Rishi Sunak has ruled out a general election on the same day that Cumbrians go to the polls to elect the county’s police, fire and crime commissioner (PFCC).

Cumbrians will go and vote in large numbers for the first time since 2021 on May 2 but the prime minister has ruled out calling a general election on that date.

Speaking to ITV News West Country, Mr Sunak said "There won't be a general election on that day but when there is a general election, what matters is the choice."

Speculation has been rife in Westminster over when Mr Sunak will call an election after he confirmed that the next general election would be this year.

The latest possible date he can call an election is January 28 next year following the most recent election in December 2019 which the Conservatives won by a landslide.

The Labour Party are set to win all of the seats in Cumbria according to the last set of polling data.

Labour have moved ahead of the Conservative Party in the polls over the course of the last two years and are on track for a substantial majority in the commons if a general election were held today according to online analyst ‘Election Maps UK’.

The latest projections would see Labour win the new seats of Carlisle, Penrith and the Solway and Whitehaven and Workington following boundary changes in Cumbria.

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The new Carlisle constituency will run from the western edge of the city and take in an area north, almost as far as Kielder Water, Whitehaven and Workington will take everything from South of the river Derwent in Workington and all of the current Copeland constituency, with the exception of Black Combe and Scafell, and Millom.

Penrith and the Solway will run from Seaton in Workington and encompass Maryport, Cockermouth, the Solway and Keswick with the northern point being Alston Moor.

The Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats have all named their candidates for the PFCC election in Cumbria.