Barrow And Furness (UK Parliament Constituency)
Coordinates: 54°06′43″N 3°10′41″W / 54.112°N 3.178°W / 54.112; -3.178
| Barrow and Furness | |
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| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Barrow and Furness in Cumbria for the 2007 general election. |
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Location of Cumbria within England. |
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| County | Cumbria (Lancashire until 1974) |
| Electorate | 69,148 (December 2010) |
| Major settlements | Barrow-in-Furness, Ulverston |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1885 (1885) |
| Member of Parliament | John Woodcock (Labour Co-op) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | North Lancashire |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | North West England |
Barrow and Furness (previously Barrow-in-Furness) is a parliamentary constituency in Cumbria, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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