# North Cumberland (UK Parliament constituency)

North Cumberland (also "Cumberland Northern") was a parliamentary constituency in Cumberland which 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 of election.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

## Boundaries

The Urban Districts of Holme Cultram and Wigton, the Rural Districts of Brampton, Carlisle, and Longtown, and part of the Rural District of Wigton. (Carlisle, Brampton and Longtown rural districts merged in 1930 into the Border Rural District)

## Members of Parliament

| Year | Year | Member | Whip |
| | 1918 | Christopher Lowther | Unionist |
| | 1921 | Christopher Lowther | Independent Parliamentary Group |
| | 1922 | Donald Howard | Unionist |
| | 1926 | Sir Fergus Graham | Unionist |
| | 1935 | Wilfrid Roberts | Liberal |
| 1950 | 1950 | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished |

## Election results
### Election in the 1910s

General election 14 December 1918: Cumberland North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | Unionist | Christopher Lowther | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||

### Election in the 1920s

General election 1922: Cumberland North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Donald Howard | 8,815 | 50.8 | N/A |
| | Liberal | Geoffrey Howard | 8,544 | 49.2 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 271 | 1.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,359 | 79.9 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 21,714 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1923: Cumberland North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Donald Howard | 9,288 | 50.6 | −0.2 |
| | Liberal | Richard Durning Holt | 9,070 | 49.4 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 218 | 1.2 | −0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,358 | 83.2 | +3.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 22,075 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | −0.2 | |
General election 1924: Cumberland North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Donald Howard | 10,586 | 54.2 | +3.6 |
| | Liberal | Richard Durning Holt | 6,821 | 34.9 | −14.5 |
| | Labour | B. Brooke | 2,125 | 10.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,765 | 19.3 | +18.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,532 | 86.0 | +2.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 22,717 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | +9.1 | |
1926 North Cumberland by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Fergus Graham | 8,867 | 47.8 | −6.4 |
| | Liberal | Richard Durning Holt | 6,871 | 37.1 | +2.2 |
| | Labour | H. W. McIntyre | 2,793 | 15.1 | +4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,996 | 10.7 | −8.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,331 | 82.0 | −4.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 22,607 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | −4.3 | |
General election 1929: Cumberland North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Fergus Graham | 10,392 | 44.9 | −9.3 |
| | Liberal | Richard Durning Holt | 9,661 | 41.7 | +6.8 |
| | Labour | C. A. O'Donnell | 3,092 | 13.4 | +2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 731 | 3.2 | −16.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,145 | 83.7 | −2.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 27,653 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | −8.1 | |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Cumberland North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Fergus Graham | 12,504 | 52.7 | +7.8 |
| | Liberal | Wilfrid Roberts | 11,227 | 47.3 | +5.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,277 | 5.4 | +2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,781 | 84.6 | +0.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1935: Cumberland North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Wilfrid Roberts | 12,521 | 51.9 | −0.8 |
| | Conservative | Fergus Graham | 11,627 | 48.1 | +0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 894 | 3.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,148 | 83.9 | −0.7 |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
General 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;
* Liberal: Wilfrid Roberts
* Conservative:

### Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Cumberland North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Wilfrid Roberts | 12,053 | 50.4 | −1.5 |
| | Conservative | Ronald Nicholson Carr | 11,855 | 49.6 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 198 | 0.83 | −3.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,908 | 75.7 | −8.2 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |