Cumberland (UK Parliament constituency)
Cumberland | |
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Former Cumberland West |
Cumberland is a former
Cumberland West
in 1832.
Members of Parliament
- Constituency created 1290
MPs 1290–1640
MPs 1640–1832
- Constituency abolished (1832)
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab "History of Parliament". Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "History of Parliament". Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of Parliament". Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ^ Sir William Armine, Bt., from 1651
- ^ At the general election of 1768, Lowther defeated Fletcher by two votes, but on petition the result was overturned and Fletcher declared elected
- ^ Created a baronet as Sir John Lowther, 1824
Elections
The county franchise, from 1430, was held by the adult male owners of freehold land valued at 40 shillings or more. Each elector had as many votes as there were seats to be filled. Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration, in public, at the
hustings, which took place in the town of Cockermouth
. The expense and difficulty of voting at only one location in the county, together with the lack of a secret ballot contributed to the corruption and intimidation of electors, which was widespread in the unreformed British political system.
The expense, to candidates, of contested elections encouraged the leading families of the county to agree on the candidates to be returned unopposed whenever possible. Contested county elections were therefore unusual.
Election results
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Election results taken from the History of Parliament Trust series.
Elections in the 18th century
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan
|
James Lowther | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan
|
Gilfrid Lawson | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan
|
Christopher Musgrave | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan
|
Gilfrid Lawson | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan
|
James Lowther | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan
|
Gilfrid Lawson | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
- Note: James Lowther succeeded his brother as baronetin 1731
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan
|
James Lowther | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan
|
Joseph Pennington | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan
|
James Lowther | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan
|
Joseph Pennington | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
- Death of Pennington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan
|
John Pennington | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan
|
James Lowther | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan
|
John Pennington | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
- incomplete
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig
|
Henry Curwen | 2,139 | 26.8 | N/A | |
Tory | James Lowther | 1,977 | 24.8 | N/A | |
Whig
|
Henry Fletcher | 1,975 | 24.7 | N/A | |
Tory | Humphrey Senhouse | 1,891 | 23.7 | N/A |
- On petition, Fletcher returned in place of Lowther, 16 December 1768
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | James Lowther | 976 | 45.2 | N/A | |
Whig
|
Henry Fletcher | 876 | 40.6 | N/A | |
Tory | Joseph Pennington | 305 | 14.1 | N/A |
- incomplete
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Lowther | 166 | 41.5 | N/A | |
Whig
|
John Christian Curwen | 138 | 34.5 | N/A | |
Tory | George Howard | 96 | 24.0 | N/A |
See also
References
- D. Brunton & D. H. Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Henry Stooks Smith, The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847 (2nd edition, edited by F. W. S. Craig – Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973)
- House of Commons records at British History Online [1]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)