Parliamentary representation from Cumberland

Historic counties of England

The historic counties of England are subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans and in most cases based on earlier Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and shires...

of Cumberland

Cumberland

Cumberland is a historic county of North West England, on the border with Scotland, from the 12th century until 1974. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 and now forms part of Cumbria....

in north west England was represented in Parliament from the 13th century. This article provides a list of constituencies constituting the Parliamentary representation from Cumberland.

In 1889 Cumberland became an administrative county. In 1974 Cumberland was combined with Westmorland

Westmorland

Westmorland is an area of North West England and one of the 39 historic counties of England. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974, after which the entirety of the county was absorbed into the new county of Cumbria.-Early history:...

and northern Lancashire

Lancashire

Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...

to form a new shire county of 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...

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The first part of this article covers the constituencies wholly or predominantly within the area of the historic county of Cumberland, both before and after the administrative changes of 1974. The second part refers to constituencies mostly in another historic county, which included some territory from the historic county of Cumberland. The summaries section only refers to the constituencies included in the first section of the constituency list.

List of constituencies

Article names are followed by (UK Parliament constituency). The constituencies which existed in 1707 were those previously represented in the Parliament of England

Parliament of England

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Key to abbrieviations:-

(Type) BC Borough constituency, CC County constituency.
(Administrative County in Notes) C1 historic/administrative county of Cumberland (to 1974), C2 shire county of Cumbria (from 1974).

Constituencies wholly or predominantly in the historic county

Constituency	Type	From	To	MPs	Notes
Carlisle Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency) Carlisle is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament 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...	BC	1295	*	2 (1295-1885)	C1, C2
				1 (1654–1659)
				2 (1659–1885)
				1 (1885-*)
Cockermouth Cockermouth (UK Parliament constituency) Cockermouth was the name of a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England in 1295, and again from 1641, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It was a parliamentary borough represented by two...	BC (1295–96, 1640–1885)	1295	1296	2 (1295–96, 1640–1868)	C1: Unrepresented 1654-1659
	CC (1885–1918)	1640	1918	1 (1868–1918)	C1: Unrepresented 1654-1659
Copeland Copeland (UK Parliament constituency) Copeland is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...	CC	1983	*	1	C2
Cumberland Cumberland (UK Parliament constituency) Cumberland is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Knights of...	CC	1290	1832	2	C1
East Cumberland East Cumberland (UK Parliament constituency) East Cumberland is a former county constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two Members of Parliament by the bloc vote system of election.- Boundaries :...	CC	1832	1885	2	C1
North Cumberland North Cumberland (UK Parliament constituency) North Cumberland was a parliamentary constituency in Cumberland which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system of election....	CC	1918	1950	1	C1
West Cumberland West Cumberland (UK Parliament constituency) West Cumberlandwas a county constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two Members of Parliament by the bloc vote system of election.- Boundaries :...	CC	1832	1885	2	C1
Egremont Egremont (UK Parliament constituency) Egremont was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Egremont in Cumberland. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.-Boundaries:...	BC (1295–96)	1295	1296	2 (1295–96)	C1
	CC (1885–1918)	1885	1918	1 (1885–1918)	C1
Eskdale Eskdale (UK Parliament constituency) Eskdale was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Eskdale district of north Cumberland not to be confused with the valley of Eskdale in the west of the county...	CC	1885	1918	1	C1
Penrith Penrith (UK Parliament constituency) Penrith was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Penrith in Cumberland, England. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.-History:...	CC	1885	1918	1	C1
Penrith and Cockermouth Penrith and Cockermouth (UK Parliament constituency) Penrith and Cockermouth was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Penrith and Cockermouth in Cumberland, England. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.-History:The...	CC	1918	1950	1	C1
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...	CC	1950	*	1	C1, C2: From 1983 inc. part of Westmorland
Whitehaven Whitehaven (UK Parliament constituency) Whitehaven was a constituency centred on the town of Whitehaven in Cumberland , which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It was created in 1832 and renamed Copeland at the 1983 general election....	BC (1832–1918)	1832	1983	1	C1, C2
	CC (1918–1983)	1832	1983	1	C1, C2
Workington Workington (UK Parliament constituency) Workington is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election.-Boundaries:...	CC	1918	*	1	C1, C2

Constituencies mostly in another historic county

Constituency	Type	From	To	MPs	Notes

Periods constituencies represented

	1290–1295	1295–1296	1640–1654	1659–1832	1832–1868	1885–1918
Carlisle Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency) Carlisle is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament 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...		1295–*
Cockermouth Cockermouth (UK Parliament constituency) Cockermouth was the name of a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England in 1295, and again from 1641, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It was a parliamentary borough represented by two...		1295–1296	1640–1654	1659–1918
Cumberland Cumberland (UK Parliament constituency) Cumberland is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Knights of...	1290–1832
East Cumberland East Cumberland (UK Parliament constituency) East Cumberland is a former county constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two Members of Parliament by the bloc vote system of election.- Boundaries :...					1832–1885
West Cumberland West Cumberland (UK Parliament constituency) West Cumberlandwas a county constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two Members of Parliament by the bloc vote system of election.- Boundaries :...					1832–1885
Egremont Egremont (UK Parliament constituency) Egremont was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Egremont in Cumberland. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.-Boundaries:...		1295–1296				1885–1918
Eskdale Eskdale (UK Parliament constituency) Eskdale was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Eskdale district of north Cumberland not to be confused with the valley of Eskdale in the west of the county...						1885–1918
Penrith Penrith (UK Parliament constituency) Penrith was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Penrith in Cumberland, England. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.-History:...						1885–1918
Whitehaven Whitehaven (UK Parliament constituency) Whitehaven was a constituency centred on the town of Whitehaven in Cumberland , which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It was created in 1832 and renamed Copeland at the 1983 general election....					1832–1983

	1918–1950	1950–1983	1983–*
Carlisle Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency) Carlisle is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament 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...	1295–*
Copeland Copeland (UK Parliament constituency) Copeland is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...			1983–*
North Cumberland North Cumberland (UK Parliament constituency) North Cumberland was a parliamentary constituency in Cumberland which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system of election....	1918–1950
Penrith and Cockermouth Penrith and Cockermouth (UK Parliament constituency) Penrith and Cockermouth was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Penrith and Cockermouth in Cumberland, England. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.-History:The...	1918–1950
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...		1950–*
Whitehaven Whitehaven (UK Parliament constituency) Whitehaven was a constituency centred on the town of Whitehaven in Cumberland , which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It was created in 1832 and renamed Copeland at the 1983 general election....	1832–1983
Workington Workington (UK Parliament constituency) Workington is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election.-Boundaries:...	1918–*

Summary of Constituencies by Type and Period

Type	1290	1295	1296	1640	1654	1659	1832	1868	1885	1918	1950
Borough	-	3	1	2	1	2	3	3	2	1	1
County	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	4	3
Total	1	4	2	3	2	3	5	5	6	5	4

Summary of Members of Parliament by Type and Period