Josh MacAlister MP

Josh MacAlister is the Labour MP for Whitehaven and Workington, and has been an MP since 4 July 2024. MPs represent their local community’s interests and concerns in the House of Commons. MPs consider and can propose new laws as well as raising issues that matter to you in the House. MPs split their time between working in Parliament itself, working in the constituency that elected them and working for their political party.

Whitehaven Harbour Commissioners

Whitehaven Harbour Commissioners is a small not-for-profit organisation. They are responsible for protecting and managing the harbour, which is a Trust Port. This means no one owns it and a board of volunteers governs it. All of the money they make goes straight back into taking care of Whitehaven Harbour.

Whitehaven Marina Limited

Whitehaven Marina Limited is a private company. It runs the harbour's leisure and commercial facility. It is the Harbour Commissioners' tenant. The marina has 400 serviced pontoon berths and quay wall berths for larger boats. A 24/7 sea lock is accessible at almost all tides. There is also a modern boatyard and outside/undercover boat storage.

Cumberland Council

Cumberland Council is the local authority for Cumberland. It is a unitary authority, which means it’s a district council that also performs the functions of a county council. They are responsible for education, transport, planning, fire and public safety, social care, libraries, waste management, trading standards, rubbish collection, recycling, housing, and planning applications.

Whitehaven Town Council

Whitehaven Town Council is the local council for the parish of Whitehaven. They can help on a number of local issues, like providing: allotments, public clocks, bus shelters, community centres, play areas and play equipment, grants to help local organisations, consultation on neighbourhood planning. They also have the power to issue fixed penalty fines for things like: litter, graffiti, fly-posting, dog offences.

Network Rail

Network Rail is the owner and infrastructure manager of most of the railway network in the UK. Network Rail is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Transport. They repair and develop the railway infrastructure in England, Scotland and Wales. They look after 20,000 miles of track, 30,000 bridges, tunnels, and viaducts, and thousands of signals, level crossings, and stations. They also manage 20 of the country’s largest stations.

The Coal Authority

The Coal Authority is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. They manage the effects of past coal mining. This includes subsidence damage claims that are not the responsibility of licensed coal mine operators. It deals with mine water pollution and other mining legacy issues. The Coal Authority offers its skills to other government bodies, local governments, and businesses.

The Environment Agency

The Environment Agency is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. In England they’re responsible for regulating major industry and waste, treatment of contaminated land, water quality and resources, fisheries, inland river, estuary and harbour navigations, conservation and ecology. They are also responsible for managing the risk of flooding from main rivers, reservoirs, estuaries and the sea.

Clean Rivers Trust

Clean Rivers Trust is a charity. It leads research on reducing pollution from abandoned mines in the UK, Europe, and beyond. The Trust has researched pollution, including contaminated water, across much of the country. They advise national and local governments, the Environment Agency, and special interest groups. They can also help concerned individuals.

Co-Lab Engineering

Co-Lab Engineering cuts time, risk, and cost for regulated industries. They do this by integrating people, processes, and technology. They are a local company based in Whitehaven. They work in the agriculture, renewables, and nuclear sectors.

Forth Engineering

Forth Engineering is a local engineering company that finds solutions to complex problems. They are based in Flimby and work within the following sectors: nuclear, oil and gas, marine, sub-sea and renewables.

Sellafield Ltd

Sellafield Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and has offices based in Whitehaven. They clean up the country’s highest nuclear risks and hazards, safeguard nuclear fuel, materials and waste.