 As a civil parish, the villages have a parish council which usually meets monthly, normally the third Tuesday of each month. All eight councillors will be up for election at the forthcoming English local government elections on 3 May 2007. The villages also fall into the Dalton North ward of the borough, with voters electing three councillors to represent them on the council. The ward also elects one councillor to represent it on Cumbria County Council. It is part of the Barrow and Furness parliamentary constituency, represented by Labour MP John Woodcock. According to the most recent census, in 2001, the population of the (civil) parish is 3,632, with an even balance of male and female.
