POLLS have opened as voters decide who they want to be their MP.

The polls opened at 7am and will close at 10pm.

Voters are reminded to bring a valid form of voter ID such as a passport, a driving licence, a blue badge, an older person’s bus pass or a disabled person’s bus pass.

Following the 2023 review of Westminster Constituencies, the Copeland constituency was abolished and the wards of Millom as well as Black Combe & Scafell will join the Barrow and Furness constituency area.

The MP for Barrow and Furness will represent towns and villages including Barrow, Dalton, Ulverston, Millom, Broughton, Askam and Kirkby in Parliament.

The candidates

Standing for election in Barrow and Furness are Adrian Waite for the Liberal Democrats, Simon Fell for the Conservative Party, Michelle Scrogham for the Labour Party, Barry Morgan for Reform UK, Lisa Morgan for the Party of Women and Lorraine Wrennall for the Green Party.

The 2019 results

In December 2019, Conservative candidate Simon Fell won 51.9 per cent of the vote share and was elected as MP for the area. Labour candidate Chris Altree came second with 18,087 votes which represented 39.3 per cent of the vote.

Lorraine Birchall, the Liberal Democrat candidate, came third with 4.4 per cent of the vote, Ged McGrath of the Brexit Party came fourth with 2.9 per cent of the vote and Chris Loynes from the Green Party received 1.5 per cent of the vote. The turnout was 65.6 per cent.