Parliamentary representation from Cumberland

The historic county of Cumberland in north west England was represented in Parliament from the 13th century. This article provides a list of constituencies constituting the Parliamentary representation from Cumberland.

In 1889 Cumberland became an administrative county. In 1974 Cumberland was combined with Westmorland and northern Lancashire to form a new shire county of Cumbria.

The first part of this article covers the constituencies wholly or predominantly within the area of the historic county of Cumberland, both before and after the administrative changes of 1974. The second part refers to constituencies mostly in another historic county, which included some territory from the historic county of Cumberland. The summaries section only refers to the constituencies included in the first section of the constituency list.

List of constituencies Article names are followed by (UK Parliament constituency). The constituencies which existed in 1707 were those previously represented in the Parliament of England.

Key to abbreviations:- (Type) BC: Borough constituency, CC: County constituency. (Administrative County in Notes) C1 historic/administrative county of Cumberland (to 1974), C2 shire county of Cumbria (from 1974).

Constituencies wholly or predominantly in the historic county ConstituencyTypeFromToMPsNotes Carlisle BC 1295 * 2 (1295-1885) C1, C2 1 (1654–1659) 2 (1659–1885) 1 (1885-*) Cockermouth BC (1295–96, 1640–1885) 1295 1296 2 (1295–96, 1640–1868) C1: Unrepresented 1654-1659 CC (1885–1918) 1640 1918 1 (1868–1918)Copeland CC 1983 * 1 C2Cumberland CC 1290 1832 2 C1East Cumberland CC 1832 1885 2 C1North Cumberland CC 1918 1950 1 C1West Cumberland CC 1832 1885 2 C1 Egremont BC (1295–96) 1295 1296 2 (1295–96) C1 CC (1885–1918) 1885 1918 1 (1885–1918)Eskdale CC 1885 1918 1 C1Penrith CC 1885 1918 1 C1Penrith and Cockermouth CC 1918 1950 1 C1Penrith and The Border CC 1950 * 1 C1, C2: From 1983 inc. part of Westmorland Whitehaven BC (1832–1918) 1832 1983 1 C1, C2 CC (1918–1983)Workington CC 1918 * 1 C1, C2

Constituencies mostly in another historic county ConstituencyTypeFromToMPsNotes

Periods constituencies represented  1290–12951295–12961296–16401640–16541654–16591659–18321832–18681868–18851885–1918 Carlisle  1295–* Cockermouth  1295–1296  1640–1654  1659–1918 Cumberland 1290–1832  East Cumberland  1832–1885  West Cumberland  1832–1885  Egremont  1295–1296  1885–1918 Eskdale  1885–1918 Penrith  1885–1918 Whitehaven  1832–1983

 1918–19501950–19831983–* Carlisle 1295–* Copeland  1983–* North Cumberland 1918–1950  Penrith and Cockermouth 1918–1950  Penrith and The Border  1950–* Whitehaven 1832–1983  Workington 1918–*

Summaries Note: Dates for representation before 1509 are provisional.

Summary of constituencies by type and period Type12901295129616401654165918321868188519181950Borough - 3 1 2 1 2 3 3 2 1 1County 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 3Total 1 4 2 3 2 3 5 5 6 5 4

Summary of members of parliament by type and period Type12901295129616401654165918321868188519181950Borough - 6 2 4 1 4 5 4 2 1 1County 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3Total 2 8 4 6 3 6 9 8 6 5 4

See also

Wikipedia:Index of article on UK Parliament constituencies in England Wikipedia:Index of articles on UK Parliament constituencies in England N-Z Parliamentary representation by historic counties First Protectorate Parliament Unreformed House of Commons

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