Putting Cumbria First, also known as CumbriaFirst, is a regional political party based in
Penrith, Cumbria. It was founded in January 2019 by local businessman Jonathan Davies with a vision of putting Cumbria's interests first.
Policies
The party's policies include:
* Increasing funding for schools
* Universal access to
4G networks
* Fully dualling the
A66 and
A69 roads
* Scrapping the
Police and Crime Commissioner for Cumbria
* Increasing front-line police
* Support for a
second Scottish Independence Referendum
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* Opposition to local government cuts
The party's leader Jonathan Davies supports giving
city status to the town of
Barrow-in-Furness.
Electoral performance
The Party Leader, Jonathan Davies, stood as an
independent candidate for
Penrith and the Border
Penrith and The Border is a constituency in Cumbria represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Neil Hudson, a Conservative.
History
Penrith and The Border was first contested in 1950 since which it has to date been g ...
in the
2017 General Election
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January
*5 November ...
. The party stood three candidates for election to both
Eden District Council and
Carlisle City Council
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at the
May 2019 local elections
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, none were successful.
The party's first local councillor, Michael Little, was elected to
Allerdale District Council at the same election. Davies stood again as a candidate in the
2019 General Election, ultimately gaining 2.2% of the vote in Penrith and the Border.
References
Locally based political parties in England
Political parties established in 2019
2019 establishments in England
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