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Kendal
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1832–1918
Seatsone
Created fromWestmorland
Replaced byWestmorland

Kendal was a parliamentary borough centred on the town of Kendal in Westmorland. 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

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The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

The small Kendal parliamentary borough constituency created in 1832 was abolished in 1885 by the Reform Act 1884. James Cropper, Liberal, being its last MP. The constituency after 1885 was a result of dividing the Westmorland constituency which up to then had two members since 1297. Thereafter it was the Kendal Division of Westmorland and the other being the Appleby Division. The two Conservative members for the old constituency William Lowther and the Earl of Bective were reelected in the 1885 general election, Mr Lowther for the Appleby Division and the Earl of Bective for the Kendal Division. These two constituencies were recombined under one member John Wakefield Weston for the 1918 general election.

Members of Parliament

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Election Member Party
1832 James Brougham Whig[1]
1834 by-election John Foster-Barham Whig[1]
1837 George William Wood Whig[2][3]
1843 by-election Henry Warburton Radical[1][4][5][6][7][8]
1847 George Glyn Whig[9][10][11][12]
1859 Liberal
1868 John Whitwell Liberal
1880 by-election James Cropper Liberal
1885 Thomas Taylour Conservative
1892 Josceline Bagot Conservative
1906 Dudley Stewart-Smith Liberal
January 1910 Josceline Bagot Conservative
1913 by-election John Weston Conservative
1918 constituency abolished

Elections

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Decades:

Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1832: Kendal[13][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig James Brougham Unopposed
Registered electors 327
Whig win (new seat)

Brougham's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 17 February 1834: Kendal[13][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig John Barham Unopposed
Whig hold
General election 1835: Kendal[13][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig John Barham Unopposed
Registered electors 344
Whig hold
General election 1837: Kendal[13][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig George William Wood Unopposed
Registered electors 321
Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1841: Kendal[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George William Wood Unopposed
Registered electors 353
Whig hold

Wood's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 9 November 1843: Kendal[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical Henry Warburton 182 60.5 N/A
Conservative George Bentinck 119 39.5 New
Majority 63 21.0 N/A
Turnout 301 81.8 N/A
Registered electors 368
Radical gain from Whig Swing N/A
General election 1847: Kendal[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Glyn Unopposed
Registered electors 397
Whig hold

Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1852: Kendal[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Glyn Unopposed
Registered electors 382
Whig hold
General election 1857: Kendal[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Glyn Unopposed
Registered electors 402
Whig hold
General election 1859: Kendal[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Glyn Unopposed
Registered electors 432
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

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General election 1865: Kendal[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Glyn Unopposed
Registered electors 439
Liberal hold
General election 1868: Kendal[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Whitwell Unopposed
Registered electors 1,884
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

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General election 1874: Kendal[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Whitwell 1,061 69.3 N/A
Conservative William Allen Francis Saunders[14] 470 30.7 New
Majority 591 38.6 N/A
Turnout 1,531 82.4 N/A
Registered electors 1,859
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1880: Kendal[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Whitwell 1,118 67.4 −1.9
Conservative Alfred Harris[15] 541 32.6 +1.9
Majority 577 34.8 −3.8
Turnout 1,659 86.5 +4.1
Registered electors 1,917
Liberal hold Swing −1.9

Whitwell's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 17 Dec 1880: Kendal[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Cropper 953 59.3 −8.1
Conservative Alfred Harris[15] 653 40.7 +8.1
Majority 300 18.7 −16.1
Turnout 1,606 83.8 −2.7
Registered electors 1,917
Liberal hold Swing −8.1
General election 1885: Kendal[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Taylour 2,690 52.6 +20.0
Liberal James Cropper 2,427 47.4 −20.0
Majority 263 5.2 N/A
Turnout 5,117 90.9 +4.4
Registered electors 5,630
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +20.0
General election 1886: Kendal[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Taylour Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

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Josceline Bagot
General election 1892: Kendal[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Josceline Bagot 2,838 56.2 N/A
Liberal James Anson Farrer[18] 2,209 43.8 New
Majority 629 12.4 N/A
Turnout 5,047 84.1 N/A
Registered electors 6,000
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1895: Kendal[17][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Josceline Bagot 2,771 57.5 +1.3
Liberal Herbert Stephenson 2,049 42.8 −1.0
Majority 722 15.0 +2.6
Turnout 4,820 79.1 −5.0
Registered electors 6,095
Conservative hold Swing +1.3

Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1900: Kendal[17][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Josceline Bagot Unopposed
Conservative hold
Stewart-Smith
General election 1906: Kendal[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dudley Stewart-Smith 2,899 52.3 New
Conservative Josceline Bagot 2,647 47.7 N/A
Majority 252 4.6 N/A
Turnout 5,546 85.6 N/A
Registered electors 6,477
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

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General election January 1910: Kendal[17][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Josceline Bagot 3,228 54.2 +6.5
Liberal Dudley Stewart-Smith 2,726 45.8 −6.5
Majority 502 8.4 N/A
Turnout 5,954 91.0 +5.4
Registered electors 6,546
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +6.5
Somervell
General election December 1910: Kendal[17][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Josceline Bagot 3,041 52.7 −1.5
Liberal William Somervell 2,733 47.3 +1.5
Majority 308 5.4 −3.0
Turnout 5,774 88.2 −2.8
Registered electors 6,546
Conservative hold Swing −1.5
1913 Kendal by-election[17][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Unionist John Weston 3,261 54.9 New
Liberal William Somervell 2,680 45.1 −2.2
Majority 581 9.8 N/A
Turnout 5,941 90.4 +2.2
Registered electors 6,575
Ind. Unionist gain from Conservative Swing +2.2

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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

References

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