Parliamentary representation from Westmorland

The historic county of Westmorland in north west England was represented in Parliament from the 13th century. This article provides a list of constituencies constituting the Parliamentary representation from Westmorland.

In 1889 an administrative county of Westmorland was created. In 1974 Westmorland was combined with Cumberland and northern Lancashire to form a new non-metropolitan county of Cumbria.

The first part of this article covers the constituencies wholly or predominantly within the area of the historic county of Westmorland, both before and after the administrative changes of 1974. The second part refers to constituencies mostly in another historic county, which included some territory from the historic county of Westmorland. The summaries section only refers to the constituencies included in the first section of the constituency list.

List of constituencies

Article names are followed by (UK Parliament constituency). The constituencies which existed in 1707 were those previously represented in the Parliament of England.

Key to abbreviations:-

• (Type) BC Borough constituency, CC County constituency.
• (Administrative County in Notes) C shire county of Cumbria (from 1974); W historic/administrative county of Westmorland (to 1974), C2 shire county of Cumbria (from 1974).

Constituencies wholly or predominantly in the historic county

Constituency	Type	From	To	MPs	Notes
Appleby	BC	1295	1832	2	W: Unrepresented 1654–1659; also called Westmorland North 1885-1918
	CC	1885	1918	1
Kendal	BC	1832	1885	1	W: also called Westmorland South 1885-1918
	CC	1885	1918	1
Westmorland	CC	1290	1885	2	W, C
		1918	1983	1
Westmorland and Lonsdale	CC	1983	*	1	C: Partly in the historic county of Lancashire

Constituencies mostly in another historic county

Constituency	Type	From	To	MPs	Notes
Penrith and The Border	CC	1950	*	1	C: From 1983 mostly in Cumberland but partly in Westmorland

Periods constituencies represented

	1290–1295	1295–1654	1654–1659	1659–1832	1832–1885	1885–1918	1918–1983	1983–*
Appleby		1295–1654		1659–1832		1885–1918
Kendal					1832–1885	1885–1918
Penrith and The Border								1983–*
Westmorland	1290–1885						1918–1983
Westmorland and Lonsdale								1983–*

Summaries

Summary of constituencies by type and period

Type	1290	1295	1654	1658	1832	1885	1918
Borough	-	1	-	1	1	-	-
County	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
Total	1	2	1	2	2	2	1

Summary of members of parliament by type and period

Type	1290	1295	1654	1658	1832	1885	1918
Borough	-	2	-	2	1	-	-
County	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Total	2	4	2	4	3	2	1

See also

• Cumbria portal

• Wikipedia:Index of article on UK Parliament constituencies in England
• Wikipedia:Index of articles on UK Parliament constituencies in England N-Z
• Parliamentary representation by historic counties
• First Protectorate Parliament
• Unreformed House of Commons

References

• Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
• British Parliamentary Constituencies: A Statistical Compendium, by Ivor Crewe and Anthony Fox (Faber and Faber 1984)
• British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977)
• The House of Commons 1509-1558, by S.T. Bindoff (Secker & Warburg 1982)
• The House of Commons 1558-1603, by P.W. Hasler (HMSO 1981)
• The House of Commons 1660-1690, by Basil Duke Henning (Secker & Warburg 1983)
• The House of Commons 1715-1754, by Romney Sedgwick (HMSO 1970)
• The House of Commons 1754-1790, by Sir Lewis Namier and John Brooke (HMSO 1964)
• The House of Commons 1790-1820, by R.G. Thorne (Secker & Warburg 1986)
• The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973) out of copyright