Whitehaven was a

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centred on the town of

Whitehaven Whitehaven is a town and port on the English north west coast and near to the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it lies by road south-west of Carlisle and to the north of Barrow-in-Furness. It i ...

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, which returned one

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(MP) to the

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of the

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. 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

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not yet absorbing the bulk of the area of Egremont or 'the Western Division of Cumberland'.Youngs (1991) pp. 805-806 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

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1850s

Hildyard's death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Cavendish-Bentinck was appointed

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, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Cavendish-Bentinck's death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

Election in the 1940s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

Sources

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Whitehaven (Uk Parliament Constituency) Parliamentary constituencies in North West England (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1832 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1983 Politics of Cumbria Whitehaven