In the boundary changes in 1983 the southern part of the constituency became part of the new seat of Westmorland and Lonsdale and the northern area was transferred to Penrith and The Border
Bellingham not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge
1653
Westmorland was not separately represented in the Barebones Parliament. The following were nominated for The Four Northern Counties collectively: Major-General Charles Howard, Robert Fenwick, Henry Dawson, Henry Ogle
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;
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October 27, 2023
westmorland, parliament, constituency, confused, with, westmorland, electoral, district, westmorland, constituency, covering, county, westmorland, north, england, which, returned, members, parliament, house, commons, parliament, united, kingdom, westmorlandfor. Not to be confused with Westmorland electoral district Westmorland was a constituency covering the county of Westmorland in the North of England which returned Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom WestmorlandFormer County constituencyfor the House of CommonsContext 1832 1868 Extract from 1837 result the most central doubly blue area1918 1983SeatsoneCreated fromAppleby and KendalReplaced byPenrith amp The Border and Westmorland amp Lonsdale1290 1885SeatstwoReplaced byAppleby and KendalThe constituency had two separate periods of existence Until 1885 It returned two Members of Parliament MPs to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom For the string of elections from 1885 general election it split in two Appleby and Kendal both of which had been parliamentary boroughs but were reconstituted as county constituencies 1918 1983 The constituency was recreated as a single seater for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1983 general election In the boundary changes in 1983 the southern part of the constituency became part of the new seat of Westmorland and Lonsdale and the northern area was transferred to Penrith and The Border Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 2 1 MPs 1290 1640 2 2 MPs 1640 1885 2 2 1 Notes 2 3 MPs 1918 1983 3 Election results 1290 1885 3 1 Elections in the 18th century 3 2 Elections in the 1830s 3 3 Elections in the 1840s 3 4 Elections in the 1850s 3 5 Elections in the 1860s 3 6 Elections in the 1870s 3 7 Elections in the 1880s 4 Election results 1918 1983 4 1 Elections in the 1910s 4 2 Elections in the 1920s 4 3 Elections in the 1930s 4 4 Elections in the 1940s 4 5 Elections in the 1950s 4 6 Elections in the 1960s 4 7 Elections in the 1970s 5 ReferencesBoundaries editThe 1918 1983 seat corresponded to the county of Westmorland even after the abolition of the administrative county in 1974 This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it June 2008 Members of Parliament editConstituency created 1290 MPs 1290 1640 edit This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items August 2008 Parliament First member Second member1290 Sir Richardus de Prestonne Sir Williemus de Stirkland1302 Thomas de Betham1305 Sir Hugh de Lowther Nicholas de Leyburne1308 1309 Thomas de Betham1309 Robert L Angleys1311 1312 Thomas de Betham1311 1312 Robert L Angleys1313 Sir Matthew de Redman1324 Sir Robertus de Sandeford1328 Sir Nicholas de Preston1331 1332 Sir Walter de Strickland1341 1342 Sir Thomas de Musgrave1343 Sir Richard de Preston Sir Thomas de Musgrave1344 1345 Sir Thomas de Musgrave1353 Sir Richard de Preston Jnr 1355 William de Windesere1357 Sir Matthew de Redman1362 Sir John Preston1363 James Pickering1366 Sir John Preston James Pickering1368 Sir John Preston1371 Sir John Preston1377 c1400 Hugh Salkeld I1382 Sir John Preston1384 John de Mansergh1386 Sir John Derwentwater Robert Clibern 1 1388 Feb Sir Thomas Blenkinsop Thomas Strickland 1 1388 Sep Robert de Sandford Hugh Salkeld I 1 1390 Jan John Crackenthorpe Hugh Salkeld I 1 1390 Nov Sir Christopher Moresby Hugh Salkeld I 1 1391 Sir William Curwen William Thornburgh 1 1393 John Crackenthorpe Hugh Salkeld I 1 1394 Sir William Curwen William Thornburgh 1 1395 Sir Walter Strickland William Crackenthorpe I 1 1397 Jan John Lancaster Hugh Salkeld I 1 1397 Sep Sir William Curwen William Crackenthorpe I 1 1399 Sir Thomas de Musgrave John Crackenthorpe 1 1401 William Thornburgh Hugh Salkeld II 1 1402 Sir William Threlkeld Sir William Crackenthorpe I 1 1404 Jan Roland Thornburgh Sir Richard Duckett 1 1404 Oct Sir Robert Leybourne Thomas Strickland II 1 1406 Sir John Beetham Sir John Lancaster I 1 1407 Sir Alan Pennington Thomas Warcop 1 14101411 Sir Robert Leybourne Christopher Moresby 1 1413 Feb 1413 May Robert Crackenthorpe John Hutton 1 1414 Apr Robert Mauchell Richard Wharton 1 1414 Nov Thomas Warcop William Thornburgh 1 1415 Robert Warcop Thomas Warcop 1 1416 Mar Roland Thornburgh Robert Crackenthorpe 1 1416 Oct 14171419 Roland Thornburgh Robert Crackenthorpe 1 1420 William Beauchamp Thomas Greem II 1 1421 May Robert Warcop Robert Preston 1 1421 Dec Sir John Lancaster I William Blenkinsop 1 1429 Thomas Strickland II1431 Thomas Strickland II1435 Sir Thomas Parr1449 Sir Thomas Parr1450 Sir Thomas Parr1455 Sir Thomas Parr1459 Sir Thomas Parr1467 William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Kendal1473 William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Kendal1510 1523 No Names Known 2 1529 Sir William Musgrave Thomas Blenkinsop 2 153615391542 Sir James Leyburn Nicholas Bacon 2 1545 Sir Ingram Clifford Sir James Leyburn 2 1547 Sir Charles Brandon died and replaced in January 1552 by Sir Robert Bowes Thomas Warcop 2 1553 Mar 1553 Oct Thomas Fallowfield Thomas Warcop 2 1554 Apr Thomas Fallowfield Thomas Warcop 2 1554 Nov Thomas Percy Thomas Warcop 2 15551558 Anthony Kempe Thomas Sackville 2 1559 Jan Lancelot Lancaster Thomas Warcop 3 1562 1563 Walter Strickland Gerard Lowther 3 1571 Alan Bellingham Thomas Warcop 3 1572 Thomas Knyvet Thomas Warcop 3 1584 Francis Clifford Thomas Warcop 3 1586 Francis Clifford Thomas Warcop 3 1588 Oct Francis Dacre Thomas Warcop 3 1593 Sir William Bowes Sir Edward Denny 3 1597 Sep Sir Walter Harcourt Henry Cholmley 3 1601 Oct George Wharton Thomas Strickland 3 1604 1611 Sir Richard Musgrave Sir Thomas Strickland1614 Lord Clifford Sir Thomas Wharton1621 Lord Clifford Sir Thomas Wharton1624 Sir John Lowther Robert Strickland1625 Sir John Lowther Sir Henry Bellingham1626 Sir John Lowther Sir Henry Bellingham1628 Sir John Lowther John Lowther1629 1640 No Parliament summonedMPs 1640 1885 edit Year First member First party Second member Second partyApril 1640 Sir Philip Musgrave Royalist Sir Henry Bellingham RoyalistNovember 1640March 1643 Musgrave disabled to sit seat vacantOctober 1645 Bellingham disabled to sit seat vacant1646 Henry Lawrence James BellinghamDecember 1648 Lawrence excluded in Pride s Purge seat vacant Bellingham not recorded as sitting after Pride s Purge1653 Westmorland was not separately represented in the Barebones Parliament The following were nominated for The Four Northern Counties collectively Major General Charles Howard Robert Fenwick Henry Dawson Henry Ogle1654 Jeremy Baynes Christopher Lister1656 Thomas BurtonJanuary 1659 Thomas WhartonMay 1659 Not represented in the restored RumpApril 1660 Sir John Lowther Sir Thomas Wharton1661 Sir Thomas Strickland Sir Philip Musgrave1677 Sir John Lowther1678 Alan Bellingham1679 Christopher Philipson1681 Sir John LowtherJanuary 1689 Henry WhartonDecember 1689 Goodwin Wharton Whig1690 Sir Christopher Musgrave1695 Sir Richard Sandford1696 William FlemingJanuary 1701 Sir Christopher Musgrave Henry GrahamDecember 1701 Sir Richard Sandford1702 Sir Christopher Musgrave1704 William Fleming1705 Robert Lowther1707 Michael Fleming1708 Daniel Wilson James Grahme1722 Anthony Lowther1727 Daniel Wilson1741 Sir Philip Musgrave1747 Edward Wilson John Dalston1754 Sir George Dalston1759 Robert Lowther1761 Sir James Lowther John Upton1763 Robert Lowther1764 John Robinson1768 Thomas Fenwick1774 Sir James Lowther 4 Tory Sir Michael le Fleming Tory 5 1775 James Lowther Tory 5 1806 The Lord Muncaster Tory 5 1812 Henry Lowther Tory 5 1813 Viscount Lowther Tory 5 1831 Alexander Nowell Whig 5 1832 Viscount Lowther Tory 5 1834 Conservative 5 Conservative 5 1841 William Thompson Conservative 5 1854 Earl of Bective Conservative1868 William Lowther Conservative1871 Earl of Bective ConservativeNotes edit MPs 1918 1983 edit Election Member Party1918 John Weston Coalition Conservative1924 Oliver Stanley Conservative1945 William Fletcher Vane Conservative1964 Michael Jopling Conservative1983 constituency abolished see Westmorland and LonsdaleElection results 1290 1885 editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it June 2008 Election results taken from the History of Parliament Trust series Elections in the 18th century edit General election 1715 Westmorland 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Daniel Wilson Unopposed N A N ANonpartisan James Grahme Unopposed N A N AGeneral election 1722 Westmorland 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Anthony Lowther Unopposed N A N ANonpartisan James Grahme Unopposed N A N ALowther appointed a Commissioner of the Revenue in IrelandBy Election 16 June 1726 Westmorland Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Anthony Lowther Unopposed N A N ANonpartisan hold Swing N AGeneral election 1727 Westmorland 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Anthony Lowther Unopposed N A N ANonpartisan Daniel Wilson Unopposed N A N AGeneral election 1734 Westmorland 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Anthony Lowther Unopposed N A N ANonpartisan Daniel Wilson Unopposed N A N AGeneral election 28 May 1741 Westmorland 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Daniel Wilson 1 281 39 97 N ANonpartisan Philip Musgrave 1 079 33 67 N ANonpartisan John Dalston 845 26 37 N AGeneral election 1747 Westmorland 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Edward Wilson Unopposed N A N ANonpartisan John Dalston Unopposed N A N AElections in the 1830s edit General election 1830 Westmorland 5 6 Party Candidate Votes Tory William Lowther UnopposedTory Henry Lowther UnopposedRegistered electors c 3 500Tory holdTory holdGeneral election 1831 Westmorland 5 6 Party Candidate Votes Tory Henry Lowther UnopposedWhig Alexander Nowell MP UnopposedRegistered electors c 3 500Tory holdWhig gain from ToryGeneral election 1832 Westmorland 5 7 Party Candidate Votes Tory William Lowther 2 052 36 6Tory Henry Lowther 1 948 34 7Whig John Barham 1 611 28 7Majority 337 6 0Turnout 3 584 81 6Registered electors 4 392Tory holdTory gain from WhigGeneral election 1835 Westmorland 7 5 Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Lowther UnopposedConservative Henry Lowther UnopposedRegistered electors 4 644Conservative holdConservative holdGeneral election 1837 Westmorland 7 5 Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Lowther UnopposedConservative Henry Lowther UnopposedRegistered electors 4 775Conservative holdConservative holdElections in the 1840s edit General election 1841 Westmorland 7 5 Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Lowther UnopposedConservative Henry Lowther UnopposedRegistered electors 4 384Conservative holdConservative holdWilliam Lowther was appointed Postmaster General of the United Kingdom and called to the House of Lords as Baron Lowther causing a by election By election 22 September 1841 Westmorland 7 Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Thompson UnopposedConservative holdGeneral election 1847 Westmorland 7 Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Thompson UnopposedConservative Henry Lowther UnopposedRegistered electors 4 078Conservative holdConservative holdElections in the 1850s edit General election 1852 Westmorland 7 Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Thompson UnopposedConservative Henry Lowther UnopposedRegistered electors 4 062Conservative holdConservative holdThompson s death caused a by election By election 31 March 1854 Westmorland 7 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Thomas Taylour UnopposedConservative holdGeneral election 1857 Westmorland 7 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Thomas Taylour UnopposedConservative Henry Lowther UnopposedRegistered electors 4 168Conservative holdConservative holdGeneral election 1859 Westmorland 7 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Thomas Taylour UnopposedConservative Henry Lowther UnopposedRegistered electors 4 214Conservative holdConservative holdElections in the 1860s edit General election 1865 Westmorland 7 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Thomas Taylour UnopposedConservative Henry Lowther UnopposedRegistered electors 4 237Conservative holdConservative holdLowther s death caused a by election By election 8 January 1868 Westmorland 7 Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Lowther UnopposedConservative holdGeneral election 1868 Westmorland 7 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Thomas Taylour UnopposedConservative William Lowther UnopposedRegistered electors 5 240Conservative holdConservative holdElections in the 1870s edit Taylour succeeded to the peerage becoming Marquess of Headfort and causing a by election at which his son was elected unopposed By election 21 February 1871 Westmorland 7 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Thomas Taylour UnopposedConservative holdGeneral election 1874 Westmorland 7 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Thomas Taylour UnopposedConservative William Lowther UnopposedRegistered electors 5 177Conservative holdConservative holdElections in the 1880s edit General election 1880 Westmorland 7 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Thomas Taylour 2 641 37 1 N AConservative William Lowther 2 522 35 4 N ALiberal Henry Tufton 1 963 27 5 NewMajority 559 7 9 N ATurnout 4 545 est 83 5 est N ARegistered electors 5 442Conservative holdConservative holdElection results 1918 1983 edit nbsp Westmorland election resultsElections in the 1910s edit General election 1918 Westmorland 8 Party Candidate Votes C Unionist John Weston UnopposedUnionist win new seat C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government Elections in the 1920s edit General election 1922 Westmorland 9 Party Candidate Votes Unionist John Weston Unopposed N A N AUnionist hold Swing N AGeneral election 1923 Westmorland 9 Party Candidate Votes Unionist John Weston Unopposed N A N AUnionist hold Swing N AGeneral election 1924 Westmorland 8 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Oliver Stanley 17 935 71 2 N ALabour Reginald Penrith Burnett 7 242 28 2 NewMajority 10 693 43 0 N ATurnout 25 177 80 2 N AUnionist hold Swing N AGeneral election 1929 Westmorland Party Candidate Votes Unionist Oliver Stanley 17 101 49 6 21 6Liberal William Gretton Ward 13 223 38 3 NewLabour W Bone 4 184 12 1 16 1Majority 3 878 11 3 31 7Turnout 34 508 81 9 1 7Unionist hold Swing N AElections in the 1930s edit General election 1931 Westmorland Party Candidate Votes Conservative Oliver Stanley Unopposed N A N AConservative hold Swing N AGeneral election 1935 Westmorland Party Candidate Votes Conservative Oliver Stanley 22 634 68 5 N ALabour E V Short 10 417 31 5 NewMajority 12 217 37 0 N ATurnout 33 051 73 8 N AConservative hold Swing N AGeneral Election 1939 40Another 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 Conservative Oliver Stanley Labour R S Armstrong Liberal Geoffrey Acland 10 Elections in the 1940s edit General election 1945 Westmorland Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Fletcher Vane 19 717 53 3 15 2Labour Harold Banning Richardson 9 674 26 1 5 4Liberal Geoffrey Acland 7 313 19 8 NewIndependent Francis Basil Price Heywood 306 0 8 NewMajority 10 043 27 1 9 9Turnout 37 010 77 0 3 2Conservative hold Swing 4 9Elections in the 1950s edit General election 1950 Westmorland Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Fletcher Vane 22 228 55 1 1 8Liberal Geoffrey Acland 9 054 22 5 2 7Labour Paul Wilson 9 031 22 4 3 7Majority 13 174 28 4 1 3Turnout 40 313 85 5 8 5Conservative hold Swing 0 5General election 1951 Westmorland Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Fletcher Vane 23 227 58 3 3 2Labour Paul Wilson 9 119 22 9 0 5Liberal Geoffrey Acland 7 493 18 8 3 7Majority 14 108 35 4 7 0Turnout 39 839 83 5 2 0Conservative hold Swing 1 3General election 1955 Westmorland Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Fletcher Vane 21 048 57 4 0 9Labour Ivor Ralph Million 7 901 21 6 1 3Liberal Geoffrey Acland 7 688 21 0 2 2Majority 13 147 35 8 0 4Turnout 36 637 77 6 5 9Conservative hold Swing 0 2General election 1959 Westmorland Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Fletcher Vane 20 676 55 8 1 6Liberal Geoffrey Acland 8 984 24 3 3 3Labour Corin Hughes Stanton 7 359 19 9 1 7Majority 11 692 31 5 4 3Turnout 37 019 78 8 2 2Conservative hold Swing 2 5Elections in the 1960s edit General election 1964 Westmorland Party Candidate Votes Conservative Michael Jopling 19 125 51 75Liberal Aubrey Herbert 11 078 29 98Labour Norman Plamping 6 752 18 27Majority 8 047 21 77Turnout 36 955 78 82Conservative hold SwingGeneral election 1966 Westmorland Party Candidate Votes Conservative Michael Jopling 17 907 50 55Liberal Alistair Bell 9 052 25 55Labour John E Dayton 8 465 23 90Majority 8 855 25 00Turnout 35 424 75 46Conservative hold SwingElections in the 1970s edit General election 1970 Westmorland Party Candidate Votes Conservative Michael Jopling 21 253 55 3 4 8Liberal Gurney Pease 9 426 24 5 1 0Labour Roger Ward 7 757 20 2 3 7Majority 11 827 30 8 5 8Turnout 38 436 71 0 4 5Conservative hold SwingGeneral election February 1974 Westmorland Party Candidate Votes Conservative Michael Jopling 22 036 50 13Liberal A Nixon 15 502 35 27Labour PJ Hildrew 6 419 14 60Majority 6 534 14 86Turnout 43 957 79 27Conservative hold SwingGeneral election October 1974 Westmorland Party Candidate Votes Conservative Michael Jopling 20 559 50 85Liberal BN Wates 12 844 31 77Labour M Taylor 7 028 17 38Majority 7 715 19 08Turnout 40 431 72 35Conservative hold SwingGeneral election 1979 Westmorland Party Candidate Votes Conservative Michael Jopling 25 274 56 62Liberal K Hulls 12 867 28 83Labour A Potts 6 497 14 55Majority 12 407 27 79Turnout 44 638 74 45Conservative hold SwingReferences edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab History of Parliament Retrieved 2 September 2011 a b c d e f g h i History of Parliament Retrieved 2 September 2011 a b c d e f g h i j History of Parliament Retrieved 2 September 2011 Sir James Lowther was also elected for Cumberland which he chose to represent and did not sit for Westmorland in this Parliament a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Stooks Smith Henry 1845 The Parliaments of England from 1st George I to the Present Time Vol II Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive London Simpkin Marshall amp Co pp 102 104 Retrieved 3 June 2019 via Google 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