Westmorland (UK Parliament constituency)

Westmorland
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1983
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Penrith & The Border and Westmorland & Lonsdale
Created from	Appleby and Kendal
1290–1885
Number of members	two
Replaced by	Appleby and Kendal

Westmorland was a constituency covering the county of Westmorland in the North of England, which returned Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency had two separate periods of existence.

In the boundary changes in 1983 the southern part of the constituency became part of the new seat of Westmorland and Lonsdale and the northern area was transferred to Penrith and The Border

The 1918 - 1983 seat corresponded to the county of Westmorland even after the abolition of the administrative county in 1974.

Election results taken from the History of Parliament Trust series.

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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

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