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The Liberal Democrats hold a majority on Westmorland and Furness Council

Endmoor is run by Westmorland and Furness Council, with Preston Richard parish council for local matters. The Liberal Democrats have a majority on Westmorland and Furness Council. Its MP is Lizzi Collinge (Labour), member for Morecambe and Lunesdale.

Council tax 2026–27

£2,510

Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.

Where it goes →
Band D council tax
£2,510
2026–27, a year
Ward councillors
1
1 ward · Westmorland and Furness
MP
Lizzi Collinge
Labour · Morecambe and Lunesdale
Turnout, July 2024
63%
Morecambe and Lunesdale · England 60%
What stands out · In brief

How Endmoor’s politics has changed since 2021

A majority on Westmorland and Furness Council

The Liberal Democrats hold a majority on Westmorland and Furness Council: 36 of its 65 seats as elected. Labour holds 15, the Conservatives 10, independents 2, the Greens 1 and Reform UK 1. Who’s in charge ↓

Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.

Who’s in charge

Who holds the seats

Seats by party as elected. A party needs 33 of Westmorland and Furness’s 65 seats to run the council alone.

Unitary council · 65 councillorsWestmorland and Furness CouncilLiberal Democrat majority
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  • Liberal Democrat36
  • Labour15
  • Conservative10
  • Independent2
  • Green1
  • Reform UK1

Latest election: May 2022.

GreenLabourLiberal DemocratIndependentConservativeReform UK

Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.

Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.

Who runs Endmoor

The councils that run Endmoor

One council runs every main service here.

Town or parish councilPreston Richard parish council

Local matters: allotments, play areas, halls, footpaths and benches; it is consulted on planning and adds a precept to the council tax bill. A town council is a parish council by another name.

100% of Endmoor’s residents · Band D precept £53

Unitary councilWestmorland and Furness Council

Every main council service: schools, social care, roads, bins, planning, housing and libraries.

Website ↗

Who to ask

Bins and recyclingWestmorland and Furness Council
Planning applicationsWestmorland and Furness Council
Council housing and homelessnessWestmorland and Furness Council
Council tax billsWestmorland and Furness Council
Parks and leisure centresWestmorland and Furness Council
Allotments, play areas, benchesPreston Richard parish council
Potholes, roads and streetlightsWestmorland and Furness Council
Schools and school placesWestmorland and Furness Council
Adult and children’s social careWestmorland and Furness Council
LibrariesWestmorland and Furness Council
Tips and recycling centresWestmorland and Furness Council
Police priorities and budgetCumbria Constabulary police and crime commissioner
Fire safety visitsCumbria PFCC - Fire and Rescue

From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: here one council runs every main service.

Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.

Who represents Endmoor

From the parish to Westminster

Every elected tier that speaks for Endmoor, from the most recent elections.

  1. 1
    Town or parishParish tier
    Preston Richard parish council
  2. 2
    Westmorland and Furness Council1 ward · 1 councillor
    Janet Mary Battye
  3. 3
    Police and crime commissionerCumbria Constabulary · elected May 2024
    David Allen
  4. 4
    House of CommonsMorecambe and Lunesdale
LabourLiberal Democrat

Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.

Councillors

1 councillor for 1 ward

Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.

Levens and Crooklands
630 residents · 16% in Endmoor
  • Janet Mary BattyeLiberal Democrat · May 2022
Liberal Democrat
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WardSeatsElectedWhen
Levens and Crooklands16% in Endmoor · 630 residents1 seat · May 20221
Janet Mary Battye
May 2022

Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Westmorland and Furness Council’s website lists who sits now.

Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).

Local elections

Westmorland and Furness council election, May 2022

Results in the wards that make up Endmoor, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.

Seats won in Endmoor’s wards1 seat · 5 May 2022
Liberal Democrat1

1 ward voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.

Next elections

No election is scheduled yet for Endmoor’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.

Who can I vote for? ↗
Levens and Crooklands5 May 2022
Janet Mary Battye ElectedLiberal Democrat64.4%
Kevin HolmesConservative31.4%
Hilary PickupGreen4.2%

1,718 votes for candidates

ConservativeLiberal DemocratGreen

Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.

Parliament

Endmoor is in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency

The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Endmoor).

Morecambe and Lunesdale · general election4 July 2024
Lizzi Collinge ElectedLabour40.8%
David MorrisConservative28.7%
Barry ParsonsReform UK16.3%
Peter JacksonLiberal Democrat9.9%
Gina DowdingGreen4.3%

48,059 votes for candidates · majority 5,815

MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale

Lizzi Collinge

Labour, MP since 4 July 2024.

63%

turnout in July 2024: 48,059 votes from 76,424 registered voters. England: 60%.

Majority 5,815 of 48,059 votes (12.1%): the 235th-narrowest of 543 in England.

LabourConservativeLiberal DemocratReform UKGreen

MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.

Council money

Endmoor’s Band D council tax is £2,510 a year

Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.

COUNCIL TAXBand D · 2026–27 · a Band D home in Preston Richard
Preston Richard parish councilparish precept£52.72
Westmorland and Furness Councilcouncil£2,014.73
Cumbria PFCC - Policepolice and crime£338.94
Cumbria PFCC - Fire and Rescue Authorityfire and rescue£103.14
A year£2,509.53
Bills by band run from 6/9 of Band D (Band A) to 18/9 (Band H). Discounts and support reduce many bills.

Westmorland and Furness Council keeps £2,014.73 of a Band D bill (80%); the rest goes to the Preston Richard parish council, the Cumbria PFCC - Police and the Cumbria PFCC - Fire and Rescue Authority.

Your bill by band

Band A 6/9£1,673
Band B 7/9£1,952
Band C 8/9£2,231
Band D 9/9£2,510
Band E 11/9£3,067
Band F 13/9£3,625
Band G 15/9£4,183
Band H 18/9£5,019

A Band D home in Preston Richard, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.

Council budgets per resident, 2026–27

ServiceWestmorland and Furnessvs England
Adult social care£540+£53
Children’s social care£241−£49
Roads and transport£92+£51
Housing (not council homes’ rents)£24−£37
Bins, street cleaning, environment£180+£61
Libraries, leisure, culture£38−£6
Planning and development£60+£34
Public health£43−£35
Running the council£71+£12
Other£0−£19
Endmoor’s councils, per residentEngland, all councils
Show as a table, with Cumbria
Westmorland and FurnessEndmoor’s councilsCumbriaEngland
Adult social care£540£540£487
Children’s social care£241£241£290
Roads and transport£92£92£41
Housing (not council homes’ rents)£24£24£61
Bins, street cleaning, environment£180£180£119
Libraries, leisure, culture£38£38£44
Planning and development£60£60£26
Public health£43£43£78
Running the council£71£71£59
Other£0£0£19
Total, schools apart£1,290£1,290£1,234

Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Cumbria and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.

Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.

Get involved

Having a say in how Endmoor is run

Register to vote

It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.

gov.uk ↗
Contact your councillors or MP

Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.

WriteToThem ↗
Report a pothole or a broken streetlight

GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.

gov.uk ↗
Watch or speak at a council meeting

Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.

westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk ↗
Comment on a planning application

Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.

westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk ↗
Stand for election

The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.

Electoral Commission ↗

Questions about how Endmoor is run

Which council runs Endmoor?

Endmoor is run by Westmorland and Furness Council.

Does Endmoor have a town council?

Yes: Endmoor has its own parish-tier council (Preston Richard parish council; town councils are parish councils by another name), which adds £53 to a Band D bill in 2026–27.

Who is the MP for Endmoor?

Lizzi Collinge (Labour) is the MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale, which covers Endmoor.

How many councillors does Endmoor have?

1 ward councillors represent Endmoor’s 1 ward.

When are the next elections in Endmoor?

No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Endmoor’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.

How much is council tax in Endmoor?

Band D council tax in Endmoor is £2,510 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).

Who controls Westmorland and Furness Council?

The Liberal Democrats have a majority: 36 of 65 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.

Who won the 2022 council election in Endmoor?

In Endmoor’s wards on 5 May 2022, Liberal Democrat 1 of the 1 seats up. The Liberal Democrats had the largest share of votes, 64.4%.

Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

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