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Barrow and Furness

Current MP, latest election result, geographic context and official constituency information.

At a glance

Current MP
Michelle Scrogham
Party
Labour
Latest election
4 July 2024
Electorate
74,980
Turnout
56.3%
Majority
5,324

Where is Barrow and Furness?

The map shows this constituency alongside neighbouring parliamentary constituencies for geographic context.

Barrow and Furness Whitehaven and Workington Blackpool North and Fleetwood Westmorland and Lonsdale Blackpool South Lancaster and Wyre Fylde Morecambe and Lunesdale Penrith and Solway Southport Preston South Ribble Ribble Valley Chorley Blackburn Hyndburn Rossendale and Darwen Pendle and Clitheroe Burnley Dumfries and Galloway Skipton and Ripon Bishop Auckland Calder Valley Hexham Keighley and Ilkley Richmond and Northallerton Halifax Shipley Bradford West Bradford South Bradford East Darlington Huddersfield Leeds North West North Durham Spen Valley City of Durham Leeds West and Pudsey Leeds Central and Headingley Leeds South West and Morley Dewsbury and Batley Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor Harrogate and Knaresborough Ossett and Denby Dale Thirsk and Malton England
Barrow and Furness

Boundary data: ONS Open Geography Portal.

Local context

About this constituency

Barrow and Furness covers the Furness peninsula and neighbouring parts of south-west Cumbria. It is centred on Barrow-in-Furness and includes Dalton-in-Furness, Walney Island and the surrounding urban wards, then extends north through Ulverston and into communities around the Duddon estuary, Millom and the southern Lake District edge. Barrow is by far the largest urban centre, while Ulverston and Millom provide smaller town centres for more dispersed rural and coastal communities. The seat has a distinctive maritime geography, with Morecambe Bay, the Irish Sea and the Duddon estuary defining much of its edge. Inland, the landscape becomes increasingly rural and upland toward the Lake District, producing a marked contrast with industrial and residential Barrow.

Description last reviewed 30 August 2026.

Current MP

Michelle Scrogham MP

Labour

Represents Barrow and Furness in the House of Commons.

Latest election

2024 General Election

Held on 4 July 2024

Winning party
Labour
Majority
5,324
Turnout
56.3%
Full candidate result (6 candidates)
CandidatePartyVotesShareChange
Michelle ScroghamElectedLabour18,53743.9%5.7%
Simon FellConservative13,21331.3%-21.8%
Barry MorganReform UK7,03516.7%14.0%
Adrian WaiteLiberal Democrat1,6804.0%-0.5%
Lorraine WrennallGreen Party1,4663.5%1.9%
Lisa MorganParty of Women2900.7%

Election data comes from UK Parliament. Turnout percentage is calculated by Project Open Gov from Parliament's turnout and electorate figures.

People and place

A population and household snapshot for Barrow and Furness, using validated House of Commons Library constituency datasets.

Estimated population98,553
EstimateMid-2024 estimate
Region / nationNorth West

Age profile

0 to 1718.5% · 18,209 people
18 to 246.7% · 6,601 people
25 to 3412.4% · 12,219 people
35 to 4916.9% · 16,698 people
50 to 6421.9% · 21,617 people
65 and over23.5% · 23,209 people

Population figures are mid-2024 estimates from the House of Commons Library. Project Open Gov calculates the estimated population shown above by summing the six published age-band counts. View population source ↗

Home ownership and renting

Housing tenure shows how households in this constituency described their home at the most recent census.

44,942 householdsCensus 2021
Home owners72.7% · 32,680 households
Private renters16.1% · 7,256 households
Social renters10.8% · 4,863 households
Other tenure0.3% · 143 households

“Other tenure” combines shared ownership and households recorded as living rent free.

Housing-tenure figures come from the most recent census: 2021 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 2022 in Scotland. View housing-tenure source ↗

Household composition

A broad view of household types in this constituency. Project Open Gov uses the four broad groups supplied by the Commons Library so the presentation remains consistent across the UK.

44,944 householdsCensus 2021
One-person households35.2% · 15,801 households
Families with dependent children23.6% · 10,629 households
Other single-family households39.0% · 17,544 households
Other household types2.2% · 970 households

Household-composition figures come from the Commons Library constituency dataset. The source uses census data and Project Open Gov displays its broad household groups rather than attempting to harmonise the detailed categories itself. View household-composition source ↗

Disability and day-to-day activities

The source records whether day-to-day activities are limited and uses separate person-level tables for England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

97,425 people in the source baseCensus 2021Source comparison: England & Wales
Day-to-day activities limited a lot9.4% · 9,123 people
Day-to-day activities limited a little11.5% · 11,240 people
Not disabled under the Equality Act79.1% · 77,062 people

Comparison note: the workbook uses different source terminology across the UK: England & Wales uses “Disabled under the Equality Act”, while Scotland and Northern Ireland use “Disabled” / “Non-disabled”. Project Open Gov therefore preserves the source categories and does not present them as one single like-for-like UK legal definition.

Disability figures come from the Commons Library constituency workbook. This profile uses the person-level tables only; the workbook also contains separate household-level disability tables which are not used here. View disability source ↗

This constituency in Parliament

A high-confidence subset of current-session parliamentary records from this constituency's current MP where the full constituency name is stated explicitly in the written question, debate title or recorded section.

This is not a complete record of every local issue raised in Parliament. Project Open Gov does not currently infer a constituency connection from the MP relationship alone, speech text, nearby place names or other local entities.

Written question13 May 2026

Driving Tests: Barrow and Furness

Raised by Michelle Scrogham MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to practical driving tests in Barrow and Furness constituency; and whether she has made an assessment of trends in the level of (a) waiting times,…

Petitions

Open UK Government and Parliament petitions that have reached at least 10,000 signatures nationally, ranked here by the number of signatures recorded in this constituency.

Petition signatures are not a poll and do not show what the constituency as a whole thinks. A person can also sign more than one petition.

Open petitionCloses 6 September 2026

Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office

Signatures in this constituency417
Signatures nationally206,593

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 6 July 2026

Open petitionCloses 24 September 2026

Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance

Signatures in this constituency385
Signatures nationally129,565

Government response published · 100,000-signature debate threshold reached

Open petitionCloses 12 September 2026

Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership

Signatures in this constituency342
Signatures nationally244,689

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 29 June 2026

Open petitionCloses 1 October 2026

Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership

Signatures in this constituency276
Signatures nationally196,369

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 14 September 2026

Open petitionCloses 10 October 2026

Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth

Signatures in this constituency198
Signatures nationally112,993

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 7 September 2026

View 73 more petitions
Open petitionCloses 20 November 2026

Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks

Signatures in this constituency155
Signatures nationally118,715

Government response published · 100,000-signature debate threshold reached

Open petitionCloses 17 October 2026

Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills

Signatures in this constituency138
Signatures nationally110,856

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 6 July 2026

Open petitionCloses 21 October 2026

Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases

Signatures in this constituency109
Signatures nationally105,312

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 19 October 2026

Signature counts come from the official UK Government and Parliament petitions data and may change while a petition remains open. Browse official petitions ↗

Funding and local projects

National Lottery grants awarded to organisations recorded in this parliamentary constituency since 4 July 2024.

The constituency is based on the recipient organisation recorded in the source data. The funded activity may sometimes take place across a wider area.

Grants recorded75
Total awarded£4,892,666

Most recent awards

National Lottery grantAwarded 30 June 2026

Storm Dave Left Us Exposed

Dalton-in-Furness Cricket Club

£4,794

Sport England · Sport

About this award

This project will replace roll on covers that were destroyed during a recent storm. The new covers will enable the club to provide a consistent programme with no interruptions due to the weather.

National Lottery grantAwarded 29 June 2026

From Page to Stage: Millom

Millom Music School CIC

£19,834

The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment

About this award

Millom Music School CIC - Community - National Lottery Awards for All England

National Lottery grantAwarded 17 June 2026

Neighbourhood Mix Project (3rd Submission)

Grant to individual

£22,367

Arts Council England · Arts

About this award

Neighbourhood Mix Project (3rd Submission) - Music - National Lottery Project Grants

National Lottery grantAwarded 17 June 2026

Building a Resilient Advice Network for South Cumbria’s Health Inequalities

Barrow Citizens Advice Bureau

£300,000

The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment

About this award

Barrow Citizens Advice Bureau - Health & Wellbeing - RC North East and Cumbria Region

National Lottery grantAwarded 15 June 2026

Thorns Girls Miniballers

Barrow Junior Basketball Club

£4,119

Sport England · Sport

About this award

This project will establish regular open basketball sessions for 15 girls aged 7-9. One hour sessions will be delivered weekly for 40 weeks. Towards the end of the project, the girls will enter tournaments or leagues. Funding will support facility hire, equipment and coaching costs.

70 more awards are available.

Source: DCMS National Lottery Grants Database. The figures shown cover awards from 4 July 2024 to 1 July 2026. View official grants data ↗

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