Penrith (UK Parliament constituency)
Penrith | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1918 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | North Cumberland and Penrith and Cockermouth |
Created from | East Cumberland |
Penrith was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Penrith in Cumberland, England. 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.
History[]
The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.
Members of Parliament[]
Year | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | Henry Howard | Liberal | |
1886 | Liberal Unionist | ||
1886 | James Lowther | Conservative | |
1905 | Speaker | ||
1918 | constituency abolished |
Elections[]
Elections in the 1880s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Howard | 3,921 | 53.2 | ||
Conservative | James Lowther | 3,448 | 46.8 | ||
Majority | 473 | 6.4 | |||
Turnout | 7,369 | 80.8 | |||
Registered electors | 9,123 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Lowther | 3,676 | 54.8 | +8.0 | |
Liberal | Wilfrid Lawson | 3,032 | 45.2 | −8.0 | |
Majority | 644 | 9.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,708 | 73.5 | −7.3 | ||
Registered electors | 9,123 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.0 |
Elections in the 1890s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Lowther | 3,549 | 50.9 | −3.9 | |
Liberal | Thomas Sadler Douglas | 3,424 | 49.1 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 125 | 1.8 | −7.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,973 | 79.8 | +6.3 | ||
Registered electors | 8,733 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Lowther | 3,868 | 54.2 | +3.3 | |
Liberal | Thomas Sadler Douglas | 3,268 | 45.8 | −3.3 | |
Majority | 600 | 8.4 | +6.6 | ||
Turnout | 7,136 | 80.1 | +0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 8,914 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.3 |
Elections in the 1900s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Lowther | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Speaker | James Lowther | Unopposed | |||
Speaker hold |
Elections in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Speaker | James Lowther | Unopposed | |||
Speaker hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Speaker | James Lowther | Unopposed | |||
Speaker hold |
References[]
Categories:
- Parliamentary constituencies in North West England (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918
- Penrith, Cumbria
- United Kingdom historical constituency stubs