Penrith and Cockermouth (UK Parliament constituency)
Penrith and Cockermouth | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Cockermouth and Penrith |
Replaced by | Penrith and The Border and Workington |
Penrith and Cockermouth was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Penrith and Cockermouth in Cumberland, England. It was alternatively known as Mid Cumberland. 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 for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.
Boundaries
The Urban Districts of Cockermouth, Keswick, and Penrith, the Rural Districts of Alston with Garrigill, and Penrith, and part of the Rural District of Cockermouth.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1918 | James Lowther | Speaker | |
1921 | Cecil Lowther | Unionist | |
1922 | Levi Collison | Liberal | |
1923 | Arthur Dixey | Unionist | |
1935 | Alan Dower | Conservative | |
1950 | constituency abolished: see Penrith and The Border |
Elections
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Speaker | James Lowther | Unopposed | |||
Speaker win (new seat) |
Lowther stood as a Unionist candidate, and received the Coalition Coupon
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Cecil Lowther | 7,678 | 50.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | Levi Collison | 7,647 | 49.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 31 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 15,325 | 74.0 | N/A | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Levi Collison | 9,114 | 51.1 | N/A | |
Unionist | Cecil Lowther | 8,736 | 48.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 378 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 17,850 | 83.0 | N/A | ||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Arthur Dixey | 9,205 | 50.9 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | Levi Collison | 8,878 | 49.1 | −2.0 | |
Majority | 327 | 1.8 | 4.0 | ||
Turnout | 18,083 | 83.2 | +0.2 | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Arthur Dixey | 11,431 | 67.9 | +17.0 | |
Labour | Fred Tait | 5,404 | 32.1 | New | |
Majority | 6,027 | 35.8 | +34.0 | ||
Turnout | 16,835 | 75.9 | +7.3 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Arthur Dixey | 10,595 | 45.2 | −22.7 | |
Liberal | Arthur Holgate | 8,750 | 37.4 | New | |
Labour | Archibald Dodd | 4,073 | 17.4 | −14.7 | |
Majority | 1,845 | 7.8 | −28.0 | ||
Turnout | 23,418 | 85.3 | +9.4 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Arthur Dixey | 12,904 | 53.1 | +7.9 | |
Liberal | Arthur Holgate | 11,412 | 46.9 | +9.5 | |
Majority | 1,492 | 6.2 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 24,316 | 86.6 | +1.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alan Dower | 14,496 | 64.3 | +10.2 | |
Labour | Harold Smith | 8,036 | 35.7 | New | |
Majority | 6,460 | 28.6 | +22.4 | ||
Turnout | 22,532 | 78.4 | −8.2 | ||
Conservative hold | 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 and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: Alan Dower
- Liberal: William Jackson[1]
- Labour: Harold Smith
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alan Dower | 9,198 | 37.8 | −26.5 | |
Liberal | Noel Francis Newsome | 6,579 | 27.0 | New | |
Labour | Leonard Foster Browne | 6,350 | 26.1 | −9.6 | |
National | Tom Mitchell | 2,204 | 9.1 | New | |
Majority | 2,619 | 10.8 | −17.8 | ||
Turnout | 24,331 | 79.3 | +0.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
- ^ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 23 Mar 1936
Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Penrith | Constituency represented by the speaker 1918–1921 | Succeeded by Halifax |