Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency)

Carlisle is a constituency^{[n 1]} in Cumbria represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Julie Minns of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Carlisle
County constituency for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Boundary of Carlisle in North West England
County	Cumbria
Population	85,979 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate	75,868 (2023)[2]
Major settlements	Carlisle
Current constituency
Created	1295
Member of Parliament	Julie Minns (Labour)
Seats	1295–1885: Two 1885–present: One

History

Carlisle has existed as a seat since the Model Parliament in 1295, returning two MPs to the House of Commons until 1885, when its representation was reduced to one MP by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. Under the 2023 boundary review the seat was expanded considerably into the border regions of Cumbria and redesignated as a county constituency.

From 1885 to 1922 the constituency was represented by the Liberal Party, since when it has alternated between Labour and Conservative, changing hands nine times. It was represented by Labour Party MPs from 1964 to 2010, albeit with a slim 0.2% majority in 1983. It was gained by John Stevenson of the Conservative Party in 2010 who held it until 2024, when it was won back by Julie Minns for Labour.

Boundaries

Map of boundaries 2010–2024

Historic

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.

2010–2024: 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.

Current

The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies was carried out using the local authority structure as it existed in Cumbria on 1 December 2020 and is officially defined as:

• The City of Carlisle wards of: 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]

With effect from 1 April 2023, the City of Carlisle council was abolished and absorbed into the new unitary authority of Cumberland.^[4] Consequently, the constituency now comprises the following with effect from the 2024 general election:

• The Cumberland wards of Belah, Belle Vue, 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) and Yewdale.^[5]

The constituency was expanded to bring the electorate within the permitted range by transferring the parts of the former City of Carlisle local authority previously in the abolished constituency of Penrith and The Border - comprising the towns of Brampton and Longtown and surrounding villages and rural areas. To partly offset this, Dalston was included in the new constituency of Penrith and Solway.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1295–1640

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		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]
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

Election			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
		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			Henry Aglionby
		1722	James Bateman	Tory
		1727	Charles Howard		John Hylton	Tory
		1734
		1741			John Stanwix	Whig
		1742			John Hylton	Tory
		1746			John Stanwix	Whig
		1747
		1761	Raby Vane		Henry Curwen
		1768	Lord Edward Bentinck		George Musgrave
		1774	Anthony Storer		Fletcher Norton
		1775			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]
		1826			Sir James Graham, 2nd Bt	Whig[14]
		1827	James Lushington	Tory[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			Philip Howard	Whig[20][21][18]
		1852	Joseph Ferguson	Whig[29]	Sir James Graham, Bt	Peelite[30][31][32]
		1857	William Nicholson Hodgson	Conservative
		1859	Wilfrid Lawson	Liberal		Liberal
		1861 by-election			Edmund Potter	Liberal
		1865	William Nicholson Hodgson	Conservative
		1868	Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Bt	Liberal
		1874			Robert Ferguson	Liberal
		1885	Representation reduced to one member

MPs since 1885

Election		Member[33][12]	Party
	1885	Robert Ferguson	Liberal
	1886		Liberal Unionist
	1886	William Gully	Gladstonian Liberal
	1895		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
	2024	Julie Minns	Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Carlisle^[34][35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Minns	18,129	39.4	+4.9
	Conservative	John Stevenson	12,929	28.1	−28.4
	Reform UK	Stephen Ward	9,295	20.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Wernham	2,982	6.5	+1.5
	Green	Gavin Hawkton	1,922	4.2	+2.6
	Independent	Sean Reed	303	0.7	N/A
	SDP	Rachel Hayton	244	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Thomas Lynestrider	175	0.4	N/A
Majority			5,200	11.3	N/A
Turnout			45,979	59.1	−8.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+16.7

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Carlisle^[36][37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Stevenson	23,659	55.2	+5.3
	Labour	Ruth Alcroft	15,340	35.8	―8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Aglionby	2,829	6.6	+3.7
	UKIP	Fiona Mills	1,045	2.4	―1.0
Majority			8,319	19.4	+13.3
Turnout			42,873	65.9	―3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.7

This was the largest UKIP vote share at the 2019 general election.^[38]

General election 2017: Carlisle^[39][40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Stevenson	21,472	49.9	+5.6
	Labour	Ruth Alcroft	18,873	43.8	+6.0
	UKIP	Fiona Mills	1,455	3.4	―9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Thornton	1,256	2.9	+0.3
Majority			2,599	6.1	―0.4
Turnout			43,046	69.1	+4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	―0.2

General election 2015: Carlisle^[41][42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Stevenson	18,873	44.3	+5.0
	Labour	Lee Sherriff	16,099	37.8	+0.5
	UKIP	Fiona Mills	5,277	12.4	+10.1
	Green	Helen Davison	1,125	2.6	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Loraine Birchall	1,087	2.6	―13.0
	Independent	Alfred Okam	126	0.3	New
Majority			2,774	6.5	+4.5
Turnout			42,587	64.7	0.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.3

General election 2010: Carlisle^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Stevenson	16,589	39.3	+5.9
	Labour	Michael Boaden	15,736	37.3	―9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Hughes	6,567	15.6	―1.0
	BNP	Paul Stafford	1,086	2.6	New
	UKIP	Michael Owen	969	2.3	0.0
	Green	John Reardon	614	1.5	New
	TUSC	John Metcalfe	376	0.9	New
	Independent	Peter Howe	263	0.6	New
Majority			853	2.0	N/A
Turnout			42,200	64.7	+6.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+7.7

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Carlisle^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Martlew	17,019	48.1	―3.1
	Conservative	Mike Mitchelson	11,324	32.0	―2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Tweedie	5,916	16.7	+5.0
	UKIP	Steven Cochrane	792	2.2	New
	Legalise Cannabis	Lezley Gibson	343	1.0	―0.6
Majority			5,695	16.1	―0.3
Turnout			35,394	59.5	+0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	―0.2

General election 2001: Carlisle^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Martlew	17,856	51.2	―6.2
	Conservative	Mike Mitchelson	12,154	34.8	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Guest	4,076	11.7	+1.2
	Legalise Cannabis	Colin Paisley	554	1.6	New
	Socialist Alliance	Paul Wilcox	269	0.8	New
Majority			5,702	16.4	―12.0
Turnout			34,909	59.4	―13.4
	Labour hold		Swing	―6.0

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Carlisle^[46][47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Martlew	25,031	57.4	+10.6
	Conservative	Richard Lawrence	12,641	29.0	―10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Mayho	4,576	10.5	―2.6
	Referendum	Angus Fraser	1,233	2.8	New
	Natural Law	William Stevens	126	0.3	―0.1
Majority			12,390	28.4	+21.3
Turnout			43,607	72.8	―6.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.7

General election 1992: Carlisle^[48][49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Martlew	20,479	46.8	+4.6
	Conservative	Clive Condie	17,371	39.7	―0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ralph Aldersey	5,740	13.1	―4.6
	Natural Law	Nina Robinson	190	0.4	New
Majority			3,108	7.1	+5.0
Turnout			43,780	79.4	+0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.5

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Carlisle^[50][51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Martlew	18,311	42.2	+4.7
	Conservative	William Hodgson	17,395	40.1	+2.8
	SDP	Richard Hunt	7,655	17.7	―7.5
Majority			916	2.1	+1.9
Turnout			43,359	78.8	+2.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1983: Carlisle^[52][53]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Lewis	15,618	37.5	―12.2
	Conservative	Richard Sowler	15,547	37.3	―1.8
	SDP	Richard Hunt	10,471	25.2	+14.0
Majority			71	0.2	―10.4
Turnout			41,638	76.4	―3.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Carlisle^[54]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Lewis	21,343	49.7	―1.5
	Conservative	D. Bloomer	16,777	39.1	+3.1
	Liberal	T. Potts	4,829	11.2	―1.7
Majority			4,566	10.6	―4.6
Turnout			42,951	80.0	+1.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Carlisle^[55]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Lewis	21,079	51.2	―4.0
	Conservative	D. Bloomer	14,825	36.0	―7.3
	Liberal	F. Phillips	5,306	12.9	New
Majority			6,254	15.2	+3.3
Turnout			41,211	78.8	―10.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Carlisle^[56]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Lewis	23,119	55.2	+2.0
	Conservative	E. M. White	18,139	43.3	―3.5
	Independent Socialist	J. Wild	628	1.5	New
Majority			4,980	11.9	+5.5
Turnout			41,887	88.8	+10.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1970: Carlisle^[57]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Lewis	21,866	53.2	―2.9
	Conservative	B. A. Marsden	19,241	46.8	+2.9
Majority			2,625	6.4	―5.9
Turnout			41,105	78.6	―4.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Carlisle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Lewis	22,565	56.13
	Conservative	Godfrey William Iredell	17,638	43.87
Majority			4,927	12.26
Turnout			40,203	83.51
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1964: Carlisle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Lewis	19,169	45.6	−2.0
	Conservative	Peter T. S. Boydell	17,049	40.5	−11.9
	Liberal	Brian G. Ashmore	4,617	11.0	New
	Ind. Conservative	Donald Johnson	1,227	2.9	New
Majority			2,120	5.1	N/A
Turnout			42,062	85.6	+1.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.9

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Carlisle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald Johnson	21,948	52.38
	Labour	Alex Hargreaves	19,950	47.62
Majority			1,998	4.76
Turnout			41,898	84.61
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1955: Carlisle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald Johnson	20,071	50.47
	Labour	Alex Hargreaves	19,701	49.53
Majority			370	0.94	N/A
Turnout			39,772	82.30
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General election 1951: Carlisle^[58][59]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alex Hargreaves	19,648	46.8	+0.3
	Conservative	Noel T. O'Reilly	16,456	39.2	+5.4
	Liberal	Doreen Gorsky	5,886	14.0	−5.6
Majority			3,192	7.6	−5.1
Turnout			41,990	87.4	−1.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1950: Carlisle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alex Hargreaves	19,031	46.50
	Conservative	H. E. R. Peers	13,850	33.84
	Liberal	Godfrey William Iredell	8,043	19.65
Majority			5,181	12.66
Turnout			40,924	88.49
	Labour hold		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Carlisle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edgar Grierson	18,505	50.41
	Conservative	Edward Spears	13,356	36.39
	Liberal	Godfrey William Iredell	4,845	13.20
Majority			5,149	14.02	N/A
Turnout			36,706	79.20
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1939–40: Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

• Conservative: Edward Spears
• Labour: Percy Barstow^[60]
• Liberal: Leslie H. Storey^[61]

General election 1935: Carlisle^[62]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Spears	16,591	48.7	−8.6
	Labour	Arnold Townend	13,956	41.0	+1.6
	Liberal	Barbara Bliss	3,525	10.3	New
Majority			2,635	7.7	−7.0
Turnout			34,072	88.2	+1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.5

General election 1931: Carlisle^[62]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Spears	18,079	57.35
	Labour	George Middleton	13,445	42.65
Majority			4,634	14.70	N/A
Turnout			31,524	86.66
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Carlisle^[62]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Middleton	12,779	40.4	−5.1
	Unionist	Edward Spears	10,362	32.8	−21.7
	Liberal	Archibald Creighton	8,484	26.8	New
Majority			2,417	7.6	N/A
Turnout			31,625	90.4	+1.3
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+8.3

General election 1924: Carlisle^[62]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Watson	12,787	54.5	+15.2
	Labour	George Middleton	10,676	45.5	+5.0
Majority			2,111	9.0	N/A
Turnout			23,463	89.1	+1.3
	Unionist gain from Labour		Swing	+5.1

Richard Denman

General election 1923: Carlisle^[62]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Middleton	9,120	40.5	+2.9
	Unionist	William Watson	8,844	39.3	+8.0
	Liberal	Richard Denman	4,541	20.2	−11.5
Majority			276	1.2	−5.1
Turnout			17,964	87.8	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.8

General election 1922: Carlisle^[62]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Middleton	7,870	37.6	+4.4
	Unionist	Claude Lowther	6,569	31.3	New
	National Liberal	Theodore Carr	6,526	31.1	−35.7
Majority			1,301	6.3	N/A
Turnout			20,965	84.0	+22.2
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

Theodore Carr

General election 1918: Carlisle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Liberal	Theodore Carr	9,511	66.8	+16.3
	Labour	Ernest Lowthian	4,736	33.2	New
Majority			4,775	33.6	+32.6
Turnout			14,247	61.8	−24.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the summer of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.

• British Socialist Party: Ernest Lowthian^[63]

General election December 1910: Carlisle^[64]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Denman	3,243	50.5	+2.8
	Conservative	Irwen W. Raymond	3,179	49.5	+8.5
Majority			64	1.0	−5.7
Turnout			6,422	86.4	−5.9
Registered electors			7,436
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.9

General election January 1910: Carlisle^[64]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Denman	3,270	47.7	N/A
	Conservative	Valentine John Hussey-Walsh	2,815	41.0	New
	Social Democratic Federation	Charlie Bannington	777	11.3	New
Majority			455	6.7	N/A
Turnout			6,862	92.3	N/A
Registered electors			7,436
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1900s

F.W. Chance

General election 1906: Carlisle^[64]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frederick Chance	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

1905 Carlisle by-election^[64]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frederick Chance	3,616	58.3	N/A
	Conservative	Lancelot Sanderson	2,586	41.7	New
Majority			1,030	16.6	N/A
Turnout			6,202	84.4	N/A
Registered electors			7,344
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

William Gully

General election 1900: Carlisle^[64]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Speaker (Liberal)	William Gully	Unopposed
	Speaker hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Carlisle^[65]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Speaker (Liberal)	William Gully	3,167	52.6	+1.3
	Conservative	S. P. Foster	2,853	47.4	−1.3
Majority			314	5.2	+2.6
Turnout			6,020	88.6	+2.8
Registered electors			6,798
	Speaker hold		Swing	+1.3

General election 1892: Carlisle^[65]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Gully	2,729	51.3	−1.9
	Conservative	S. P. Foster	2,586	48.7	+1.9
Majority			143	2.6	−3.8
Turnout			5,315	85.8	+5.4
Registered electors			6,195
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.9

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Carlisle^[65]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Gully	2,448	53.2	N/A
	Conservative	William George Frederick Cavendish Bentinck[66]	2,155	46.8	New
Majority			293	6.4	N/A
Turnout			4,603	80.4	N/A
Registered electors			5,726
	Liberal hold

General election 1885: Carlisle^[65][67][68]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Ferguson	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

General election 1880: Carlisle (2 seats)^[69]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Ferguson	2,802	37.6	+8.9
	Liberal	Wilfrid Lawson	2,691	36.1	+8.7
	Conservative	Miles Walker Mattinson[70]	1,968	26.4	−17.5
Majority			723	9.7	+5.5
Turnout			4,770 (est)	85.9 (est)	+6.0
Registered electors			5,550
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.7

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Carlisle (2 seats)^[69]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Ferguson	2,154	28.7	−3.9
	Liberal	Wilfrid Lawson	2,051	27.4	−6.4
	Conservative	William Farrer Ecroyd	1,741	23.2	+7.0
	Conservative	William Banks[71]	1,551	20.7	+4.5
Majority			310	4.2	+2.8
Turnout			3,749 (est)	79.9 (est)	−9.0
Registered electors			4,693
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.5

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Carlisle (2 seats)^[69]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wilfrid Lawson	2,043	33.8	+1.4
	Liberal	Edmund Potter	1,971	32.6	−0.8
	Conservative	William Nicholson Hodgson	1,957	32.4	−1.7
	Independent Liberal	William Slater[72]	71	1.2	New
Majority			86	1.4	N/A
Turnout			4,035 (est)	88.9 (est)	−4.0
Registered electors			4,537
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.1
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+0.0

General election 1865: Carlisle (2 seats)^[69]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Nicholson Hodgson	616	34.1	+3.0
	Liberal	Edmund Potter	604	33.4	−1.8
	Liberal	Wilfrid Lawson	586	32.4	−1.3
Majority			30	1.7	N/A
Turnout			1,211 (est)	92.9 (est)	+12.9
Registered electors			1,304
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.7

By-election, 26 November 1861: Carlisle (1 seat)^[69]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edmund Potter	536	50.1	−18.8
	Conservative	William Nicholson Hodgson	533	49.9	+18.8
Majority			3	0.2	−2.4
Turnout			1,069	89.5	+9.5
Registered electors			1,195
	Liberal hold		Swing	−18.8

• Caused by Graham's death.

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1859: Carlisle (2 seats)^[69]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Graham	538	35.2	+1.7
	Liberal	Wilfrid Lawson	516	33.7	+2.4
	Conservative	William Nicholson Hodgson	475	31.1	−4.2
Majority			41	2.6	+0.4
Turnout			1,002 (est)	80.0 (est)	−3.0
Registered electors			1,253
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.9
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.3

General election 1857: Carlisle (2 seats)^[69]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Nicholson Hodgson	529	35.3	+6.5
	Peelite	James Graham	502	33.5	−2.6
	Whig	Joseph Ferguson	469	31.3	−3.9
Turnout			1,015 (est)	83.0 (est)	+0.3
Registered electors			1,223
Majority			60	4.0	N/A
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+5.2
Majority			33	2.2	−5.1
	Peelite hold		Swing	−2.9

By-election, 1 January 1853: Carlisle (2 seats)^[69]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Peelite	James Graham	Unopposed
	Peelite hold

• Caused by Graham's appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty

General election 1852: Carlisle (2 seats)^[69]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Peelite	James Graham	525	36.1	N/A
	Whig	Joseph Ferguson	512	35.2	−31.0
	Conservative	William Nicholson Hodgson	419	28.8	−5.1
Turnout			938 (est)	82.7 (est)	−1.6
Registered electors			1,134
Majority			106	7.3	N/A
	Peelite gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A
Majority			93	6.4	+5.8
	Whig hold		Swing	−13.0

Elections in the 1840s

By-election, 14 March 1848: Carlisle (2 seats)^[69]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Nicholson Hodgson	477	37.4	+3.5
	Whig	Philip Howard	414	32.5	+0.8
	Whig	John Dixon	328	25.7	−8.8
	Chartist	Peter Murray McDouall[73]	55	4.3	New
Turnout			637 (est)	59.7 (est)	−24.6
Registered electors			1,067
Majority			63	4.9	+2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.8
Majority			359	28.2	+27.6
	Whig hold		Swing	−0.5

• Caused by the previous election being declared void on petition due to the "several acts of treating".^[74]

General election 1847: Carlisle (2 seats)^[69][28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Dixon	479	34.5	+2.0
	Conservative	William Nicholson Hodgson	471	33.9	+6.0
	Whig	Philip Howard	440	31.7	−7.8
Turnout			899	84.3	−1.3
Registered electors			1,054
Majority			8	0.6	−4.0
	Whig hold		Swing	−0.5
Majority			31	2.2	N/A
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+5.9

General election 1841: Carlisle (2 seats)^[69][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Philip Howard	419	39.5	N/A
	Whig	William Marshall	345	32.5	N/A
	Conservative	Edward Goulburn[75]	296	27.9	New
Majority			49	4.6	N/A
Turnout			643	85.6	N/A
Registered electors			751
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: Carlisle (2 seats)^[69][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Philip Howard	Unopposed
	Whig	William Marshall	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,012
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

General election 1835: Carlisle (2 seats)^[69][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Philip Howard	Unopposed
	Whig	William Marshall	Unopposed
Registered electors			946
	Whig hold
	Whig gain from Radical

General election 1832: Carlisle (2 seats)^[69][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	William James	477	44.5	+1.9
	Whig	Philip Howard	472	44.0	+1.4
	Tory	John Malcolm	124	11.6	−3.3
Turnout			646	66.1	c. +51.1
Registered electors			977
Majority			5	0.5	+0.5
	Radical hold		Swing	+1.8
Majority			348	32.4	+4.7
	Whig hold		Swing	+1.5

General election 1831: Carlisle (2 seats)^[14][76]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	William James	100	42.6	N/A
	Whig	Philip Howard	100	42.6	N/A
	Tory	James Lushington	35	14.9	N/A
Turnout			c. 135	c. 15%	N/A
Registered electors			c. 900
Majority			0	0.0	N/A
	Radical gain from Tory		Swing	N/A
Majority			65	27.7	N/A
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1830: Carlisle (2 seats)^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	James Lushington	Unopposed
	Whig	Philip Howard	Unopposed
	Tory hold
	Whig hold

Elections in the 18th century

Election results taken from the History of Parliament Trust series.

General election 1747: Carlisle (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Charles Howard	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	John Stanwix	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Death of Hylton

By-election 26 November 1746: Carlisle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Stanwix	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Richard Musgrave	N/A	N/A	N/A

General election 13 May 1741: Carlisle (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Charles Howard	109	38.11	N/A
	Whig	John Stanwix	90	31.47	N/A
	Tory	John Hylton	87	30.42	N/A

• Note: Stanwix was unseated on petition and replaced by Hylton, 26 January 1742

General election 3 May 1734: Carlisle (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Charles Howard	354	37.82	N/A
	Tory	John Hylton	351	37.50	N/A
	Non Partisan	Henry Aglionby	231	24.68	N/A

General election 1727: Carlisle (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Charles Howard	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory	John Hylton	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General election 27 March 1722: Carlisle (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Henry Aglionby	398	37.65	N/A
	Tory	James Bateman	350	33.11	N/A
	Whig	Thomas Stanwix	309	29.23	N/A

By-election 12 April 1721: Carlisle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Henry Aglionby	268	67.00	N/A
	Whig	Thomas Stanwix	132	33.00	N/A

General election 1715: Carlisle (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	William Strickland	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	Thomas Stanwix	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Stanwix appointed Governor of Kingston-upon-Hull

See also

• Cumbria portal

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Cumbria

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years – from 1295 until 1885 it had the right to send two MPs in most years.