Parliamentary representation from Westmorland
# Parliamentary representation from Westmorland

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

In 1889 an administrative county of Westmorland was created. In 1974 Westmorland was combined with Cumberland and northern Lancashire to form a new non-metropolitan county of Cumbria.

The first part of this article covers the constituencies wholly or predominantly within the area of the historic county of Westmorland, 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 Westmorland. 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.

Key to abbreviations:-

* (Type) BC Borough constituency, CC County constituency.
* (Administrative County in Notes) C shire county of Cumbria (from 1974); W historic/administrative county of Westmorland (to 1974), C2 shire county of Cumbria (from 1974).

### Constituencies wholly or predominantly in the historic county

| Constituency | Type | From | To | MPs | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Appleby | BC | 1295 | 1832 | 2 | W: Unrepresented 1654–1659; also called Westmorland North 1885-1918 |
| Appleby | CC | 1885 | 1918 | 1 | W: Unrepresented 1654–1659; also called Westmorland North 1885-1918 |
| Kendal | BC | 1832 | 1885 | 1 | W: also called Westmorland South 1885-1918 |
| Kendal | CC | 1885 | 1918 | 1 | W: also called Westmorland South 1885-1918 |
| Westmorland | CC | 1290 | 1885 | 2 | W, C |
| Westmorland | CC | 1918 | 1983 | 1 | W, C |
| Westmorland and Lonsdale | CC | 1983 | * | 1 | C: Partly in the historic county of Lancashire |

### Constituencies mostly in another historic county

| Constituency | Type | From | To | MPs | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Penrith and The Border | CC | 1950 | * | 1 | C: From 1983 mostly in Cumberland but partly in Westmorland |

### Periods constituencies represented

| | 1290–1295 | 1295–1654 | 1654–1659 | 1659–1832 | 1832–1885 | 1885–1918 | 1918–1983 | 1983–* |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Appleby | | 1295–1654 | | 1659–1832 | | 1885–1918 | | |
| Kendal | | | | | 1832–1885 | 1885–1918 | | |
| Penrith and The Border | | | | | | | | 1983–* |
| Westmorland | 1290–1885 | 1290–1885 | 1290–1885 | 1290–1885 | 1290–1885 | | 1918–1983 | |
| Westmorland and Lonsdale | | | | | | | | 1983–* |

## Summaries

### Summary of Constituencies by Type and Period

| Type | 1290 | 1295 | 1654 | 1658 | 1832 | 1885 | 1918 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Borough | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| County | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |

### Summary of Members of Parliament by Type and Period

| Type | 1290 | 1295 | 1654 | 1658 | 1832 | 1885 | 1918 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Borough | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| County | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
