West Cumberland | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1832–1885 | |
Seats | two |
Created from | Cumberland |
Replaced by | Egremont and Cockermouth |
West Cumberland was a county constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the bloc vote system of election.
1832–1885: The Wards of Allerdale above Derwent and Allerdale below Derwent. [1]
In 1832 the historic county of Cumberland, in north west England, was split for parliamentary purposes into two county divisions. These were the East Cumberland division (with a place of election at Carlisle) and the West division (where voting took place at Cockermouth). Each division returned two members to Parliament.
The parliamentary boroughs included in the West division, between 1832 and 1885, (whose non-resident 40 shilling freeholders voted in the county constituency) were Cockermouth and Whitehaven. (Source: Stooks Smith).
For most of its existence this was an extremely Conservative division, in sharp contrast to the mostly Liberal inclined East division of the county. Only once, in the last election in 1880, was a Liberal MP elected.
The county began to industrialise from the 1860s. An Irish community developed in the west of Cumberland particularly at Cleator Moor, attracted by the opportunity to find work in the areas developing iron industry. It may be that these economic and demographic developments made the Liberals, critical of the remnant Anglican ascendancy, more competitive by 1880 than they had been earlier in the century.
In 1885 this division was abolished. The East and West Cumberland county divisions were replaced by four new single-member county constituencies. These were Cockermouth, Egremont (the Western division), Eskdale (Northern division) and Penrith (Mid division). In addition there were two remaining Cumberland borough constituencies; Carlisle and Whitehaven.
Election | First member [2] | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1832 | William Lowther | Tory | Edward Stanley | Tory | ||
1833 by-election | Samuel Irton | Tory | ||||
1834 | Conservative | Conservative | ||||
1847 | Henry Lowther | Conservative | ||||
1852 | Samuel Irton | Conservative | ||||
1857 | Hon. Sir Henry Wyndham | Conservative | ||||
1860 by-election | Hon. Percy Wyndham | Conservative | ||||
1872 by-election | Jocelyn Pennington a | Conservative | ||||
1880 | David Ainsworth | Liberal | ||||
1885 | Constituency abolished |
Note:-
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Tory | William Lowther | 1,875 | 36.9 | ||
Tory | Edward Stanley | 1,693 | 33.3 | ||
Whig | Henry Curwen | 1,510 | 29.7 | ||
Majority | 183 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,266 | 84.9 | |||
Registered electors | 3,848 | ||||
Tory win (new seat) | |||||
Tory win (new seat) |
Lowther was also elected for Westmorland and opted to sit there, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tory | Samuel Irton | 1,682 | 51.2 | −19.0 | |
Radical | Francis Aglionby | 1,601 | 48.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 81 | 2.4 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,283 | 85.3 | +0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 3,848 | ||||
Tory hold | Swing | −19.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Stanley | 1,899 | 35.4 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | Samuel Irton | 1,883 | 35.1 | −1.8 | |
Radical | Francis Aglionby | 1,581 | 29.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 302 | 5.6 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,469 | 83.6 | −1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 4,149 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Samuel Irton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Edward Stanley | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,437 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Samuel Irton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Edward Stanley | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,031 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Stanley | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Henry Lowther | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,042 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Samuel Irton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Henry Lowther | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,144 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Henry Wyndham | 1,848 | 35.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Henry Lowther | 1,825 | 34.9 | N/A | |
Radical | Wilfrid Lawson [5] [6] | 1,554 | 29.7 | New | |
Majority | 271 | 5.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,391 (est) | 77.2 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,389 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Henry Wyndham | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Henry Lowther | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,780 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Wyndham's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Percy Wyndham | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Percy Wyndham | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Henry Lowther | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,602 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Percy Wyndham | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Henry Lowther | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,676 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Lowther succeeded to the peerage, becoming Earl of Lonsdale and causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Josslyn Pennington | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Percy Wyndham | 2,532 | 29.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Josslyn Pennington | 2,520 | 29.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | James William Ballantine Dykes [7] | 1,786 | 20.7 | New | |
Liberal | David Ainsworth | 1,771 | 20.6 | New | |
Majority | 734 | 8.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,305 (est) | 71.3 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,034 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | David Ainsworth | 3,178 | 37.4 | −3.9 | |
Conservative | Percy Wyndham | 2,686 | 31.6 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Josslyn Pennington | 2,624 | 30.9 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 554 | 6.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,864 (est) | 78.2 (est) | +6.9 | ||
Registered electors | 7,496 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | −3.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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