List of parliamentary constituencies in Cumbria

The county of Cumbria is divided into 6 parliamentary constituencies: 1 borough constituency for the City of Carlisle and 5 county constituencies, one of which is partly in Lancashire.

Constituencies

Further information: 2024 United Kingdom general election

   † Conservative    ‡ Labour    ¤ Liberal Democrat

Name	Electorate	Majority [nb 1]	Member of Parliament		Nearest opposition		Electoral wards [1]	Map
Barrow and Furness	74,980	5,324		Michelle Scrogham‡		Simon Fell†	Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council: Barrow Island, Central, Dalton North, Dalton South, Hawcoat, Hindpool, Newbarns, Ormsgill, Parkside, Risedale, Roosecote, Walney North. Copeland Borough Council: Black Combe and Scafell, Millom. South Lakeland District Council: Broughton and Coniston (polling districts AHA, AHB, AHC, BZ, CA, CB, CL and CY), Furness Peninsula, Ulverston East, Ulverston West.
Carlisle	77,863	5,200		Julie Minns‡		John Stevenson†	Carlisle City Council: Belah and Kingmoor, Botcherby and Harraby North, Brampton and Fellside, Cathedral and Castle, Currock and Upperby, Denton Holme and Morton South, Harraby South and Parklands, Longtown and the Border, Newtown and Morton North, Sandsfield and Morton West, Stanwix and Houghton, Wetheral and Corby.
Morecambe and Lunesdale [nb 2]	69,254	5,815		Lizzi Collinge ‡		David Morris †	City of Lancaster: Bare , Bolton & Slyne, Carnforth & Millhead, Halton-with-Aughton, Harbour, Heysham Central, Heysham North, Heysham South, Kellet, Lower Lune Valley, Overton, Poulton, Silverdale, Torrisholme, Upper Lune Valley, Warton, Westgate. South Lakeland: Arnside & Milnthorpe, Burton & Crooklands, Sedbergh & Kirkby Lonsdale
Penrith and Solway	77,935	5,257		Markus Campbell-Savours‡		Mark Jenkinson†	Allerdale Borough Council: All Saints, Allhallow and Waverton, Aspatria, Boltons, Broughton St. Bridgets, Christchurch, Crummock and Derwent Valley, Ellen and Gilcrux, Keswick, Marsh and Warmpool, Maryport North, Maryport South, Silloth and Solway Coast, Warnell, Wigton and Woodside. Carlisle City Council: Dalston and Burgh. Eden District Council: Alston Moor, Hartside, Hesket, Kirkoswald, Langwathby, Lazonby, Penrith Carleton, Penrith East, Penrith North, Penrith Pategill, Penrith South, Penrith West, Skelton.
Westmorland and Lonsdale	72,029	21,472		Tim Farron¤		Matty Jackman†	Eden District Council: Appleby (Appleby), Appleby (Bongate), Askham, Brough, Crosby Ravensworth, Dacre, Eamont, Greystroke, Kirkby Stephen, Kirkby Thore, Long Marton, Morland, Orton and Tebay, Ravenstonedale, Shap, Ullswater, Warcop. South Lakeland District Council: Ambleside and Grasmere, Bowness and Levens, Broughton and Coniston (polling districts AF, AO, AP, AQ, AS, AT, AU, BC, BDA, BDB, CX and DH), Cartmel, Grange, Kendal East, Kendal North, Kendal Rural, Kendal South and Natland, Kendal Town, Kendal West, Windermere.
Whitehaven and Workington	73,198	13,286		Josh MacAlister‡		David Surtees (Reform UK)	Allerdale Borough Council: Dalton, Flimby, Harrington and Salterbeck, Moorclose and Moss Bay, St. John's, St. Michael's, Seaton and Northside, Stainburn and Clifton. Copeland Borough Council: Arlecdon and Ennerdale, Beckermet, Cleator Moor, Corkickle, Distington, Lowca and Parton, Egremont, Gosforth and Seascale, Hillcrest, Kells, Moor Row and Bigrigg, Moresby, St. Bees, Sneckyeat, Whitehaven Central, Whitehaven South

2024 boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Former name [nb 3]	Boundaries 2010-2024	Current name	Boundaries 2024–present
Barrow and Furness CC Carlisle BC Copeland CC Penrith and The Border CC Westmorland and Lonsdale CC Workington CC	2010-2024 Boundaries	Barrow and Furness CC Carlisle BC Morecambe and Lunesdale CC [nb 4] Penrith and Solway CC Westmorland and Lonsdale CC Whitehaven and Workington CC	Boundaries from 2024

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021. ^[2] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission has proposed that Cumbria be combined with Lancashire as a sub-region of the North West Region, with the existing seat of Morecambe and Lunesdale extending into southern Cumbria to create a cross-county boundary constituency. Copeland, Penrith and The Border, and Workington are abolished and replaced by the new constituencies of Penrith and Solway, and Whitehaven and Workington. ^{[3] [4]}

The following constituencies are proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Allerdale

• Penrith and Solway (part)
• Whitehaven and Workington (part)

Containing electoral wards from Barrow-in-Furness

• Barrow and Furness (part)

Containing electoral wards from Carlisle

• Carlisle
• Penrith and Solway (part)

Containing electoral wards from Copeland

• Barrow and Furness (part)
• Whitehaven and Workington (part)

Containing electoral wards from Eden

• Penrith and Solway (part)
• Westmorland and Lonsdale (part)

Containing electoral wards from South Lakeland

• Barrow and Furness (part)
• Morecambe and Lunesdale (part also in Lancaster in Lancashire)
• Westmorland and Lonsdale (part)

Results history

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

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Cumbria in the 2024 general election were as follows:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2019	Seats	Change from 2019
Labour	81,131	35.4%	6.4%	4	4
Conservative	58,915	25.7%	26.8%	0	5
Liberal Democrats	41,654	18.2%	3.8%	1	0
Reform UK	37,683	16.5%	15.1%	0	0
Greens	7,811	3.4%	1.9%	0	0
Others	1,731	0.8%	0.4%	0	0
Total	228,925	100.0		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%	3.7%	5	2
Labour	79,402	29.0%	7.2%	0	2
Liberal Democrats	39,426	14.4%	2.6%	1	0
Greens	4,223	1.5%	1.0%	0	0
Brexit	3,867	1.4%	new	0	0
Others	3,044	1.2%	1.5%	0	0
Total	273,577	100.0		6

Percentage votes

Election year	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019	2024
Conservative	46.7	48.1	46.3	33.5	39.5	37.9	39.4	40.7	48.8	52.5	25.7
Labour	31.2	33.1	36.9	45.8	39.1	34.8	30.8	29.8	36.2	29.0	35.4
Liberal Democrat 1	21.8	18.7	16.0	16.5	19.2	23.4	24.3	13.3	11.8	14.4	18.2
Green Party	-	*	*	*	*	*	0.6	3.4	0.5	1.5	3.4
UKIP	-	-	-	*	*	*	2.2	12.6	2.3	*	-
Reform UK 2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4	16.5
Other	0.3	0.1	0.8	4.1	2.3	3.9	2.8	0.2	0.4	1.2	0.8

¹1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

²2019 - Brexit Party

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019	2024
Labour	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	0	5 [lower-alpha 1]
Liberal Democrat 1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Conservative	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	5	0
Total	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6 [lower-alpha 1]

¹1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

1. Includes the constituency of Morecambe and Lunesdale, which also lies partly in Lancashire.

Maps

1885-1910: Cumberland and Westmorland

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1918-1945

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1983-2024: Cumbria

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2024-present: Cumbria including one cross-county constituency

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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
Appleby	W. Lowther				Savory			Rigg	Jones			Sanderson			H. C. Lowther
Carlisle	Ferguson		Gully			→			Chance			Denman
Cockermouth	Valentine		Lawson					Randles		Lawson	Randles		Lawson jnr			Bliss
Eskdale	Allison							C. W. H. Lowther		Howard			C. W. H. Lowther
Egremont	Pennington				Ainsworth		Duncombe	Bain		Fullerton		Grant
Kendal	Taylour				Bagot					Stewart-Smith		Bagot		Weston
Penrith	Howard	→	J. Lowther						→
Whitehaven	Cavendish-Bentinck			Bain	Little		Helder			Burnyeat		Jackson	Richardson

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
Carlisle	Carr		Middleton		Watson		Middleton	Spears		Grierson
Cumberland North	C. W. Lowther	→	Howard			Graham			Roberts
Penrith and Cockermouth	J. Lowther	H. C. Lowther	Collison	Dixey					Dower
Westmorland	Weston				Stanley					Fletcher-Vane
Whitehaven	Grant		Duffy		Hudson		Price	Nunn	Anderson
Workington	Cape									Peart

1950 to 1983

   Conservative    Labour

Constituency	1950	1951	1955	59	1959	1964	1966	1970	Feb 1974	Oct 1974	76	1979
Carlisle	Hargreaves		Johnson			Lewis
Penrith and the Border	Scott		Whitelaw
Westmorland	Fletcher-Vane					Jopling
Whitehaven	Anderson			Symonds				Cunningham
Workington	Peart										Page	Campbell-Savours

1983 to 2024

   Conservative    Independent    The Independents    Labour    Liberal Democrats

Constituency	1983	83	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	17	2017	18	19	2019
Barrow and Furness	Franks			Hutton				Woodcock				→	→	Fell
Carlisle	Lewis		Martlew					Stevenson
Copeland	Cunningham						Reed			Harrison
Penrith and the Border	Whitelaw	Maclean						Stewart					→	Hudson
Westmorland and Lonsdale	Jopling				Collins		Farron
Workington	Campbell-Savours					Cunningham			Hayman					Jenkinson

2024 to present

Constituency	2024
Barrow and Furness	Scrogham
Carlisle	Minns
Morecambe and Lunesdale (cross-county constituency)	Collinge
Penrith and Solway	Campbell-Savours
Westmorland and Lonsdale	Farron
Whitehaven and Workington	MacAlister

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in the North West (region)
• List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies

Notes

1. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
2. Cross-county constituency with Lancashire
3. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
4. Morecambe and Lunesdale is a cross-county constituency, divided between northern Lancashire and southern Cumbria.

References

1. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2023/1230, retrieved 15 July 2024
2. "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
3. "Last chance to have your say on boundary changes in Cumbria - The Keswick Reminder". 8 November 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
4. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 711-762. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
5. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". House of Commons Library.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)