Kendal (UK Parliament constituency)
Kendal | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1832–1918 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Westmorland |
Created from | Westmorland |
Kendal was a parliamentary borough centred on the town of Kendal in Westmorland. 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 Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.
The small Kendal parliamentary borough constituency created in 1832 was abolished in 1885 by the Reform Act 1884. James Cropper, Liberal, being its last MP. The constituency after 1885 was a result of dividing the Westmorland constituency which up to then had two members since 1297. Thereafter it was the Kendal Division of Westmorland and the other being the Appleby Division. The two Conservative members for the old constituency William Lowther and the Earl of Bective were reelected in the 1885 general election, Mr Lowther for the Appleby Division and the Earl of Bective for the Kendal Division. These two constituencies were recombined under one member John Wakefield Weston for the 1918 general election.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1832 | James Brougham | Liberal | |
1834 by-election | John Foster-Barham | Liberal | |
1837 | George William Wood | Liberal | |
1843 by-election | Henry Warburton | Liberal | |
1847 | George Carr Glyn | Liberal | |
1868 | John Whitwell | Liberal | |
1880 by-election | James Cropper | Liberal | |
1885 | Earl of Bective | Conservative | |
1892 | Josceline FitzRoy Bagot | Conservative | |
1906 | Dudley Stewart-Smith | Liberal | |
January 1910 | Josceline FitzRoy Bagot | Conservative | |
1913 by-election | John Wakefield Weston | Conservative | |
1918 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Thomas Taylour, Earl of Bective | 2,690 | 52.6 | n/a | |
Liberal | James Cropper | 2,427 | 47.4 | n/a | |
Majority | 263 | 5.2 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 90.9 | n/a | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Thomas Taylour, Earl of Bective | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Josceline Fitzroy Bagot | 2,838 | 56.2 | n/a | |
Liberal | J A Farrer | 2,209 | 43.8 | n/a | |
Majority | 629 | 12.4 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 84.1 | n/a | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Josceline Fitzroy Bagot | 2,771 | 57.5 | ||
Liberal | Herbert Stephenson | 2,049 | 42.8 | ||
Majority | 722 | 15.0 | |||
Turnout | 79.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Josceline Fitzroy Bagot | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Dudley Cautley Stewart-Smith | 2,899 | 52.3 | n/a | |
Conservative | Josceline Fitzroy Bagot | 2,647 | 47.7 | n/a | |
Majority | 252 | 4.6 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 85.6 | n/a | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | n/a | |||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Josceline Fitzroy Bagot | 3,228 | 54.2 | ||
Liberal | Dudley Cautley Stewart-Smith | 2,726 | 45.8 | ||
Majority | 502 | 8.4 | |||
Turnout | 91.0 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Josceline Fitzroy Bagot | 3,041 | 52.7 | ||
Liberal | William Henry Somervell | 2,733 | 47.3 | ||
Majority | 308 | 5.4 | |||
Turnout | 88.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent Unionist | John Wakefield Weston | 3,261 | 54.9 | +2.2 | |
Liberal | William Henry Somervell | 2,680 | 45.1 | -2.2 | |
Majority | 9.8 | ||||
Turnout | 90.4 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +2.2 | |||
General Election 1914/15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: John Wakefield Weston
- Liberal: William Henry Somervell[10]
References
- ↑ The Liberal Year Book 1907
- ↑ The Liberal Year Book 1907
- ↑ The Liberal Year Book 1907
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons 1901
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons 1901
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons 1916
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons 1916
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons 1916
- ↑ Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser 9 Jul 1914
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)
- Bulmer's Directory of Westmorland 1885