Westmorland And Lonsdale

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	Map1	WestmorlandLonsdale
	Map2	Cumbria
	Type	County
	Year	1983
	Entity	Cumbria
	County	Cumbria
	EP	North West England
	MP	Tim Farron
	Party	Liberal Democrat

Westmorland and Lonsdale is a Constituency represented in the House Of Commons of the Parliament Of The United Kingdom . It elects one Member Of Parliament (MP) by the First Past The Post system of election.


BOUNDARIES

The constituency is based around the South Lakeland district of Cumbria . Important towns in the constituency include Kendal , Windermere and Kirkby Lonsdale .

It does not include the entire historic Westmorland , particularly lacking the county town Appleby-in-Westmorland .


Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Cumbria , the Boundary Commission For England have created a modified Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency, to deal with population changes.

The electoral wards used to create the modified seat, to be fought at the UK general election in 2009 or 2010 are entirely within the district of South Lakeland

• Arnside and Beetham, Burneside, Burton and Holme, Cartmel , Coniston , Crooklands, Grange, Hawkshead, Holker, Kendal Castle, Kendal Far Cross, Kendal Fell, Kendal Glebelands, Kendal Heron Hill, Kendal Highgate, Kendal Kirkland, Kendal Mintsfeet, Kendal Nether, Kendal Oxenholme , Kendal Parks, Kendal Stonecross, Kendal Strickland, Kendal Underley, Kirkby Lonsdale , Lakes Ambleside , Lakes Grasmere , Levens, Lyth Valley, Milnthorpe, Natland, Sedbergh , Staveley-in-Cartmel, Staveley-in- Westmorland , Whinfell, Windermere Applethwaite, Windermere Bowness North, Windermere Bowness South and Windermere Town

This removes Ulverston and Broughton-in-Furness from the constituency.


MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

• ''Constituency renamed'' ( 1983 )


• , Conservative


• , Conservative


• , Liberal Democrat

ELECTION RESULTS

title General Election 2005 : Westmorland and Lonsdale

party Liberal Democrats (UK)   candidate Tim Farron   votes 22,569   percentage 455   change +51

party Conservative Party (UK)   candidate Tim Collins   votes 22,302   percentage 449   change -20

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate John Reardon   votes 3,796   percentage 76   change -33

party United Kingdom Independence Party   candidate Robert Gibson   votes 660   percentage 13   change +01

party Independent   candidate Anthony Kemp   votes 309   percentage 06   change ''N/A''

votes 267   percentage 05

votes 49,636   percentage 716   change +38

winner Liberal Democrats (UK)   loser Conservative Party (UK)   swing 35

title General Election 2001 : Westmorland and Lonsdale

party Conservative Party (UK)   candidate Tim Collins   votes 22,486   percentage 469   change +47

party Liberal Democrats (UK)   candidate Tim Farron   votes 19,339   percentage 404   change +70

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate John Bateson   votes 5,234   percentage 109   change -97

party United Kingdom Independence Party   candidate Robert Gibson   votes 552   percentage 12   change ''N/A''

party Independent   candidate Timothy Bell   votes 292   percentage 06   change ''N/A''

votes 3,147   percentage 65

votes 47,903   percentage 678   change -62

winner Conservative Party (UK)

SEE ALSO

• List Of Parliamentary Constituencies In Cumbria