Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency)

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Barrow and Furness
County constituency
for the House of Commons
BarrowFurness2007Constituency.svg
Boundary of Barrow and Furness in Cumbria for the 2007 general election
EnglandCumbria.svg
Location of Cumbria within England
County Cumbria
(Lancashire until 1974)
Population88,826 (2011 census) [1]
Electorate 69,148 (December 2010) [2]
Major settlements Barrow-in-Furness, Ulverston, Dalton-in-Furness
Current constituency
Created 1885
Member of Parliament Simon Fell (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created from North Lancashire

Barrow and Furness, formerly known as Barrow-in-Furness, is a constituency [n 1] in Cumbria which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Simon Fell of the Conservative Party since 2019. [n 2]

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History and profile

The seat was established by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and covers the southwest part of Cumbria. The largest town in the constituency, Barrow-in-Furness, grew on the back of the shipbuilding industry and is now the site of the BAE Systems nuclear submarine and shipbuilding operation. This reliance on the industry aligns many of its journalists and in its community with strong nuclear deterrents, from which Labour has recoiled since its involvement in the Iraq War that removed dictator Saddam Hussain. Labour Cabinet member Albert Booth represented Barrow for many years from 1966, but was defeated in 1983, in the aftermath of the Falklands War, by a Manchester lawyer, Cecil Franks of the Conservative Party, who retained the seat until 1992. Local media attributed this to widespread fears of job losses because the Labour Party was then signed up to doing away with all its nuclear capabilities including the submarines. [n 3]

As Labour revised its policies by favouring the retention of Britain's nuclear capability, and following massive job losses in the town's shipbuilding industry, Labour's fortunes revived in Barrow. John Hutton took the seat back for Labour in 1992 and retained it until the 2010 general election, when he was replaced by John Woodcock, also of Labour. In 2001, Hutton had the support of more than half of all those who voted. Other industries in the constituency currently include engineering and chemicals, and more than a quarter of all jobs are in manufacturing. The 2015 result gave the seat the 10th-smallest majority of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority. [3] In 2017, Woodcock's majority was reduced from 795 votes to 209 votes, the 16th smallest majority in the country. [4] Conservative, Simon Fell, took the seat in 2019 with a slightly greater margin than John Woodcock had when he first won the seat for Labour in 2010.

Boundaries

Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current boundaries
Barrow-in-Furness in Lancashire, boundaries used 1974-83 Barrow1974Constituency.svg
Barrow-in-Furness in Lancashire, boundaries used 1974-83

This constituency contains the southern half of the Furness peninsula, South Cumbria in the north-west of England.

1885–1918: The municipal borough of Barrow-in-Furness. [5]

1983–2010: The entire district of Barrow-in-Furness and the following wards from the District of South Lakeland: Low Furness, Pennington, Ulverston Central, Ulverston East, Ulverston North, Ulverston South and Ulverston West.

2010–present: The entire district of Barrow-in-Furness and the following wards from the District of South Lakeland: Broughton, Crake Valley, Low Furness & Swarthmoor, Ulverston Central, Ulverston East, Ulverston North, Ulverston South, Ulverston Town and Ulverston West.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

The constituency will be expanded to bring the electorate within the permitted range by transferring the (former) Copeland Borough wards of Black Combe & Scafell, and Millom from the (to be abolished) constituency of Copeland. The boundaries within the (former) District of South Lakeland are unchanged, with the revised contents reflecting a previous local government boundary review.

With effect from 1 April 2023, the second tier councils in Cumbria were abolished and replaced by the new unitary authorities of Cumberland, and Westmorland and Furness. [7] The constituency will therefore now comprise the following from the next general election:

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [9] Party
1885 David Duncan Liberal
1886 by-election William Sproston Caine Liberal
1886 Liberal Unionist
1890 by-election James Duncan Liberal
1892 Charles Cayzer Conservative
1906 Charles Duncan Labour
1918 Robert Chadwick Conservative
1922 Daniel Somerville Conservative
1924 John Bromley Labour
1931 Jonah Walker-Smith Conservative
1945 Walter Monslow Labour
1966 Albert Booth Labour
1983 Constituency renamed "Barrow and Furness"
Cecil Franks Conservative
1992 John Hutton Labour
2010 John Woodcock Labour Co-op
2018 Independent
2019 Simon Fell Conservative

Election results

Barrow & Furness Results 1900-2019.png

Elections in the 19th century

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Barrow-in-Furness [10] [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Duncan 2,958 53.1
Conservative Henry Schneider 2,61246.9
Majority3466.2
Turnout 5,57091.9
Registered electors 6,063
Liberal win (new seat)

The election was declared void on petition, causing a by-election.

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Bruce
1886 Barrow-in-Furness by-election [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Sproston Caine 3,109 58.7 Increase2.svg5.6
Conservative Gainsford Bruce 2,17441.0Decrease2.svg5.9
Independent Liberal W H M Edmunds150.3New
Majority93517.7Increase2.svg11.5
Turnout 5,29887.4Decrease2.svg4.5
Registered electors 6,063
Liberal hold Swing Increase2.svg5.8
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Ainsworth
General election 1886: Barrow-in-Furness [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist William Sproston Caine 3,212 63.1 Increase2.svg16.2
Liberal John Ainsworth 1,88236.9Decrease2.svg16.2
Majority1,33026.2N/A
Turnout 5,09484.0Decrease2.svg7.9
Registered electors 6,063
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing Increase2.svg16.2

Elections in the 1890s

1890 Barrow-in-Furness by-election [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Duncan 1,944 38.2 Increase2.svg1.3
Conservative Herbert Henry Wainwright1,86236.6Decrease2.svg26.5
Independent Liberal William Sproston Caine 1,28025.2New
Majority821.6N/A
Turnout 5,08684.3Increase2.svg0.3
Registered electors 6,034
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing Increase2.svg13.9
General election 1892: Barrow-in-Furness [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Cayzer 3,312 53.4 Decrease2.svg9.7
Liberal James Duncan 2,89046.6Increase2.svg9.7
Majority4226.8Increase2.svg19.4
Turnout 6,20289.1Increase2.svg5.1
Registered electors 6,958
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg9.7
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Bonnerjee
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Curran
General election 1895: Barrow-in-Furness [10] [11] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Cayzer 3,192 53.6 Increase2.svg0.2
Liberal Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee 2,35539.5Decrease2.svg7.1
Ind. Labour Party Pete Curran 4146.9New
Majority83714.1Increase2.svg7.3
Turnout 5,96189.4Increase2.svg0.3
Registered electors 6,665
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg3.7

Elections in the 20th century

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Barrow-in-Furness [10] [11] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Cayzer Unopposed
Conservative hold
Duncan Charles Duncan.JPG
Duncan
General election 1906: Barrow-in-Furness [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Repr. Cmte. Charles Duncan 5,167 60.3 New
Conservative Charles Cayzer 3,39539.7N/A
Majority1,77220.6N/A
Turnout 8,56290.8N/A
Registered electors 9,426
Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Conservative Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Barrow-in-Furness [10] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Duncan 5,304 55.2 Decrease2.svg5.1
Conservative Francis Hugo Lindley Meynell4,29844.8Increase2.svg5.1
Majority1,00610.4Decrease2.svg10.2
Turnout 9,60291.6Increase2.svg0.8
Registered electors 10,478
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg5.1
General election December 1910: Barrow-in-Furness [10] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Duncan 4,810 52.9 Decrease2.svg2.3
Conservative Francis Hugo Lindley Meynell4,29047.1Increase2.svg2.3
Majority5205.8Decrease2.svg4.6
Turnout 9,10086.8Decrease2.svg4.8
Registered electors 10,478
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg2.3

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1918: Barrow in Furness [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Robert Burton-Chadwick 12,608 50.6 Increase2.svg3.5
Labour Charles Duncan 12,30949.4Decrease2.svg3.5
Majority2991.2N/A
Turnout 24,91766.1Decrease2.svg20.7
Unionist gain from Labour Swing Increase2.svg3.5

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Barrow in Furness [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Daniel Somerville 16,478 53.1 +2.5
Labour John Bromley 14,55146.9Decrease2.svg2.5
Majority1,9276.2Increase2.svg5.0
Turnout 31,29987.1Increase2.svg21.0
Unionist hold Swing Increase2.svg2.5
General election 1923: Barrow in Furness [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Daniel Somerville 13,996 47.5 Decrease2.svg5.6
Labour John Bromley 13,57646.0Decrease2.svg0.9
Liberal William Hood Wandless1,9316.5New
Majority4201.5Decrease2.svg4.7
Turnout 29,50386.3Decrease2.svg0.8
Unionist hold Swing Decrease2.svg2.3
General election 1924: Barrow in Furness [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Bromley 15,512 51.2 Increase2.svg5.2
Unionist Daniel Somerville 14,80248.8Increase2.svg1.3
Majority7102.4N/A
Turnout 30,31489.9Increase2.svg3.6
Labour gain from Unionist Swing Increase2.svg1.9
General election 1929: Barrow in Furness [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Bromley 19,798 56.0 Increase2.svg4.8
Unionist Kenneth McDonald Cameron15,55144.0Decrease2.svg4.8
Majority4,24712.0Increase2.svg9.6
Turnout 35,34986.8Decrease2.svg3.1
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg4.8

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Barrow in Furness [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonah Walker-Smith 20,794 56.8 Increase2.svg12.8
Labour David Adams 15,83543.2Decrease2.svg12.8
Majority4,95913.4N/A
Turnout 36,62988.9Increase2.svg2.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase2.svg12.8
General election 1935: Barrow in Furness [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonah Walker-Smith 18,136 50.3 Decrease2.svg6.5
Labour Percy Barstow 17,91949.7Increase2.svg6.5
Majority2170.6Decrease2.svg12.8
Turnout 36,05585.4Decrease2.svg3.5
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg6.5

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: Barrow in Furness [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Walter Monslow 25,939 65.5 Increase2.svg15.8
Conservative Jonah Walker-Smith 13,64834.5Decrease2.svg15.8
Majority12,29131.0N/A
Turnout 39,58779.7Decrease2.svg5.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg15.8

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Barrow in Furness
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Walter Monslow 26,342 56.27
Conservative Wilfrid Sugden 16,79335.87
Liberal Herbert Alexander Anderson Jardine3,6787.86New
Majority9,54920.40
Turnout 46,81387.83
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Barrow in Furness
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Walter Monslow 26,709 56.91
Conservative Kenneth F. Lawton20,22543.09
Majority6,48413.82
Turnout 46,93486.18
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Barrow in Furness
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Walter Monslow 22,792 53.22
Conservative Edward du Cann 20,03346.78
Majority2,7596.44
Turnout 42,82580.69
Labour hold Swing
General election 1959: Barrow in Furness
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Walter Monslow 23,194 54.68
Conservative Malcolm Metcalf19,22045.32
Majority3,9749.36
Turnout 42,41481.72
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Barrow in Furness
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Walter Monslow 22,197 55.13
Conservative Peter Davies18,06844.87
Majority4,12910.26
Turnout 40,26578.03
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Barrow in Furness
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Albert Booth 23,485 60.31
Conservative Richard W. Rollins15,45339.69
Majority8,03220.62
Turnout 38,93876.78
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Barrow in Furness
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Albert Booth 22,400 56.09
Conservative Hal Miller 17,53643.91
Majority4,86412.18
Turnout 39,93673.69
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Barrow in Furness
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Albert Booth 19,925 46.11
Conservative D.G.P. Bloomer14,81834.29
Liberal M. Benjamin8,47019.60New
Majority5,10711.82
Turnout 43,21379.97
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Barrow in Furness
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Albert Booth 21,607 51.41
Conservative Richard Cecil 14,25333.91
Liberal M.A. Benjamin5,78813.77
Independent V. Moore3840.91
Majority7,35417.50
Turnout 42,03277.06
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Barrow in Furness
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Albert Booth 22,687 53.24
Conservative Patrick Thompson 14,94635.07
Liberal G. Thompson4,98311.69
Majority7,74118.17
Turnout 42,61678.26
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Barrow and Furness [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cecil Franks 22,284 43.6
Labour Albert Booth 17,70734.7
SDP David Cottier11,07921.7New
Majority4,5778.9N/A
Turnout 51,07075.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1987: Barrow and Furness [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cecil Franks 25,431 46.5 Increase2.svg2.9
Labour Peter Phizacklea21,50439.3Increase2.svg4.6
SDP Richard Phelps7,79914.3Decrease2.svg7.4
Majority3,9277.2Decrease2.svg1.7
Turnout 54,73179.0Increase2.svg3.8
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg0.9

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Barrow and Furness [20] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Hutton 26,568 47.7 Increase2.svg8.4
Conservative Cecil Franks 22,99041.3Decrease2.svg5.2
Liberal Democrats Clive J. Crane6,08910.9Decrease2.svg3.4
Majority3,5786.4N/A
Turnout 55,64782.0Increase2.svg3.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg6.8
General election 1997: Barrow and Furness [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Hutton 27,630 57.3 Increase2.svg9.6
Conservative Richard Hunt13,13327.2Decrease2.svg14.1
Liberal Democrats Anne A. Metcalfe4,2648.8Decrease2.svg2.1
Independent Jim Hamezeian1,9954.1New
Referendum David Y. Mitchell1,2082.5New
Majority14,49730.1Increase2.svg23.7
Turnout 48,23072.0Decrease2.svg10.0
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg11.9

Elections in the 21st century

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Barrow and Furness [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Hutton 21,724 55.7 Decrease2.svg1.6
Conservative James Airey11,83530.3Increase2.svg3.1
Liberal Democrats Barry Rabone4,75012.2Increase2.svg3.4
UKIP John Smith7111.8New
Majority9,88925.4Decrease2.svg4.7
Turnout 39,02060.3Decrease2.svg11.7
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg2.4
General election 2005: Barrow and Furness [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Hutton 17,360 47.6 Decrease2.svg8.1
Conservative William Dorman11,32331.0Increase2.svg0.7
Liberal Democrats Barry Rabone6,13016.8Increase2.svg4.6
UKIP Alan Beach7582.1Increase2.svg0.3
Build Duddon and Morecambe BridgesTimothey Bell4091.1New
Veritas Brian Greaves3060.8New
Independent Helene Young2070.6New
Majority6,03716.6Decrease2.svg8.8
Turnout 36,49359.0Decrease2.svg1.3
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg4.4

Elections in the 2010s

Results for Barrow and Furness since 1997, as to those parties/others who at some point have kept their deposit in this time. This means have won 5% of the vote, or more. Results for Barrow and Furness since 1997.svg
Results for Barrow and Furness since 1997, as to those parties/others who at some point have kept their deposit in this time. This means have won 5% of the vote, or more.
General election 2010: Barrow and Furness [25] [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op John Woodcock 21,226 48.1 Increase2.svg2.9
Conservative John Gough16,01836.3Increase2.svg3.7
Liberal Democrats Barry Rabone4,42410.0Decrease2.svg7.9
UKIP John Smith8411.9Decrease2.svg0.2
BNP Mike Ashburner8401.9New
Green Chris Loynes5301.2New
Independent Brian Greaves2450.6New
Majority5,20811.8Decrease2.svg0.8
Turnout 44,12463.7Increase2.svg4.8
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg0.4
General election 2015: Barrow and Furness [27] [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op John Woodcock 18,320 42.3 Decrease2.svg 5.8
Conservative Simon Fell 17,52540.5Increase2.svg4.2
UKIP Nigel Cecil5,07011.7Increase2.svg9.8
Liberal Democrats Clive Peaple1,1692.7Decrease2.svg7.3
Green Rob O'Hara1,0612.5Increase2.svg1.3
Independent Ian Jackson1300.3New
Majority7951.8Decrease2.svg10.0
Turnout 43,27563.3Decrease2.svg0.4
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg5.0
General election 2017: Barrow and Furness [29] [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op John Woodcock 22,592 47.5 Increase2.svg 5.2
Conservative Simon Fell 22,38347.0Increase2.svg 6.5
Liberal Democrats Loraine Birchall1,2782.7Steady2.svg 0.0
UKIP Alan Piper9622.0Decrease2.svg 9.7
Green Rob O'Hara3750.8Decrease2.svg 1.7
Majority2090.5Decrease2.svg 1.3
Turnout 47,59068.5Increase2.svg 5.2
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg 0.7
General election 2019: Barrow and Furness [31] [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Fell 23,876 51.9 Increase2.svg 4.9
Labour Chris Altree18,08739.3Decrease2.svg 8.2
Liberal Democrats Loraine Birchall2,0254.4Increase2.svg 1.7
Brexit Party Ged McGrath1,3552.9New
Green Chris Loynes7031.5Increase2.svg 0.7
Majority5,78912.6N/A
Turnout 46,04665.8Decrease2.svg2.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase2.svg 6.5

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Barrow and Furness
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michelle Scrogham [33]
Liberal Democrats Adrian Waite [34]
Green Lorraine Wrennall [35]
Majority
Turnout
Swing

See also

Notes

  1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
  3. See Labour Party and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

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