| North Cumberland | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
| 1918–1950 | |
| Number of members | one |
| Replaced by | Penrith and The Border |
| Created from | Eskdale and Penrith |
North Cumberland was a parliamentary constituency in Cumberland which 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 of election.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.
Contents |
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Christopher Lowther | Coalition Conservative† | |
| 1922 | Donald Howard | Conservative | |
| 1926 by-election | Sir Fergus Graham | Conservative | |
| 1935 | Wilfrid Roberts | Liberal | |
| 1950 | Constituency abolished | ||
† In January 1921 Lowther defected to the Independent Parliamentary Group led by Horatio Bottomley.[1]