an independent candidate for Penrith and the Border in the 2017 General Election.[5] The party stood three candidates for election to both Eden District Council and Carlisle City Council at the May 2019 local elections, none were successful.[6][7]

The party's first local councillor, Michael Little, was elected to Allerdale District Council at the same election.[8] Davies stood again as a candidate in the 2019 General Election, ultimately gaining 2.2% of the vote in Penrith and the Border.[9]

References

1. "View registration - The Electoral Commission". search.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
2. "New political party aiming to put Cumbria first". Cumberland and Westmorland Herald. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
3. "Our Manifesto". Putting Cumbria First. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
4. Fenton, Amy (24 December 2019). "City status debate for Barrow and Penrith in Cumbria". North-West Evening Mail. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
5. "Penrith & The Border parliamentary constituency - Election 2017". Retrieved 11 November 2019.
6. "election-results". www.carlisle.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
7. "Eden District ward election 2 May 2019 results". www.eden.gov.uk.
8. "Borough election result 2019". www.allerdale.gov.uk. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
9. "Penrith and the Border Constituency". Eden District Council. Retrieved 16 December 2019.