Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency)

Barrow and Furness
Barrow and Furness
County constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Barrow and Furness in Cumbria for the 2007 general election
	Location of Cumbria within England
County	Cumbria; (Lancashire until 1974)
Population	88,826 (2011 census)
Electorate	69,148 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Barrow-in-Furness, Ulverston, Dalton in Furness
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of Parliament	Simon Fell (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	North Lancashire

54°06′43″N 3°10′41″W / 54.112°N 3.178°W / 54.112; -3.178

Barrow and Furness, formerly known as Barrow-in-Furness, is a constituency^{[n 1]} in Cumbria which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Simon Fell, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

History and profile

The seat of Barrow and Furness was established by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and covers the southwest part of Cumbria. The largest town in the constituency, Barrow-in-Furness, grew on the back of the shipbuilding industry and is now the site of the BAE Systems nuclear submarine and shipbuilding operation. This reliance on a single industry associated with controversial defence policies has proved politically volatile in a constituency the Labour Party would consider its own backyard. Labour Cabinet member Albert Booth represented Barrow from 1966 for many years but was defeated in 1983, in the aftermath of the Falklands War, by a Manchester lawyer, Cecil Franks of the Conservative Party, who retained the seat until 1992. Local media attributed this to widespread fears of job losses because the Labour Party was then signed up to doing away with all its nuclear capabilities including the submarines.^{[n 3]}

As Labour revised its policies by favouring the retention of Britain's nuclear capability, and following massive job losses in the town's shipbuilding industry, Labour's fortunes revived in Barrow. John Hutton took the seat back for Labour in 1992 and retained it until the 2010 general election, when he was replaced by John Woodcock, also of Labour. In 2001, Hutton had the support of more than half of all those who voted. Other industries in the constituency currently include engineering and chemicals, and more than a quarter of all jobs are in manufacturing. The 2015 result gave the seat the 10th-smallest majority of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.^[3] In 2017, Woodcock's majority was reduced from 795 votes to 209 votes, the 16th smallest majority in the country.^[4]

Boundaries

This constituency contains the southern half of the Furness peninsula, South Cumbria in the north-west of England.

1885–1918: The municipal borough of Barrow-in-Furness.^[5]

1983–2010: The entire district of Barrow-in-Furness and the following wards from the District of South Lakeland: Low Furness, Pennington, Ulverston Central, Ulverston East, Ulverston North, Ulverston South and Ulverston West.

2010–: The entire district of Barrow-in-Furness and the following wards from the District of South Lakeland: Broughton, Crake Valley, Low Furness & Swarthmoor, Ulverston Central, Ulverston East, Ulverston North, Ulverston South, Ulverston Town and Ulverston West.

Members of Parliament

The current MP is Simon Fell, a Conservative Party MP. He replaced John Woodcock, an independent since 18 June 2018 and formerly a member of the Labour and Co-operative Parties, who stood down at the 2019 general election. In turn, he replaced John Hutton, a former lecturer. Hutton had taken the seat from Cecil Franks of the Conservative Party at the 1992 general election. He held the cabinet posts of Secretary of State for Defence, Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

Election		Member^[6]	Party
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1885	David Duncan	Liberal
1886 by-election	William Sproston Caine		Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Unionist Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	William Sproston Caine	1886	Liberal Unionist
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1890 by-election	James Duncan	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1892	Sir Charles Cayzer, Bt	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1906	Charles Duncan	Labour
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1918	Robert Chadwick	Conservative
1922	Daniel Somerville		Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1924	John Bromley	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1931	Sir Jonah Walker-Smith	Conservative
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1945	Walter Monslow	Labour
1966	Albert Booth		Labour
	1983	Constituency renamed "Barrow and Furness"
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1983	Cecil Franks	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1992	John Hutton	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" \|	2010	John Woodcock	Labour Co-operative
style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color" \|	2018		Independent
style="background-color: Template:The Independents (UK)/meta/color" \|	2019		The Independents
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2019	Simon Fell	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Barrow and Furness^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Fell	23,876	51.9	4.8
	Labour	Chris Altree	18,087	39.3	8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Loraine Birchall	2,025	4.4	1.7
	Brexit Party	Ged McGrath	1,355	2.9	N/A
	Green	Chris Loynes	703	1.5	0.7
Majority			5,789	12.6	N/A
Turnout			46,155	65.8	2.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	6.5

General election 2017: Barrow and Furness^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	John Woodcock	22,592	47.5	5.2
	Conservative	Simon Fell	22,383	47.0	6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Loraine Birchall	1,278	2.7	0.0
	UKIP	Alan Piper	962	2.0	9.7
	Green	Rob O'Hara	375	0.8	1.7
Majority			209	0.5	1.3
Turnout			47,590	68.5	5.2
	Labour hold		Swing	0.7

General election 2015: Barrow and Furness^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	John Woodcock	18,320	42.3	−5.8
	Conservative	Simon Fell	17,525	40.5	+4.2
	UKIP	Nigel Cecil	5,070	11.7	+9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Peaple	1,169	2.7	−7.3
	Green	Rob O'Hara	1,061	2.5	+1.3
	Independent	Ian Jackson	130	0.3	N/A
Majority			795	1.8	−10.0
Turnout			43,275	63.3	−0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.0

General election 2010: Barrow and Furness^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	John Woodcock	21,226	48.1	+2.9
	Conservative	John Gough	16,018	36.3	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Rabone	4,424	10.0	−7.9
	UKIP	John Smith	841	1.9	−0.2
	BNP	Mike Ashburner	840	1.9	N/A
	Green	Chris Loynes	530	1.2	N/A
	Independent	Brian Greaves	245	0.6	N/A
Majority			5,208	11.8
Turnout			44,124	63.7	+4.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.4

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Barrow and Furness^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Hutton	17,360	47.6	−8.1
	Conservative	William Dorman	11,323	31.0	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Rabone	6,130	16.8	+4.6
	UKIP	Alan Beach	758	2.1	+0.3
	Build Duddon and Morecambe Bridges	Timothey Bell	409	1.1	+1.1
	Veritas	Brian Greaves	306	0.8	+0.8
	Independent	Helene Young	207	0.6	+0.6
Majority			6,037	16.6	−8.8
Turnout			36,493	59.0	−1.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.4

General election 2001: Barrow and Furness^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Hutton	21,724	55.7	−1.6
	Conservative	James Airey	11,835	30.3	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Rabone	4,750	12.2	+3.3
	UKIP	John Smith	711	1.8	N/A
Majority			9,889	25.4	−4.7
Turnout			39,020	60.3	−11.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.4

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Barrow and Furness^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Hutton	27,630	57.3	+9.6
	Conservative	Richard Hunt	13,133	27.2	−14.1
	Liberal Democrats	Anne A. Metcalfe	4,264	8.8	−2.1
	Independent	Jim Hamezeian	1,995	4.1	N/A
	Referendum	David Y. Mitchell	1,208	2.5	N/A
Majority			14,497	30.1
Turnout			48,230	72.0	−10.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.9

General election 1992: Barrow and Furness^[18]^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Hutton	26,568	47.7	+8.5
	Conservative	Cecil Franks	22,990	41.3	−5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Clive J. Crane	6,089	10.9	−3.3
Majority			3,578	6.4	−0.7
Turnout			55,647	82.0	+3.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.8

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Barrow and Furness^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cecil Franks	25,431	46.5	+2.9
	Labour	Peter Phizacklea	21,504	39.3	+4.6
	SDP	Richard Phelps	7,799	14.3	−7.4
Majority			3,927	7.2	−1.7
Turnout			54,731	79.0	+3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.9

General election 1983: Barrow and Furness^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Cecil Franks	22,284	43.6
	Labour	Albert Booth	17,707	34.7
	SDP	D. Cottier	11,079	21.7
Majority			4,577	8.9
Turnout			51,070	75.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Barrow in Furness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Albert Booth	22,687	53.24
	Conservative	Patrick Thompson	14,946	35.07
	Liberal	G. Thompson	4,983	11.69
Majority			7,741	18.16
Turnout				78.26
	Labour hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Barrow in Furness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Albert Booth	21,607	51.41
	Conservative	Richard Cecil	14,253	33.91
	Liberal	M.A. Benjamin	5,788	13.77
	Independent	V. Moore	384	0.91
Majority			7,354	17.50
Turnout				77.06
	Labour hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Barrow in Furness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Albert Booth	19,925	46.11
	Conservative	D.G.P. Bloomer	14,818	34.29
	Liberal	M. Benjamin	8,470	19.60
Majority			5,107	11.82
Turnout				79.97
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1970: Barrow in Furness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Albert Booth	22,400	56.09
	Conservative	Hal Miller	17,536	43.91
Majority			4,864	12.18
Turnout				73.69
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Barrow in Furness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Albert Booth	23,485	60.31
	Conservative	Richard W. Rollins	15,453	39.69
Majority			8,032	20.63
Turnout				76.78
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1964: Barrow in Furness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Walter Monslow	22,197	55.13
	Conservative	Peter Davies	18,068	44.87
Majority			4,129	10.25
Turnout				78.03
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Barrow in Furness^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Walter Monslow	23,194	54.68
	Conservative	Malcolm Metcalf	19,220	45.32
Majority			3,974	9.37
Turnout				81.72
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1955: Barrow in Furness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Walter Monslow	22,792	53.22
	Conservative	Edward du Cann	20,033	46.78
Majority			2,759	6.44
Turnout				80.69
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1951: Barrow in Furness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Walter Monslow	26,709	56.91
	Conservative	Kenneth F. Lawton	20,225	43.09
Majority			6,484	13.82
Turnout				86.18
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1950: Barrow in Furness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Walter Monslow	26,342	56.27
	Conservative	Wilfrid Sugden	16,793	35.87
	Liberal	Herbert Alexander Anderson Jardine	3,678	7.86
Majority			9,549	20.40
Turnout				87.83
	Labour hold

Elections 1918-1945

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Barrow in Furness^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Robert Burton-Chadwick	12,608	50.6	+3.5
	Labour	Charles Duncan	12,309	49.4	−3.5
Majority			299	1.2	N/A
Turnout			24,917	66.1	−20.7
	Unionist gain from Labour		Swing	+3.5

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Barrow in Furness^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Daniel Somerville	16,478	53.1	+2.5
	Labour	John Bromley	14,551	46.9	−2.5
Majority			1,927	6.2	+5.0
Turnout				87.1	+21.0
	Unionist hold		Swing	+2.5

General election 1923: Barrow in Furness^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Daniel Somerville	13,996	47.5	−5.6
	Labour	John Bromley	13,576	46.0	−0.9
	Liberal	William Hood Wandless	1,931	6.5	n/a
Majority			420	1.5	−4.7
Turnout				86.3	−0.8
	Unionist hold		Swing	−2.3

General election 1924: Barrow in Furness^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Bromley	15,512	51.2	+5.2
	Unionist	Daniel Somerville	14,802	48.8	+1.3
Majority			710	2.4	3.9
Turnout				89.9	+3.6
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+1.9

General election 1929: Barrow in Furness^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Bromley	19,798	56.0	+4.8
	Unionist	Kenneth McDonald Cameron	15,551	44.0	−4.8
Majority			4,247	12.0	+9.6
Turnout			35,349	86.8	−3.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.8

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Barrow in Furness^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonah Walker-Smith	20,794	56.8	+12.8
	Labour	David Adams	15,835	43.2	−12.8
Majority			4,959	13.4	N/A
Turnout			36,629	88.9	+2.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+12.8

General election 1935: Barrow in Furness^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonah Walker-Smith	18,136	50.3	−6.5
	Labour	Percy Barstow	17,919	49.7	+6.5
Majority			217	0.6	−13.0
Turnout				85.4	−3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	−6.5

General Election 1939/40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Conservative: Jonah Walker-Smith
Labour: Ronald McKinnon Wood^[24]

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Barrow in Furness^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Monslow	25,939	65.5	+15.8
	Conservative	Jonah Walker-Smith	13,648	34.5	−15.8
Majority			12,291	31.0	N/A
Turnout			39,587	79.7	−5.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+15.8

Elections 1885-1915

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Barrow-in-Furness^[25]^[26]^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Duncan	2,958	53.1	N/A
	Conservative	Henry Schneider	2,612	46.9	N/A
Majority			346	6.2	N/A
Turnout			5,570	91.9	N/A
Registered electors			6,063
	Liberal win (new seat)

The election was declared void on petition, causing a by-election.

1886 Barrow-in-Furness by-election^[25]^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Sproston Caine	3,109	58.7	+5.6
	Conservative	Gainsford Bruce	2,174	41.0	−5.9
	Independent Liberal	W H M Edmunds	15	0.3	N/A
Majority			935	17.7	+11.5
Turnout			5,298	87.4	−4.5
Registered electors			6,063
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.8

General election 1886: Barrow-in-Furness^[25]^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	William Sproston Caine	3,212	63.1	+16.2
	Liberal	John Ainsworth	1,882	36.9	−16.2
Majority			1,330	26.2	N/A
Turnout			5,094	84.0	−7.9
Registered electors			6,063
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+16.2

Elections in the 1890s

1890 Barrow-in-Furness by-election^[25]^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Duncan	1,944	38.2	+1.3
	Conservative	Herbert Henry Wainwright	1,862	36.6	−26.5
	Independent Liberal	William Sproston Caine	1,280	25.2	N/A
Majority			82	1.6	N/A
Turnout			5,086	84.3	+0.3
Registered electors			6,034
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	+13.9

General election 1892: Barrow-in-Furness^[25]^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Cayzer	3,312	53.4	−9.7
	Liberal	James Duncan	2,890	46.6	+9.7
Majority			422	6.8	−19.4
Turnout			6,202	89.1	+5.1
Registered electors			6,958
	Conservative hold		Swing	−9.7

General election 1895: Barrow-in-Furness^[25]^[26]^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Cayzer	3,192	53.6	+0.2
	Liberal	Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee	2,355	39.5	−7.1
	Ind. Labour Party	Pete Curran	414	6.9	N/A
Majority			837	14.1	+7.3
Turnout			5,961	89.4	+0.3
Registered electors			6,665
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.7

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Barrow-in-Furness^[25]^[26]^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Cayzer	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1906: Barrow-in-Furness^[25]^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Repr. Cmte.	Charles Duncan	5,167	60.3	N/A
	Conservative	Charles Cayzer	3,395	39.7	N/A
Majority			1,772	20.6	N/A
Turnout			8,562	90.8	N/A
Registered electors			9,426
	Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Barrow-in-Furness^[25]^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Duncan	5,304	55.2	−5.1
	Conservative	Francis Meynell	4,298	44.8	+5.1
Majority			1,006	10.4	−10.2
Turnout			9,602	91.6	+0.8
Registered electors			10,478
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.1

General election December 1910: Barrow-in-Furness^[25]^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Duncan	4,810	52.9	−2.3
	Conservative	Francis Meynell	4,290	47.1	+2.3
Majority			520	5.8	−4.6
Turnout			9,100	86.8	−4.8
Registered electors			10,478
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.3

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Labour: Charles Duncan
Unionist: Francis Meynell^[30]

Notes and references

Notes

^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
^ See Labour Party and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

References

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^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)
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^ ^a ^b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
^ ^a ^b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
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[3] A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

[4] As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

[5] See Labour Party and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

[1] "Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 January 2015.

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v t e Constituencies in North West England (73)
Labour (62)	Altrincham and Sale West Ashton-under-Lyne Barrow and Furness Birkenhead Blackley and Middleton South Blackpool North and Fleetwood Blackpool South Bolton North East Bolton South and Walkden Bolton West Bootle Burnley Bury North Bury South Carlisle Chester North and Neston Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Ellesmere Port and Bromborough Gorton and Denton Heywood and Middleton North Hyndburn Knowsley Lancaster and Wyre Leigh and Atherton Liverpool Garston Liverpool Riverside Liverpool Walton Liverpool Wavertree Macclesfield Makerfield Manchester Central Manchester Rusholme Manchester Withington Mid Cheshire Morecambe and Lunesdale Oldham East and Saddleworth Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton Pendle and Clitheroe Penrith and Solway Preston Ribble Valley Rochdale Rossendale and Darwen Sefton Central South Ribble Southport St Helens North St Helens South and Whiston Stalybridge and Hyde Stockport Stretford and Urmston Wallasey Warrington North Warrington South West Lancashire Whitehaven and Workington Widnes and Halewood Wigan Wirral West Worsley and Eccles Wythenshawe and Sale East
Conservative (3)	Chester South and Eddisbury Fylde Tatton
Liberal Democrats (3)	Cheadle Hazel Grove Westmorland and Lonsdale
Independent (4)	Blackburn Liverpool West Derby Runcorn and Helsby Salford
Speaker (1)	Chorley

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