In 1974 the urban district was abolished and since then the town has been administered by Keswick Town Council and Allerdale Borough Council.[67] Since 2010 Keswick has been in the Copeland parliamentary constituency, having previously been part of Workington and before that Penrith and The Border.[68] The electoral ward of Keswick stretches beyond the confines of the parish boundary and at the 2011 Census had a total population of 5,243.[69]