Carlisle Cathedral, in the Cumberland council area — Carlisle Cathedral: a photograph of the Cumberland area, not of Harraby South itself. Eirian Evans / CC BY-SA 2.0

Harraby South by-election

Polls closed on 20 August 2026 from 7am to 10pm. One seat on Cumberland, contested by 5 candidates.

Polls have closed and the count is under way. We will publish the result here once the council declares it. We would rather leave this blank than print a projection.

Who is standing

Every candidate on the ballot paper, in alphabetical order, exactly as the council published them.

Josh KirkwoodReform UK
Rob CurrieConservative and Unionist Party
Rose-Ellen KempGreen Party
Ruth Elizabeth AlcroftLabour Party
Stuart KellyLiberal Democrats

Party names link to our own page on where that party stands. Candidates standing as independents, or for parties we do not cover, are listed without a link rather than pointed somewhere that does not describe them.

Every by-election, ward by ward