Lonsdale was a county constituency in north Lancashire, England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post system.
Lonsdale | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Lancashire |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Lancaster and North Lonsdale |
Replaced by | Morecambe and Lonsdale, Lancaster and Barrow-in-Furness |
Members of Parliament
editYear | Member | Whip | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | Claude Lowther | Unionist | |
1920 | Independent Parliamentary Group | ||
1921 | Unionist | ||
1922 | Nigel Kennedy | Unionist | |
1923 | Henry Maden | Liberal | |
1924 | Lord Balniel | Unionist | |
1940 | Ian Fraser | Conservative | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Elections
editElection in the 1910s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Claude Lowther | 9,662 | 52.5 | |
Labour | David Hunter | 4,472 | 24.3 | ||
Liberal | Joseph Bliss | 4,276 | 23.2 | ||
Majority | 5,190 | 28.2 | |||
Turnout | 18,410 | 66.5 | |||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Election in the 1920s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Nigel Kennedy | 12,030 | 55.1 | +2.6 | |
Liberal | Henry Maden | 5,790 | 26.5 | +3.3 | |
Labour | Thomas Marshall Scott | 4,024 | 18.4 | −5.9 | |
Majority | 6,240 | 28.6 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 21,844 | 77.3 | +10.8 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Maden | 11,186 | 52.4 | +25.9 | |
Unionist | Nigel Kennedy | 10,176 | 47.6 | −7.5 | |
Majority | 1,010 | 4.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,362 | 75.4 | −1.9 | ||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +16.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | David Lindsay | 13,460 | 57.4 | +9.8 | |
Liberal | Henry Maden | 10,002 | 42.6 | −−9.8 | |
Majority | 3,458 | 14.8 | 19.6 | ||
Turnout | 23,462 | 83.3 | +7.9 | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | David Lindsay | 13,612 | 47.4 | −10.0 | |
Liberal | Henry Maden | 7,805 | 27.2 | −15.4 | |
Labour | Joseph Henderson | 7,303 | 25.4 | New | |
Majority | 5,087 | 20.2 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 28,720 | 82.7 | −0.6 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | +2.7 |
Election in the 1930s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Lindsay | 17,423 | 59.6 | +12.2 | |
Liberal | Henry Maden | 11,821 | 40.4 | +13.2 | |
Majority | 5,602 | 19.2 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 29,244 | 83.0 | +0.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Lindsay | 16,338 | 57.0 | −2.6 | |
Labour | R S Armstrong | 6,946 | 24.2 | New | |
Liberal | Henry Maden | 5,391 | 18.8 | −21.6 | |
Majority | 9,392 | 32.8 | +13.6 | ||
Turnout | 28,675 | 79.3 | −3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1940s
editGeneral 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;
- Conservative: David Lindsay
- Labour:
- Liberal:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Fraser | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Fraser | 18,571 | 58.0 | +1.0 | |
Labour | Sidney Wright Grundy | 13,436 | 42.0 | +17.8 | |
Majority | 5,135 | 16.0 | −16.8 | ||
Turnout | 32,007 | 77.2 | −2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |