Penrith and Cockermouth (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK constituency Penrith and Cockermouth was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Penrith and Cockermouth in Cumberland, England. It was alternatively known as Mid Cumberland. It 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.

History

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

The Urban Districts of Cockermouth, Keswick, and Penrith, the Rural Districts of Alston with Garrigill, and Penrith, and part of the Rural District of Cockermouth.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	James Lowther	Speaker
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1921	Cecil Lowther	Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1922	Levi Collison	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1923	Arthur Dixey	Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1935	Alan Dower	Conservative
1950		constituency abolished: see Penrith and The Border

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

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General election 1918: Penrith & Cockermouth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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Lowther stood as a Unionist candidate, and received the Coalition Coupon

Elections in the 1920s

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1921 Penrith and Cockermouth by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Levi Collison	7,647	49.9
Majority			31	0.2
Turnout			15,325	74.0
	hold		Swing	N/A

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General election 1922: Penrith and Cockermouth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Cecil Lowther	8,736	48.9
Majority			378	2.2
Turnout			17,850	83.0
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	N/A

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General election 1923: Penrith and Cockermouth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Levi Collison	8,878	49.1
Majority			327	1.8
Turnout			18,083	83.2
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+2.0

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General election 1924: Penrith and Cockermouth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Fred Tait	5,404	32.1
Majority			6,027	35.8
Turnout			16,835	75.9
	hold		Swing

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General election 1929: Penrith and Cockermouth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Arthur Holgate	8,750	37.4
		Archibald Dodd	4,073	17.4
Majority			1,845	7.8
Turnout			23,418	85.3
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1931: Penrith & Cockermouth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Arthur Holgate	11,412	46.9
Majority			1,492	6.2
Turnout			24,316	86.6
	hold		Swing

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General election 1935: Penrith & Cockermouth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Harold Smith	8,036	35.7
Majority			6,460	28.6
Turnout			22,532	78.4
	hold		Swing

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: Alan Dower
• Liberal: William Jackson
• Labour: Harold Smith

Elections in the 1940s

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General election 1945: Penrith & Cockermouth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Noel Francis Newsome	6,579	27.0
		Leonard Foster Browne	6,350	26.1
		Tom Mitchell	2,204	9.1
Majority			2,619	10.8
Turnout			24,331	79.3
	hold		Swing

References

Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. Template:ISBN.