Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Lonsdale
Parliament:uk
Year:1918
Abolished:1950
Type:County
Elects Howmany:One
Region:England
County:Lancashire

Lonsdale was a county constituency in north Lancashire, 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.

Members of Parliament

YearMemberWhip
1918Claude LowtherUnionist
1920Independent Parliamentary Group
1921Unionist
Unionist
Liberal
Unionist
Conservative
1950constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40:

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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;