Carlisle_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency)

UK Parliament constituency since 1295

Carlisle is a constituency^{[n 1]} in Cumbria represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by John Stevenson of the Conservative Party.^{[n 2]}

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Carlisle
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Carlisle in Cumbria
Location of Cumbria within England
County	Cumbria
Population	85,979 (2011 census)^[1]
Electorate	66,322 (December 2010)^[2]
Major settlements	Carlisle
Current constituency
Created	1295
Member of Parliament	John Stevenson (Conservative)
Seats	1295–1885: Two 1885–present: One

History

Carlisle has existed as a seat since the Model Parliament in 1295. It was represented by Labour Party MPs from 1964 to 2010, although the Conservative candidate came within 2% of taking the seat in 1983–1987, and has been held by John Stevenson of the Conservative Party since the 2010 general election.

Boundaries

Map of current boundaries

1918–1955: The County Borough of Carlisle.

1955–1983: As 1918 but with redrawn boundaries.

1983–1997: The City of Carlisle wards of Belah, Belle Vue, Botcherby, Currock, Denton Holme, Harraby, Morton, St Aidan's, Stanwix Urban, Trinity, Upperby, and Yewdale.

1997–2010: The City of Carlisle wards of Belah, Belle Vue, Botcherby, Burgh, Currock, Dalston, Denton Holme, Harraby, Morton, St Aidan's, St Cuthbert Without, Stanwix Urban, Trinity, Upperby, and Yewdale.

2010–present: The City of Carlisle wards of Belah, Belle Vue, Botcherby, Burgh, Castle, Currock, Dalston, Denton Holme, Harraby, Morton, St Aidan's, Stanwix Urban, Upperby, Wetheral, and Yewdale.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following wards of the City of Carlisle (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

Belah & Kingmoor; Botcherby & Harraby North; Brampton & Fellside; Cathedral & Castle; Currock & Upperby; Denton Holme & Morton South; Harraby South & Parklands; Longtown & the Border; Newtown & Morton North; Sandsfield & Morton West; Stanwix & Houghton; Wetheral & Corby.^[3]

The constituency will be expanded to bring the electorate within the permitted range by transferring the parts of the (former) City of Carlisle local authority currently in the (to be abolished) constituency of Penrith and The Border - comprising the towns of Brampton and Longtown and surrounding villages and rural areas. To partly compensate, the Dalston & Burgh ward will be included in the new constituency of Penrith and Solway.

With effect from 1 April 2023, the City of Carlisle council was abolished and absorbed into the new unitary authority of Cumberland.^[4] The constituency will therefore now comprise the following wards of Cumberland from the next general election:

Belah; Belle View; Botcherby; Brampton; Castle; Corby and Hayton; Currock; Dalston and Burgh (small part); Denton Holme; Harraby North; Harraby South; Houghton and Irthington; Longtown; Morton; Stanwix Urban; Upperby; Wetheral (majority); Yewdale.^[5]

Constituency

The constituency covers the city of Carlisle itself. It also covers the rural area of the district to the south and west of the city, including the village of Dalston. The remaining parts of the district are in the Penrith and The Border constituency. Historically the constituency was tightly drawn around the city which favour the Labour Party but has gradually expanded to contain more rural areas within the district that are far more Conservative-inclined, such as Burgh, Dalston and Wetheral. This has seen the constituency shift from being a safe Labour seat to marginal status.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1295–1640

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

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Parliament	First member	Second member
1381	John de Blennerhassett^{[better source needed]}
1384	John de Blennerhassett
1386	Adam Denton	Robert Bristowe^[6]
1388 (Feb)	Robert Carlisle	William Aglionby^[6]
1388 (Sep)	John Corkeby	Nicholas Leveson^[6]
1390 (Jan)	John Monceaux	Alan Kirkebridge^[6]
1390 (Nov)	Bobby Cowing	Kieran Nobin
1391	John Monceaux	Robert Bristowe^[6]
1393	John Redesdale	John Werk^[6]
1394	Jack Oates	Joseph Maughan
1395	John Monceaux	John Burgham^[6]
1397 (Jan)	John Helton	John Burgham^[6]
1397 (Sep)	Robert Bristowe	John Bristowe^[6]
1399	John Helton	Robert Bristowe^[6]
1401	Thomas Bolton	Robert Bristowe^[6]
1402	John Sowerby	William Boweson^[6]
1404 (Jan)	Mark Cooke	Joshusoia Kirkpatrick
1404 (Oct)
1406
1407
1410	[Robert] Carlisle^[6]	Freya Clarke
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Robert Carlisle	Ralph de Blenerhayset^[6]
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov)	Robert Carlisle	William Cardoile^[6]
1415
1416 (Mar)	Robert Lancaster	William Bell^[6]
1416 (Oct)
1417	Robert Carlisle	William Cardoile^[6]
1419	Robert Carlisle	Thomas Manningham^[6]
1420	Thomas Derley	Richard Muncaster^[6]
1421 (May)	Robert Carlisle	Thomas Pety^[6]
1421 (Dec)	William Manchester	John Thompson^[6]
1441	John Blenerhayset^{[better source needed]}
1510–1523	No names known^[7]
1529	Edward Aglionby	John Coldale^[7]
1536	?
1539	?
1542	William Stapleton	?^[7]
1545	Hugh Aglionby	Robert Smith^[7]
1547	Edward Aglionby	Thomas Dalston, died and replaced Jan 1552 by Edward Aglionby^[7]
1553 (Mar)	Edward Aglionby	John Dudley^[7]
1553 (Oct)	John Aglionby	Simon Brisco^[7]
1554 (Apr)	Robert Wheatley	Richard Mynsho^[7]
1554 (Nov)	Robert Wheatley	Richard Mynsho^[7]
1555	William Middleton	William Ward^[7]
1558	Richard Assheton	Robert Dalton^[7]
1558–9	John or Edward Aglionby	Richard Mulcaster^[8]
1563 (Jan)	Richard Assheton	William Mulcaster^[8]
1571	Robert Bowes^[9]	Christopher Musgrave^[8]
1572	Thomas Pattenson	Robert Mulcaster,^[10] died and repl. 1576 by Thomas Tallentyne, who also died and was repl. Mar 1579 by Thomas Barne^[8]
1584	Edward Aglionby	Thomas Blennerhassett^[8]
1586	Henry Macwilliam, died and repl. 1587 by William Bowyer	Thomas Blennerhassett^[8]
1588 (Oct)	Henry Scrope	John Dalston^[8]
1593	Henry Scrope	Edward Aglionby^[8]
1597 (Sep)	Henry Scrope	Thomas Sandford^[8]
1601 (Oct)	Henry Scrope	John Dudley^[8]
1604	Thomas Blennerhassett	William Barwick
1614	George Butler	Nathaniel Tomkins
1621	Sir Henry Vane	George Butler
1624	Sir Henry Vane	Edward Aglionby
1625	Sir Henry Vane	Edward Aglionby
1626	Sir Henry Vane	Richard Graham
1628	Richard Barwis	Richard Graham
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned

Long Parliament

1640–1644: Sir William Dalston, Bt (Royalist) – disabled to sit, January 1644
1640–1648 : Richard Barwis (Parliamentarian) – died April 1648
1645(?)–1648(?): Thomas Cholmley – not recorded as having sat after Pride's Purge, December 1648
1649: Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick, from House of Lords^[11]
1653: Carlisle was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament.

First Protectorate Parliament (One member only)

1654–1655: Colonel Thomas Fitch

Second Protectorate Parliament (One member only)

1656–1658: George Downing

Third Protectorate Parliament

1659: George Downing
1659: Thomas Craister

Long Parliament (restored)

1659–1660: Thomas Cholmley
1659–1660: Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick

MPs 1660–1885

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	First member^[12]	First party	Second member^[12]	Second party
1660	William Briscoe		Jeremiah Tolhurst
1661	Sir Christopher Musgrave, Bt		Sir Philip Howard
1681			Edward Howard
1685			James Grahme
1689			Jeremiah Bubb
1690	Christopher Musgrave		Jeremiah Bubb
1692			William Lowther
1694			James Lowther
1695	William Howard
1701	Philip Howard	Whig
1702	Christopher Musgrave		Thomas Stanwix	Whig
1705	Sir James Montagu
1708
1710
1713	Sir Christopher Musgrave, Bt	Tory
1715	William Strickland	Whig
1721	William Strickland	Whig	Henry Aglionby
1722	James Bateman	Tory	Henry Aglionby
1727	Charles Howard		John Hylton	Tory
1734			John Hylton	Tory
1741			John Stanwix	Whig
1742			John Hylton	Tory
1746			John Stanwix	Whig
1747			John Stanwix	Whig
1761	Raby Vane		Henry Curwen
1768	Lord Edward Bentinck		George Musgrave
1774	Anthony Storer		Fletcher Norton
1775	Anthony Storer		Walter Spencer-Stanhope
1780	Earl of Surrey		William Lowther
1784			Edward Norton
April 1786			John Lowther
May 1786			John Christian	Whig^[13]^[14]
November 1786	Edward Knubley^[15]
1787	Rowland Stephenson
1790	James Clarke Satterthwaite^[16]		Edward Knubley
1791	Wilson Braddyll		John Christian Curwen	Whig^[13]^[14]
1796	Sir Frederick Fletcher-Vane, Bt	Whig^[14]
1802	Walter Spencer-Stanhope	Tory^[14]
1812	Sir James Graham, 1st Bt	Tory^[14]	Henry Fawcett
1816			John Christian Curwen^[17]	Whig^[13]^[14]
1820			William James	Radical^[18]^[19]
1825	Sir Philip Musgrave, Bt	Tory^[14]	William James	Radical^[18]^[19]
1826	Sir Philip Musgrave, Bt	Tory^[14]	Sir James Graham, 2nd Bt	Whig^[14]
1827	James Lushington	Tory^[14]	Sir James Graham, 2nd Bt	Whig^[14]
1829			Sir William Scott, Bt	Tory^[14]
1830			Philip Howard	Whig^[20]^[21]^[18]^[14]
1831	William James	Radical^[18]^[19]
1835	William Marshall	Whig^[22]^[23]^[24]^[14]
1847	William Nicholson Hodgson	Conservative	John Dixon^[25]	Whig^[26]^[27]^[28]^[21]
1848 by-election	William Nicholson Hodgson	Conservative	Philip Howard	Whig^[20]^[21]^[18]
1852	Joseph Ferguson	Whig^[29]	Sir James Graham, Bt	Peelite^[30]^[31]^[32]
1857	William Nicholson Hodgson	Conservative		Peelite^[30]^[31]^[32]
1859	Wilfrid Lawson	Liberal		Liberal
1861 by-election	Wilfrid Lawson	Liberal	Edmund Potter	Liberal
1865	William Nicholson Hodgson	Conservative
1868	Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Bt	Liberal
1874	Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Bt	Liberal	Robert Ferguson	Liberal
1885	Representation reduced to one member

MPs since 1885

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	Member^[33]^[12]	Party
1885	Robert Ferguson	Liberal
1886	Robert Ferguson	Liberal Unionist
1886	William Gully	Gladstonian Liberal
1895	William Gully	Speaker
1905 by-election	Frederick Chance	Liberal
1910 January	Richard Denman	Liberal
1918	Theodore Carr	Coalition Liberal
1922	George Middleton	Labour
1924	William Watson	Conservative
1929	George Middleton	Labour
1931	Louis Spears	Conservative
1945	Edgar Grierson	Labour
1950	Alfred Hargreaves (aka Alex)	Labour
1955	Dr Donald Johnson	Conservative
1964	Ronald Lewis	Labour
1987	Eric Martlew	Labour
2010	John Stevenson	Conservative