The county of Cumbria is divided into 6 parliamentary constituencies: 1 borough constituency for the City of Carlisle and 5 county constituencies.

Constituencies

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat

Name Electorate[1] Majority[2][nb 1] Member of Parliament[2] Nearest opposition[2] Electoral wards[3] Map
Barrow and Furness 70,158 5,789   Simon Fell†   Michelle Scrogham‡ Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council: Barrow Island, Central, Dalton North, Dalton South, Hawcoat, Hindpool, Newbarns, Ormsgill, Parkside, Risedale, Roosecote, Walney North, Walney South. South Lakeland District Council: Broughton, Crake Valley, Low Furness & Swarthmoor, Ulverston Central, Ulverston East, Ulverston North, Ulverston South, Ulverston Town, Ulverston West.
A small constituency in the south of the county. It includes a long but very thin island to the west of the mainland part of the constituency.
Carlisle 65,105 8,319 John Stevenson† Ruth Alcroft‡ Carlisle City Council: Belah, Belle Vue, Botcherby, Burgh, Castle, Currock, Dalston, Denton Holme, Harraby, Morton, St Aidans, Stanwix Urban, Upperby, Wetheral, Yewdale.
A small constituency, to the north of the centre of the county.
Copeland 61,693 5,842 Trudy Harrison† Tony Lywood‡ Allerdale Borough Council: Crummock, Dalton, Derwent Valley, Keswick. Copeland Borough Council: Arlecdon, Beckermet, Bootle, Bransty, Cleator Moor North, Cleator Moor South, Distington, Egremont North, Egremont South, Ennerdale, Frizington, Gosforth, Harbour, Haverigg, Hensingham, Hillcrest, Holborn Hill, Kells, Millom Without, Mirehouse, Moresby, Newtown, St Bees, Sandwith, Seascale.
A medium-sized constituency found in the south west of the county.
Penrith and The Border 67,555 18,519 Neil Hudson† Sarah Williams‡ Allerdale Borough Council: Warnell, Wigton. Carlisle City Council: Brampton, Great Corby and Geltsdale, Hayton, Irthing, Longtown & Rockcliffe, Lyne, Stanwix Rural. Eden District Council: Alston Moor, Appleby (Appleby), Appleby (Bongate), Askham, Brough, Crosby Ravensworth, Dacre, Eamont, Greystoke, Hartside, Hesket, Kirkby Stephen, Kirkby Thore, Kirkoswald, Langwathby, Lazonby, Long Marton, Morland, Orton With Tebay, Penrith Carleton, Penrith East, Penrith North, Penrith Pategill, Penrith South, Penrith West, Ravenstonedale, Shap, Skelton, Ullswater, Warcop.
A large constituency, comprising the north and east of the county, and almost entirely surrounding a smaller constituency in the north.
Westmorland and Lonsdale 67,789 1,934 Tim Farron¤ James Airey† South Lakeland District Council: Arnside & Beetham, Burneside, Burton & Holme, Cartmel, Coniston, Crooklands, Grange, Hawkshead, Holker, Kendal Castle, Kendal Far Cross, Kendal Fell, Kendal Glebelands, Kendal Heron Hill, Kendal Highgate, Kendal Kirkland, Kendal Mintsfeet, Kendal Nether, Kendal Oxenholme, Kendal Parks, Kendal Stonecross, Kendal Strickland, Kendal Underley, Kirkby Lonsdale, Lakes Ambleside, Lakes Grasmere, Levens, Lyth Valley, Milnthorpe, Natland, Sedbergh, Staveley-in-Cartmel, Staveley-in-Westmorland, Whinfell, Windermere Applethwaite, Windermere Bowness North, Windermere Bowness South, Windermere Town.
A medium-to-large constituency in the south of the county.
Workington 61,370 4,176 Mark Jenkinson† Sue Hayman‡ Allerdale Borough Council: All Saints, Aspatria, Boltons, Broughton St Bridget's, Christchurch, Clifton, Ellen, Ellenborough, Ewanrigg, Flimby, Harrington, Holme, Marsh, Moorclose, Moss Bay, Netherhall, St John's, St Michael's, Seaton, Silloth, Solway, Stainburn, Wampool, Waver, Wharrels.
A medium constituency in the west of the county.

2010 boundary changes

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain Cumbria's constituencies for the 2010 election, making minor changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies.

Name[nb 2]Boundaries 1997-2010Boundaries 2010–present
  1. Barrow and Furness CC
  2. Carlisle BC
  3. Copeland CC
  4. Penrith and The Border CC
  5. Westmorland and Lonsdale CC
  6. Workington CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Cumbria
Parliamentary constituencies in Cumbria
Post-2010 Boundaries
Post-2010 Boundaries

Proposed boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[4] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission has proposed that Cumbria be combined with Lancashire as a sub-region of the North West Region, with the existing seat of Morecambe and Lonsdale extending into southern Cumbria to create a cross-county boundary constituency. Copeland, Penrith and The Border, and Workington are abolished and replaced by the new constituencies of Penrith and Solway, and Whitehaven and Workington.[5][6]

The following constituencies are proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Allerdale

Containing electoral wards from Barrow-in-Furness

Containing electoral wards from Carlisle

Containing electoral wards from Copeland

  • Barrow and Furness (part)
  • Whitehaven and Workington (part)

Containing electoral wards from Eden

Containing electoral wards from South Lakeland

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[7]

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Cumbria in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Conservative 143,615 52.5% Increase3.7% 5 Increase2
Labour 79,402 29.0% Decrease7.2% 0 Decrease2
Liberal Democrats 39,426 14.4% Increase2.6% 1 0
Greens 4,223 1.5% Increase1.0% 0 0
Brexit 3,867 1.4% new 0 0
Others 3,044 1.2% Decrease1.5% 0 0
Total 273,577 100.0 6

Percentage votes

Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
Conservative 46.7 48.1 46.3 33.5 39.5 37.9 39.4 40.7 48.8 52.5
Labour 31.2 33.1 36.9 45.8 39.1 34.8 30.8 29.8 36.2 29.0
Liberal Democrat1 21.8 18.7 16.0 16.5 19.2 23.4 24.3 13.3 11.8 14.4
Green Party - * * * * * 0.6 3.4 0.5 1.5
UKIP - - - * * * 2.2 12.6 2.3 *
Brexit Party - - - - - - - - - 1.4
Other 0.3 0.1 0.8 4.1 2.3 3.9 2.8 0.2 0.4 1.2

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
Conservative 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 5
Labour 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 0
Liberal Democrat1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
Total 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

1885-1910: Cumberland and Westmorland

1918-1945


1950-1979

1983-present: Cumbria

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918

  Conservative   Independent Conservative   Labour   Liberal   Liberal Unionist   Speaker

Constituency 1885 86 1886 91 1892 95 1895 1900 05 1906 06 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 13 15 16
Carlisle Ferguson Gully → Chance Denman
Eskdale Allison C. W. H. Lowther Howard C. W. H. Lowther
Cockermouth Valentine Lawson Randles Lawson Randles Lawson jnr Bliss
Appleby W. Lowther Savory Rigg Jones Sanderson H. C. Lowther
Egremont Pennington Ainsworth Duncombe Bain Fullerton Grant
Whitehaven Cavendish-Bentinck Bain Little Helder Burnyeat Jackson Richardson
Kendal Taylour Bagot Stewart-Smith Bagot Weston
Penrith Howard → J. Lowther →

1918 to 1950

  Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23)   Conservative   Independent Parliamentary Group   Labour   Liberal   Speaker

Constituency 1918 21 1922 1923 1924 26 1929 1931 1935 1945
Westmorland Weston Stanley Fletcher-Vane
Cumberland North C. W. Lowther → Howard Graham Roberts
Penrith and Cockermouth J. Lowther H. C. Lowther Collison Dixey Dower
Carlisle Carr Middleton Watson Middleton Spears Grierson
Whitehaven Grant Duffy Hudson Price Nunn Anderson
Workington Cape Peart

1950 to 1983

  Conservative   Labour

Constituency 1950 1951 1955 59 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 76 1979
Westmorland Fletcher-Vane Jopling
Penrith and the Border Scott Whitelaw
Carlisle Hargreaves Johnson Lewis
Whitehaven Anderson Symonds Cunningham
Workington Peart Page Campbell-Savours

1983 to present

  Conservative   Independent   The Independents   Labour   Liberal Democrats

Constituency 1983 83 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 17 2017 18 19 2019
Westmorland and Lonsdale Jopling Collins Farron
Penrith and the Border Whitelaw Maclean Stewart → Hudson
Barrow and Furness Franks Hutton Woodcock → → Fell
Carlisle Lewis Martlew Stevenson
Copeland Cunningham Reed Harrison
Workington Campbell-Savours Cunningham Hayman Jenkinson

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
  2. ↑ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.

References

  1. ↑ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". House of Commons Library. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. 1 2 3 "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007". Office of Public Sector Information. Crown copyright. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  4. ↑ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Last chance to have your say on boundary changes in Cumbria - The Keswick Reminder". 8 November 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  6. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 711-762. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  7. ↑ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". House of Commons Library. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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