[#1635] Implement LG reorg for East Cumbria: Westmorland and Furness Council

[mdeuk]

This ticket covers the implementation of LG re-organisation in East Cumbria.

New organisation:

• Westmorland and Furness Council

⚠️ Note: We currently list the Westmorland and Furness Shadow Authority - body 138729.

Predecessors:

• Barrow in Furness Borough Council - body 61
• Cumbria County Council - body 147
• Eden District Council - body 184
• South Lakeland District Council body 353

⚠️ Note: The functions of the County Council are being split between the two new unitary authorities.

Relevant legislation / links

• The Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022
• Local Government Reorganisation - Delivering Two New Councils for Cumbria
• DLUHC Cumbria, Somerset and North Yorkshire councils direction: explanatory note

Related

• Local Gov re-organisation 2023 #1635
• [#1635] Implement LG reorg for West Cumbria: Cumberland Council #1636

[mdeuk]

Local media reports that there is a new Parish Council due to be created for Barrow-in-Furness. We should ensure that we list this.

[mdeuk]

Bodies have been tagged with lg_reorg2023 tags which are linked to tag based notes.

Body	Tag added
Barrow in Furness Borough Council	lg_reorg2023:east-cumbria
Cumbria County Council	lg_reorg2023:cumbria
Eden District Council	lg_reorg2023:east-cumbria
South Lakeland District Council	lg_reorg2023:east-cumbria

[mdeuk]

District and Borough Councils marked as defunct as of 12:01am with redirect in place to the successor body.

County Council marked as defunct, with redirect in place to the two new unitaries, along with the PFCC and FRS.

[HelenWDTK]

Closing as complete