Little Broughton


Little Broughton is a village in Cumbria, England it is located west of Cockermouth. It is in the civil parish of Broughton.

Governance

Great 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.
For the European Parliament residents in Little Broughton vote to elect MEP's for the North West England constituency..
For Local Government purposes it's 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. Broughton is part of the Dearham and Broughton Ward of Cumbria County Council.
The village also has its own parish council; Broughton Parish Council which covers Great & Little Broughton.