# North Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency)

North Lonsdale was a parliamentary constituency in north Lancashire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when the two-seat North Lancashire constituency was replaced and divided by a number of single-seat divisions.
The North Lonsdale Rural District, which was created in 1894, nine years after the constituency was created, was at the time an exclave of Lancashire. The area is now in Cumbria.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1885 | William George Ainslie | Conservative |
| | 1892 | William Smith | Liberal |
| | 1895 | Richard Cavendish | Liberal Unionist, later Liberal |
| | 1906 | George Haddock | Conservative |
| 1918 | 1918 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Elections
### Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: North Lonsdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William George Ainslie | 4,166 | 51.4 | |
| | Liberal | Farrer Herschell | 3,944 | 48.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 222 | 2.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,110 | 88.0 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,219 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
General election 1886: North Lonsdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William George Ainslie | 4,063 | 55.5 | +4.1 |
| | Liberal | William Henry Martin-Edmunds | 3,263 | 44.5 | −4.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 800 | 11.0 | +8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,326 | 79.5 | −8.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,219 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +4.1 | |

### Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: North Lonsdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | William Smith | 4,203 | 55.1 | +10.6 |
| | Conservative | William Dillworth Crewdson | 3,426 | 44.9 | −10.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 777 | 10.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,629 | 82.6 | +3.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,236 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +10.6 | |
General election 1895: North Lonsdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Unionist | Richard Cavendish | 4,313 | 54.4 | +9.5 |
| | Liberal | Hugh Halkett | 3,610 | 45.6 | −9.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 703 | 8.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,923 | 83.8 | +1.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,458 | | |
| | Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.5 | |

### Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: North Lonsdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Unionist | Richard Cavendish | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold |
General election 1906: North Lonsdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Haddock | 4,121 | 51.1 | N/A |
| | Liberal | Richard Cavendish | 3,942 | 48.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 179 | 2.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,063 | 82.8 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,738 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: North Lonsdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Haddock | 4,329 | 51.0 | −0.1 |
| | Liberal | Joseph Bliss | 4,160 | 49.0 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 169 | 2.0 | −0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,489 | 87.5 | +4.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,702 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -0.1 | |
General election December 1910: North Lonsdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Haddock | 4,140 | 50.5 | −0.5 |
| | Liberal | Joseph Bliss | 4,066 | 49.5 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 74 | 1.0 | −1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,206 | 84.6 | −2.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,702 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -0.5 | |