Penrith and The Border (UK Parliament constituency)

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Penrith and the Border
County constituency

Penrith and the Border shown within Cumbria, and Cumbria shown within England
Created: 1950
MP: David Maclean
Party: Conservative
Type: House of Commons
County: Cumbria
EP constituency: North West England

Penrith and The Border is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is represented by one Member of Parliament (MP) elected by the first past the post system of election.

The constituency was created in 1950 by merging part of Penrith and Cockermouth with North Cumberland. The constituency was enlarged in the 1980s by taking first most of the northern part of the former Westmorland constiuency and later the Kirkby Stephen/Tebay area of the Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency.

In the 1990s a small part of Penrith and The Border was transferred to the Carlisle borough constituency.

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[edit] Boundaries

The constituency corresponds to the Eden district, along with parts of the City of Carlisle district outside Carlisle itself and a small part of Allerdale borough around the town of Wigton.

Penrith and The Border is the largest constituency by area in England. Despite the name it only includes part of the English border with Scotland. The neighbouring constituency of Hexham (together with Berwick-upon-Tweed) also takes in the border area. The name stems from the fact that when the constituency was first created it consisted of the Penrith Rural and Urban Districts, the Border Rural District and also the Alston with Garrigill Rural District

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Cumbria, the Boundary Commission for England have created a modified Penrith seat to reflect population changes.

The electoral wards used in the creation of this seat, to be fought for the first time at the Next United Kingdom general election are;

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1950 Robert Scott Conservative
1955 William Whitelaw Conservative
1983 David Maclean Conservative

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Penrith and The Border
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Maclean 24,046 51.3 –3.6
Liberal Democrat Geyve Walker 12,142 25.9 +4.1
Labour Michael Boaden 8,958 19.1 +0.6
UK Independence William Robinson 1,187 2.5 +0.4
Legalise Cannabis Mark Gibson 549 1.2 –0.8
Majority 11,904 25.4
Turnout 46,882 66.1 +1.6
Conservative hold Swing –3.9
General Election 2001: Penrith and The Border
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Maclean 24,302 54.9 +7.3
Liberal Democrat Geyve Walker 9,625 21.8 –4.9
Labour Michael Boaden 8,177 18.5 –3.1
UK Independence Thomas Lowther 938 2.1 N/A
Legalise Cannabis Mark Gibson 870 2.0 N/A
Independent (politician) John Moffat 337 0.8 N/A
Majority 14,677 33.1
Turnout 44,249 64.5 –9.1
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

Penrith and The Border by-election, 28 July 1983
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Maclean 17,530 46.0 –12.8
SDP-Liberal Alliance Michael Young 16,978 44.6 +16.7
Labour Lindsay Williams 2,834 7.4 –5.8
Monster Raving Loony David Sutch 412 1.1 N/A
Retired Naval Officer Eric Morgan 150 0.4 N/A
Death off Roads: Freight on Rail Helen Anscomb 72 0.2 N/A
Independent Socialist John Connell 69 0.2 N/A
New Britain Peter Smith 35 0.1 N/A
Majority 552 1.4 –29.5
Turnout 38,080 55.9 –17.2
Conservative hold Swing –14.8
General Election, May 1983: Penrith and The Border
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Whitelaw 29,304 58.8 –2.4
SDP-Liberal Alliance Michael Young 13,883 27.9 +11.4
Labour W Williams 6,612 13.3 –9.1
Majority 15,421 30.1 –8.7
Turnout 49,799 73.1 –3.9
Conservative hold Swing


[edit] See also

Constituencies in North West England
Labour

Ashton-under-Lyne | Barrow and Furness | Birkenhead | Blackburn | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Blackpool South | Bolton North East | Bolton South East | Bolton West | Bootle | Burnley | Bury North | Bury South | Carlisle | Chorley | City of Chester | Copeland | Crosby | Denton and Reddish | Eccles | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Halton | Heywood and Middleton | Hyndburn | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Knowsley South | Leigh | Liverpool Garston | Liverpool Riverside | Liverpool Walton | Liverpool Wavertree | Liverpool West Derby | Makerfield | Manchester Blackley | Manchester Central | Manchester Gorton | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Oldham West and Royton | Pendle | Preston | Rossendale and Darwen | Salford | South Ribble | St Helens North | St Helens South | Stalybridge and Hyde | Stockport | Stretford and Urmston | Wallasey | Warrington North | Warrington South | Weaver Vale | West Lancashire | Wigan | Wirral South | Wirral West | Workington | Worsley | Wythenshawe and Sale East
Conservative

Altrincham and Sale West | Crewe and Nantwich | Congleton | Eddisbury | Fylde | Lancaster and Wyre | Macclesfield | Penrith and The Border | Ribble Valley | Tatton
Liberal Democrat

Cheadle | Hazel Grove | Manchester Withington | Rochdale | Southport | Westmorland and Lonsdale
North West European constituency: Conservative (4) | Labour (3) | Liberal Democrats (1) | UKIP (1)


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