Westmorland (UK Parliament constituency)
Westmorland was a constituency covering the county of Westmorland in the North of England, which returned Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency had two separate periods of existence.
;Until 1885
;1918–1983
In the boundary changes in 1983 the southern part of the constituency became part of the new seat of Westmorland and Lonsdale and the northern area was transferred to Penrith and The Border
Boundaries
The 1918 – 1983 seat corresponded to the county of Westmorland even after the abolition of the administrative county in 1974.Members of Parliament
- Constituency created
MPs 1290–1640
| Parliament | First member | Second member |
| 1290 | Sir Richardus de Prestonne | Sir Williemus de Stirkland |
| 1302 | Thomas de Betham | - |
| 1305 | Sir Hugh de Lowther | Nicholas de Leyburne |
| 1308–1309 | Thomas de Betham | - |
| 1309 | Robert L'Angleys | - |
| 1311–1312 | Thomas de Betham | - |
| 1311–1312 | Robert L'Angleys | - |
| 1313 | Sir Matthew de Redman | - |
| 1324 | Sir Robertus de Sandeford | - |
| 1328 | Sir Nicholas de Preston | - |
| 1331–1332 | Sir Walter de Strickland | - |
| 1341–1342 | Sir Thomas de Musgrave | - |
| 1343 | Sir Richard de Preston | Sir Thomas de Musgrave |
| 1344–1345 | Sir Thomas de Musgrave | - |
| 1353 | Sir Richard de Preston | - |
| 1355 | William de Windesere | - |
| 1357 | Sir Matthew de Redman | - |
| 1362 | Sir John Preston | - |
| 1363 | James Pickering | - |
| 1366 | Sir John Preston | James Pickering |
| 1368 | Sir John Preston | - |
| 1371 | Sir John Preston | - |
| 1377–c1400 | Hugh Salkeld I | - |
| 1382 | Sir John Preston | - |
| 1384 | John de Mansergh | - |
| 1386 | Sir John Derwentwater | Robert Clibern |
| 1388 | Sir Thomas Blenkinsop | Thomas Strickland |
| 1388 | Robert de Sandford | Hugh Salkeld I |
| 1390 | John Crackenthorpe | Hugh Salkeld I |
| 1390 | Sir Christopher Moresby | Hugh Salkeld I |
| 1391 | Sir William Curwen | William Thornburgh |
| 1393 | John Crackenthorpe | Hugh Salkeld I |
| 1394 | Sir William Curwen | William Thornburgh |
| 1395 | Sir Walter Strickland | William Crackenthorpe I |
| 1397 | John Lancaster | Hugh Salkeld I |
| 1397 | Sir William Curwen | William Crackenthorpe I |
| 1399 | Sir Thomas de Musgrave | John Crackenthorpe |
| 1401 | William Thornburgh | Hugh Salkeld II |
| 1402 | Sir William Threlkeld | William Crackenthorpe I |
| 1404 | Roland Thornburgh | Sir Richard Duckett |
| 1404 | Sir Robert Leybourne | Thomas Strickland II |
| 1406 | Sir John Beetham | John Lancaster I |
| 1407 | Sir Alan Pennington | Thomas Warcop |
| 1410 | - | |
| 1411 | Sir Robert Leybourne | Christopher Moresby |
| 1413 | - | - |
| 1413 | Robert Crackenthorpe | John Hutton |
| 1414 | Robert Mauchell | Richard Wharton |
| 1414 | Thomas Warcop | William Thornburgh |
| 1415 | Robert Warcop | Thomas Warcop |
| 1416 | Roland Thornburgh | Robert Crackenthorpe |
| 1416 | - | |
| 1417 | - | |
| 1419 | Roland Thornburgh | Robert Crackenthorpe |
| 1420 | William Beauchamp | Thomas Greem II |
| 1421 | Robert Warcop | Robert Preston |
| 1421 | John Lancaster I | William Blenkinsop |
| 1429 | Thomas Strickland II | - |
| 1431 | Thomas Strickland II | - |
| 1435 | Sir Thomas Parr | |
| 1449 | Sir Thomas Parr | |
| 1450 | Sir Thomas Parr | |
| 1455 | Sir Thomas Parr | |
| 1459 | ?Sir Thomas Parr | |
| 1467 | William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Kendal | - |
| 1473 | William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Kendal | - |
| 1510–1523 | No Names Known | No Names Known |
| 1529 | Sir William Musgrave | Thomas Blenkinsop |
| 1536 | - | |
| 1539 | - | |
| 1542 | Sir James Leyburn | Nicholas Bacon |
| 1545 | Sir Ingram Clifford | Sir James Leyburn |
| 1547 | Sir Charles Brandon, died and replaced in January 1552 by Sir Robert Bowes | Thomas Warcop |
| 1553 | - | |
| 1553 | Thomas Fallowfield | Thomas Warcop |
| 1554 | Thomas Fallowfield | Thomas Warcop |
| 1554 | Thomas Percy | Thomas Warcop |
| 1555 | - | |
| 1558 | Anthony Kempe | Thomas Sackville |
| 1559 | Lancelot Lancaster | Thomas Warcop |
| 1562–1563 | Walter Strickland | Gerard Lowther |
| 1571 | Alan Bellingham | Thomas Warcop |
| 1572 | Thomas Knyvet | Thomas Warcop |
| 1584 | Francis Clifford | Thomas Warcop |
| 1586 | Francis Clifford | Thomas Warcop |
| 1588 | Francis Dacre | Thomas Warcop |
| 1593 | Sir William Bowes | Edward Denny |
| 1597 | Walter Harcourt | Henry Cholmley |
| 1601 | George Wharton | Thomas Strickland |
| 1604–1611 | Sir Richard Musgrave | Sir Thomas Strickland |
| 1614 | Lord Clifford | Sir Thomas Wharton |
| 1621 | Lord Clifford | Sir Thomas Wharton |
| 1624 | Sir John Lowther | Robert Strickland |
| 1625 | Sir John Lowther | Sir Henry Bellingham |
| 1626 | Sir John Lowther | Sir Henry Bellingham |
| 1628 | Sir John Lowther | John Lowther |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliament summoned | No Parliament summoned |
MPs 1640–1885
MPs 1918–1983
Election results 1290–1885
Election results taken from the History of Parliament Trust series.Elections in the 18th century
- Lowther appointed a Commissioner of the Revenue in Ireland
Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
William Lowther was appointed Postmaster General of the United Kingdom and called to the House of Lords as Baron Lowther, causing a by-election.Elections in the 1850s
Thompson's death caused a by-election.Elections in the 1860s
Lowther's death caused a by-election.Elections in the 1870s
Taylour succeeded to the peerage, becoming Marquess of Headfort and causing a by-election at which his son was elected unopposed.Elections in the 1880s
Election results 1918–1983
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1939/40Another 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;
- Conservative: Oliver Stanley
- Labour: R S Armstrong
- Liberal: Geoffrey Acland
Elections in the 1940s