News

New Execuitve Committee Officers Panel

Tuesday, 24 November, 2020

At a virtual Annual General Meeting of the Barrow and Furness Conservative Association, the following members were elected to the officers panel: President - Cllr Alan Pemberton Vice President - Cllr Des English Chair - Cllr Helen Irving Vice Chairs (3): Mrs Brenda Lauderdale, Mrs Jan Hancock, Mr Ben Cooper Deputy Chair (Political and Camapigning) - Cllr Ben Shirley Secretary - Mr Niyall Phillips...

Articles

Cllr. Rigg, Butcher and Jenkinson discuss flooding in Ulverston

Councillor warns against over development for fear of flood risks

22nd August 2019

Now that winter is approaching the worry is upon us all. The impact of a wet winter on our infrastructure; the A590, our rural villages, businesses and...

Opinions

Ulverston and Furness Conservative members (L-R) ; Cllr. Andrew Butcher, Cllr. Amanda Rigg, Cllr. Janette Jenkinson and Maf Haddow.

On the verge

22nd August 2019

After years of having to ask Highways England to come and cut the grass verges along the A590 from the Trinity Church to the Beehive (now the Blue Light Hub and...

Local News

Dalton North Councillor has 'bin' working hard

21st August 2019

A Borough Councillor is helping to keep his ward clean. Cllr. Daniel Edwards (Dalton North) has been lobbying the Borough Council to empty the public waste bins...

Local News

Ben Shirley at the Dalton and District Horticultural Society Show

Dalton and District Horticultural show a success after councillor's support

21st August 2019

A horticultural society was able to hold it's annual show, last weekend. At a packed garden centre in Dalton, members of the Dalton and District Horticultural...

Local News

Cllr. Des English with residents of Anchor Court, Dalton

Barrow and Dalton Conservatives raise money to take local people on a day trip up the lakes

21st August 2019

A political party has raised money so that local senior citizens can have a day out up the lakes. More than a dozen residents of Anchor Court, Dalton in Furness...

Local News

Simon Fell praises long-term investment pledge to the NHS

19th August 2019

Simon Fell, Conservative parliamentary candidate for Barrow and Furness, has hit back at claims the NHS in Barrow and Furness is not being backed by the...

Local News

Simon Fell: Thanks to the Conservatives, a record number of people are in work

16th August 2019

Simon Fell: Thanks to the Conservatives, a record number of people are in work Official ONS figures show that in the North West, there are 3,484,976 people in...

Local News

Barrow & Furness Conservatives' Prospective Parliamentary Canidate, Simon Fell

BARROW AND FURNESS SHARES IN NATIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH BOOST AS NUMBER OF WORKLESS HOUSEHOLDS CONTINUE TO FALL

4th August 2019

Barrow and Furness, along with other towns across the north-west, is seeing a real benefit from national economic growth as new figures into the number of out...

Local News

Photo of Simon Fell on Ocean Road, Walney with BAE Systems’ iconic Devonshire Dock Hall in the background.

CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE WELCOMES BORIS’ BARROW PLEDGE

26th July 2019

NEWS that Boris Johnson has given his backing to Barrow’s submarine programme has been welcomed as great news for the region, guaranteeing work for thousands of...