Broughton is a
civil parish
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in
Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders the Scottish council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders to the north, Northumberland and County Durham to the east, North Yorkshire to the south-east, Lancash ...
, England, consisting of
Great Broughton and
Little Broughton. It is located on the
River Derwent, about east of
Workington
Workington is a coastal town and civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. The town is at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast, south-west of Carlisle and north-east of Whitehaven. At the 2021 census the ...
and west of
Cockermouth
Cockermouth is a market town and civil parish in the Cumberland unitary authority area of Cumbria, England. The name refers to the town's position by the confluence of the River Cocker into the River Derwent. At the 2021 census, the built u ...
. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,727, decreasing slightly to 1,704 at the 2011 Census.
Governance
Broughton is in the
parliamentary constituency
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of
Penrith and Solway
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.
Markus Campbell-Savours
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He is the son of Lord Campbell-Savours. Campbell-Savours is an alumnus of Birkbeck, ...
, a member of the
Labour Party, is the
Member of Parliament.
For
Local Government
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Local governments typically constitute a subdivision of a higher-level political or administrative unit, such a ...
purposes it is in the
Cumberland
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unitary authority area
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.
It was previously in the ''Broughton St Bridget's''
electoral ward
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of
Allerdale Borough Council. This ward stretched north to
Bridekirk with a total population at the 2011 Census of 4,178. Broughton was also part of the ''Dearham and Broughton'' Ward of
Cumbria County Council
Cumbria County Council was the county council for the non-metropolitan county of Cumbria in the North West of England. Established in April 1974, following its first elections held the previous year, it was an elected local government body re ...
.
The village also has its own
parish council; ''Broughton Parish Council'' which covers Great & Little Broughton.
See also
*
Listed buildings in Broughton, Cumbria
References
External links Cumbria County History Trust: Broughton
(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
Civil parishes in Cumbria
Cumberland (unitary authority)
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