Penrith (UK Parliament constituency)

Penrith
Penrith
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seats	one
Created from	East Cumberland
Replaced by	North Cumberland and Penrith and Cockermouth

Penrith was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Penrith in Cumberland, 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.

History

General election 1886: Penrith ^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Lowther	3,676	54.8	+8.0
	Liberal	Wilfrid Lawson	3,032	45.2	−8.0
Majority			644	9.6	N/A
Turnout			6,708	73.5	−7.3
Registered electors			9,123
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.0

General election 1892: Penrith ^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Lowther	3,549	50.9	−3.9
	Liberal	Thomas Sadler Douglas	3,424	49.1	+3.9
Majority			125	1.8	−7.8
Turnout			6,973	79.8	+6.3
Registered electors			8,733
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.9

General election 1895: Penrith ^[1]^[3]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Lowther	3,868	54.2	+3.3
	Liberal	Thomas Sadler Douglas	3,268	45.8	−3.3
Majority			600	8.4	+6.6
Turnout			7,136	80.1	+0.3
Registered electors			8,914
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.3

General election 1900: Penrith ^[1]^[3]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Lowther	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1906: Penrith ^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Speaker	James Lowther	Unopposed
	Speaker hold

General election January 1910: Penrith ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Speaker	James Lowther	Unopposed
	Speaker hold

General election December 1910: Penrith ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Speaker	James Lowther	Unopposed
	Speaker hold

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The Liberal Year Book, 1907
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
^ ^a ^b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
^ ^a ^b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916