He has decided to sign up as he believes they are the best equipped to help achieve the ambitions he has for the borough.

Copeland Mayor Mike Starkie joins Conservatives

Samantha Parker has been looking at voters election issues this time around.

Constituency profile: Copeland

A new 40-mile recreational route on the Cumbrian coast featuring cycling facilities and art installations has been given the green light.

Marathon man Gary McKee has been awarded the Freedom of the Borough of Copeland.

Copeland residents can expect a softer blend of tap water throughout this year.

Copeland Borough Council is set to request its councillor numbers to be cut from 51 to 33, saving it over £55,000 a year.

Would Theresa May have called an early Election if she’d lost in Copeland on February 23rd, asks ITV Political Correspondent Daniel Hewitt.

The council say the scheme is a simple way for local residents to save huge amounts on their energy bills.

Copeland's new MP spoke to Conservatives at the party's Spring forum in Cardiff, and pledged to deliver on her promises.

ITV Border's Political Correspondent reports on the lack of faith in politics in Copeland, ahead of the constituency's by-election.

Candidates from the major political parties will face questions from nuclear workers, at a hustings in Whitehaven this evening.

Political Correspondent Daniel Hewitt has met the candidates running in the Copeland by-election.

Fiona Mills, who was the UKIP candidate in Carlisle during the general election says she's "delighted'. 

Gillian Troughton says it's an "honour" to be selected, ahead of the tough battle for the West Cumbrian seat.

Copeland's Labour MP Jamie Reed is resigning from Parliament to take up a position at the Sellafield nuclear site.