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| Whitehaven | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Whitehaven in Cumberland, 1974-1983 | |
| County | 1832–1974: Cumberland 1974–1983: Cumbria |
| Major settlements | Whitehaven |
| 1832–1983 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Cumberland |
| Replaced by | Copeland |
Whitehaven was a constituency centred on the town of Whitehaven in Cumberland, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was created in 1832 and renamed Copeland at the 1983 general election.
Boundaries
The boundaries were unaffected in 1885, under the second Great Reform agreed the previous year, its key limb of The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 not yet absorbing the bulk of the area of Egremont or 'the Western Division of Cumberland'.[1] The latter mainly rural area, much larger than Whitehaven borough which formed the existing seat, was added to the seat under the Representation of the People Act 1918.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tory | Matthias Attwood | 210 | 54.7 | ||
| Whig | Isaac Littledale | 174 | 45.3 | ||
| Majority | 36 | 9.4 | |||
| Turnout | 384 | 83.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 458 | ||||
| Tory win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Matthias Attwood | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 460 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Matthias Attwood | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 476 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Elections in the 1840s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Matthias Attwood | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 558 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Hildyard | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 543 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Elections in the 1850s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Hildyard | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 512 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Hildyard | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 555 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Hildyard's death caused a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George Lyall | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||