Westmorland (UK Parliament Constituency)
Westmorland was a constituency covering the county of Westmorland in the North of England, which returned Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency had two separate periods of existence.
- Until 1885
- It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. For the 1885 general election, Westmorland was divided into two constituencies: Appleby and Kendal, both of which had been parliamentary boroughs but were reconstituted as county constituencies.
- 1918–1983
- The constituency was recreated as a single-seater for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1983 general election.
In the boundary changes in 1983 the southern part of the constituency became part of the new seat of Westmorland and Lonsdale and the northern area was transferred to Penrith and The Border
Read more about Westmorland (UK Parliament Constituency): Boundaries
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