Eskdale (UK Parliament constituency)

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Eskdale County constituency
Created:	1885
Abolished:	1918
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

Eskdale was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Eskdale district of 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.

Contents 1 History 2 Boundaries 3 Members of Parliament 4 Elections 5 See also 6 References

[edit] History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Robert Andrew Allison
	1900	Claude William Henry Lowther
	1906	Geoffrey William Algernon Howard
	1910	Claude William Henry Lowther
1918		constituency abolished

[edit] Elections

[edit] See also

• Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918

[edit] References

• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.