2027 Cumbria mayoral election
Mayoral election
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The 2027 Cumbria mayoral election is due to be held on 6 May 2027, to elect the inaugural mayor of Cumbria who will lead the Cumbria Combined Authority. It will be held at the same time as other local elections in the United Kingdom, including the elections to Cumbria's two constituent councils of Westmorland and Furness and Cumberland.[1]
6 May 2027
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Candidates
Mike Starkie, former Mayor of Copeland, was selected as the Conservative Party candidate.[2]
Libby Bateman, a former Conservative Cumbria County Council councillor, was selected as the Liberal Democrat candidate.[3]
Rory Stewart, former Conservative (and briefly independent) MP for Penrith and the Border, has refused to rule out running for the mayoralty as an independent.[4][5]
The mayor will be a member of the Mayoral Council for England and the Council of the Nations and Regions.