North Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency)

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North Lonsdale
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
County Lancashire
1885–1918
SeatsOne
Created from North Lancashire
Replaced by Lonsdale

North Lonsdale was a parliamentary constituency in north Lancashire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents

The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when the two-seat North Lancashire constituency was replaced and divided by a number of single-seat divisions.

The North Lonsdale Rural District, which was created in 1894, nine years after the constituency was created, was at the time an exclave of Lancashire. The area is now in Cumbria.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [1] Party [2]
1885 William George Ainslie Conservative
1892 William Smith Liberal
1895 Richard Cavendish Liberal Unionist, later Liberal
1906 George Haddock Conservative
1918 constituency abolished

Elections

Decades:

Elections in the 1880s

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Herschell
General election 1885: North Lonsdale [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William George Ainslie 4,166 51.4
Liberal Farrer Herschell 3,94448.6
Majority2222.8
Turnout 8,11088.0
Registered electors 9,219
Conservative win (new seat)
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Ainslie
General election 1886: North Lonsdale [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William George Ainslie 4,063 55.5 +4.1
Liberal William Henry Martin-Edmunds [4] 3,26344.5−4.1
Majority80011.0+8.2
Turnout 7,32679.5−8.5
Registered electors 9,219
Conservative hold Swing +4.1

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: North Lonsdale [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Smith 4,203 55.1 +10.6
Conservative William Dillworth Crewdson3,42644.9−10.6
Majority77710.2N/A
Turnout 7,62982.6+3.1
Registered electors 9,236
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +10.6
General election 1895: North Lonsdale [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Richard Cavendish 4,313 54.4 +9.5
Liberal Hugh Halkett 3,61045.6−9.5
Majority7038.8N/A
Turnout 7,92383.8+1.2
Registered electors 9,458
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +9.5

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: North Lonsdale [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Richard Cavendish Unopposed
Liberal Unionist hold
General election 1906: North Lonsdale [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Haddock 4,121 51.1 N/A
Liberal Richard Cavendish 3,94248.9New
Majority1792.2N/A
Turnout 8,06382.8N/A
Registered electors 9,738
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: North Lonsdale [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Haddock 4,329 51.0 −0.1
Liberal Joseph Bliss 4,16049.0+0.1
Majority1692.0−0.2
Turnout 8,48987.5+4.7
Registered electors 9,702
Conservative hold Swing -0.1
General election December 1910: North Lonsdale [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Haddock 4,140 50.5 −0.5
Liberal Joseph Bliss 4,06649.5+0.5
Majority741.0−1.0
Turnout 8,20684.6−2.9
Registered electors 9,702
Conservative hold Swing -0.5

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References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)
  2. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 324. ISBN   0-900178-27-2.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  4. ↑ "The Elections" . London Evening Standard . 12 July 1886. p. 5. Retrieved 3 December 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.
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