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The area usually returned
Conservative Members of Parliament, but was prepared to elect a Liberal in a good year for that party. Pelling suggests that the substantial Irish element in the divisions population (who had arrived to work as labourers as the county industrialised in the 1860s) were
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It was an area with a mixed economy. Ironstone mining and a blast furnace employed many people and there were some inhabitants engaged in shipbuilding. It was estimated that in the late nineteenth century, 1 in 11 of the adult male population of
Cumberland worked in mining and 1 in 5 in heavy
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England. Although the area had an alternative designation of the Western division of the county, it was actually the southernmost constituency in the county, with the sea to the south and west and the boundaries with the historic counties of
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was, apart from the sea to its west, enclaved in the north west part of this constituency. Non resident freeholders from the town were qualified to vote in the county seat. In 1918 the
Whitehaven borough constituency and the
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Another
General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
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responsible for
Liberal victories, at elections when Irish Nationalists were strongly supporting the Liberals. In any event the Conservatives won six and the Liberals two of the seats eight general elections.
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The parliamentary borough included in the area of the county divisions (whose non-resident 40 shilling freeholders voted in the county constituency) were for the East division;
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industry. There were also a lot of small freehold farmers in the more rural parts of the constituency, who were thought to be the source of
Conservative strength at elections.
1872:
by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political
Reference Publications 1973)
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From 1832 until 1885 the historic county of
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1776:. Parliamentary papers. Vol. 1878 HC lxii (69) 1. London: HMSO. 1 March 1878. p. 4.
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county division were, in effect, merged to form a new
Whitehaven county constituency.
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Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1918
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British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
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British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
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British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
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British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
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British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
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British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
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British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
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Peer of Ireland when a member of the House of Commons.
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1876:Social Geography of British Elections 1885–1910
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1680:Conservative
1605:
1600:
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1588:
1583:Conservative
1581:
1529:
1527:Conservative
1487:
1448:
1443:
1438:
1431:
1426:Conservative
1424:
1372:Conservative
1367:
1325:
1302:E.J.M. Lumb
1298:Conservative
1288:
1283:
1278:
1271:
1264:
1208:
1206:Conservative
1129:
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1119:
1112:
1107:Conservative
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1048:
1046:Conservative
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896:Conservative
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849:
820:Conservative
810:
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793:
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760:: Egremont
733:
731:Conservative
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632:Conservative
630:
591:
589:Conservative
516:
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425:Conservative
387:Conservative
368:Conservative
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197:
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175:
147:
128:(MP) to the
109:
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88:Created from
63:Created from
18:
1716:James Grant
1590:James Grant
1555:: Egremont
1433:James Grant
1398:: Egremont
1238:: Egremont
1079:: Egremont
917:: Egremont
604:: Egremont
594:(new seat)
466:: Egremont
236:Cockermouth
225:Cockermouth
167:Cockermouth
163:Westmorland
98:Replaced by
73:Replaced by
1895:Categories
1756:References
1563:Candidate
1406:Candidate
1246:Candidate
1114:James Bain
1087:Candidate
925:Candidate
768:Candidate
612:Candidate
474:Candidate
382:James Bain
240:Whitehaven
206:Cumberland
182:Whitehaven
159:Lancashire
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122:Cumberland
102:Cumberland
92:Cumberland
77:Whitehaven
1633:Majority
1478:Majority
1316:Majority
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997:Majority
840:Majority
684:Majority
544:Majority
453:Elections
83:1295–1295
1728:See also
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283:Election
262:Egremont
252:for the
232:Carlisle
217:Carlisle
198:Egremont
187:Egremont
140:system.
118:Egremont
110:Egremont
35:for the
24:Egremont
1721:Liberal
1648:Turnout
1615:Liberal
1534:Liberal
1495:Turnout
1458:Liberal
1365:Liberal
1333:Turnout
1266:Liberal
1174:Turnout
1139:Liberal
1053:Liberal
1034:10,424
1014:Turnout
977:Liberal
889:Liberal
857:Turnout
788:Liberal
699:Turnout
664:Liberal
558:Turnout
525:Liberal
444:Note:-
406:Liberal
349:Liberal
193:History
171:Penrith
132:of the
29:Former
1668:9,199
1652:7,776
1622:3,763
1596:4,013
1566:Votes
1560:Party
1515:9,199
1499:8,009
1467:3,949
1439:4,060
1409:Votes
1403:Party
1353:9,093
1337:7,322
1305:3,255
1279:4,067
1249:Votes
1243:Party
1194:9,303
1178:7,294
1148:3,377
1120:3,917
1090:Votes
1084:Party
1018:7,303
986:3,586
958:3,717
928:Votes
922:Party
877:9,205
861:7,227
829:3,378
801:3,849
771:Votes
765:Party
719:9,043
703:7,002
673:3,419
645:3,583
615:Votes
609:Party
577:9,043
562:7,443
534:3,453
507:3,990
477:Votes
471:Party
289:Party
286:Member
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112:was a
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1601:51.6
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1502:87.1
1473:−6.2
1470:49.3
1449:+6.2
1444:50.7
1381:+9.2
1377:Swing
1370:from
1343:+2.1
1340:80.5
1322:11.0
1311:−9.2
1308:44.5
1289:+9.2
1284:55.5
1218:+2.8
1214:Swing
1184:+8.3
1181:78.4
1168:+5.6
1154:−2.8
1151:46.3
1130:+2.8
1125:53.7
1062:+4.2
1058:Swing
1051:from
1024:−8.4
1021:70.1
992:−4.2
989:49.1
968:+4.2
963:50.9
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901:Swing
894:from
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864:78.5
835:−4.5
832:46.7
811:+4.5
806:53.3
743:-2.4
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709:−4.9
706:77.4
693:−4.8
679:+2.4
676:48.8
655:−2.4
650:51.2
565:82.3
537:46.4
512:53.6
148:This
55:Seats
1683:hold
1639:3.2
1636:250
1530:gain
1484:1.4
1481:111
1368:gain
1319:812
1209:hold
1165:7.4
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846:6.6
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547:537
432:1918
415:1910
396:1906
377:1900
358:1895
339:1892
320:1885
297:1295
238:and
176:The
169:and
161:and
120:in
49:1918
45:1885
1488:N/A
1326:N/A
1007:N/A
850:N/A
592:win
180:of
58:one
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