Barrow Labour Town Councillors

27/05/2025

Congratulations to our new Mayor Councillor Fred Chatfield and Deputy Mayor Councillor Kay Hyland. Have an amazing year!

24/05/2025

Deputy Mayor Cllr Fred Chatfield and Cllr Beverly Morgan having a fabulous time at Furness Pride 2025 🏳️‍🌈

24/05/2025

Mayor Cllr Judith McEwan, Cllr Dani Petrova - who is also an amazing FGH staff member, and Cllr Bill McEwan celebrating 40 years of FGH

23/05/2025

Mayor Cllr Judith McEwan, Cllr Bill McEwan and Cllr Anne Burns celebrating 40 years of healthcare at Furness General Hospital (and Anne’s 40 years as a councillor).

A heartfelt thank you to every staff member and volunteer — past and present — whose dedication, compassion, and hard work have shaped FGH into what it is today. Here's to four decades of exceptional care and to many more to come!

30/04/2025

This investment from the Labour government is great news for FGH and the NHS. Greener, and saving £££ that will be reinvested into patients

UHMBT has been awarded almost £3m of national funding to install solar panels at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Furness General Hospital and Westmorland General Hospital.

27/04/2025

Deputy Mayor Cllr Fred Chatfield at the Barrow Submariners Association Remembrance Day, to remember Barrow built Australian Submarines AE1 and AE2 lost in the first world war

02/04/2025

11/03/2025

This morning Cllr Fred Chatfield attended a Q&A with the Vice Chancellor and the faculty of the University of Cumbria. Our new campus will be an exciting new facility for Barrow

08/03/2025

Mayor Judith McEwan saying it loud and clear on International Women's Day, celebrating women's achievements, dreams, aspirations and impact; without discrimination or bias 💜

14/02/2025

Councillor Fred Chatfield popped into Love Barrow Families centre today with Emma and Sophie. Fred said ‘It was really good to hear about the great work they do with local families. They are lovely people’.

05/02/2025

Walney Town Councillor Kay Hyland joined Furness First Responders for a demonstration on recognising cardiac arrest and using a defibrillator at North Scale Community Centre. Barrow Town Council provided a grant to purchase and install the defibrillator. The demonstration was very well received, and a donation was given to the First Responders. They hope to have another session in the future so if anyone is interested please get in touch with [email protected] or the community centre.

27/01/2025

Barrow Mayor Cllr Judith McEwan, Deputy Mayor Cllr Fred Chatfield and Councillors Bill McEwan, Kay Hyland and Penny Jackson attended a thought-provoking Holocaust Memorial Day assembly at Chetwynde School. It was conducted by the pupils and was very emotional. The Mayor shared a personal story about her reading The Diary of Anne Frank when she was a young girl. Thank you and well done to everyone who took part