Whitehaven (UK Parliament constituency)
Whitehaven was a constituency centred on the town of Whitehaven in Cumberland, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It was created in 1832 and renamed Copeland at the 1983 general election.The boundaries were unaffected in 1885, under the second Great Reform agreed the previous year, its key limb of The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 not yet absorbing the bulk of the area of Egremont or 'the Western Division of Cumberland'.[1] The latter mainly rural area, much larger than Whitehaven borough which formed the existing seat, was added to the seat under the Representation of the People Act 1918.Cavendish-Bentinck was appointed Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces, causing a by-election.
county constituencyHouse of CommonsCountyCumberlandCumbriaWhitehavenCopelandconstituencyMember of ParliamentParliament of the United Kingdom1983 general electionRedistribution of Seats Act 1885Egremont or 'the Western Division of Cumberland'Representation of the People Act 1918Matthias AttwoodConservativeRobert HildyardGeorge LyallGeorge Cavendish-BentinckJames BainThomas Shepherd LittleLiberalAugustus HelderWilliam BurnyeatJan. 1910John Arthur JacksonDec. 1910Thomas RichardsonLabourJames Augustus GrantCoalition ConservativeThomas Gavan DuffyRobert HudsonM. Philips PriceWilliam NunnFrank Anderson1959 by-electionJoseph SymondsJack CunninghamGeneral election 1832TurnoutRegistered electorsGeneral election 1835General election 1837General election 1841General election 1847General election 1852General election 1857General election 1859General election 1865General election 1868General election 1874Judge Advocate General of the Armed ForcesGeneral election 1880William GullyGeneral election 1885General election 1886General election 1892General election 1895General election 1900General election 1906General election January 1910John JacksonAndrew SharpGeneral election December 1910General election 1918UnionistJames GrantThomas Gavan-Duffycandidate endorsed by the coalition governmentGeneral election 1922General election 1923General election 1924General election 1929Henry NaylorGeneral election 1931General election 1935Ind. Labour PartyTom StephensonGeneral election 1945General election 1950General election 1951General election 19551959 Whitehaven by-electionGeneral election 1959General election 1964General election 1966General election 1970General election February 1974General election October 1974General election 1979Craig, F. W. S.British Newspaper ArchiveLondon Evening Standard