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.

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

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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

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