List of parliamentary constituencies in Cumbria

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The county of Cumbria, is divided into 6 Parliamentary constituencies - 1 Borough constituency for the City of Carlisle and 5 County constituencies.

Constituencies

Further information: 2019 United Kingdom general election

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat

Name Electorate[1] Majority[2][nb 1] Member of Parliament[2] Nearest opposition[2] Electoral wards[3] Map
Barrow and Furness 70,158 5,789 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Simon Fell† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Chris Altree‡ Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council: Barrow Island, Central, Dalton North, Dalton South, Hawcoat, Hindpool, Newbarns, Ormsgill, Parkside, Risedale, Roosecote, Walney North, Walney South. South Lakeland District Council: Broughton, Crake Valley, Low Furness & Swarthmoor, Ulverston Central, Ulverston East, Ulverston North, Ulverston South, Ulverston Town, Ulverston West.
A small constituency in the south of the county. It includes a long but very thin island to the west of the mainland part of the constituency.
Carlisle 65,105 8,319 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | John Stevenson† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Ruth Alcroft‡ Carlisle City Council: Belah, Belle Vue, Botcherby, Burgh, Castle, Currock, Dalston, Denton Holme, Harraby, Morton, St Aidans, Stanwix Urban, Upperby, Wetheral, Yewdale.
A small constituency, to the north of the centre of the county.
Copeland 61,693 5,842 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Trudy Harrison† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Tony Lywood‡ Allerdale Borough Council: Crummock, Dalton, Derwent Valley, Keswick. Copeland Borough Council: Arlecdon, Beckermet, Bootle, Bransty, Cleator Moor North, Cleator Moor South, Distington, Egremont North, Egremont South, Ennerdale, Frizington, Gosforth, Harbour, Haverigg, Hensingham, Hillcrest, Holborn Hill, Kells, Millom Without, Mirehouse, Moresby, Newtown, St Bees, Sandwith, Seascale.
A medium-sized constituency found in the south west of the county.
Penrith and The Border 67,555 18,519 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Neil Hudson† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sarah Williams‡ Allerdale Borough Council: Warnell, Wigton. Carlisle City Council: Brampton, Great Corby and Geltsdale, Hayton, Irthing, Longtown & Rockcliffe, Lyne, Stanwix Rural. Eden District Council: Alston Moor, Appleby (Appleby), Appleby (Bongate), Askham, Brough, Crosby Ravensworth, Dacre, Eamont, Greystoke, Hartside, Hesket, Kirkby Stephen, Kirkby Thore, Kirkoswald, Langwathby, Lazonby, Long Marton, Morland, Orton With Tebay, Penrith Carleton, Penrith East, Penrith North, Penrith Pategill, Penrith South, Penrith West, Ravenstonedale, Shap, Skelton, Ullswater, Warcop.
A large constituency, comprising the north and east of the county, and almost entirely surrounding a smaller constituency in the north.
Westmorland and Lonsdale 67,789 1,934 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Tim Farron¤ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | James Airey† South Lakeland District Council: Arnside & Beetham, Burneside, Burton & Holme, Cartmel, Coniston, Crooklands, Grange, Hawkshead, Holker, Kendal Castle, Kendal Far Cross, Kendal Fell, Kendal Glebelands, Kendal Heron Hill, Kendal Highgate, Kendal Kirkland, Kendal Mintsfeet, Kendal Nether, Kendal Oxenholme, Kendal Parks, Kendal Stonecross, Kendal Strickland, Kendal Underley, Kirkby Lonsdale, Lakes Ambleside, Lakes Grasmere, Levens, Lyth Valley, Milnthorpe, Natland, Sedbergh, Staveley-in-Cartmel, Staveley-in-Westmorland, Whinfell, Windermere Applethwaite, Windermere Bowness North, Windermere Bowness South, Windermere Town.
A medium-to-large constituency in the south of the county.
Workington 61,370 4,176 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mark Jenkinson† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sue Hayman‡ Allerdale Borough Council: All Saints, Aspatria, Boltons, Broughton St Bridget's, Christchurch, Clifton, Ellen, Ellenborough, Ewanrigg, Flimby, Harrington, Holme, Marsh, Moorclose, Moss Bay, Netherhall, St John's, St Michael's, Seaton, Silloth, Solway, Stainburn, Wampool, Waver, Wharrels.
A medium constituency in the west of the county.

From 2010

Name[nb 2] Pre-2010 Boundaries Post-2010 Boundaries
  1. Barrow and Furness CC
  2. Carlisle BC
  3. Copeland CC
  4. Penrith and The Border CC
  5. Westmorland and Lonsdale CC
  6. Workington CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Cumbria
Parliamentary constituencies in Cumbria
Post-2010 Boundaries
Post-2010 Boundaries

Proposed boundary changes

The Boundary Commission for England submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (the 2018 review) in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before Parliament they were not brought forward by the Government for approval. Accordingly, they did not come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010.

Under the terms of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota.

On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Chloe Smith, issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries. They propose to bring forward primary legislation to remove the statutory obligation to implement the 2018 Boundary Review recommendations, as well as set the framework for future boundary reviews in time for the next review which is due to begin in early 2021 and report no later than October 2023. It is proposed that the number of constituencies now remains at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota.[4]

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[5]

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Cumbria in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Conservative 143,615 52.5% Increase3.7% 5 Increase2
Labour 79,402 29.0% Decrease7.2% 0 Decrease2
Liberal Democrats 39,426 14.4% Increase2.6% 1 0
Greens 4,223 1.5% Increase1.0% 0 0
Brexit 3,867 1.4% new 0 0
Others 3,044 1.2% Decrease1.5% 0 0
Total 273,577 100.0 6

Percentage votes

Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
Conservative 46.7 48.1 46.3 33.5 39.5 37.9 39.4 40.7 48.8 52.5
Labour 31.2 33.1 36.9 45.8 39.1 34.8 30.8 29.8 36.2 29.0
Liberal Democrat1 21.8 18.7 16.0 16.5 19.2 23.4 24.3 13.3 11.8 14.4
Green Party - * * * * * 0.6 3.4 0.5 1.5
UKIP - - - * * * 2.2 12.6 2.3 *
Brexit Party - - - - - - - - - 1.4
Other 0.3 0.1 0.8 4.1 2.3 3.9 2.8 0.2 0.4 1.2

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
Conservative 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 5
Labour 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 0
Liberal Democrat1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
Total 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

  • 1983
    1983
  • 1987
    1987
  • 1992
    1992
  • 1997
    1997
  • 2001
    2001
  • 2005
    2005
  • 2010
    2010
  • 2015
    2015
  • 2017
    2017
  • 2019
    2019

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918

  Conservative   Independent Conservative   Labour   Liberal   Liberal Unionist   Speaker

Constituency 1885 86 1886 91 1892 95 1895 1900 05 1906 06 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 13 15 16
Carlisle colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Ferguson colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Gully → colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Chance colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Denman
Eskdale colspan="7" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Allison bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |C. W. H. Lowther colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Howard bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |C. W. H. Lowther
Cockermouth bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Valentine colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Lawson bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Randles bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Lawson bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Randles colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Lawson jnr bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Bliss
Appleby bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |W. Lowther bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="3" |Savory bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Rigg colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"|Jones bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="3" |Sanderson bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |H. C. Lowther
Egremont bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |Pennington colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Ainsworth bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Duncombe bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Bain colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Fullerton bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |Grant
Whitehaven bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="3" |Cavendish-Bentinck bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Bain colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Little bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="3" |Helder colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Burnyeat bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Jackson bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |Richardson
Kendal bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |Taylour bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |Bagot colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Stewart-Smith bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Bagot bgcolor="Template:Independent Conservative/meta/color" colspan="3" |Weston
Penrith bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Howard bgcolor="Template:Liberal Unionist Party/meta/color" |→ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="6" |J. Lowther →

1918 to 1950

  Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23)   Conservative   Independent Parliamentary Group   Labour   Liberal   Speaker

Constituency 1918 21 1922 1923 1924 26 1929 1931 1935 1945
Westmorland bgcolor="Template:Coalition Conservative/meta/color" colspan="4" |Weston bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |Stanley bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Fletcher-Vane
Cumberland North bgcolor="Template:Coalition Conservative/meta/color" |C. W. Lowther bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |→ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="3" |Howard bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="3" |Graham colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Roberts
Penrith and Cockermouth J. Lowther bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |H. C. Lowther bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Collison bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |Dixey bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Dower
Carlisle bgcolor="Template:Coalition Liberal/meta/color" colspan="2" |Carr bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Middleton bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Watson bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Middleton bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Spears bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Grierson
Whitehaven bgcolor="Template:Coalition Conservative/meta/color" colspan="2" |Grant bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Duffy bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Hudson bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Price bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Nunn bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Anderson
Workington bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="9" |Cape bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Peart

1950 to 1983

  Conservative   Labour

Constituency 1950 1951 1955 59 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 76 1979
Westmorland bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |Fletcher-Vane bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="7" |Jopling
Penrith and the Border bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Scott bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="10" |Whitelaw
Carlisle bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Hargreaves bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="3" |Johnson bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="7" |Lewis
Whitehaven bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="3" |Anderson bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |Symonds bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |Cunningham
Workington bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="10" |Peart bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Page bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Campbell-Savours

1983 to present

  Conservative   Independent   The Independents   Labour   Liberal Democrats

Constituency 1983 83 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 17 2017 18 19 2019
Westmorland and Lonsdale bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |Jopling bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Collins bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" colspan="8" |Farron
Penrith and the Border bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Whitelaw bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="6" |Maclean bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |Stewart bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |→ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Hudson
Barrow and Furness bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="3" |Franks bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |Hutton bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="4" |Woodcock bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |→ bgcolor="Template:The Independents (UK)/meta/color"|→ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Fell
Carlisle bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="2" |Lewis bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |Martlew bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="7" |Stevenson
Copeland bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="6" |Cunningham bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="3" |Reed bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |Harrison
Workington bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |Campbell-Savours bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="3" |Cunningham bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" colspan="5" |Hayman bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Jenkinson

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
  2. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.

References

  1. ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (2020-01-28). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  3. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007". Office of Public Sector Information. Crown copyright. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  4. ^ "Update: Strengthening Democracy:Written statement - HCWS183". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  5. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (2020-04-17). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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