List of parliamentary constituencies in Cumbria

The county of Cumbria is divided into 6 parliamentary constituencies: 1 borough constituency for the City of Carlisle and 5 county constituencies.

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Constituencies

† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Liberal Democrat

Name	Electorate^[1]	Majority^[2]^[nb 1]			Electoral wards^[3]
Barrow and Furness	70,158	5,789	Simon Fell†	Michelle Scrogham‡	Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council: Barrow Island, Central, Dalton North, Dalton South, Hawcoat, Hindpool, Newbarns, Ormsgill, Parkside, Risedale, Roosecote, Walney North, Walney South. South Lakeland District Council: Broughton, Crake Valley, Low Furness & Swarthmoor, Ulverston Central, Ulverston East, Ulverston North, Ulverston South, Ulverston Town, Ulverston West.
Carlisle	65,105	8,319	John Stevenson†	Ruth Alcroft‡	Carlisle City Council: Belah, Belle Vue, Botcherby, Burgh, Castle, Currock, Dalston, Denton Holme, Harraby, Morton, St Aidans, Stanwix Urban, Upperby, Wetheral, Yewdale.
Copeland	61,693	5,842	Trudy Harrison†	Tony Lywood‡	Allerdale Borough Council: Crummock, Dalton, Derwent Valley, Keswick. Copeland Borough Council: Arlecdon, Beckermet, Bootle, Bransty, Cleator Moor North, Cleator Moor South, Distington, Egremont North, Egremont South, Ennerdale, Frizington, Gosforth, Harbour, Haverigg, Hensingham, Hillcrest, Holborn Hill, Kells, Millom Without, Mirehouse, Moresby, Newtown, St Bees, Sandwith, Seascale.
Penrith and The Border	67,555	18,519	Neil Hudson†	Sarah Williams‡	Allerdale Borough Council: Warnell, Wigton. Carlisle City Council: Brampton, Great Corby and Geltsdale, Hayton, Irthing, Longtown & Rockcliffe, Lyne, Stanwix Rural. Eden District Council: Alston Moor, Appleby (Appleby), Appleby (Bongate), Askham, Brough, Crosby Ravensworth, Dacre, Eamont, Greystoke, Hartside, Hesket, Kirkby Stephen, Kirkby Thore, Kirkoswald, Langwathby, Lazonby, Long Marton, Morland, Orton With Tebay, Penrith Carleton, Penrith East, Penrith North, Penrith Pategill, Penrith South, Penrith West, Ravenstonedale, Shap, Skelton, Ullswater, Warcop.
Westmorland and Lonsdale	67,789	1,934	Tim Farron¤	James Airey†	South Lakeland District Council: Arnside & Beetham, Burneside, Burton & Holme, Cartmel, Coniston, Crooklands, Grange, Hawkshead, Holker, Kendal Castle, Kendal Far Cross, Kendal Fell, Kendal Glebelands, Kendal Heron Hill, Kendal Highgate, Kendal Kirkland, Kendal Mintsfeet, Kendal Nether, Kendal Oxenholme, Kendal Parks, Kendal Stonecross, Kendal Strickland, Kendal Underley, Kirkby Lonsdale, Lakes Ambleside, Lakes Grasmere, Levens, Lyth Valley, Milnthorpe, Natland, Sedbergh, Staveley-in-Cartmel, Staveley-in-Westmorland, Whinfell, Windermere Applethwaite, Windermere Bowness North, Windermere Bowness South, Windermere Town.
Workington	61,370	4,176	Mark Jenkinson†	Sue Hayman‡	Allerdale Borough Council: All Saints, Aspatria, Boltons, Broughton St Bridget's, Christchurch, Clifton, Ellen, Ellenborough, Ewanrigg, Flimby, Harrington, Holme, Marsh, Moorclose, Moss Bay, Netherhall, St John's, St Michael's, Seaton, Silloth, Solway, Stainburn, Wampool, Waver, Wharrels.

2010 boundary changes

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain Cumbria's constituencies for the 2010 election, making minor changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies.

Name^[nb 2]	Boundaries 1997-2010	Boundaries 2010–present
Barrow and Furness CC Carlisle BC Copeland CC Penrith and The Border CC Westmorland and Lonsdale CC Workington CC	Parliamentary constituencies in Cumbria	Post-2010 Boundaries

Proposed boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.^[4] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission has proposed that Cumbria be combined with Lancashire as a sub-region of the North West Region, with the existing seat of Morecambe and Lonsdale extending into southern Cumbria to create a cross-county boundary constituency. Copeland, Penrith and The Border, and Workington are abolished and replaced by the new constituencies of Penrith and Solway, and Whitehaven and Workington.^[5]^[6]

The following constituencies are proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Allerdale

Penrith and Solway (part)
Whitehaven and Workington (part)

Containing electoral wards from Barrow-in-Furness

Barrow and Furness (part)

Containing electoral wards from Carlisle

Carlisle
Penrith and Solway (part)

Containing electoral wards from Copeland

Barrow and Furness (part)
Whitehaven and Workington (part)

Containing electoral wards from Eden

Penrith and Solway (part)
Westmorland and Lonsdale (part)

Containing electoral wards from South Lakeland

Barrow and Furness (part)
Morecambe and Lonsdale (part also in Lancaster in Lancashire)
Westmorland and Lonsdale (part)

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019^[7]

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Cumbria in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2017	Seats	Change from 2017
Conservative	143,615	52.5%	3.7%	5	2
Labour	79,402	29.0%	7.2%	0	2
Liberal Democrats	39,426	14.4%	2.6%	1	0
Greens	4,223	1.5%	1.0%	0	0
Brexit	3,867	1.4%	new	0	0
Others	3,044	1.2%	1.5%	0	0
Total	273,577	100.0		6

Percentage votes

Election year	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019
Conservative	46.7	48.1	46.3	33.5	39.5	37.9	39.4	40.7	48.8	52.5
Labour	31.2	33.1	36.9	45.8	39.1	34.8	30.8	29.8	36.2	29.0
Liberal Democrat¹	21.8	18.7	16.0	16.5	19.2	23.4	24.3	13.3	11.8	14.4
Green Party	-	*	*	*	*	*	0.6	3.4	0.5	1.5
UKIP	-	-	-	*	*	*	2.2	12.6	2.3	*
Brexit Party	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4
Other	0.3	0.1	0.8	4.1	2.3	3.9	2.8	0.2	0.4	1.2

¹1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019
Conservative	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	5
Labour	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	0
Liberal Democrat¹	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
Total	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

¹1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

1885-1910: Cumberland and Westmorland

1885
1886
1892
1895
1900
1906
Jan 1910
Dec 1910

1918-1945

1918
1922
1923
1924
1929
1931
1935
1945

1950-1979

1950
1951
1955
1959
1964
1966
1970
Feb 1974
Oct 1974
1979

1983-present: Cumbria

1983
1987
1992
1997
2001
2005
2010
2015
2017
2019

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918

Conservative Independent Conservative Labour Liberal Liberal Unionist Speaker

Constituency	1885	86	1886	91	1892	95	1895	1900	05	1906	06	Jan 1910	Dec 1910	13	15	16
Carlisle	Ferguson		Gully			→			Chance			Denman
Eskdale	Allison							C. W. H. Lowther		Howard			C. W. H. Lowther
Cockermouth	Valentine		Lawson					Randles		Lawson	Randles		Lawson jnr			Bliss
Appleby	W. Lowther				Savory			Rigg	Jones			Sanderson			H. C. Lowther
Egremont	Pennington				Ainsworth		Duncombe	Bain		Fullerton		Grant
Whitehaven	Cavendish-Bentinck			Bain	Little		Helder			Burnyeat		Jackson	Richardson
Kendal	Taylour				Bagot					Stewart-Smith		Bagot		Weston
Penrith	Howard	→	J. Lowther						→

1918 to 1950

Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23) Conservative Independent Parliamentary Group Labour Liberal Speaker

Constituency	1918	21	1922	1923	1924	26	1929	1931	1935	1945
Westmorland	Weston				Stanley					Fletcher-Vane
Cumberland North	C. W. Lowther	→	Howard			Graham			Roberts
Penrith and Cockermouth	J. Lowther	H. C. Lowther	Collison	Dixey					Dower
Carlisle	Carr		Middleton		Watson		Middleton	Spears		Grierson
Whitehaven	Grant		Duffy		Hudson		Price	Nunn	Anderson
Workington	Cape									Peart

1950 to 1983

Conservative Labour

Constituency	1950	1955	59	1964	1970	76	1979
Westmorland	Fletcher-Vane			Jopling
Penrith and the Border	Scott	Whitelaw
Carlisle	Hargreaves	Johnson		Lewis
Whitehaven	Anderson		Symonds		Cunningham
Workington	Peart					Page	Campbell-Savours

1983 to present

Conservative Independent The Independents Labour Liberal Democrats

Constituency	1983	83	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	17	18	19	2019
Westmorland and Lonsdale	Jopling				Collins		Farron
Penrith and the Border	Whitelaw	Maclean						Stewart				→	Hudson
Barrow and Furness	Franks			Hutton				Woodcock			→	→	Fell
Carlisle	Lewis		Martlew					Stevenson
Copeland	Cunningham						Reed			Harrison
Workington	Campbell-Savours					Cunningham			Hayman				Jenkinson

References

^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". House of Commons Library. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ ^a ^b ^c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007". Office of Public Sector Information. Crown copyright. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
^ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
^ "Last chance to have your say on boundary changes in Cumbria - The Keswick Reminder". 8 November 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 711-762. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". House of Commons Library. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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