Westmorland (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1983 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Westmorland (federal electoral district).
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.
Quick Facts 1918–1983, Seats ...
Westmorland | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1983 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Appleby and Kendal |
Replaced by | Penrith & The Border and Westmorland & Lonsdale |
1290–1885 | |
Seats | two |
Replaced by | Appleby and Kendal |
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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 string of elections from 1885 general election it split in two: 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