1398:
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;
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1701:
1696:
159:
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.
283:
80:
357:
333:
193:
385:
202:
66:
84:
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Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary
Research Services.
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120:
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1123:
961:
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682:
531:
303:
276:
259:
240:
221:
183:
148:
144:
70:
48:
44:
1638:
1654:
128:
96:
1711:
1593:
1464:
1372:
1287:
1236:
1153:
1540:
8:
1097:
991:
940:
853:
797:
712:
661:
595:
507:
414:
370:
269:
250:
212:
132:
30:
1496:
1185:
1023:
804:
744:
654:
561:
448:
231:
1634:
1519:
1319:
1046:
885:
1646:
Leigh
Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
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1380:
1244:
1105:
948:
809:
666:
515:
374:
100:
1707:
Constituencies of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950
1690:
1575:
1354:
1218:
1079:
922:
779:
749:
634:
600:
568:
487:
453:
421:
226:
207:
1160:
998:
860:
719:
245:
1702:
Constituencies of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
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1277:
1143:
981:
843:
702:
551:
404:
323:
104:
1471:
1407:
1294:
264:
108:
890:
112:
16:
Parliamentary constituency in the United
Kingdom, 1918–1950
1626:
1697:Parliamentary constituencies in Cumbria (historic)
1688:
1428:
1117:
379:
297:
1670:Constituency represented by the speaker
386:1921 Penrith and Cockermouth by-election
275:
162:
1689:
1574:
1441:
1353:
1264:
1217:
1130:
1078:
968:
921:
830:
778:
689:
633:
538:
486:
391:
310:
143:The constituency was created for the
13:
14:
1723:
115:. It was alternatively known as
1655:Parliament of the United Kingdom
129:Parliament of the United Kingdom
1620:
1:
1613:
154:
1437:: Penrith & Cockermouth
1260:: Penrith & Cockermouth
1126:: Penrith & Cockermouth
373:candidate, and received the
306:: Penrith & Cockermouth
292:
282:constituency abolished: see
7:
10:
1728:
964:: Penrith and Cockermouth
826:: Penrith and Cockermouth
685:: Penrith and Cockermouth
534:: Penrith and Cockermouth
138:
97:parliamentary constituency
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1447:
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1339:
1276:
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1203:
1142:
1139:
1136:
1133:
1096:
1064:
980:
977:
974:
971:
939:
907:
842:
839:
836:
833:
796:
764:
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617:
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544:
541:
506:
470:
403:
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356:
345:
322:
319:
316:
313:
280:
169:
76:
62:
54:
43:
28:
23:
1393:General Election 1939–40
147:, and abolished for the
99:centred on the towns of
93:Penrith and Cockermouth
24:Penrith and Cockermouth
1524:Leonard Foster Browne
1429:Elections in the 1940s
1118:Elections in the 1930s
380:Elections in the 1920s
298:Elections in the 1910s
284:Penrith and The Border
81:Penrith and The Border
1501:Noel Francis Newsome
1435:General election 1945
1258:General election 1935
1124:General election 1931
962:General election 1929
824:General election 1924
683:General election 1923
532:General election 1922
304:General election 1918
163:Members of Parliament
149:1950 general election
145:1918 general election
121:Member of Parliament
1438:
1261:
1127:
965:
827:
686:
535:
388:
369:Lowther stood as a
307:
133:first past the post
119:. It returned one
31:county constituency
1433:
1256:
1122:
960:
822:
681:
530:
384:
302:
1685:
1684:
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1610:
1390:
1389:
1254:
1253:
1115:
1114:
958:
957:
820:
819:
679:
678:
528:
527:
367:
366:
290:
289:
131:, elected by the
90:
89:
1719:
1712:Penrith, Cumbria
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845:
828:
821:
704:
687:
680:
553:
536:
529:
406:
389:
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375:Coalition Coupon
325:
308:
301:
167:
166:
125:House of Commons
39:
37:House of Commons
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1631:
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1625:
1621:
1616:
1431:
1417:William Jackson
1190:Arthur Holgate
1120:
1051:Archibald Dodd
1028:Arthur Holgate
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295:
165:
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141:
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17:
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11:
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1424:: Harold Smith
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1324:Harold Smith
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341:James Lowther
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208:Cecil Lowther
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189:James Lowther
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1594:Conservative
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1510:
1487:
1482:
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1470:
1465:Conservative
1463:
1421:
1412:
1404:Conservative
1403:
1397:
1392:
1391:
1375:
1373:Conservative
1333:
1310:
1305:
1300:
1293:
1288:Conservative
1286:
1239:
1237:Conservative
1176:
1171:
1166:
1161:Arthur Dixey
1159:
1154:Conservative
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1100:
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1014:
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999:Arthur Dixey
997:
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861:Arthur Dixey
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720:Arthur Dixey
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332:
281:
270:Conservative
246:Arthur Dixey
158:
142:
123:(MP) to the
116:
92:
91:
63:Created from
18:
363:(new seat)
105:Cockermouth
77:Replaced by
67:Cockermouth
1691:Categories
1673:1918–1921
1614:References
1472:Alan Dower
1445:Candidate
1408:Alan Dower
1295:Alan Dower
1268:Candidate
1134:Candidate
972:Candidate
834:Candidate
693:Candidate
542:Candidate
395:Candidate
314:Candidate
265:Alan Dower
155:Boundaries
109:Cumberland
85:Workington
1561:Majority
1340:Majority
1204:Majority
1065:Majority
908:Majority
891:Fred Tait
765:Majority
618:Majority
471:Majority
348:Unopposed
293:Elections
1541:National
1098:Unionist
992:Unionist
941:Unionist
854:Unionist
798:Unionist
713:Unionist
662:Unionist
596:Unionist
508:Unionist
415:Unionist
371:Unionist
251:Unionist
213:Unionist
170:Election
135:system.
35:for the
1679:Halifax
1664:Penrith
1580:24,331
1576:Turnout
1497:Liberal
1413:Liberal
1359:22,532
1355:Turnout
1301:14,496
1223:24,316
1219:Turnout
1193:11,412
1186:Liberal
1167:12,904
1084:23,418
1080:Turnout
1024:Liberal
1005:10,595
927:16,835
923:Turnout
867:11,431
805:Liberal
784:18,083
780:Turnout
745:Liberal
655:Liberal
639:17,850
635:Turnout
562:Liberal
492:15,325
488:Turnout
449:Liberal
358:Speaker
334:Speaker
232:Liberal
194:Speaker
139:History
127:of the
113:England
101:Penrith
71:Penrith
29:Former
1637:
1570:−17.8
1564:2,619
1548:2,204
1527:6,350
1520:Labour
1504:6,579
1488:−26.5
1478:9,198
1448:Votes
1442:Party
1422:Labour
1349:+22.4
1343:6,460
1327:8,036
1320:Labour
1311:+10.2
1271:Votes
1265:Party
1207:1,492
1137:Votes
1131:Party
1074:−28.0
1068:1,845
1060:−14.7
1054:4,073
1047:Labour
1031:8,750
1015:−22.7
975:Votes
969:Party
917:+34.0
911:6,027
895:5,404
886:Labour
877:+17.0
837:Votes
831:Party
754:8,878
726:9,205
696:Votes
690:Party
605:8,736
575:9,114
545:Votes
539:Party
458:7,647
428:7,678
398:Votes
392:Party
317:Votes
311:Party
176:Party
173:Member
95:was a
1602:Swing
1586:+0.9
1583:79.3
1567:10.8
1533:−9.6
1530:26.1
1507:27.0
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45:1918
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1334:New
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902:New
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646:N/A
628:N/A
612:N/A
586:N/A
521:N/A
499:N/A
481:N/A
474:31
465:N/A
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