Little Broughton

Little Broughton is a village in Cumbria, England, located 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Cockermouth. It belongs within the civil parish of Broughton.

Little Broughton
Broughton High Bridge
Little Broughton Location in Allerdale, Cumbria Little Broughton Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY076318
Civil parish	Broughton
District	Allerdale
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	COCKERMOUTH
Postcode district	CA13
Dialling code	01900
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Workington

Governance

Little Broughton is part of the Workington constituency of the UK parliament. The current Member of Parliament is Mark Jenkinson, a member of the Conservative Party. Until the 2019 General Election the Labour Party had won the seat in every general election since 1979; the Conservative Party had previously only been elected once in Workington since the Second World War: this being in the 1976 Workington by-election.[1]

For the European Parliament residents in Little Broughton voted to elect MEP's for the North West England constituency..

For Local Government purposes it is in the Broughton St Bridget's electoral ward of Allerdale Borough Council. This ward stretches north to Bridekirk with a total population at the 2011 Census of 4,178.[2] Broughton is part of the Dearham and Broughton Ward of Cumbria County Council.

The village belongs to a Broughton Parish Council, which covers Great and Little Broughton.[3]

See also

• Listed buildings in Broughton, Cumbria

References

1. "A vision of Britain website – general elections section". Retrieved 27 April 2012.
2. "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 16 June 2015.
3. "Broughton Parish Council". Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.

External links

Media related to Little Broughton at Wikimedia Commons