Kendal (UK Parliament constituency)

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Kendal Borough constituency
Created:	1832
Abolished:	1918
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

Kendal was a parliamentary borough centred on the town of Kendal in Westmorland. 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 Election results 5 References

[edit] History

The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1832	James Brougham	Liberal
	1834	John Foster-Barham	Liberal
	1837	George William Wood	Liberal
	1843	Henry Warburton	Liberal
	1847	George Carr Glyn	Liberal
	1868	John Whitwell	Liberal
	1880	James Cropper	Liberal
	1885	Earl of Bective	Conservative
	1892	Josceline FitzRoy Bagot	Conservative
	1906	Dudley Stewart-Smith	Liberal
	1910	Josceline FitzRoy Bagot	Conservative
	1913	John Wakefield Weston	Conservative
1918		constituency abolished

[edit] Election results

[edit] References

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