Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency)

Carlisle is a constituency

United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...

represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...

. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP)

Member of Parliament

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by the first past the post system of election. It was a Labour seat from 1964 until 2010, although the Conservatives came close to victory in the elections in the 1980s. It is now held by the Conservatives with a majority of 853 votes.

Boundaries

The Carlisle constituency covers the most populated part of the City of Carlisle

City of Carlisle

The City of Carlisle is a local government district of Cumbria, England, with the status of a city and non-metropolitan district. It is named after its largest settlement, Carlisle, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Brampton and Longtown, as well as outlying villages...

district in Cumbria

Cumbria

Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...

, including the city of Carlisle itself. It also covers the rural area of the district to the south and west of the city, including the village of Dalston

Dalston, Cumbria

Dalston is a large village and civil parish within the City of Carlisle district of Cumbria, England. It is situated on the B5299 road about four miles south-south-west of Carlisle city centre, and approximately five miles from Junction 42 of the M6 motorway.The village has a population of around...

. The remaining parts of the district are in the Penrith and The Border

Penrith and The Border (UK Parliament constituency)

Penrith and The Border is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is represented by one Member of Parliament elected by the first past the post system of election. This Cumbrian constituency was first contested in 1950.-History:The constutuency is...

constituency.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Cumbria

Cumbria

, the Boundary Commission for England modified the boundaries of the Carlisle constituency, as a consequence of population changes. The altered constituency fought at the 2010 general election was formed from the following wards:

Belah, Belle Vue, Botcherby, Burgh, Castle, Currock, Dalston, Denton Holme, Harraby, Morton, St Aidans, Stanwix Urban, Upperby, Wetheral, and Yewdale.

MPs 1295–1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1381	John de Blennerhassett
1384	John de Blennerhassett
1386	Adam Denton	Robert Bristowe
1388 (Feb)	Robert Carlisle I	William Aglionby
1388 (Sep)	John Corkeby	Nicholas Leveson
1390 (Jan)	John Monceaux	Alan Kirkebridge
1390 (Nov)
1391	John Monceaux	Robert Bristowe
1393	John Redesdale	John Werk
1394
1395	John Monceaux	John Burgham
1397 (Jan)	John Helton	John Burgham
1397 (Sep)	Robert Bristowe	John Bristowe
1399	John Helton	Robert Bristowe
1401	Thomas Bolton	Robert Bristowe
1402	John Sowerby	William Boweson
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406
1407
1410	[Robert] Carlisle II
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Robert Carlisle II	Ralph de Blenerhayset
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov)	Robert Carlisle II	William Cardoile
1415
1416 (Mar)	Robert Lancaster	William Bell
1416 (Oct)
1417	Robert Carlisle II	William Cardoile
1419	Robert Carlisle II	Thomas Manningham
1420	Thomas Derley	Richard Muncaster
1421 (May)	Robert Carlisle II	Thomas Pety
1421 (Dec)	William Manchester	John Thomson
1441	John Blenerhayset
1510-1523	No names known
1529	Edward Aglionby I	John Coldale
1536	?
1539	?
1542	William Stapleton	?
1545	Hugh Aglionby	Robert Smith
1547	Edward Aglionby Edward Aglionby Edward Aglionby was an English Member of Parliament, official, translator and poet. He was closely associated with the Dudley family.-Life:...	Thomas Dalston, died and replaced Jan 1552 by Edward Aglionby Edward Aglionby Edward Aglionby was an English Member of Parliament, official, translator and poet. He was closely associated with the Dudley family.-Life:...
1553 (Mar)	Edward Aglionby Edward Aglionby Edward Aglionby was an English Member of Parliament, official, translator and poet. He was closely associated with the Dudley family.-Life:...	John Dudley
1553 (Oct)	John Aglionby	Simon Brisco
1554 (Apr)	Robert Wheatley	Richard Mynsho
1554 (Nov)	Robert Wheatley	Richard Mynsho
1555	William Middleton	William Ward
1558	Richard Assheton	Robert Dalton
1558/9	John or Edward Aglionby	Richard Mulcaster
1563 (Jan)	Richard Assheton	William Mulcaster
1571	Robert Bowes	Christopher Musgrave
1572	Thomas Pattenson	Robert Mulcaster, died and repl. 1576 by Thomas Tallentyne, who also died and was repl. Mar 1579 by Thomas Barne
1584	Edward Aglionby	Thomas Blennerhassett Thomas Blennerhassett Thomas Blennerhassett was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1584 and 1611.Blennerhassett may have been the son of Richard Blennerhassett, a member of the Carlisle Council in 1569. In 1584, Blennerhassett was elected Member of Parliament for Carlisle....
1586	Henry Macwilliam, died and repl. 1587 by William Bowyer	Thomas Blennerhassett Thomas Blennerhassett Thomas Blennerhassett was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1584 and 1611.Blennerhassett may have been the son of Richard Blennerhassett, a member of the Carlisle Council in 1569. In 1584, Blennerhassett was elected Member of Parliament for Carlisle....
1588 (Oct)	Henry Scrope	John Dalston
1593	Henry Scrope	Edward Aglionby
1597 (Sep)	Henry Scrope	Thomas Sandford
1601 (Oct)	Henry Scrope	John Dudley
1604	Thomas Blennerhassett Thomas Blennerhassett Thomas Blennerhassett was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1584 and 1611.Blennerhassett may have been the son of Richard Blennerhassett, a member of the Carlisle Council in 1569. In 1584, Blennerhassett was elected Member of Parliament for Carlisle....	William Barwick
1614	George Butler	Nathaniel Tomkins
1621	Sir Henry Vane Henry Vane the Elder Sir Henry Vane, the elder was an English politician and secretary of state.-Origins and education:Vane was born on 18 February 1589, the eldest son of Henry Vane or Fane of Hadlow, Kent, by his second wife, Margaret, daughter of Roger Twysden of East Peckham, Kent...	George Butler
1624	Sir Henry Vane Henry Vane the Elder Sir Henry Vane, the elder was an English politician and secretary of state.-Origins and education:Vane was born on 18 February 1589, the eldest son of Henry Vane or Fane of Hadlow, Kent, by his second wife, Margaret, daughter of Roger Twysden of East Peckham, Kent...	Edward Aglionby
1625	Sir Henry Vane Henry Vane the Elder Sir Henry Vane, the elder was an English politician and secretary of state.-Origins and education:Vane was born on 18 February 1589, the eldest son of Henry Vane or Fane of Hadlow, Kent, by his second wife, Margaret, daughter of Roger Twysden of East Peckham, Kent...	Edward Aglionby
1626	Richard Graham
1627	Richard Barwis Richard Barwis Richard Barwis was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England between 1628 and 1648. He supported the Parliamentarian side during the English Civil War. He was known as "Great Richard" Barwis because of his remarkable strength.Barwis was the son of Anthony Barwis and his...
1628	Richard Graham
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned

Long Parliament
Long Parliament
The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...

1640–1644: Sir William Dalston, Bt
Sir William Dalston, 1st Baronet
Sir William Dalston, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1644. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War....

(Royalist
Cavalier
Cavalier was the name used by Parliamentarians for a Royalist supporter of King Charles I and son Charles II during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration...

) - disabled to sit, January 1644
1640–1648 : Richard Barwis
Richard Barwis
Richard Barwis was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England between 1628 and 1648. He supported the Parliamentarian side during the English Civil War. He was known as "Great Richard" Barwis because of his remarkable strength.Barwis was the son of Anthony Barwis and his...

(Parliamentarian) - died April 1648
1645(?)–1648(?): Thomas Cholmley - not recorded as having sat after Pride's Purge
Pride's Purge
Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents...

, December 1648
1649: Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick
Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick
Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick was a British nobleman and Parliamentarian.Howard was the youngest son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk. He was knighted KB. In 1624 he was elected Member of Parliament for Calne and for Wallingford and chose to sit for Calne...

, from House of Lords

1653: Carlisle was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
Barebones Parliament
Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector...

.

First Protectorate Parliament
First Protectorate Parliament
The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House....

(One member only)

1654–1655: Colonel Thomas Fitch

Second Protectorate Parliament
Second Protectorate Parliament
The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons...

(One member only)

1656–1658: George Downing
Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet
Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet was an Anglo-Irish soldier, statesman, and diplomat. Downing Street in London is named after him. As Treasury Secretary he is credited with instituting major reforms in public finance. His influence was substantial on the passage and substance of the mercantilist...

Third Protectorate Parliament
Third Protectorate Parliament
The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...

1659: George Downing
Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet
Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet was an Anglo-Irish soldier, statesman, and diplomat. Downing Street in London is named after him. As Treasury Secretary he is credited with instituting major reforms in public finance. His influence was substantial on the passage and substance of the mercantilist...
1659: Thomas Craister

Long Parliament (restored)

1659–1660: Thomas Cholmley
1659–1660: Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick
Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick
Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick was a British nobleman and Parliamentarian.Howard was the youngest son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk. He was knighted KB. In 1624 he was elected Member of Parliament for Calne and for Wallingford and chose to sit for Calne...

MPs 1660–1885

	First member	First party	Second member	Second party
1660	William Briscoe William Briscoe (politician) William Briscoe was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1654 and 1660.Briscoe was the son of John Briscoe, of Crofton, Cumberland. He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford on 12 December 1623, aged 17. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1634...		Jeremiah Tolhurst
1661	Sir Christopher Musgrave, Bt		Sir Philip Howard
1681			Viscount Morpeth Edward Howard, 2nd Earl of Carlisle Edward Howard, 2nd Earl of Carlisle , known as Viscount Morpeth from 1661 to 1685, was an English Whig politician....
1685			James Grahme
1689			Jeremiah Bubb
1690	Christopher Musgrave		Jeremiah Bubb
1692			William Lowther
1694			James Lowther Sir James Lowther, 4th Baronet Sir James Lowther, 4th Baronet, FRS was an English landowner, politician and industrialist. He obtained immense wealth from coal mines in northern England, which he extensively developed and modernised.-Early life:...
1695	William Howard William Howard (MP) The Honourable William Howard was an English Member of Parliament.Howard was a younger son of the 2nd Earl of Carlisle, and brother of the 3rd Earl of Carlisle . He entered Parliament in 1695 as member for Carlisle...
1701	Philip Howard Philip Howard (1669-1711) Philip Howard was a British politician who owed his brief career in Parliament to his kinship with the Earl of Carlisle.The son of Sir Philip Howard and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Newton, 1st Baronet, he received no legacy from his debt-ridden father...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1702	Christopher Musgrave		Thomas Stanwix Thomas Stanwix Brigadier General Thomas Stanwix was a British Army officer, politician and Governor of Gibraltar.-Career:Stanwix joined the Army and had become a Captain-Lieutenant in Hasting's Foot Regiment by 1692. In March 1702 he was elected Member of Parliament for Carlisle...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1705	Sir James Montagu
1713	Sir Christopher Musgrave, Bt	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
1715	William Strickland Sir William Strickland, 4th Baronet Sir William Strickland was an English Member of Parliament and Government Minister in Sir Robert Walpole's administration....	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1721			Henry Aglionby
1722	James Bateman	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...	Henry Aglionby
1727	Charles Howard		John Hylton John Hylton, de jure 18th Baron Hylton John Hylton, de jure 18th Baron Hylton was an English politician.Hylton was the second son of John Hylton and his wife, Dorothy née Musgrave...	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
1741			John Stanwix John Stanwix John Stanwix was a British soldier and politician.Stanwix entered the army in 1706, rose to a captain of the grenadiers in 1739, major of marines in 1741, and lieutenant-colonel in 1745, and was appointed equerry to Frederick, Prince of Wales, in 1749...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1742			John Hylton John Hylton, de jure 18th Baron Hylton John Hylton, de jure 18th Baron Hylton was an English politician.Hylton was the second son of John Hylton and his wife, Dorothy née Musgrave...	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
1746			John Stanwix John Stanwix John Stanwix was a British soldier and politician.Stanwix entered the army in 1706, rose to a captain of the grenadiers in 1739, major of marines in 1741, and lieutenant-colonel in 1745, and was appointed equerry to Frederick, Prince of Wales, in 1749...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1761	Raby Vane		Henry Curwen Henry Curwen Sir Henry Curwen was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622.Curwen was the only son of Sir Nicholas Curwen of Workington, Cumberland and his first wife Ann Musgrave. He matriculated from Pembroke College, Cambridge in about 1595. He was High Sheriff of Cumberland...
1768	Lord Edward Bentinck Lord Edward Bentinck Lord Edward Charles Cavendish-Bentinck , known as Lord Edward Bentinck, was a British politician.-Background and education:...		George Musgrave
1774	Anthony Storer		Fletcher Norton
1775	Anthony Storer		Walter Spencer-Stanhope
1780	Earl of Surrey Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk , styled Earl of Surrey from 1777 to 1786, was a British peer, the son of Charles Howard, 10th Duke of Norfolk and Catherine Brockholes....		William Lowther William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale of the second creation KG was a British Tory politician and nobleman.-Life:...
1784			Edward Norton
April 1786			John Lowther
May 1786			John Christian
November 1786	Edward Knubley
1787	Rowland Stephenson
1790 British general election, 1790 The British general election, 1790 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Political Situation:...	James Clarke Satterthwaite		Edward Knubley
1791	Wilson Bradyll		John Christian Curwen	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1796	Sir Frederick Fletcher-Vane, Bt	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1802	Walter Spencer-Stanhope	Tory
1812 United Kingdom general election, 1812 The election to the 5th Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1812 was the fourth general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....	Sir James Graham, Bt	Tory	Henry Fawcett
1816			John Christian Curwen	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1820			William James	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1825	Sir Philip Musgrave, Bt	Tory	William James
1826	Sir Philip Musgrave, Bt	Tory	Sir James Graham, Bt	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1827	James Law Lushington	Tory	Sir James Graham, Bt
1829			Sir William Scott, Bt Sir William Scott, 6th Baronet Sir William Scott, 6th baronet was a Scottish Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1859 to 1870....	Tory
1830			Philip Howard Philip Howard (Whig politician) Philip Henry Howard , was a British Whig politician.A member of the Howard family headed by the Duke of Norfolk, he was the son of Henry Howard, of Corby Castle, Cumberland, by Catherine Mary, daughter of Sir Richard Neave, 1st Baronet...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1831	William James	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1835 United Kingdom general election, 1835 The 1835 United Kingdom general election was called when Parliament was dissolved on 29 December 1834. Polling took place between 6 January and 6 February 1835, and the results saw Robert Peel's Conservatives make large gains from their low of the 1832 election, but the Whigs maintained a large...	William Marshall William Marshall (1796-1872) William Marshall was an English politician, the Member of Parliament for Beverley , for Carlisle , and for East Cumberland...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1847 United Kingdom general election, 1847 -Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...	William Nicholson Hodgson	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	John Dixon	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1848 by-election	William Nicholson Hodgson		Philip Howard Philip Howard (Whig politician) Philip Henry Howard , was a British Whig politician.A member of the Howard family headed by the Duke of Norfolk, he was the son of Henry Howard, of Corby Castle, Cumberland, by Catherine Mary, daughter of Sir Richard Neave, 1st Baronet...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1852 United Kingdom general election, 1852 The July 1852 United Kingdom general election was a watershed election in the formation of the modern political parties of Britain. Following 1852, the Tory/Conservative party became, more completely, the party of the rural aristocracy, while the Whig/Liberal party became the party of the rising...	Joseph Ferguson	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...	Sir James Graham, Bt	Peelite Peelite The Peelites were a breakaway faction of the British Conservative Party, and existed from 1846 to 1859. They were called "Peelites" because they were initially led by Sir Robert Peel, who was the British Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader in 1846....
1857 United Kingdom general election, 1857 -Seats summary:-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987 British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...	William Nicholson Hodgson	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1859 United Kingdom general election, 1859 In the 1859 United Kingdom general election, the Whigs, led by Lord Palmerston, held their majority in the House of Commons over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives...	Wilfrid Lawson	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1861 by-election	Wilfrid Lawson		Edmund Potter	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1865 United Kingdom general election, 1865 The 1865 United Kingdom general election saw the Liberals, led by Lord Palmerston, increase their large majority over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives to more than 80. The Whig Party changed its name to the Liberal Party between the previous election and this one.Palmerston died later in the same...	William Nicholson Hodgson	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1868 United Kingdom general election, 1868 The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom...	Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Bt	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1874 United Kingdom general election, 1874 -Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...	Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Bt		Robert Ferguson Robert Ferguson (MP) Robert Ferguson was an English mill-owner from Cumberland, antiquarian and Liberal politician, who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1886.-Biography:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918Representation of the People Act 1884Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	Representation reduced to one member

MPs since 1885

	Member	Party
1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918Representation of the People Act 1884Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	Robert Ferguson Robert Ferguson (MP) Robert Ferguson was an English mill-owner from Cumberland, antiquarian and Liberal politician, who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1886.-Biography:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1886 United Kingdom general election, 1886 -Seats summary:-See also:MPs elected in the UK general election, 1886The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987*...	William Court Gully William Court Gully, 1st Viscount Selby William Court Gully, 1st Viscount Selby QC, PC was a British lawyer and Liberal politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 1895 and 1905.-Background and education:...	Gladstonian Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1905 by-election	Frederick William Chance Frederick William Chance Frederick William Chance was a British Liberal Party politician from Carlisle. He sat in the House of Commons from 1905 to 1910.Chance was from a long-established family of businessmen and politicians in Carlisle...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1910 January	Richard Denman Sir Richard Denman, 1st Baronet Sir Richard Douglas Denman, 1st Baronet , was a British Member of Parliament .Denman was the son of Richard Denman, a court clerk and Helen Mary McMicking. Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, was his great-grandfather. Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman,...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
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2010	John Stevenson John Stevenson -Military:John Dunlap Stevenson, Union Civil War generalJohn D. Stevenson *John H. Stevenson , member of the American Navy during the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War-Politicians:...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

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Note: Stanwix was unseated on petition and replaced by Hylton, 26 January 1742

Stanwix appointed Governor of Kingston-upon-Hull

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