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Penrith and Cockermouth (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Penrith and Cockermouth County constituency |
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| Created: | 1918 |
| Abolished: | 1950 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Penrith and Cockermouth was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Penrith and Cockermouth in Cumberland, 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.
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The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.
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| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1918 | James William Lowther | Speaker | |
| 1921 | Sir H. Cecil Lowther | Coalition Conservative | |
| 1922 | Levi Collison | Liberal | |
| 1923 | Arthur Carlyne Niven Dixey | Conservative | |
| 1935 | Alan Vincent Gander Dower | Conservative | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished: see Penrith & The Border | ||
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- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
Categories: Articles with sections needing expansion | Politics of Cumbria | Parliamentary constituencies in the North West (historic) | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1918 | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1950 | United Kingdom historical constituency stubs