North Cumberland (UK Parliament constituency)

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North Cumberland
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Seatsone
Created from Eskdale and Penrith
Replaced by Penrith and The Border

North Cumberland (also "Cumberland Northern") [1] [2] was a parliamentary constituency in Cumberland which 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 of election.

Contents

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

The Urban Districts of Holme Cultram and Wigton, the Rural Districts of Brampton, Carlisle, and Longtown, and part of the Rural District of Wigton. (Carlisle, Brampton and Longtown rural districts merged in 1930 into the Border Rural District)

Members of Parliament

YearMemberWhip
1918 Christopher Lowther Unionist
1921 Independent Parliamentary Group
1922 Donald Howard Unionist
1926 Sir Fergus Graham Unionist
1935 Wilfrid Roberts Liberal
1950 Constituency abolished

Election results

Election in the 1910s

General election 14 December 1918: Cumberland North [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Christopher Lowther Unopposed
Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Election in the 1920s

General election 1922: Cumberland North [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Donald Howard 8,815 50.8 N/A
Liberal Geoffrey Howard 8,54449.2New
Majority2711.6N/A
Turnout 17,35979.9N/A
Registered electors 21,714
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1923: Cumberland North [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Donald Howard 9,288 50.6 −0.2
Liberal Richard Durning Holt 9,07049.4+0.2
Majority2181.2−0.4
Turnout 18,35883.2+3.3
Registered electors 22,075
Unionist hold Swing −0.2
General election 1924: Cumberland North [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Donald Howard 10,586 54.2 +3.6
Liberal Richard Durning Holt 6,82134.9−14.5
Labour B. Brooke2,12510.9New
Majority3,76519.3+18.1
Turnout 19,53286.0+2.8
Registered electors 22,717
Unionist hold Swing +9.1
1926 North Cumberland by-election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Fergus Graham 8,867 47.8 −6.4
Liberal Richard Durning Holt 6,87137.1+2.2
Labour H. W. McIntyre2,79315.1+4.2
Majority1,99610.7−8.6
Turnout 18,33182.0−4.0
Registered electors 22,607
Unionist hold Swing −4.3
General election 1929: Cumberland North [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Fergus Graham 10,392 44.9 −9.3
Liberal Richard Durning Holt 9,66141.7+6.8
Labour C. A. O'Donnell3,09213.4+2.5
Majority7313.2-16.1
Turnout 23,14583.7−2.3
Registered electors 27,653
Unionist hold Swing −8.1

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Cumberland North [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fergus Graham 12,504 52.7 +7.8
Liberal Wilfrid Roberts 11,22747.3+5.6
Majority1,2775.4+2.2
Turnout 23,78184.6+0.9
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1935: Cumberland North [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Wilfrid Roberts 12,521 51.9 -0.8
Conservative Fergus Graham 11,62748.1+0.8
Majority8943.8N/A
Turnout 24,14883.9-0.7
Liberal gain from Conservative 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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Cumberland North [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Wilfrid Roberts 12,053 50.4 -1.5
Conservative Ronald Nicholson Carr11,85549.6+1.5
Majority1980.83-3.0
Turnout 23,90875.7-8.2
Liberal hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ Cumberland Northern PDivCon Vision of Britain
  2. ↑ MPs for Cumberland Northern Hansard Millbank
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig
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