BY-ELECTION: Candidates for Furness Peninsula Election candidates have outlined their hopes for the Furness Peninsula ahead of the public going to the polls. Although the Cumbria County Council elections have been rescheduled to 2022, there are still seats on South Lakeland District Council that remain vacant – with by-elections to be held on May 6. Candidates have been declared for the Furness Peninsula, Broughton & Coniston, Grange, and Kendal Rural ward seats, left by councillors who have stepped down since the last elections. The Furness Peninsula candidates have explained what they think they would bring to the ward. Liberal Democrat Loraine Birchall said: “I’m a hard-working parish councillor for my area.
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