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Data Last Updated: 16 February 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		43,987/51,594	85.26
Robert Donald Scott	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,214	48.23
Wilfrid Hubert Wace Roberts	Liberal Party	12,332	28.04
Cecil John Taylor	Labour Party	10,441	23.74
Majority		8,882	20.19

Minor Boundary Change
25 October 1951		43,048/51,575	83.47
Robert Donald Scott	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,274	54.07
John Rafferty	Labour Party	10,759	24.99
Stafford Vaughan Stepney Howard	Liberal Party	8,857	20.57
William Brownrigg	Independent	158	0.37
Majority		12,515	29.07

26 May 1955		39,620/50,875	77.88
William Stephen Ian Whitelaw	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,791	57.52
Thomas Logie MacDonald	Labour Party	9,119	23.02
Frederick James Sleath	Liberal Party	7,342	18.53
William Brownrigg	Independent	368	0.93
Majority		13,672	34.51

8 October 1959		40,495/51,190	79.11
William Stephen Ian Whitelaw	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,551	58.16
Bernard Peter Atha	Labour Party	9,342	23.07
Brian Gerald Ashmore	Liberal Party	7,602	18.77
Majority		14,209	35.09

15 October 1964		40,997/50,840	80.64
William Stephen Ian Whitelaw	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,228	51.78
Kathleen Marie Anne Roberts	Labour Party	10,490	25.59
William Jackson	Liberal Party	9,279	22.63
Majority		10,738	26.19

31 March 1966		39,820/50,621	78.66
William Stephen Ian Whitelaw	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,982	52.69
Kathleen Marie Anne Roberts	Labour Party	12,081	30.34
John Reginald Howe	Liberal Party	6,757	16.97
Majority		8,901	22.35

18 June 1970		40,372/54,251	74.42
Rt Hon William Stephen Ian Whitelaw	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,800	58.95
Ronald Longworth	Labour Party	10,256	25.40
William Jackson	Liberal Party	6,316	15.64
Majority		13,544	33.55

28 February 1974		43,965/55,123	79.76
Rt Hon William Stephen Ian Whitelaw	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,433	60.12
Joseph Norman David Weedall	Labour Party	9,095	20.69
Peter Alexander	Liberal Party	8,202	18.66
William Hesmondhalgh	Independent	235	0.53
Majority		17,338	39.44

10 October 1974		40,553/55,587	72.95
Rt Hon William Stephen Ian Whitelaw	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,547	58.06
Joseph Norman David Weedall	Labour Party	9,791	24.14
Joseph Gurney Pease	Liberal Party	7,215	17.79
Majority		13,756	33.92

3 May 1979		44,041/57,210	76.98
Rt Hon William Stephen Ian Whitelaw	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,940	61.17
Lindon Reginald West	Labour Party	9,844	22.35
Bernard North Wates	Liberal Party	7,257	16.48
Majority		17,096	38.82

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		49,799/69,013	72.16
Rt Hon William Stephen Ian Whitelaw	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,304	58.84
Michael Alan Young	Liberal Party in Alliance	13,883	27.88
Allen Lindsay Williams	Labour Party	6,612	13.28
Majority		15,421	30.97

11 June 1983 Elevation of William Whitelaw to the Peerage - 1st Viscount Whitelaw.

28 July 1983		38,080/69,013	55.18
David John Maclean	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,530	46.03
Michael Alan Young	Liberal Party in Alliance	16,978	44.59
Allen Lindsay Williams	Labour Party	2,834	7.44
David Edward Sutch	Monster Raving Loony Party	412	1.08
Eric Morgan	Independent	150	0.39
Helen Mary Anscomb	Independent	72	0.19
John Connell	Independent	69	0.18
Peter Smith	New Britain	35	0.09
Majority		552	1.45

11 June 1987		55,005/71,930	76.47
David John Maclean	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,148	60.26
David James Iveson	Liberal Party in Alliance	15,782	28.69
John Matthew Patrick Hutton	Labour Party	6,075	11.04
Majority		17,366	31.57

9 April 1992		58,777/73,769	79.68
David John Maclean	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,808	57.52
Kenneth Geyve Walker	Liberal Democrats	15,359	26.13
John Metcalfe	Labour Party	8,871	15.09
Robert Anthony Gibson	Green Party	610	1.04
Ian Alan Docker	Natural Law Party	129	0.22
Majority		18,449	31.39

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		48,961/66,496	73.63
Rt Hon David John Maclean	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,300	47.59
Kenneth Geyve Walker	Liberal Democrats	13,067	26.69
Margaret Mary Meling	Labour Party	10,576	21.60
Charles Henry Pope	Referendum Party	2,018	4.12
Majority		10,233	20.90

7 June 2001		44,249/67,776	65.29
Rt Hon David John Maclean	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,302	54.92
Kenneth Geyve Walker	Liberal Democrats	9,625	21.75
Michael William Boaden	Labour Party	8,177	18.48
Thomas Scott Anthony Lowther	UK Independence Party	938	2.12
Mark Gibson	Legalise Cannabis Alliance	870	1.97
John James Moffat	Independent	337	0.76
Majority		14,677	33.17

5 May 2005		46,882/70,922	66.10
Rt Hon David John Maclean	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,046	51.29
Kenneth Geyve Walker	Liberal Democrats	12,142	25.90
Michael William Boaden	Labour Party	8,958	19.11
William Robinson	UK Independence Party	1,187	2.53
Mark Gibson	Legalise Cannabis Alliance	549	1.17
Majority		11,904	25.39

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		45,087/65,410	68.93
Roderick James Nugent Stewart	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,071	53.39
Peter Carlyle Thornton	Liberal Democrats	12,830	28.46
Barbara Ann Cannon	Labour Party	5,834	12.94
John Brian Stanyer	UK Independence Party	1,259	2.79
Christopher Davidson	British National Party	1,093	2.42
Majority		11,241	24.93

7 May 2015		43,921/65,209	67.35
Roderick James Nugent Stewart	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,202	59.66
Lee Anthony Rushworth	Labour Party	6,308	14.36
John Brian Stanyer	UK Independence Party	5,353	12.19
Neil Hughes	Liberal Democrats	3,745	8.53
George Bryan Burrow	Green Party	2,313	5.27
Majority		19,894	45.29

8 June 2017		46,470/65,139	71.34
Roderick James Nugent Stewart	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,078	60.42
Laura Marie Keough McEvoy	Labour Party	12,168	26.18
Neil Hughes	Liberal Democrats	3,641	7.84
Kerryanne McKay Wilde	UK Independence Party	1,142	2.46
Douglas Ian Lawson	Green Party	1,029	2.21
Jonathan Michael Davies	Independent	412	0.89
Majority		15,910	34.24

3 September 2019 The Conservative whip was removed from Rt Hon Rory Stewart.

12 December 2019		47,824/67,555	70.79
Dr Neil Peter Hammerton Hudson	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,875	60.38
Sarah Anne Williams	Labour and Co-operative Party	10,356	21.65
Matthew James Severn	Liberal Democrats	5,364	11.22
Ali Ross	Green Party	2,159	4.51
Jonathan Michael Davies	Putting Cumbria First	1,070	2.24
Majority		18,519	38.72