Westmorland (UK Parliament constituency)

Westmorland was a constituency

United Kingdom constituencies

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covering the county

Historic counties of England

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of Westmorland

Westmorland

Westmorland is an area of North West England and one of the 39 historic counties of England. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974, after which the entirety of the county was absorbed into the new county of Cumbria.-Early history:...

in the North of England, which returned Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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.

The constituency had two separate periods of existence.

Until 1885

It returned two Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

(MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

. For the 1885 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1885

-Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...

, Westmorland was divided into two constituencies: Appleby

Appleby (UK Parliament constituency)

Appleby was a parliamentary constituency in the former county of Westmorland in England. It existed for two separate periods: from 1295 to 1832, and from 1885 to 1918....

and Kendal

Kendal (UK Parliament constituency)

Kendal was a parliamentary borough centred on the town of Kendal in Westmorland. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.-History:...

, 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

United Kingdom general election, 1918

The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...

and abolished for the 1983 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1983

The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945...

In the boundary changes in 1983 the southern part of the constituency became part of the new seat of Westmorland and Lonsdale

Westmorland and Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency)

Westmorland and Lonsdale is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...

and the northern area was transferred to Penrith and The Border

Penrith and The Border (UK Parliament constituency)

Penrith and The Border is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is represented by one Member of Parliament elected by the first past the post system of election. This Cumbrian constituency was first contested in 1950.-History:The constutuency is...

Boundaries

The 1918 - 1983 seat corresponded to the county of Westmorland even after the abolition of the administrative county

Administrative county

An administrative county was an administrative division in England and Wales and Ireland used for the purposes of local government. They are now abolished, although in Northern Ireland their former areas are used as the basis for lieutenancy....

in 1974

Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974....

MPs 1290–1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1302	Thomas de Betham
1305	Sir Hugh de Lowther	Nicholas de Leyburne
1308–1309	Thomas de Betham
1309	Robert L'Angleys
1311-1312	Thomas de Betham
1311–1312	Robert L'Angleys
1341–1342	Sir Thomas de Musgrave
1344–1345	Sir Thomas de Musgrave
1355	William de Windesere
1363	James Pickering
1366	James Pickering
1377–c1400	Hugh de Salkeld
1384	John de Mansergh
1386	Sir John Derwentwater	Robert Clibern
1388 (Feb)	Sir Thomas Blenkinsop	Thomas Strickland
1388 (Sep)	Robert de Sandford	Hugh Salkend I
1390 (Jan)	John Crackenthorpe	Hugh Salkend I
1390 (Nov)	Sir Christopher Moresby	Hugh Salkend I
1391	Sir William Curwen	William Thornburgh
1393	John Crackenthorpe	Hugh Salkend I
1394	Sir William Curwen	William Thornburgh
1395	Sir Walter Strickland	William Crackenthorpe I
1397 (Jan)	John Lancaster	Hugh Salkend I
1397 (Sep)	Sir William Curwen	William Crackenthorpe I
1399	Sir Thomas de Musgrave	John Crackenthorpe
1401	William Thornburgh	Hugh Salkeld II
1402	Sir William Threlkeld	(Sir) William Crackenthorpe I
1404 (Jan)	Roland Thornburgh	Sir Richard Duckett
1404 (Oct)	Sir Robert Leybourne	Thomas Strickland II
1406	Sir John Beetham	(Sir) John Lancaster I
1407	Sir Alan Pennington	Thomas Warcop I
1410
1411	Sir Robert Leybourne	Christopher Moresby
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Robert Crackenthorpe	John Hutton
1414 (Apr)	Robert Mauchell	Richard Wharton
1414 (Nov)	Thomas Warcop II	William Thornburgh
1415	Robert Warcop	Thomas Warcop III
1416 (Mar)	Roland Thornburgh	Robert Crackenthorpe
1416 (Oct)
1417
1419	Roland Thornburgh	Robert Crackenthorpe
1420	William Beauchamp	Thomas Greem II
1421 (May)	Robert Warcop	Robert Preston
1421 (Dec)	(Sir) John Lancaster I	William Blenkinsop
1467	William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Kendal
1473	William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Kendal
1510–1523	No Names Known
1529	Sir William Musgrave	Thomas Blenkinsop
1536
1539
1542	Sir James Leyburn	Nicholas Bacon
1545	Sir Ingram Clifford	Sir James Leyburn
1547	Sir Carles Brandon , died and replaced in Jan 1552 by Sir Robert Bowes	Thomas Warcop
1553 (Mar)
1553 (Oct)	Thomas Fallowfield	Thomas Warcop
1554 (Apr)	Thomas Fallowfield	Thomas Warcop
1554 (Nov)	Thomas Percy	Thomas Warcop
1555
1558	Anthony Kempe	Thomas Sackville Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset was an English statesman, poet, dramatist and Freemason. He was the son of Richard Sackville, a cousin to Anne Boleyn. He was a Member of Parliament and Lord High Treasurer.-Biography:...
1559 (Jan)	Lancelot Lancaster	Thomas Warcop
1562–1563	Walter Strickland	Gerard Lowther
1571	Alan Bellingham	Thomas Warcop
1572	Thomas Knyvet	Thomas Warcop
1584	Francis Clifford Francis Clifford, 4th Earl of Cumberland Francis Clifford, 4th Earl of Cumberland was a member of the Clifford family which held the seat of Skipton from 1310 to 1676....	Thomas Warcop
1586	Francis Clifford Francis Clifford, 4th Earl of Cumberland Francis Clifford, 4th Earl of Cumberland was a member of the Clifford family which held the seat of Skipton from 1310 to 1676....	Thomas Warcop
1588 (Oct)	Francis Dacre	Thomas Warcop
1593	Sir William Bowes	(Sir) Edward Denny
1597 (Sep)	(Sir) Walter Harcourt	Henry Cholmley
1601 (Oct)	George Wharton	Thomas Strickland
1604-1611	Sir Richard Musgrave	Sir Thomas Strickland
1614	Lord Clifford Henry Clifford, 5th Earl of Cumberland Henry Clifford, 5th Earl of Cumberland was a member of the Clifford family which held the seat of Skipton from 1310 to 1676. He was the son of Francis Clifford, 4th Earl of Cumberland and Grisold Hughes. He married Frances Cecil , daughter of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Elizabeth Brooke...	Sir Thomas Wharton
1621	Lord Clifford Henry Clifford, 5th Earl of Cumberland Henry Clifford, 5th Earl of Cumberland was a member of the Clifford family which held the seat of Skipton from 1310 to 1676. He was the son of Francis Clifford, 4th Earl of Cumberland and Grisold Hughes. He married Frances Cecil , daughter of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Elizabeth Brooke...	Sir Thomas Wharton
1624	Sir John Lowther	Robert Strickland
1625	Sir John Lowther	Sir Henry Bellingham Sir Henry Bellingham, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Bellingham, 1st Baronet was an English politician and lawyer, cavalier and baronet.He was the son of Sir James Bellingham and Agnes Curwen, daughter of Sir Henry Curwen. Bellingham was educated at Queen's College, Cambridge in 1609, and admitted to the Middle Temple a year later...
1626	Sir John Lowther	Sir Henry Bellingham Sir Henry Bellingham, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Bellingham, 1st Baronet was an English politician and lawyer, cavalier and baronet.He was the son of Sir James Bellingham and Agnes Curwen, daughter of Sir Henry Curwen. Bellingham was educated at Queen's College, Cambridge in 1609, and admitted to the Middle Temple a year later...
1628	Sir John Lowther	John Lowther Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet, of Lowther Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet was an English landowner, and politician who sat in the House of Commons for Westmorland in 1628 and in 1660. Member of an old Northern family, he took no great part in the English Civil Wars....
1629-1640	No Parliament summoned

MPs 1640–1885

	First member	First party	Second member	Second party
April 1640 Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks....	Sir Philip Musgrave Sir Philip Musgrave, 2nd Baronet Sir Philip Musgrave, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1643 and from 1661 to 1678. He served in the Royalist army in the Civil War....	Royalist	Sir Henry Bellingham Sir Henry Bellingham, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Bellingham, 1st Baronet was an English politician and lawyer, cavalier and baronet.He was the son of Sir James Bellingham and Agnes Curwen, daughter of Sir Henry Curwen. Bellingham was educated at Queen's College, Cambridge in 1609, and admitted to the Middle Temple a year later...	Royalist
November 1640 Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...		Royalist
March 1643	Musgrave disabled to sit - seat vacant
October 1645	Musgrave disabled to sit - seat vacant		Bellingham disabled to sit - seat vacant
1646	Henry Lawrence Henry Lawrence (President of the Council) Henry Lawrence was an English statesman who served as President of the English Council of State during the Protectorate.Lawrence was brought up as a Puritan, and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge and then Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he became an MA in 1627...		James Bellingham Sir James Bellingham, 2nd Baronet Sir James Bellingham, 2nd Baronet was an English politician, lawyer and baronet.He was the only son of Sir Henry Bellingham, 1st Baronet and Dorothy Boynton, daughter of Sir Francis Boynton...
December 1648	Lawrence excluded in Pride's Purge Pride's Purge Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents... - seat vacant		Bellingham not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge Pride's Purge Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents...
1653	Westmorland was not separately represented in the Barebones Parliament Barebones Parliament Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector... . The following were nominated for The Four Northern Counties collectively: Major-General Charles Howard Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle was an English politician and military leader.The first in the Howard line of earls, he was the son and heir of Sir William Howard, of Naworth in Cumberland, by Mary, daughter of William, Lord Eure, and great-grandson of Lord William Howard, "Belted Will" , the... , Robert Fenwick, Henry Dawson Henry Dawson Henry Dawson was an amateur English cricketer.Dawson represented pre-county club Hampshire in a single first-class match in 1819 against Epsom Cricket Club. Dawson also played a single first-class match for the Old Etonians against the Gentlemen of England... , Henry Ogle
1654 First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House....	Jeremy Baynes		Christopher Lister
1656 Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons...	Thomas Burton Thomas Burton (politician) Thomas Burton , of Brampton Hall, Westmorland, was MP for Westmorland from 1656 to 1659, and a parliamentary diarist.-Life:He was a justice of the peace for Westmorland. He was returned to parliament as member for the county on 20 August 1656...		Christopher Lister
January 1659 Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...			Thomas Wharton Thomas Wharton (died 1684) Sir Thomas Wharton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.In 1659, Wharton was elected Member of Parliament for Westmorland in the Third Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Westmorland in 1660 for the Convention Parliament.-References:...
May 1659 Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....	Not represented in the restored Rump Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....
April 1660	Sir John Lowther Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet, of Lowther Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet was an English landowner, and politician who sat in the House of Commons for Westmorland in 1628 and in 1660. Member of an old Northern family, he took no great part in the English Civil Wars....		Sir Thomas Wharton Thomas Wharton (died 1684) Sir Thomas Wharton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.In 1659, Wharton was elected Member of Parliament for Westmorland in the Third Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Westmorland in 1660 for the Convention Parliament.-References:...
1661	Sir Thomas Strickland		Sir Philip Musgrave Sir Philip Musgrave, 2nd Baronet Sir Philip Musgrave, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1643 and from 1661 to 1678. He served in the Royalist army in the Civil War....
1677	Sir John Lowther John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale, PC, FRS , known as Sir John Lowther, 2nd Baronet, from 1675 to 1696, was an English politician....
1678			Alan Bellingham
1679	Christopher Philipson
1681	Sir John Lowther John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale, PC, FRS , known as Sir John Lowther, 2nd Baronet, from 1675 to 1696, was an English politician....
January 1689			Henry Wharton
December 1689			Goodwin Wharton Goodwin Wharton Goodwin Wharton was a Whig politician and autobiographer.-Early life:Goodwin Wharton was the third and youngest son out of the seven children of Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton and Jane Goodwin, daughter of Arthur Goodwin , of Upper Winchendon, Buckinghamshire...	Whig
1690			Sir Christopher Musgrave
1695			Sir Richard Sandford Sir Richard Sandford, 3rd Baronet Sir Richard Sandford, 3rd Baronet was an English politician.He was a Member of Parliament for Morpeth in 1701 and from 1701 to 1713.He died aged 47....
1696	William Fleming
January 1701	Sir Christopher Musgrave		Henry Graham Henry Graham (of Levens) Henry Graham, of Levens , also spelt Grahme, was an English gentleman, heir to a Westmorland estate, and member of parliament....
December 1701	Sir Richard Sandford Sir Richard Sandford, 3rd Baronet Sir Richard Sandford, 3rd Baronet was an English politician.He was a Member of Parliament for Morpeth in 1701 and from 1701 to 1713.He died aged 47....
1702	Sir Christopher Musgrave
1704	William Fleming
1705	Robert Lowther
1707	Robert Lowther		Michael Fleming
1708	Daniel Wilson Daniel Wilson (MP) Daniel Wilson of Dallam Tower, Westmorland was a member of parliament for Westmorland constituency from 1708 to 1722 and 1728–1741, and also served as High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1727....		James Grahme
1722	Anthony Lowther		James Grahme
1727	Anthony Lowther		Daniel Wilson Daniel Wilson (MP) Daniel Wilson of Dallam Tower, Westmorland was a member of parliament for Westmorland constituency from 1708 to 1722 and 1728–1741, and also served as High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1727....
1741	Sir Philip Musgrave Sir Philip Musgrave, 6th Baronet Sir Philip Musgrave, 6th Baronet was a British politician.He was a Member of Parliament for Westmorland, from 1741 to 1747....
1747	Edward Wilson		John Dalston
1754	Sir George Dalston		John Dalston
1759	Sir George Dalston		Robert Lowther
1761	Sir James Lowther James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale Sir James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale was the son of Robert Lowther and Catherine Pennington.He married Mary Crichton-Stuart, daughter of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute and Mary Wortley-Montagu, 1st Baroness Mount Stuart on 7 September 1761.On 9 June 1792 he fought a duel with a Captain Cuthbert...		John Upton John Upton John Upton was born in Petworth, Sussex, England. He was a civil engineer and contractor working on roads, canals and ports first in England and later in Russia.-English career:...
1763	Robert Lowther
1764	John Robinson
1768	John Robinson		Thomas Fenwick
1774	Sir James Lowther James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale Sir James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale was the son of Robert Lowther and Catherine Pennington.He married Mary Crichton-Stuart, daughter of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute and Mary Wortley-Montagu, 1st Baroness Mount Stuart on 7 September 1761.On 9 June 1792 he fought a duel with a Captain Cuthbert...	Tory	Sir Michael le Fleming	Tory
1775	James Lowther	Tory	Sir Michael le Fleming	Tory
1806	James Lowther	Tory	The Lord Muncaster John Pennington, 1st Baron Muncaster John Pennington, 1st Baron Muncaster , known as John Pennington until 1783, was a British peer and Tory politician.-Background:...	Tory
1812	Henry Cecil Lowther	Tory		Tory
1813			Viscount Lowther William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale PC, FRS , styled Viscount Lowther between 1807 and 1844, was a British Tory politician.-Background:...	Tory
1831			Alexander Nowell	Whig
1832		Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	Viscount Lowther William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale PC, FRS , styled Viscount Lowther between 1807 and 1844, was a British Tory politician.-Background:...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1841			William Thompson	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1854			Earl of Bective Thomas Taylour, 3rd Marquess of Headfort Thomas Taylour, 3rd Marquess of Headfort KP PC was an Irish peer, styled Lord Kenlis until 1829 and Earl of Bective from 1829 to 1870....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1868	William Lowther William Lowther (diplomat) William Lowther was a British diplomat and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1892....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1871			Earl of Bective Thomas Taylour, Earl of Bective Thomas Taylour, Earl of Bective , styled Lord Kenlis until 1870, was an Anglo-Irish Conservative politician....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

MPs 1918–1983

Election		Member	Party
	1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...	John Wakefield Weston Sir John Weston, 1st Baronet Colonel Sir John Weston, 1st Baronet , was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician.Weston sat as Member of Parliament for Kendal between 1913 and 1918, when the constituency was abolished, and for Westmorland between 1918 and 1924...	Coalition Conservative
	1924 United Kingdom general election, 1924 - Seats summary :- References :* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* - External links :* * *...	Oliver Stanley	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945 The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to...	William Fletcher-Vane William Fletcher-Vane, 1st Baron Inglewood William Morgan Fletcher-Vane, 1st Baron Inglewood, TD , was a British Conservative Party politician.Inglewood was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. William Lyonel Vane, a descendant of Gilbert Vane, 2nd Baron Barnard...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1964 United Kingdom general election, 1964 The United Kingdom general election of 1964 was held on 15 October 1964, more than five years after the preceding election, and thirteen years after the Conservative Party had retaken power...	Michael Jopling Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling Thomas Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, PC is a politician in the United Kingdom, and sits in the House of Lords as a member of the Conservative Party....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945...		constituency abolished: see Westmorland and Lonsdale Westmorland and Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency) Westmorland and Lonsdale is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...

Election results

Election results taken from the History of Parliament Trust series.

Elections in the 18th century

Lowther appointed a Commissioner of the Revenue in Ireland

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