Penrith and Cockermouth (UK Parliament constituency)

Penrith and Cockermouth
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1918 (1918)–1950 (1950)
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Penrith and The Border and Workington
Created from	Cockermouth and Penrith

Penrith and Cockermouth was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Penrith and Cockermouth in Cumberland, England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

History

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	James William Lowther	Speaker
	1921	Sir H. Cecil Lowther	Coalition Conservative
	1922	Levi Collison	Liberal
	1923	Arthur Carlyne Niven Dixey	Conservative
	1935	Alan Vincent Gandar Dower	Conservative
1950		constituency abolished: see Penrith & The Border

Elections

Penrith and Cockermouth by-election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Cecil Lowther	7,678	50.1
	Liberal	Levi Collison	7,647	49.9
Majority			31	0.2
Turnout			15,325	74.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Penrith	Constituency represented by the Speaker 1918–1921	Succeeded by Halifax