Copeland (UK Parliament constituency)

Copeland
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Copeland in Cumbria.
Location of Cumbria within England.
County	Cumbria
Electorate	63,696 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Whitehaven
Current constituency
Created	1983 (1983)
Member of Parliament	Jamie Reed (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Whitehaven
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Copeland is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

In 1983, the existing Whitehaven constituency was renamed Copeland; Jack Cunningham, who had previously been the member for Whitehaven, stood for and won the seat. Its boundaries remained unchanged, being co-terminous with the local government district of Copeland.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Cumbria, the Boundary Commission for England have created a modified Copeland seat as a consequence of population changes.

The seat moves out of the district of Copeland and into Keswick for the first time, which was the main topic in public consultations regarding the changes.

The Allerdale wards of Crummock, Dalton, Derwent Valley and Keswick are added to the Copeland district for this seat.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Jack Cunningham	Labour
	2005	Jamie Reed	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Copeland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jamie Reed	19,699	46.0	-0.7
	Conservative	Chris Whiteside	15,866	37.1	+3.6
	Liberal Democrat	Frank Hollowell	4,365	10.2	-3.7
	BNP	Clive Jefferson	1,474	3.4	N/A
	UKIP	Edward Caley-Knowles	994	2.3	+0.1
	Green	Jill Perry	389	0.9	N/A
Majority			3,833	9.0
Turnout			42,787	67.6	+5.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.1

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Copeland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jamie Reed	17,033	50.5	-1.3
	Conservative	Chris Whiteside	10,713	31.7	-5.8
	Liberal Democrat	Frank Hollowell	3,880	11.5	+0.8
	UKIP	Edward Caley-Knowles	735	2.2	N/A
	Independent	Brian Earley	734	2.2	N/A
	English Democrats	Alan Mossop	662	2.0	N/A
Majority			6,320	18.7
Turnout			33,757	62.3	-2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.2

General Election 2001: Copeland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Cunningham	17,991	51.8	-6.4
	Conservative	Mike Graham	13,027	37.5	+8.3
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Gayler	3,732	10.7	+1.5
Majority			4,964	14.3
Turnout			34,750	64.9	-11.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Copeland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Cunningham	22,328	48.7	+1.5
	Conservative	PG Davies	19,889	43.4	+0.4
	Liberal Democrat	RC Putnam	3,508	7.6	−1.5
	Natural Law	JR Sinton	148	0.3	N/A
Majority			2,439	5.3	+1.1
Turnout			45,873	83.5	+2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.5

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cumbria