North Lonsdale
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyLancashire
1885–1918
SeatsOne
Created fromNorth Lancashire
Replaced byLonsdale

North Lonsdale was a parliamentary constituency in north Lancashire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when the two-seat North Lancashire constituency was replaced and divided by a number of single-seat divisions.

The North Lonsdale Rural District, which was created in 1894, nine years after the constituency was created, was at the time an exclave of Lancashire. The area is now in Cumbria.

Members of Parliament

Election Member[1] Party[2]
1885William George AinslieConservative
1892William SmithLiberal
1895Richard CavendishLiberal Unionist, later Liberal
1906George HaddockConservative
1918 constituency abolished

Elections

Decades:

Elections in the 1880s

Herschell
General election 1885: North Lonsdale [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William George Ainslie 4,166 51.4
Liberal Farrer Herschell 3,944 48.6
Majority 222 2.8
Turnout 8,110 88.0
Registered electors 9,219
Conservative win (new seat)
Ainslie
General election 1886: North Lonsdale [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William George Ainslie 4,063 55.5 +4.1
Liberal William Henry Martin-Edmunds[4] 3,263 44.5 -4.1
Majority 800 11.0 +8.2
Turnout 7,326 79.5 -8.5
Registered electors 9,219
Conservative hold Swing +4.1

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: North Lonsdale [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Smith 4,203 55.1 +10.6
Conservative William Dillworth Crewdson 3,426 44.9 -10.6
Majority 777 10.2 N/A
Turnout 7,629 82.6 +3.1
Registered electors 9,236
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +10.6
General election 1895: North Lonsdale [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Richard Cavendish 4,313 54.4 +9.5
Liberal Hugh Halkett 3,610 45.6 -9.5
Majority 703 8.8 N/A
Turnout 7,923 83.8 +1.2
Registered electors 9,458
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +9.5

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: North Lonsdale [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Richard Cavendish Unopposed
Liberal Unionist hold
General election 1906: North Lonsdale [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Haddock 4,121 51.1 N/A
Liberal Richard Cavendish 3,942 48.9 New
Majority 179 2.2 N/A
Turnout 8,063 82.8 N/A
Registered electors 9,738
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: North Lonsdale [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Haddock 4,329 51.0 -0.1
Liberal Joseph Bliss 4,160 49.0 +0.1
Majority 169 2.0 -0.2
Turnout 8,489 87.5 +4.7
Registered electors 9,702
Conservative hold Swing -0.1
General election December 1910: North Lonsdale [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Haddock 4,140 50.5 -0.5
Liberal Joseph Bliss 4,066 49.5 +0.5
Majority 74 1.0 -1.0
Turnout 8,206 84.6 -2.9
Registered electors 9,702
Conservative hold Swing -0.5

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)
  2. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 324. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  4. ↑ "The Elections". London Evening Standard. 12 July 1886. p. 5. Retrieved 3 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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