Members of Parliament
The current MP is John Woodcock of the Labour and Co-operative Parties. He replaced John Hutton a former lecturer. Hutton had taken the seat from Cecil Franks of the Conservative Party in the 1992 general election. He held the cabinet posts of Secretary of State for Defence, Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | David Duncan | Liberal | |
| 1886 by-election | William Sproston Caine | Liberal | |
| 1886 | Liberal Unionist | ||
| 1890 by-election | James Duncan | Liberal | |
| 1892 | Sir Charles Cayzer, Bt | Conservative | |
| 1906 | Charles Duncan | Labour | |
| 1918 | Robert Chadwick | Conservative | |
| 1922 | Daniel Somerville | Conservative | |
| 1924 | John Bromley | Labour | |
| 1931 | Sir Jonah Walker-Smith | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Walter Monslow | Labour | |
| 1966 | Albert Booth | Labour | |
| 1983 | Constituency renamed "Barrow and Furness" | ||
| 1983 | Cecil Franks | Conservative | |
| 1992 | John Hutton | Labour | |
| 2010 | John Woodcock | Labour Co-operative | |
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