The county of Cumbria is divided into 6 county constituencies, one of which is partly in Lancashire.
Constituencies
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!rowspan=1|Name
!rowspan=1|Electorate
!rowspan=1|Majority
!colspan=2 class=unsortable|Member of Parliament
!colspan=2 class=unsortable|Nearest opposition
!rowspan=1 class=unsortable|Electoral wards
!rowspan=1 class=unsortable|Map
|-
|Barrow and Furness
|74,980
|5,324
| style="color:inherit;background:" |
|Michelle Scrogham‡
| style="color:inherit;background:" |
|Simon Fell†
|Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council: Barrow Island, Central, Dalton North, Dalton South, Hawcoat, Hindpool, Newbarns, Ormsgill, Parkside, Risedale, Roosecote, Walney North. Copeland Borough Council: Black Combe and Scafell, Millom. South Lakeland District Council: Broughton and Coniston (polling districts AHA, AHB, AHC, BZ, CA, CB, CL and CY), Furness Peninsula, Ulverston East, Ulverston West.
|left|100px|alt=A small constituency in the south of the county. It includes a long but very thin island to the west of the mainland part of the constituency.
|-
|Carlisle
|77,863
|5,200
| style="color:inherit;background:" |
|Julie Minns‡
| style="color:inherit;background:" |
|John Stevenson†
|Carlisle City Council: Belah and Kingmoor, Botcherby and Harraby North, Brampton and Fellside, Cathedral and Castle, Currock and Upperby, Denton Holme and Morton South, Harraby South and Parklands, Longtown and the Border, Newtown and Morton North, Sandsfield and Morton West, Stanwix and Houghton, Wetheral and Corby.
|left|100px|alt=A small constituency, to the north of the centre of the county.
|-
|Morecambe and Lunesdale
|69,254
|5,815
| style="color:inherit;background:" |
|Lizzi Collinge ‡
| style="color:inherit;background:" |
| David Morris †
| City of Lancaster: Bare, Bolton & Slyne, Carnforth & Millhead, Halton-with-Aughton, Harbour, Heysham Central, Heysham North, Heysham South, Kellet, Lower Lune Valley, Overton, Poulton, Silverdale, Torrisholme, Upper Lune Valley, Warton, Westgate. South Lakeland: Arnside & Milnthorpe, Burton & Crooklands, Sedbergh & Kirkby Lonsdale
|left|100px|alt=
|-
|Penrith and Solway
|77,935
|5,257
| style="color:inherit;background:" |
|Markus Campbell-Savours‡
| style="color:inherit;background:" |
|Mark Jenkinson†
|Allerdale Borough Council: All Saints, Allhallow and Waverton, Aspatria, Boltons, Broughton St. Bridgets, Christchurch, Crummock and Derwent Valley, Ellen and Gilcrux, Keswick, Marsh and Warmpool, Maryport North, Maryport South, Silloth and Solway Coast, Warnell, Wigton and Woodside. Carlisle City Council: Dalston and Burgh. Eden District Council: Alston Moor, Hartside, Hesket, Kirkoswald, Langwathby, Lazonby, Penrith Carleton, Penrith East, Penrith North, Penrith Pategill, Penrith South, Penrith West, Skelton.
|left|100px|alt=A large constituency, comprising the north and east of the county, and almost entirely surrounding a smaller constituency in the north.
|-
|Westmorland and Lonsdale
|72,029
|21,472
| style="color:inherit;background:" |
|Tim Farron¤
| style="color:inherit;background:" |
|Matty Jackman†
|Eden District Council: Appleby (Appleby), Appleby (Bongate), Askham, Brough, Crosby Ravensworth, Dacre, Eamont, Greystroke, Kirkby Stephen, Kirkby Thore, Long Marton, Morland, Orton and Tebay, Ravenstonedale, Shap, Ullswater, Warcop. South Lakeland District Council: Ambleside and Grasmere, Bowness and Levens, Broughton and Coniston (polling districts AF, AO, AP, AQ, AS, AT, AU, BC, BDA, BDB, CX and DH), Cartmel, Grange, Kendal East, Kendal North, Kendal Rural, Kendal South and Natland, Kendal Town, Kendal West, Windermere.
|left|100px|alt=A medium-to-large constituency in the south of the county.
|-
|Whitehaven and Workington
|73,198
|13,286
| style="color:inherit;background:" |
|Josh MacAlister‡
| style="color:inherit;background:" |
|David Surtees¤
|Allerdale Borough Council: Dalton, Flimby, Harrington and Salterbeck, Moorclose and Moss Bay, St. John's, St. Michael's, Seaton and Northside, Stainburn and Clifton. Copeland Borough Council: Arlecdon and Ennerdale, Beckermet, Cleator Moor, Corkickle, Distington, Lowca and Parton, Egremont, Gosforth and Seascale, Hillcrest, Kells, Moor Row and Bigrigg, Moresby, St. Bees, Sneckyeat, Whitehaven Central, Whitehaven South
|left|100px|alt=A medium constituency in the west of the county.
|-
|}
2024 boundary changes
See 2023 review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background-color:#ff9999" |Former name !! style="background-color:#ff9999" |Boundaries 2010-2024!! style="background-color:#ff9999" |Current name!! style="background-color:#ff9999" |Boundaries 2024–present
|-
|-
|
- Barrow and Furness CC
- Carlisle BC
- Copeland CC
- Penrith and The Border CC
- Westmorland and Lonsdale CC
- Workington CC
|left|300px|2010-2024 Boundaries
|
- Barrow and Furness CC
- Carlisle CC
- Morecambe and Lunesdale CC
- Penrith and Solway CC
- Westmorland and Lonsdale CC
- Whitehaven and Workington CC
|left|300px|Boundaries from 2024
|-
|}
For the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Cumbria with Lancashire as a sub-region of the North West Region, with the existing seat of Morecambe and Lunesdale extending into southern Cumbria to create a cross-county boundary constituency. Copeland, Penrith and The Border, and Workington were abolished and replaced by the new constituencies of Penrith and Solway, and Whitehaven and Workington.
The following constituencies were proposed:
Containing electoral wards from Allerdale
- Penrith and Solway (part)
- Whitehaven and Workington (part)
Containing electoral wards from Barrow-in-Furness
- Barrow and Furness (part)
Containing electoral wards from Carlisle
- Carlisle
- Penrith and Solway (part)
Containing electoral wards from Copeland
- Barrow and Furness (part)
- Whitehaven and Workington (part)
Containing electoral wards from Eden
- Penrith and Solway (part)
- Westmorland and Lonsdale (part)
Containing electoral wards from South Lakeland
- Barrow and Furness (part)
- Morecambe and Lunesdale (part also in Lancaster in Lancashire)
- Westmorland and Lonsdale (part)
Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019
2024
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Cumbria in the 2024 general election were as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
!Party
!Votes
!%
!Change from 2019
!Seats
!Change from 2019
|-
|Labour
|81,131
|35.4%
|6.4%
|4
|4
|-
|Conservative
|58,915
|25.7%
|26.8%
|0
|5
|-
|Liberal Democrats
|41,654
|18.2%
|3.8%
|1
|0
|-
|Reform UK
|37,683
|16.5%
|15.1%
|0
|0
|-
|Greens
|7,811
|3.4%
|1.9%
|0
|0
|-
|Others
|1,731
|0.8%
|0.4%
|0
|0
|-
|Total
|228,925
|100.0
|
|5
|
|}
2019
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Cumbria in the 2019 general election were as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
!Party
!Votes
!%
!Change from 2017
!Seats
!Change from 2017
|-
|Conservative
|143,615
|52.5%
|3.7%
|5
|2
|-
|Labour
|79,402
|29.0%
|7.2%
|0
|2
|-
|Liberal Democrats
|39,426
|14.4%
|2.6%
|1
|0
|-
|Greens
|4,223
|1.5%
|1.0%
|0
|0
|-
|Brexit
|3,867
|1.4%
|new
|0
|0
|-
|Others
|3,044
|1.2%
|1.5%
|0
|0
|-
|Total
|273,577
|100.0
|
|6
|
|}
Percentage votes
{| class="wikitable"
!Election year
!1983
!1987
!1992
!1997
!2001
!2005
!2010
!2015
!2017
!2019
!2024
|-
|Conservative
|46.7
|48.1
|46.3
|33.5
|39.5
|37.9
|39.4
|40.7
|48.8
|52.5
|25.7
|-
|Labour
|31.2
|33.1
|36.9
|45.8
|39.1
|34.8
|30.8
|29.8
|36.2
|29.0
|35.4
|-
|Liberal Democrat<sup>1</sup>
|21.8
|18.7
|16.0
|16.5
|19.2
|23.4
|24.3
|13.3
|11.8
|14.4
|18.2
|-
|Green Party
| -
|*
|*
|*
|*
|*
|0.6
|3.4
|0.5
|1.5
|3.4
|-
|UKIP
| -
| -
| -
|*
|*
|*
|2.2
|12.6
|2.3
|*
| -
|-
|Reform UK<sup>2</sup>
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|1.4
|16.5
|-
|Other
|0.3
|0.1
|0.8
|4.1
|2.3
|3.9
|2.8
|0.2
|0.4
|1.2
|0.8
|}
<sup>1</sup>1983 & 1987 - SDP–Liberal Alliance
<sup>2</sup>2019 - Brexit Party
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Included in Other
Seats
{| class="wikitable"
!Election year
!1983
!1987
!1992
!1997
!2001
!2005
!2010
!2015
!2017
!2019
!2024
|-
|Labour
|3
|3
|4
|4
|4
|4
|3
|3
|2
|0
|4
|-
|Liberal Democrat<sup>1</sup>
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|1
|1
|1
|1
|1
|1
|-
|Conservative
|3
|3
|2
|2
|2
|1
|2
|2
|3
|5
|0
|-
|Total
|6
|6
|6
|6
|6
|6
|6
|6
|6
|6
|5
|}
<sup>1</sup>1983 & 1987 - SDP–Liberal Alliance
Maps
1885-1910: Cumberland and Westmorland
<gallery mode="packed" heights="165">
File:CumberlandWestmorlandParliamentaryConstituency1885Results.svg|1885
File:CumberlandWestmorlandParliamentaryConstituency1886Results.svg|1886
File:CumberlandWestmorlandParliamentaryConstituency1892Results.svg|1892
File:CumberlandWestmorlandParliamentaryConstituency1895Results.svg|1895
File:CumberlandWestmorlandParliamentaryConstituency1900Results.svg|1900
File:CumberlandWestmorlandParliamentaryConstituency1906Results.svg|1906
File:CumberlandWestmorlandParliamentaryConstituency1910JResults.svg|Jan 1910
File:CumberlandWestmorlandParliamentaryConstituency1910DResults.svg|Dec 1910
</gallery>
1918-1945
<gallery mode="packed" heights="165">
File:CumberlandWestmorlandParliamentaryConstituency1918Results.svg|1918
File:CumberlandWestmorlandParliamentaryConstituency1922Results.svg|1922
File:CumberlandWestmorlandParliamentaryConstituency1923Results.svg|1923
File:CumberlandWestmorlandParliamentaryConstituency1924Results.svg|1924
File:CumberlandWestmorlandParliamentaryConstituency1923Results.svg|1929
File:CumberlandWestmorlandParliamentaryConstituency1924Results.svg|1931
File:CumberlandWestmorlandParliamentaryConstituency1935Results.svg|1935
File:CumberlandWestmorlandParliamentaryConstituency1945Results.svg|1945
</gallery>
1950-1979
<gallery mode="packed" heights="225">
File:CumberlandWestmorlandParliamentaryConstituency1950Results.svg|1950
File:CumberlandWestmorlandParliamentaryConstituency1950Results.svg|1951
File:CumberlandWestmorlandParliamentaryConstituency1955Results.svg|1955
File:CumberlandWestmorlandParliamentaryConstituency1955Results.svg|1959
File:CumberlandWestmorlandParliamentaryConstituency1964Results.svg|1964
File:CumberlandWestmorlandParliamentaryConstituency1964Results.svg|1966
File:CumberlandWestmorlandParliamentaryConstituency1964Results.svg|1970
File:CumberlandWestmorlandParliamentaryConstituency1964Results.svg|Feb 1974
File:CumberlandWestmorlandParliamentaryConstituency1964Results.svg|Oct 1974
File:CumberlandWestmorlandParliamentaryConstituency1964Results.svg|1979
</gallery>
1983-2024: Cumbria
<gallery mode="packed" heights="225">
File:CumbriaParliamentaryConstituency1987Results.svg|1983
File:CumbriaParliamentaryConstituency1987Results.svg|1987
File:CumbriaParliamentaryConstituency1992Results.svg|1992
File:CumbriaParliamentaryConstituency2001Results.svg|1997
File:CumbriaParliamentaryConstituency2001Results.svg|2001
File:CumbriaParliamentaryConstituency2005Results.svg|2005
File:CumbriaParliamentaryConstituency2010Results.svg|2010
File:CumbriaParliamentaryConstituency2010Results.svg|2015
File:CumbriaParliamentaryConstituency2017Results.svg|2017
File:CumbriaParliamentaryConstituency2019Results.svg|2019
</gallery>
2024-present: Cumbria including one cross-county constituency
<gallery mode="packed" heights="275">
File:CumbriaParliamentaryConstituency2024Results.svg|2024
</gallery>
Historical representation by party
A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
1885 to 1918
{| class="wikitable"
!Constituency
!1885
!86
!1886
!91
!1892
!95
!1895
!1900
!05
!1906
!06
!Jan 1910
!Dec 1910
!13
!15
!16
|-
|Appleby
| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |W. Lowther
| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Savory
| bgcolor="" |Rigg
| colspan="3" bgcolor="" |Jones
| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Sanderson
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |H. C. Lowther
|-
|Carlisle
| colspan="2" bgcolor="" |Ferguson
| colspan="3" bgcolor="" |Gully
| colspan="3" |→
| colspan="3" bgcolor="" |Chance
| colspan="5" bgcolor="" |Denman
|-
|Cockermouth
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Valentine
| colspan="5" bgcolor="" |Lawson
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Randles
| bgcolor="" |Lawson
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Randles
| colspan="3" bgcolor="" |Lawson jnr
| bgcolor="" |Bliss
|-
|Eskdale
| colspan="7" bgcolor="" |Allison
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |C. W. H. Lowther
| colspan="3" bgcolor="" |Howard
| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |C. W. H. Lowther
|-
|Egremont
| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |Pennington
| colspan="2" bgcolor="" |Ainsworth
| bgcolor="" |Duncombe
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Bain
| colspan="2" bgcolor="" |Fullerton
| bgcolor="" colspan="5" |Grant
|-
|Kendal
| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |Taylour
| bgcolor="" colspan="5" |Bagot
| colspan="2" bgcolor="" |Stewart-Smith
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Bagot
| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Weston
|-
|Penrith
| bgcolor="" |Howard
| bgcolor="" |→
| bgcolor="" colspan="6" |J. Lowther
| colspan="8" |→
|-
|Whitehaven
| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Cavendish-Bentinck
| bgcolor="" |Bain
| colspan="2" bgcolor="" |Little
| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Helder
| colspan="2" bgcolor="" |Burnyeat
| bgcolor="" |Jackson
| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |Richardson
|}
1918 to 1950
{| class="wikitable"
!Constituency
!1918
!21
!1922
!1923
!1924
!26
!1929
!1931
!1935
!1945
|-
|Carlisle
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Carr
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Middleton
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Watson
| bgcolor="" |Middleton
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Spears
| bgcolor="" |Grierson
|-
|Cumberland North
| bgcolor="" |C. W. Lowther
| bgcolor="" |→
| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Howard
| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Graham
| colspan="2" bgcolor="" |Roberts
|-
|Penrith and Cockermouth
|J. Lowther
| bgcolor="" |H. C. Lowther
| bgcolor="" |Collison
| bgcolor="" colspan="5" |Dixey
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Dower
|-
|Westmorland
| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |Weston
| bgcolor="" colspan="5" |Stanley
| bgcolor="" |Fletcher-Vane
|-
|Whitehaven
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Grant
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Duffy
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Hudson
| bgcolor="" |Price
| bgcolor="" |Nunn
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Anderson
|-
|Workington
| bgcolor="" colspan="9" |Cape
| bgcolor="" |Peart
|}
1950 to 1983
{| class="wikitable"
!Constituency
!1950
!1951
!1955
!59
!1959
!1964
!1966
!1970
!Feb 1974
!Oct 1974
!76
!1979
|-
|Carlisle
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Hargreaves
| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Johnson
| bgcolor="" colspan="7" |Lewis
|-
|Penrith and the Border
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Scott
| bgcolor="" colspan="10" |Whitelaw
|-
|Westmorland
| bgcolor="" colspan="5" |Fletcher-Vane
| bgcolor="" colspan="7" |Jopling
|-
|Whitehaven
| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Anderson
| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |Symonds
| bgcolor="" colspan="5" |Cunningham
|-
|Workington
| bgcolor="" colspan="10" |Peart
| bgcolor="" |Page
| bgcolor="" |Campbell-Savours
|}
1983 to 2024
{| class="wikitable"
!Constituency
!1983
!83
!1987
!1992
!1997
!2001
!2005
!2010
!2015
!17
!2017
!18
!19
!2019
|-
|Barrow and Furness
| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Franks
| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |Hutton
| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |Woodcock
| bgcolor="" |→
| bgcolor="" |→
| bgcolor="" |Fell
|-
|Carlisle
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Lewis
| bgcolor="" colspan="5" |Martlew
| bgcolor="" colspan="7" |Stevenson
|-
|Copeland
| bgcolor="" colspan="6" |Cunningham
| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Reed
| bgcolor="" colspan="5" |Harrison
|-
|Penrith and the Border
| bgcolor="" |Whitelaw
| bgcolor="" colspan="6" |Maclean
| bgcolor="" colspan="5" |Stewart
| bgcolor="" |→
| bgcolor="" |Hudson
|-
|Westmorland and Lonsdale
| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |Jopling
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Collins
| bgcolor="" colspan="8" |Farron
|-
|Workington
| bgcolor="" colspan="5" |Campbell-Savours
| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Cunningham
| bgcolor="" colspan="5" |Hayman
| bgcolor="" |Jenkinson
|}
2024 to present
{| class="wikitable"
!Constituency
!2024
|-
|Barrow and Furness
| bgcolor="" | Scrogham
|-
|Carlisle
| bgcolor="" | Minns
|-
|Morecambe and Lunesdale<br /> (cross-county constituency)
| bgcolor="" | Collinge
|-
|Penrith and Solway
| bgcolor="" | Campbell-Savours
|-
|Westmorland and Lonsdale
| bgcolor="" |Farron
|-
|Whitehaven and Workington
| bgcolor="" | MacAlister
|}
See also
- Parliamentary constituencies in North West England
- List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies