Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency)
Carlisle | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of Carlisle in North West England | |
County | Cumbria |
Population | 85,979 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 75,868 (2023)[2] |
Major settlements | Carlisle |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1295 |
Member of Parliament | Julie Minns (Labour) |
Seats | 1295–1885: Two 1885–present: One |
Carlisle is a constituency[n 1] in Cumbria represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Julie Minns of the Labour Party.[n 2]
History
[edit]Carlisle has existed as a seat since the Model Parliament in 1295. It was represented by Labour Party MPs from 1964 to 2010, and then by the Conservative Party until 2024, when it reverted to Labour. Carlisle has been marginal in the past, with the Conservative candidate coming within 2% of taking the seat in 1983–1987. The seat is currently held by Julie Minns of the Labour Party since the 2024 United Kingdom general election
Boundaries
[edit]1918–1955: The County Borough of Carlisle.
1955–1983: As 1918 but with redrawn boundaries.
1983–1997: The City of Carlisle wards of Belah, Belle Vue, Botcherby, Currock, Denton Holme, Harraby, Morton, St Aidan's, Stanwix Urban, Trinity, Upperby, and Yewdale.
1997–2010: The City of Carlisle wards of Belah, Belle Vue, Botcherby, Burgh, Currock, Dalston, Denton Holme, Harraby, Morton, St Aidan's, St Cuthbert Without, Stanwix Urban, Trinity, Upperby, and Yewdale.
2010–2024: The City of Carlisle wards of Belah, Belle Vue, Botcherby, Burgh, Castle, Currock, Dalston, Denton Holme, Harraby, Morton, St Aidan's, Stanwix Urban, Upperby, Wetheral, and Yewdale.
2024–present : The Cumberland wards of Belah, Belle Vue, Botcherby, Brampton, Castle, Corby and Hayton, Currock; Dalston and Burgh (small part), Denton Holme; Harraby North, Harraby South, Houghton and Irthington, Longtown, Morton, Stanwix Urban, Upperby. Wetheral (majority) and Yewdale.[3]
Members of Parliament
[edit]MPs 1295–1640
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- 1640–1644: Sir William Dalston, Bt (Royalist) – disabled to sit, January 1644
- 1640–1648 : Richard Barwis (Parliamentarian) – died April 1648
- 1645(?)–1648(?): Thomas Cholmley – not recorded as having sat after Pride's Purge, December 1648
- 1649: Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick, from House of Lords[9]
- 1653: Carlisle was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament.
First Protectorate Parliament (One member only)
- 1654–1655: Colonel Thomas Fitch
Second Protectorate Parliament (One member only)
- 1656–1658: George Downing
- 1659: George Downing
- 1659: Thomas Craister
Long Parliament (restored)
- 1659–1660: Thomas Cholmley
- 1659–1660: Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick
MPs 1660–1885
[edit]MPs since 1885
[edit]Election results
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Julie Minns | 18,129 | 39.4 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | John Stevenson | 12,929 | 28.1 | −28.4 | |
Reform UK | Stephen Ward | 9,295 | 20.5 | +20.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brian Wernham | 2,982 | 6.5 | +1.5 | |
Green | Gavin Hawkton | 1,922 | 4.2 | +2.6 | |
Independent | Sean Reed | 303 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
SDP | Rachel Hayton | 244 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Independent | Thomas Lynestrider | 175 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 5,200 | 11.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,979 | 59.1 | −8.4 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +16.7 |
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Stevenson | 23,659 | 55.2 | +5.3 | |
Labour | Ruth Alcroft | 15,340 | 35.8 | ―8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julia Aglionby | 2,829 | 6.6 | +3.7 | |
UKIP | Fiona Mills | 1,045 | 2.4 | ―1.0 | |
Majority | 8,319 | 19.4 | +13.3 | ||
Turnout | 42,873 | 65.9 | ―3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.7 |
This was the largest UKIP vote share at the 2019 general election.[36]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Stevenson | 21,472 | 49.9 | +5.6 | |
Labour | Ruth Alcroft | 18,873 | 43.8 | +6.0 | |
UKIP | Fiona Mills | 1,455 | 3.4 | ―9.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Thornton | 1,256 | 2.9 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 2,599 | 6.1 | ―0.4 | ||
Turnout | 43,046 | 69.1 | +4.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ―0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Stevenson | 18,873 | 44.3 | +5.0 | |
Labour | Lee Sherriff | 16,099 | 37.8 | +0.5 | |
UKIP | Fiona Mills | 5,277 | 12.4 | +10.1 | |
Green | Helen Davison | 1,125 | 2.6 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Loraine Birchall | 1,087 | 2.6 | ―13.0 | |
Independent | Alfred Okam | 126 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 2,774 | 6.5 | +4.5 | ||
Turnout | 42,587 | 64.7 | 0.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Stevenson | 16,589 | 39.3 | +5.9 | |
Labour | Michael Boaden | 15,736 | 37.3 | ―9.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Hughes | 6,567 | 15.6 | ―1.0 | |
BNP | Paul Stafford | 1,086 | 2.6 | New | |
UKIP | Michael Owen | 969 | 2.3 | 0.0 | |
Green | John Reardon | 614 | 1.5 | New | |
TUSC | John Metcalfe | 376 | 0.9 | New | |
Independent | Peter Howe | 263 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 853 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,200 | 64.7 | +6.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +7.7 |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eric Martlew | 17,019 | 48.1 | ―3.1 | |
Conservative | Mike Mitchelson | 11,324 | 32.0 | ―2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steven Tweedie | 5,916 | 16.7 | +5.0 | |
UKIP | Steven Cochrane | 792 | 2.2 | New | |
Legalise Cannabis | Lezley Gibson | 343 | 1.0 | ―0.6 | |
Majority | 5,695 | 16.1 | ―0.3 | ||
Turnout | 35,394 | 59.5 | +0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ―0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eric Martlew | 17,856 | 51.2 | ―6.2 | |
Conservative | Mike Mitchelson | 12,154 | 34.8 | +5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Guest | 4,076 | 11.7 | +1.2 | |
Legalise Cannabis | Colin Paisley | 554 | 1.6 | New | |
Socialist Alliance | Paul Wilcox | 269 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 5,702 | 16.4 | ―12.0 | ||
Turnout | 34,909 | 59.4 | ―13.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ―6.0 |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eric Martlew | 25,031 | 57.4 | +10.6 | |
Conservative | Richard Lawrence | 12,641 | 29.0 | ―10.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Mayho | 4,576 | 10.5 | ―2.6 | |
Referendum | Angus Fraser | 1,233 | 2.8 | New | |
Natural Law | William Stevens | 126 | 0.3 | ―0.1 | |
Majority | 12,390 | 28.4 | +21.3 | ||
Turnout | 43,607 | 72.8 | ―6.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +10.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eric Martlew | 20,479 | 46.8 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | Clive Condie | 17,371 | 39.7 | ―0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ralph Aldersey | 5,740 | 13.1 | ―4.6 | |
Natural Law | Nina Robinson | 190 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 3,108 | 7.1 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 43,780 | 79.4 | +0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.5 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eric Martlew | 18,311 | 42.2 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | William Hodgson | 17,395 | 40.1 | +2.8 | |
SDP | Richard Hunt | 7,655 | 17.7 | ―7.5 | |
Majority | 916 | 2.1 | +1.9 | ||
Turnout | 43,359 | 78.8 | +2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ronald Lewis | 15,618 | 37.5 | ―12.2 | |
Conservative | Richard Sowler | 15,547 | 37.3 | ―1.8 | |
SDP | Richard Hunt | 10,471 | 25.2 | +14.0 | |
Majority | 71 | 0.2 | ―10.4 | ||
Turnout | 41,638 | 76.4 | ―3.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ronald Lewis | 21,343 | 49.7 | ―1.5 | |
Conservative | D. Bloomer | 16,777 | 39.1 | +3.1 | |
Liberal | T. Potts | 4,829 | 11.2 | ―1.7 | |
Majority | 4,566 | 10.6 | ―4.6 | ||
Turnout | 42,951 | 80.0 | +1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ronald Lewis | 21,079 | 51.2 | ―4.0 | |
Conservative | D. Bloomer | 14,825 | 36.0 | ―7.3 | |
Liberal | F. Phillips | 5,306 | 12.9 | New | |
Majority | 6,254 | 15.2 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 41,211 | 78.8 | ―10.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ronald Lewis | 23,119 | 55.2 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | E. M. White | 18,139 | 43.3 | ―3.5 | |
Independent Socialist | J. Wild | 628 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 4,980 | 11.9 | +5.5 | ||
Turnout | 41,887 | 88.8 | +10.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ronald Lewis | 21,866 | 53.2 | ―2.9 | |
Conservative | B. A. Marsden | 19,241 | 46.8 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 2,625 | 6.4 | ―5.9 | ||
Turnout | 41,105 | 78.6 | ―4.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ronald Lewis | 22,565 | 56.13 | ||
Conservative | Godfrey William Iredell | 17,638 | 43.87 | ||
Majority | 4,927 | 12.26 | |||
Turnout | 40,203 | 83.51 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ronald Lewis | 19,169 | 45.6 | −2.0 | |
Conservative | Peter T. S. Boydell | 17,049 | 40.5 | −11.9 | |
Liberal | Brian G. Ashmore | 4,617 | 11.0 | New | |
Ind. Conservative | Donald Johnson | 1,227 | 2.9 | New | |
Majority | 2,120 | 5.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,062 | 85.6 | +1.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.9 |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Donald Johnson | 21,948 | 52.38 | ||
Labour | Alex Hargreaves | 19,950 | 47.62 | ||
Majority | 1,998 | 4.76 | |||
Turnout | 41,898 | 84.61 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Donald Johnson | 20,071 | 50.47 | ||
Labour | Alex Hargreaves | 19,701 | 49.53 | ||
Majority | 370 | 0.94 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,772 | 82.30 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alex Hargreaves | 19,648 | 46.8 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | Noel T. O'Reilly | 16,456 | 39.2 | +5.4 | |
Liberal | Doreen Gorsky | 5,886 | 14.0 | −5.6 | |
Majority | 3,192 | 7.6 | −5.1 | ||
Turnout | 41,990 | 87.4 | −1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alex Hargreaves | 19,031 | 46.50 | ||
Conservative | H. E. R. Peers | 13,850 | 33.84 | ||
Liberal | Godfrey William Iredell | 8,043 | 19.65 | ||
Majority | 5,181 | 12.66 | |||
Turnout | 40,924 | 88.49 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Election in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edgar Grierson | 18,505 | 50.41 | ||
Conservative | Edward Spears | 13,356 | 36.39 | ||
Liberal | Godfrey William Iredell | 4,845 | 13.20 | ||
Majority | 5,149 | 14.02 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36,706 | 79.20 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]General election 1939–40: Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: Edward Spears
- Labour: Percy Barstow[58]
- Liberal: Leslie H. Storey[59]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Spears | 16,591 | 48.7 | −8.6 | |
Labour | Arnold Townend | 13,956 | 41.0 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | Barbara Bliss | 3,525 | 10.3 | New | |
Majority | 2,635 | 7.7 | −7.0 | ||
Turnout | 34,072 | 88.2 | +1.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Spears | 18,079 | 57.35 | ||
Labour | George Middleton | 13,445 | 42.65 | ||
Majority | 4,634 | 14.70 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31,524 | 86.66 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Middleton | 12,779 | 40.4 | −5.1 | |
Unionist | Edward Spears | 10,362 | 32.8 | −21.7 | |
Liberal | Archibald Creighton | 8,484 | 26.8 | New | |
Majority | 2,417 | 7.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31,625 | 90.4 | +1.3 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +8.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Watson | 12,787 | 54.5 | +15.2 | |
Labour | George Middleton | 10,676 | 45.5 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 2,111 | 9.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 23,463 | 89.1 | +1.3 | ||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +5.1 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Middleton | 9,120 | 40.5 | +2.9 | |
Unionist | William Watson | 8,844 | 39.3 | +8.0 | |
Liberal | Richard Denman | 4,541 | 20.2 | −11.5 | |
Majority | 276 | 1.2 | −5.1 | ||
Turnout | 17,964 | 87.8 | +3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Middleton | 7,870 | 37.6 | +4.4 | |
Unionist | Claude Lowther | 6,569 | 31.3 | New | |
National Liberal | Theodore Carr | 6,526 | 31.1 | −35.7 | |
Majority | 1,301 | 6.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,965 | 84.0 | +22.2 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | Theodore Carr | 9,511 | 66.8 | +16.3 |
Labour | Ernest Lowthian | 4,736 | 33.2 | New | |
Majority | 4,775 | 33.6 | +32.6 | ||
Turnout | 14,247 | 61.8 | −24.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the summer of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.
- British Socialist Party: Ernest Lowthian[61]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Denman | 3,243 | 50.5 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Irwen W. Raymond | 3,179 | 49.5 | +8.5 | |
Majority | 64 | 1.0 | −5.7 | ||
Turnout | 6,422 | 86.4 | −5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 7,436 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Denman | 3,270 | 47.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Valentine John Hussey-Walsh | 2,815 | 41.0 | New | |
Social Democratic Federation | Charlie Bannington | 777 | 11.3 | New | |
Majority | 455 | 6.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,862 | 92.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 7,436 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1900s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Chance | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Chance | 3,616 | 58.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Lancelot Sanderson | 2,586 | 41.7 | New | |
Majority | 1,030 | 16.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,202 | 84.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 7,344 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Speaker (Liberal) | William Gully | Unopposed | |||
Speaker hold |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Speaker (Liberal) | William Gully | 3,167 | 52.6 | +1.3 | |
Conservative | S. P. Foster | 2,853 | 47.4 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 314 | 5.2 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,020 | 88.6 | +2.8 | ||
Registered electors | 6,798 | ||||
Speaker hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Gully | 2,729 | 51.3 | −1.9 | |
Conservative | S. P. Foster | 2,586 | 48.7 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 143 | 2.6 | −3.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,315 | 85.8 | +5.4 | ||
Registered electors | 6,195 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.9 |
Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Gully | 2,448 | 53.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | William George Frederick Cavendish Bentinck[64] | 2,155 | 46.8 | New | |
Majority | 293 | 6.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,603 | 80.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,726 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Ferguson | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Ferguson | 2,802 | 37.6 | +8.9 | |
Liberal | Wilfrid Lawson | 2,691 | 36.1 | +8.7 | |
Conservative | Miles Walker Mattinson[68] | 1,968 | 26.4 | −17.5 | |
Majority | 723 | 9.7 | +5.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,770 (est) | 85.9 (est) | +6.0 | ||
Registered electors | 5,550 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +8.8 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +8.7 |
Elections in the 1870s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Ferguson | 2,154 | 28.7 | −3.9 | |
Liberal | Wilfrid Lawson | 2,051 | 27.4 | −6.4 | |
Conservative | William Farrer Ecroyd | 1,741 | 23.2 | +7.0 | |
Conservative | William Banks[69] | 1,551 | 20.7 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 310 | 4.2 | +2.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,749 (est) | 79.9 (est) | −9.0 | ||
Registered electors | 4,693 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −5.5 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −5.5 |
Elections in the 1860s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Wilfrid Lawson | 2,043 | 33.8 | +1.4 | |
Liberal | Edmund Potter | 1,971 | 32.6 | −0.8 | |
Conservative | William Nicholson Hodgson | 1,957 | 32.4 | −1.7 | |
Independent Liberal | William Slater[70] | 71 | 1.2 | New | |
Majority | 86 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,035 (est) | 88.9 (est) | −4.0 | ||
Registered electors | 4,537 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.1 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +0.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Nicholson Hodgson | 616 | 34.1 | +3.0 | |
Liberal | Edmund Potter | 604 | 33.4 | −1.8 | |
Liberal | Wilfrid Lawson | 586 | 32.4 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 30 | 1.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,211 (est) | 92.9 (est) | +12.9 | ||
Registered electors | 1,304 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.1 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edmund Potter | 536 | 50.1 | −18.8 | |
Conservative | William Nicholson Hodgson | 533 | 49.9 | +18.8 | |
Majority | 3 | 0.2 | −2.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,069 | 89.5 | +9.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,195 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −18.8 |
- Caused by Graham's death.
Elections in the 1850s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Graham | 538 | 35.2 | +1.7 | |
Liberal | Wilfrid Lawson | 516 | 33.7 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | William Nicholson Hodgson | 475 | 31.1 | −4.2 | |
Majority | 41 | 2.6 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,002 (est) | 80.0 (est) | −3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 1,253 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.9 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Nicholson Hodgson | 529 | 35.3 | +6.5 | |
Peelite | James Graham | 502 | 33.5 | −2.6 | |
Whig | Joseph Ferguson | 469 | 31.3 | −3.9 | |
Turnout | 1,015 (est) | 83.0 (est) | +0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,223 | ||||
Majority | 60 | 4.0 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +5.2 | |||
Majority | 33 | 2.2 | +1.3 | ||
Peelite hold | Swing | −2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peelite | James Graham | Unopposed | |||
Peelite hold |
- Caused by Graham's appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peelite | James Graham | 525 | 36.1 | N/A | |
Whig | Joseph Ferguson | 512 | 35.2 | −31.0 | |
Conservative | William Nicholson Hodgson | 419 | 28.8 | −5.1 | |
Turnout | 938 (est) | 82.7 (est) | −1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 1,134 | ||||
Majority | 106 | 7.3 | N/A | ||
Peelite gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 93 | 6.4 | +5.8 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −13.0 |
Elections in the 1840s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Nicholson Hodgson | 477 | 37.4 | +3.5 | |
Whig | Philip Howard | 414 | 32.5 | +0.8 | |
Whig | John Dixon | 328 | 25.7 | −8.8 | |
Chartist | Peter Murray McDouall[71] | 55 | 4.3 | New | |
Turnout | 637 (est) | 59.7 (est) | −24.6 | ||
Registered electors | 1,067 | ||||
Majority | 63 | 4.9 | +2.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.8 | |||
Majority | 359 | 28.2 | +27.6 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −0.5 |
- Caused by the previous election being declared void on petition due to the "several acts of treating".[72]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Dixon | 479 | 34.5 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | William Nicholson Hodgson | 471 | 33.9 | +6.0 | |
Whig | Philip Howard | 440 | 31.7 | −7.8 | |
Turnout | 899 | 84.3 | −1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,054 | ||||
Majority | 8 | 0.6 | −4.0 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −0.5 | |||
Majority | 31 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +5.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Philip Howard | 419 | 39.5 | N/A | |
Whig | William Marshall | 345 | 32.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Edward Goulburn[73] | 296 | 27.9 | New | |
Majority | 49 | 4.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 643 | 85.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 751 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1830s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Philip Howard | Unopposed | |||
Whig | William Marshall | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,012 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Philip Howard | Unopposed | |||
Whig | William Marshall | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 946 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig gain from Radical |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | William James | 477 | 44.5 | +1.9 | |
Whig | Philip Howard | 472 | 44.0 | +1.4 | |
Tory | John Malcolm | 124 | 11.6 | −3.3 | |
Turnout | 646 | 66.1 | c. +51.1 | ||
Registered electors | 977 | ||||
Majority | 5 | 0.5 | +0.5 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | +1.8 | |||
Majority | 348 | 32.4 | +4.7 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | William James | 100 | 42.6 | N/A | |
Whig | Philip Howard | 100 | 42.6 | N/A | |
Tory | James Lushington | 35 | 14.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | c. 135 | c. 15% | N/A | ||
Registered electors | c. 900 | ||||
Majority | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Tory | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 65 | 27.7 | N/A | ||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | James Lushington | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Philip Howard | Unopposed | |||
Tory hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Elections in the 18th century
[edit]Election results taken from the History of Parliament Trust series.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Charles Howard | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig | John Stanwix | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
- Death of Hylton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Stanwix | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Richard Musgrave | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Charles Howard | 109 | 38.11 | N/A | |
Whig | John Stanwix | 90 | 31.47 | N/A | |
Tory | John Hylton | 87 | 30.42 | N/A |
- Note: Stanwix was unseated on petition and replaced by Hylton, 26 January 1742
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Charles Howard | 354 | 37.82 | N/A | |
Tory | John Hylton | 351 | 37.50 | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Henry Aglionby | 231 | 24.68 | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Charles Howard | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | John Hylton | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Henry Aglionby | 398 | 37.65 | N/A | |
Tory | James Bateman | 350 | 33.11 | N/A | |
Whig | Thomas Stanwix | 309 | 29.23 | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Henry Aglionby | 268 | 67.00 | N/A | |
Whig | Thomas Stanwix | 132 | 33.00 | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Strickland | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig | Thomas Stanwix | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
- Stanwix appointed Governor of Kingston-upon-Hull
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years – from 1295 until 1885 it had the right to send two MPs in most years.
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External links
[edit]- nomis Constituency Profile for Carlisle – presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
- Carlisle UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- Carlisle UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Carlisle UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK