- North Cumberland (UK Parliament constituency)
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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.
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Boundaries
Members of Parliament
Election Member Party 1918 Christopher William Lowther Coalition Conservative† 1922 Donald Sterling Palmer Howard Conservative 1926 Frederick Fergus Graham Conservative 1935 Wilfrid Hugh Wace Roberts Liberal 1950 Constituency abolished † In January 1921 Lowther defected to the Independent Parliamentary Group led by Horatio Bottomley.[1]
Election results
References
Categories:- Politics of Cumbria
- Parliamentary constituencies in North West England (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1918
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1950
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