Kendal (UK Parliament constituency)

Kendal
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1832–1918
Number of members one
Replaced by Westmorland
Created from Westmorland

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.

History

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

The small Kendal parliamentary borough constituency created in 1832 was abolished in 1885 by the Reform Act 1884. James Cropper, Liberal, being its last MP. The constituency after 1885 was a result of dividing the Westmorland constituency which up to then had two members since 1297. Thereafter it was the Kendal Division of Westmorland and the other being the Appleby Division. The two Conservative members for the old constituency William Lowther and the Earl of Bective were reelected in the 1885 general election, Mr Lowther for the Appleby Division and the Earl of Bective for the Kendal Division. These two constituencies were recombined under one member John Wakefield Weston for the 1918 general election.

Members of Parliament

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

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Kendal[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Taylour, Earl of Bective 2,690
Liberal James Cropper 2,427
Majority 263
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1886: Kendal[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Taylour, Earl of Bective unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1890s

Josceline Bagot
General Election 1892: Kendal[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Josceline Fitzroy Bagot 2,838 n/a
Liberal J A Farrer 2,209 n/a
Majority 629 n/a
Turnout n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
General Election 1895: Kendal[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Josceline Fitzroy Bagot 2,771
Liberal Herbert Stephenson 2,049
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Kendal[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Josceline Fitzroy Bagot unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
General Election 1906: Kendal[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dudley Cautley Stewart-Smith 2,899 n/a
Conservative Josceline Fitzroy Bagot 2,647 n/a
Majority 252 n/a
Turnout n/a
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing n/a

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Kendal[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Josceline Fitzroy Bagot 3,228
Liberal Dudley Cautley Stewart-Smith 2,726
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing
General Election December 1910: Kendal[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Josceline Fitzroy Bagot 3,041 52.7
Liberal William Henry Somervell 2,733 47.3
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Kendal by-election, 1913 [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Unionist John Wakefield Weston 3,261 54.9 +2.2
Liberal William Henry Somervell 2,680 45.1 -2.2
Majority
Turnout
Unionist hold Swing +2.2

References

  1. ↑ The Liberal Year Book 1907
  2. ↑ The Liberal Year Book 1907
  3. ↑ The Liberal Year Book 1907
  4. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons 1901
  5. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons 1901
  6. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  7. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons 1916
  8. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons 1916
  9. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons 1916