Penrith and Cockermouth (UK Parliament constituency)

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Penrith and Cockermouth
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Seatsone
Created from Cockermouth and Penrith
Replaced by Penrith and The Border and Workington

Penrith and Cockermouth was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Penrith and Cockermouth in Cumberland, England. It was alternatively known as Mid Cumberland. 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 for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

The Urban Districts of Cockermouth, Keswick, and Penrith, the Rural Districts of Alston with Garrigill, and Penrith, and part of the Rural District of Cockermouth.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 James Lowther Speaker
1921 Cecil Lowther Unionist
1922 Levi Collison Liberal
1923 Arthur Dixey Unionist
1935 Alan Dower Conservative
1950 constituency abolished: see Penrith and The Border

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Penrith & Cockermouth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Speaker James Lowther Unopposed
Speaker win (new seat)

Lowther stood as a Unionist candidate, and received the Coalition Coupon

Elections in the 1920s

1921 Penrith and Cockermouth by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Cecil Lowther 7,678 50.1 N/A
Liberal Levi Collison 7,64749.9N/A
Majority310.2N/A
Turnout 15,32574.0N/A
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1922: Penrith and Cockermouth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Levi Collison 9,114 51.1 N/A
Unionist Cecil Lowther 8,73648.9N/A
Majority3782.2N/A
Turnout 17,85083.0N/A
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing N/A
General election 1923: Penrith and Cockermouth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Arthur Dixey 9,205 50.9 +2.0
Liberal Levi Collison 8,87849.1−2.0
Majority3271.84.0
Turnout 18,08383.2+0.2
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +2.0
General election 1924: Penrith and Cockermouth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Arthur Dixey 11,431 67.9 +17.0
Labour Fred Tait 5,40432.1New
Majority6,02735.8+34.0
Turnout 16,83575.9+7.3
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1929: Penrith and Cockermouth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Arthur Dixey 10,595 45.2 −22.7
Liberal Arthur Holgate8,75037.4New
Labour Archibald Dodd4,07317.4−14.7
Majority1,8457.8−28.0
Turnout 23,41885.3+9.4
Unionist hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Penrith & Cockermouth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Dixey 12,904 53.1 +7.9
Liberal Arthur Holgate11,41246.9+9.5
Majority1,4926.2−1.6
Turnout 24,31686.6+1.3
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1935: Penrith & Cockermouth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Dower 14,496 64.3 +10.2
Labour Harold Smith8,03635.7New
Majority6,46028.6+22.4
Turnout 22,53278.4−8.2
Conservative hold Swing

General Election 1939–40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Penrith & Cockermouth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Dower 9,198 37.8 −26.5
Liberal Noel Francis Newsome6,57927.0New
Labour Leonard Foster Browne6,35026.1−9.6
National Tom Mitchell2,2049.1New
Majority2,61910.8−17.8
Turnout 24,33179.3+0.9
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 23 Mar 1936

Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN   0-900178-06-X.

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