Local Councillors are elected by the community to decide how the council should carry out its various activities. They represent public interest as well as individuals living within the ward in which he or she has been elected to serve a term of office.
They have regular contact with the general public through council meetings, telephone calls or surgeries. Surgeries provide an opportunity for any ward resident to go and talk their councillor face to face and these take place on a regular basis.
Councillors are not paid a salary for their work, but they do receive allowances. By law, all members of the Council are required to complete a declaration of interest form, the details of which are published annually.
There are 36 Councillors elected to Barrow Borough Council. Borough Councillors tend to deal with issues around council housing, planning, licensing, refuse collection, the local services and local environment.
To find your councillor please use the below links:
Parkside
Labour
Deputy Mayor and Lead Member for Climate Emergency
Walney North
Labour
Central
Labour
Ormsgill
Labour
Lead Member for Community
Newbarns
Conservative
Hindpool
Labour
Walney North
Labour
Lead Member for Arts, Culture and Leisure, Licensing and Public Protection Services and Sport
Walney South
Labour
Lead Member of Media
Dalton North
Conservative
Hawcoat
Furness Independent Councillors
Leader of Furness Independent Group
Roosecote
Conservative
Newbarns
Conservative
Leader of the Conservative Group
Risedale
Labour
Walney North
Labour
Barrow Island
Labour
Dalton South
Labour
Newbarns
Furness Independent Councillors
Ormsgill
Labour
Roosecote
Furness Independent Councillors
Parkside
Communist Party of Britain
Ormsgill
Labour
Lead Member for Children, Young People and Families and Safeguarding Champion
Dalton South
Labour
Hawcoat
Conservative
Risedale
Labour
Mayor and Lead Member for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Parkside
Labour
Deputy Leader of the Council and the Labour Group and Lead Member for Housing Strategy and Homelessness (Excluding Housing Stock), as well as Economic Development and Strategic Partnerships and Human Resources
Central
Labour
Dalton North
Labour
Risedale
Labour
Dalton North
Conservative
Deputy Leader of the Conservative Group
Walney South
Labour
Hindpool
Labour
Walney South
Labour
Lead Member for Heritage and Wildlife
Hawcoat
Conservative
Roosecote
Conservative