The county of Cumbria is divided into 6 parliamentary constituencies: 1 borough constituency for the City of Carlisle and 5 county constituencies, one of which is partly in Lancashire.
See also: 2024 United Kingdom general election.
| Name | Electorate | Majority[1] | Member of Parliament | Nearest opposition | Electoral wards[2] | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow and Furness | 74,980 | 5,324 | Michelle Scrogham‡ | Simon Fell† | Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council Barrow Island, Central, Dalton North, Dalton South, Hawcoat, Hindpool, Newbarns, Ormsgill, Parkside, Risedale, Roosecote, Walney North. Copeland Borough Council: Black Combe and Scafell, Millom. South Lakeland District Council: Broughton and Coniston (polling districts AHA, AHB, AHC, BZ, CA, CB, CL and CY), Furness Peninsula, Ulverston East, Ulverston West. | |||
| Carlisle | 77,863 | 5,200 | Julie Minns‡ | John Stevenson† | Carlisle City Council Belah and Kingmoor, Botcherby and Harraby North, Brampton and Fellside, Cathedral and Castle, Currock and Upperby, Denton Holme and Morton South, Harraby South and Parklands, Longtown and the Border, Newtown and Morton North, Sandsfield and Morton West, Stanwix and Houghton, Wetheral and Corby. | |||
| Morecambe and Lunesdale[3] | 69,254 | 5,815 | Lizzi Collinge ‡ | David Morris † | City of Lancaster Bare, Bolton & Slyne, Carnforth & Millhead, Halton-with-Aughton, Harbour, Heysham Central, Heysham North, Heysham South, Kellet, Lower Lune Valley, Overton, Poulton, Silverdale, Torrisholme, Upper Lune Valley, Warton, Westgate. South Lakeland: Arnside & Milnthorpe, Burton & Crooklands, Sedbergh & Kirkby Lonsdale | |||
| Penrith and Solway | 77,935 | 5,257 | Markus Campbell-Savours‡ | Mark Jenkinson† | Allerdale Borough Council All Saints, Allhallow and Waverton, Aspatria, Boltons, Broughton St. Bridgets, Christchurch, Crummock and Derwent Valley, Ellen and Gilcrux, Keswick, Marsh and Warmpool, Maryport North, Maryport South, Silloth and Solway Coast, Warnell, Wigton and Woodside. Carlisle City Council: Dalston and Burgh. Eden District Council: Alston Moor, Hartside, Hesket, Kirkoswald, Langwathby, Lazonby, Penrith Carleton, Penrith East, Penrith North, Penrith Pategill, Penrith South, Penrith West, Skelton. | |||
| Westmorland and Lonsdale | 72,029 | 21,472 | Tim Farron¤ | Matty Jackman† | Eden District Council Appleby (Appleby), Appleby (Bongate), Askham, Brough, Crosby Ravensworth, Dacre, Eamont, Greystroke, Kirkby Stephen, Kirkby Thore, Long Marton, Morland, Orton and Tebay, Ravenstonedale, Shap, Ullswater, Warcop. South Lakeland District Council: Ambleside and Grasmere, Bowness and Levens, Broughton and Coniston (polling districts AF, AO, AP, AQ, AS, AT, AU, BC, BDA, BDB, CX and DH), Cartmel, Grange, Kendal East, Kendal North, Kendal Rural, Kendal South and Natland, Kendal Town, Kendal West, Windermere. | |||
| Whitehaven and Workington | 73,198 | 13,286 | Josh MacAlister‡ | David Surtees (Reform UK) | Allerdale Borough Council Dalton, Flimby, Harrington and Salterbeck, Moorclose and Moss Bay, St. John's, St. Michael's, Seaton and Northside, Stainburn and Clifton. Copeland Borough Council: Arlecdon and Ennerdale, Beckermet, Cleator Moor, Corkickle, Distington, Lowca and Parton, Egremont, Gosforth and Seascale, Hillcrest, Kells, Moor Row and Bigrigg, Moresby, St. Bees, Sneckyeat, Whitehaven Central, Whitehaven South | |||
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[6] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.
The commission has proposed that Cumbria be combined with Lancashire as a sub-region of the North West Region, with the existing seat of Morecambe and Lunesdale extending into southern Cumbria to create a cross-county boundary constituency. Copeland, Penrith and The Border, and Workington are abolished and replaced by the new constituencies of Penrith and Solway, and Whitehaven and Workington.[7] [8]
The following constituencies are proposed:
Containing electoral wards from Allerdale
Containing electoral wards from Barrow-in-Furness
Containing electoral wards from Carlisle
Containing electoral wards from Copeland
Containing electoral wards from Eden
Containing electoral wards from South Lakeland
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[9]
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Cumbria in the 2024 general election were as follows:
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2019 | Seats | Change from 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 81,131 | 35.4% | 6.4% | 4 | 4 | |
| Conservative | 58,915 | 25.7% | 26.8% | 0 | 5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 41,654 | 18.2% | 3.8% | 1 | 0 | |
| Reform UK | 37,683 | 16.5% | 15.1% | 0 | 0 | |
| Greens | 7,811 | 3.4% | 1.9% | 0 | 0 | |
| Others | 1,731 | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 228,925 | 100.0 | 5 |
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Cumbria in the 2019 general election were as follows:
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 143,615 | 52.5% | 3.7% | 5 | 2 | |
| Labour | 79,402 | 29.0% | 7.2% | 0 | 2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 39,426 | 14.4% | 2.6% | 1 | 0 | |
| Greens | 4,223 | 1.5% | 1.0% | 0 | 0 | |
| Brexit | 3,867 | 1.4% | new | 0 | 0 | |
| Others | 3,044 | 1.2% | 1.5% | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 273,577 | 100.0 | 6 |
| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 46.7 | 48.1 | 46.3 | 33.5 | 39.5 | 37.9 | 39.4 | 40.7 | 48.8 | 52.5 | 25.7 | |
| Labour | 31.2 | 33.1 | 36.9 | 45.8 | 39.1 | 34.8 | 30.8 | 29.8 | 36.2 | 29.0 | 35.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat1 | 21.8 | 18.7 | 16.0 | 16.5 | 19.2 | 23.4 | 24.3 | 13.3 | 11.8 | 14.4 | 18.2 | |
| Green Party | - | 0.6 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 3.4 | ||||||
| UKIP | - | - | - | 2.2 | 12.6 | 2.3 | - | |||||
| Reform UK2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | 16.5 | |
| Other | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
22019 - Brexit Party
* Included in Other
| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Liberal Democrat1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Conservative | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
| Constituency | 1885 | 86 | 1886 | 91 | 1892 | 95 | 1895 | 1900 | 05 | 1906 | 06 | Jan 1910 | Dec 1910 | 13 | 15 | 16 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appleby | W. Lowther | Savory | Rigg | Jones | Sanderson | H. C. Lowther | |||||||||||
| Carlisle | Ferguson | Gully | → | Chance | Denman | ||||||||||||
| Cockermouth | Valentine | Lawson | Randles | Lawson | Randles | Lawson jnr | Bliss | ||||||||||
| Eskdale | Allison | C. W. H. Lowther | Howard | C. W. H. Lowther | |||||||||||||
| Egremont | Pennington | Ainsworth | Duncombe | Bain | Fullerton | Grant | |||||||||||
| Kendal | Taylour | Bagot | Stewart-Smith | Bagot | Weston | ||||||||||||
| Penrith | Howard | → | J. Lowther | → | |||||||||||||
| Whitehaven | Cavendish-Bentinck | Bain | Little | Helder | Burnyeat | Jackson | Richardson | ||||||||||
| Constituency | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 59 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | Feb 1974 | Oct 1974 | 76 | 1979 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle | Hargreaves | Johnson | Lewis | ||||||||||
| Penrith and the Border | Scott | Whitelaw | |||||||||||
| Westmorland | Fletcher-Vane | Jopling | |||||||||||
| Whitehaven | Anderson | Symonds | Cunningham | ||||||||||
| Workington | Peart | Page | Campbell-Savours | ||||||||||
| Constituency | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Barrow and Furness | Scrogham | |
| Carlisle | Minns | |
| Morecambe and Lunesdale (cross-county constituency) | Collinge | |
| Penrith and Solway | Campbell-Savours | |
| Westmorland and Lonsdale | Farron | |
| Whitehaven and Workington | MacAlister |