Penrith (UK Parliament constituency)

Penrith
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members	one
Replaced by	North Cumberland and Penrith and Cockermouth
Created from	East Cumberland

Penrith was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Penrith in Cumberland, England. 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 by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1885	Henry Howard	Liberal
	1886		Liberal Unionist
	1886	James Lowther	Conservative
	1905		Speaker
1918		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Penrith ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Henry Charles Howard	3,921		n/a
	Conservative	James William Lowther	3,448		n/a
Majority			473		n/a
Turnout					n/a
	Liberal win (new seat)

Lawson

General Election 1886: Penrith ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James William Lowther	3,676
	Liberal	Wilfrid Lawson	3,032
Majority			644
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Penrith ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James William Lowther	3,549
	Liberal	Thomas Sadler Douglas	3,424
Majority			125
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1895: Penrith ^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James William Lowther	3,868
	Liberal	Thomas Sadler Douglas	3,268
Majority			600
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Penrith ^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Rt Hon. James William Lowther	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

Lowther

General Election 1906: Penrith ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Speaker	Rt Hon. James William Lowther	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Speaker hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Penrith ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Speaker	Rt Hon. James William Lowther	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Speaker hold		Swing	n/a

General Election December 1910: Penrith ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Speaker	Rt Hon. James William Lowther	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Speaker hold		Swing	n/a

References

1. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
2. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
3. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
4. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
5. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
6. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
7. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
8. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
9. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
10. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)