Kendal (UK Parliament constituency)

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Kendal
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1832–1918
Number of membersone
Replaced by Westmorland
Created from Westmorland

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.

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History

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

ElectionMemberParty
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

Decades:

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: Kendal [13] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
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]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig John Foster-BarhamUnopposed
Whig hold
General election 1835: Kendal [13] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig John Foster-BarhamUnopposed
Registered electors 344
Whig hold
General election 1837: Kendal [13] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig George William Wood Unopposed
Registered electors 321
Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s

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

Wood's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 9 November 1843: Kendal [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Radical Henry Warburton 182 60.5 New
Conservative George Bentinck 11939.5New
Majority6321.0N/A
Turnout 30181.8N/A
Registered electors 368
Radical gain from Whig Swing N/A
General election 1847: Kendal [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig George Glyn Unopposed
Registered electors 397
Whig hold

Elections in the 1850s

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

Elections in the 1860s

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

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Kendal [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Whitwell 1,061 69.3 N/A
Conservative William Allen Francis Saunders [14] 47030.7New
Majority59138.6N/A
Turnout 1,53182.4N/A
Registered electors 1,859
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Kendal [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Whitwell 1,118 67.4 −1.9
Conservative Alfred Harris [15] 54132.6+1.9
Majority57734.8−3.8
Turnout 1,65986.5+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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Cropper 953 59.3 −8.1
Conservative Alfred Harris [15] 65340.7+8.1
Majority30018.7−16.1
Turnout 1,60683.8−2.7
Registered electors 1,917
Liberal hold Swing −8.1
General election 1885: Kendal [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Taylour 2,690 52.6 +20.0
Liberal James Cropper 2,42747.4−20.0
Majority2635.2N/A
Turnout 5,11790.9+4.4
Registered electors 5,630
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +20.0
General election 1886: Kendal [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Taylour Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

Josceline Bagot Josceline Bagot.jpg
Josceline Bagot
General election 1892: Kendal [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Josceline Bagot 2,838 56.2 N/A
Liberal James Anson Farrer [18] 2,20943.8New
Majority62912.4N/A
Turnout 5,04784.1N/A
Registered electors 6,000
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1895: Kendal [17] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Josceline Bagot 2,771 57.5 +1.3
Liberal Herbert Stephenson2,04942.8−1.0
Majority72215.0+2.6
Turnout 4,82079.1−5.0
Registered electors 6,095
Conservative hold Swing +1.3

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Kendal [17] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Josceline Bagot Unopposed
Conservative hold
Stewart-Smith Dudley Stewart-Smith.jpg
Stewart-Smith
General election 1906: Kendal [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Dudley Stewart-Smith 2,899 52.3 New
Conservative Josceline Bagot 2,64747.7N/A
Majority2524.6N/A
Turnout 5,54685.6N/A
Registered electors 6,477
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Kendal [17] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Josceline Bagot 3,228 54.2 +6.5
Liberal Dudley Stewart-Smith 2,72645.8−6.5
Majority5028.4N/A
Turnout 5,95491.0+5.4
Registered electors 6,546
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +6.5
Somervell William Somervell.jpg
Somervell
General election December 1910: Kendal [17] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Josceline Bagot 3,041 52.7 −1.5
Liberal William Somervell 2,73347.3+1.5
Majority3085.4−3.0
Turnout 5,77488.2−2.8
Registered electors 6,546
Conservative hold Swing −1.5
1913 Kendal by-election [17] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind U John Weston 3,261 54.9 New
Liberal William Somervell 2,68045.1-2.2
Majority5819.8N/A
Turnout 5,94190.4+2.2
Registered electors 6,575
Ind U 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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

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