Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1950

Lonsdale

Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County| Lancashire
1918–1950
Seats| One
Created from| Lancaster and North Lonsdale
Replaced by| Morecambe and Lonsdale, Lancaster and Barrow-in-Furness

Lonsdale was a county constituency in north Lancashire, 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.

## Members of Parliament[edit]

Year | Member | Whip

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| 1918 | Claude Lowther | Unionist
| 1920 | Independent Parliamentary Group
| 1921 | Unionist
| 1922 | Nigel Kennedy | Unionist
| 1923 | Henry Maden | Liberal
| 1924 | Lord Balniel | Unionist
| 1940 | Ian Fraser | Conservative
| 1950 | constituency abolished

## Elections[edit]

### Election in the 1910s[edit]

General election 1918: Lonsdale[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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C | Unionist | Claude Lowther | 9,662 | 52.5 |
| Labour | David Hunter  | 4,472  | 24.3  |
| Liberal | Joseph Bliss | 4,276  | 23.2  |
Majority  | 5,190  | 28.2  |
Turnout | 18,410  | 66.5  |
| Unionist win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

### Election in the 1920s[edit]

General election 1922: Lonsdale[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Unionist | Nigel Kennedy | 12,030  | 55.1  | +2.6
| Liberal | Henry Maden | 5,790  | 26.5  | +3.3
| Labour | Thomas Marshall Scott  | 4,024  | 18.4  | -5.9
Majority  | 6,240  | 28.6  | +0.4
Turnout | 21,844  | 77.3  | +10.8
| Unionist hold | Swing | -0.4  |
General election 1923: Lonsdale[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Henry Maden | 11,186  | 52.4  | +25.9
| Unionist | Nigel Kennedy | 10,176  | 47.6  | -7.5
Majority  | 1,010  | 4.8  | N/A
Turnout | 21,362  | 75.4  | -1.9
| Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +16.7  |
General election 1924: Lonsdale[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Unionist | David Lindsay | 13,460  | 57.4  | +9.8
| Liberal | Henry Maden | 10,002  | 42.6  | \--9.8
Majority  | 3,458  | 14.8  | 19.6
Turnout | 23,462  | 83.3  | +7.9
| Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.8  |
General election 1929: Lonsdale[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Unionist | David Lindsay | 13,612  | 47.4  | -10.0
| Liberal | Henry Maden | 7,805  | 27.2  | -15.4
| Labour | Joseph Henderson | 7,303  | 25.4  | New
Majority  | 5,087  | 20.2  | +5.4
Turnout | 28,720  | 82.7  | -0.6
| Unionist hold | Swing | +2.7  |

### Election in the 1930s[edit]

General election 1931: Lonsdale[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | David Lindsay | 17,423  | 59.6  | +12.2
| Liberal | Henry Maden | 11,821  | 40.4  | +13.2
Majority  | 5,602  | 19.2  | -1.0
Turnout | 29,244  | 83.0  | +0.3
| Conservative hold | Swing | -0.5  |
General election 1935: Lonsdale[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | David Lindsay | 16,338  | 57.0  | -2.6
| Labour | R S Armstrong  | 6,946  | 24.2  | New
| Liberal | Henry Maden | 5,391  | 18.8  | -21.6
Majority  | 9,392  | 32.8  | +13.6
Turnout | 28,675  | 79.3  | -3.7
| Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |

### Elections in the 1940s[edit]

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;

* Conservative: David Lindsay
* Labour:
* Liberal:

1940 Lonsdale by-election[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Ian Fraser | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Conservative hold
General election 1945: Lonsdale[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Ian Fraser | 18,571  | 58.0  | +1.0
| Labour | Sidney Wright Grundy  | 13,436  | 42.0  | +17.8
Majority  | 5,135  | 16.0  | -16.8
Turnout | 32,007  | 77.2  | -2.1
| Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e f g h i British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig (1983). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

## Sources[edit]

* Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 4)