Carlisle Borough constituency
Carlisle shown within Cumbria, and Cumbria shown within England
Created:	1295
MP:	Eric Martlew
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Cumbria
EP constituency:	North West England

Carlisle is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It has been a Labour seat since 1964, but is now a marginal constituency with the Conservatives as the main challengers.

Boundaries

The Carlisle constituency covers the most populated part of the City of Carlisle district in Cumbria, including the city of Carlisle itself. It also covers the rural area of the district to the south and west of the city, including the village of Dalston. The remaining parts of the district are in the Penrith and the Border constituency.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Cumbria, the Boundary Commission for England have modified the boundaries of the Carlisle constituency, as a consequence of population changes. The altered constituency to be fought at the next general election (expected to be held in 2009 or 2010) will be formed from the following wards:

• Belah, Belle Vue, Botcherby, Burgh, Castle, Currock, Dalston, Denton Holme, Harraby, Morton, St Aidans, Stanwix Urban, Upperby, Wetheral, and Yewdale.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1640-1660

• 1626: Richard Graham
• 1628-1629: Richard Graham

Long Parliament

• 1640-1644: Sir William Dalston (Royalist) - disabled to sit, January 1644
• 1640-1648 (?): Richard Barwis (Parliamentarian) - not recorded as having sat after Pride's Purge, December 1648
• 1645(?)-1648(?): Thomas Cholmley- not recorded as having sat after Pride's Purge, December 1648

Carlisle was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament.

First Protectorate Parliament (One member only)

• 1654-1655:?

Second Protectorate Parliament (One member only)

• 1656-1658: George Downing

Third Protectorate Parliament

• 1659: George Downing
• 1659: ?

Long Parliament (restored)

• 1659-1660: ?

MPs 1660-1885

• Representation reduced to one member (1885)

MPs 1885-present

Election results

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Elections in the 18th century

Election results taken from the History of Parliament Trust series.

• Stanwix appointed Governor of Kingston-upon-Hull

• Note: Stanwix was unseated on petition and replaced by Hylton, 26 January 1742

• Death of Hylton

Elections in the 20th century

Notes

1. ^ Norton was also elected for Guildford, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Carlisle
2. ^ Knubley defeated Rowland Stephenson in a contested by-election by 553 votes to 405; but on petition Knubley was unseated and Stephenson declared elected
3. ^ At the general election Satterthwaite and Knubley defeated Curwen and Bradyll; however on petition the result was overturned and Curwen and Bradyll were declared elected. Knubley and Stephenson had each secured 503 votes of which 377 came from newly appointed freemen
4. ^ Curwen was re-elected at the 1820 general election but was also elected for Cumberland, which he chose to represent, and did not sit for Carlisle in this parliament
5. ^ On petition, the 1847 election in Carlisle was declared void. At the resulting by-election held in March 1848, Hodgson was re-elected but Howard, who had come third in the original election, finished ahead of Dixon

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cumbria

References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page

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