Westmorland (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Westmorland (electoral district).
Westmorland
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1918 (1918)–1983 (1983)
Number of members one
Replaced by Penrith & The Border and Westmorland & Lonsdale
Created from Appleby and Kendal
1290 (1290)–1885 (1885)
Replaced by Appleby and Kendal

Westmorland was a constituency covering the county of Westmorland in the North of England, which returned Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency had two separate periods of existence.

Until 1885
It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. For the 1885 general election, Westmorland was divided into two constituencies: Appleby and Kendal, both of which had been parliamentary boroughs but were reconstituted as county constituencies.
1918–1983
The constituency was recreated as a single-seater for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1983 general election.

In the boundary changes in 1983 the southern part of the constituency became part of the new seat of Westmorland and Lonsdale and the northern area was transferred to Penrith and The Border

Contents

Boundaries

The 1918 - 1983 seat corresponded to the county of Westmorland even after the abolition of the administrative county in 1974.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1290–1640

Parliament First member Second member
1302 Thomas de Betham
1305 Sir Hugh de Lowther Nicholas de Leyburne
1308–1309 Thomas de Betham
1309 Robert L'Angleys
1311–1312 Thomas de Betham
1311–1312 Robert L'Angleys
1341–1342 Sir Thomas de Musgrave
1344–1345 Sir Thomas de Musgrave
1355 William de Windesere
1363 James Pickering
1366 James Pickering
1377–c1400 Hugh de Salkeld
1384 John de Mansergh
1386 Sir John Derwentwater Robert Clibern [1]
1388 (Feb) Sir Thomas Blenkinsop Thomas Strickland[1]
1388 (Sep) Robert de Sandford Hugh Salkend I [1]
1390 (Jan) John Crackenthorpe Hugh Salkend I [1]
1390 (Nov) Sir Christopher Moresby Hugh Salkend I [1]
1391 Sir William Curwen William Thornburgh [1]
1393 John Crackenthorpe Hugh Salkend I [1]
1394 Sir William Curwen William Thornburgh [1]
1395 Sir Walter Strickland William Crackenthorpe I [1]
1397 (Jan) John Lancaster Hugh Salkend I [1]
1397 (Sep) Sir William Curwen William Crackenthorpe I [1]
1399 Sir Thomas de Musgrave John Crackenthorpe [1]
1401 William Thornburgh Hugh Salkend II [1]
1402 Sir William Threlkeld (Sir) William Crackenthorpe I [1]
1404 (Jan) Roland Thornburgh Sir Richard Duckett [1]
1404 (Oct) Sir Robert Leybourne Thomas Strickland II [1]
1406 Sir John Beetham (Sir) John Lancaster I [1]
1407 Sir Alan Pennington Thomas Warcop I [1]
1410
1411 Sir Robert Leybourne Christopher Moresby [1]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May) Robert Crackenthorpe John Hutton [1]
1414 (Apr) Robert Mauchell Richard Wharton [1]
1414 (Nov) Thomas Warcop II William Thornburgh [1]
1415 Robert Warcop Thomas Warcop III [1]
1416 (Mar) Roland Thornburgh Robert Crackenthorpe [1]
1416 (Oct)
1417
1419 Roland Thornburgh Robert Crackenthorpe[1]
1420 William Beauchamp Thomas Greem II[1]
1421 (May) Robert Warcop Robert Preston[1]
1421 (Dec) (Sir) John Lancaster I William Blenkinsop[1]
1435 Sir Thomas Parr
1449 Sir Thomas Parr
1450 Sir Thomas Parr
1455 Sir Thomas Parr
1459  ?Sir Thomas Parr
1467 William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Kendal
1473 William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Kendal
1510–1523 No Names Known[2]
1529 Sir William Musgrave Thomas Blenkinsop [2]
1536
1539
1542 Sir James Leyburn Nicholas Bacon [2]
1545 Sir Ingram Clifford Sir James Leyburn [2]
1547 Sir Charles Brandon, died
and replaced in Jan 1552 by Sir Robert Bowes		 Thomas Warcop [2]
1553 (Mar)
1553 (Oct) Thomas Fallowfield Thomas Warcop [2]
1554 (Apr) Thomas Fallowfield Thomas Warcop [2]
1554 (Nov) Thomas Percy Thomas Warcop [2]
1555
1558 Anthony Kempe Thomas Sackville [2]
1559 (Jan) Lancelot Lancaster Thomas Warcop[3]
1562–1563 Walter Strickland Gerard Lowther [3]
1571 Alan Bellingham Thomas Warcop [3]
1572 Thomas Knyvet Thomas Warcop [3]
1584 Francis Clifford Thomas Warcop [3]
1586 Francis Clifford Thomas Warcop [3]
1588 (Oct) Francis Dacre Thomas Warcop [3]
1593 Sir William Bowes (Sir) Edward Denny [3]
1597 (Sep) (Sir) Walter Harcourt Henry Cholmley [3]
1601 (Oct) George Wharton Thomas Strickland [3]
1604–1611 Sir Richard Musgrave Sir Thomas Strickland
1614 Lord Clifford Sir Thomas Wharton
1621 Lord Clifford Sir Thomas Wharton
1624 Sir John Lowther Robert Strickland
1625 Sir John Lowther Sir Henry Bellingham
1626 Sir John Lowther Sir Henry Bellingham
1628 Sir John Lowther John Lowther
1629–1640 No Parliament summoned

MPs 1640–1885

Year First member First party Second member Second party
April 1640 Sir Philip Musgrave Royalist Sir Henry Bellingham Royalist
November 1640
March 1643 Musgrave disabled to sit - seat vacant
October 1645 Bellingham disabled to sit - seat vacant
1646 Henry Lawrence James Bellingham
December 1648 Lawrence excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant Bellingham not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge
1653 Westmorland was not separately represented in the Barebones Parliament.
The following were nominated for The Four Northern Counties collectively:
Major-General Charles Howard, Robert Fenwick, Henry Dawson, Henry Ogle
1654 Jeremy Baynes Christopher Lister
1656 Thomas Burton
January 1659 Thomas Wharton
May 1659 Not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660 Sir John Lowther Sir Thomas Wharton
1661 Sir Thomas Strickland Sir Philip Musgrave
1677 Sir John Lowther
1678 Alan Bellingham
1679 Christopher Philipson
1681 Sir John Lowther
January 1689 Henry Wharton
December 1689 Goodwin Wharton Whig
1690 Sir Christopher Musgrave
1695 Sir Richard Sandford
1696 William Fleming
January 1701 Sir Christopher Musgrave Henry Graham
December 1701 Sir Richard Sandford
1702 Sir Christopher Musgrave
1704 William Fleming
1705 Robert Lowther
1707 Michael Fleming
1708 Daniel Wilson James Grahme
1722 Anthony Lowther
1727 Daniel Wilson
1741 Sir Philip Musgrave
1747 Edward Wilson John Dalston
1754 Sir George Dalston
1759 Robert Lowther
1761 Sir James Lowther John Upton
1763 Robert Lowther
1764 John Robinson
1768 Thomas Fenwick
1774 Sir James Lowther [4] Tory Sir Michael le Fleming Tory
1775 James Lowther Tory
1806 The Lord Muncaster Tory
1812 Henry Cecil Lowther Tory
1813 Viscount Lowther Tory
1831 Alexander Nowell Whig
1832 Conservative Viscount Lowther Conservative
1841 William Thompson Conservative
1854 Earl of Bective Conservative
1868 William Lowther Conservative
1871 Earl of Bective Conservative

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab "History of Parliament". http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/constituencies/westmorland. Retrieved 2011-09-02. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "History of Parliament". http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/westmorland. Retrieved 2011-09-02. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of Parliament". http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/westmorland. Retrieved 2011-09-02. 
  4. ^ Sir James Lowther was also elected for Cumberland, which he chose to represent, and did not sit for Westmorland in this Parliament

MPs 1918–1983

Election Member Party
1918 John Wakefield Weston Coalition Conservative
1924 Oliver Stanley Conservative
1945 William Fletcher-Vane Conservative
1964 Michael Jopling Conservative
1983 constituency abolished: see Westmorland and Lonsdale

Election results

Election results taken from the History of Parliament Trust series.

Elections in the 18th century

General Election 1715: Westmorland (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Daniel Wilson Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan James Grahme Unopposed N/A N/A
General Election 1722: Westmorland (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Anthony Lowther Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan James Grahme Unopposed N/A N/A
By-Election 16 June 1726: Westmorland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Anthony Lowther Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan hold Swing N/A
General Election 1727: Westmorland (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Anthony Lowther Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan Daniel Wilson Unopposed N/A N/A
General Election 1734: Westmorland (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Anthony Lowther Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan Daniel Wilson Unopposed N/A N/A
General Election 28 May 1741: Westmorland (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Daniel Wilson 1,281 39.97 N/A
Non Partisan Sir Philip Musgrave, Bt 1,079 33.67 N/A
Non Partisan John Dalston 845 26.37 N/A
General Election 1747: Westmorland (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Edward Wilson Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan John Dalston Unopposed N/A N/A

References