Penrith (UK Parliament constituency)

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

Penrith was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Penrith in Cumberland, England. 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 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

• Constituency created (1885)

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Henry Charles Howard	Liberal
	1886		Liberal Unionist
	1886	James William Lowther	Conservative
	1905		Speaker
1918		constituency abolished: see Penrith & Cockermouth

[edit] Elections

[edit] References

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