Westmorland and Lonsdale

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Westmorland and Lonsdale is a UK parliamentary constituency in Cumbria, represented in the House of Commons and covering a largely rural area that includes parts of the Lake District.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK parliamentary constituency ⓘ
Westminster constituency ⓘ
borderingArea Scottish Borders (via Cumbria regionally) ⓘ
linked to: Scottish Borders
boundaryReviewBody Boundary Commission for England ⓘ
characteristic largely rural constituency ⓘ
containsPartOf Lake District ⓘ
Yorkshire Dales ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
county Cumbria ⓘ
created 1983 ⓘ
createdFrom Morecambe and Lonsdale ⓘ
linked to: Morecambe

Westmorland ⓘ
currentMPParty Liberal Democrats ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
electorateType rural and small-town ⓘ
elects Member of Parliament ⓘ
firstElection 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
hasElection 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
1987 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
1992 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
1997 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
2001 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
2005 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
2010 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
2017 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
2019 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
hasMajorIndustry agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
includesSettlement Ambleside (in some boundary periods) ⓘ
linked to: Ambleside
includesTown Kendal ⓘ
Kirkby Lonsdale ⓘ
Sedbergh ⓘ
Windermere ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
locatedIn Cumbria ⓘ
England ⓘ
MP Tim Farron ⓘ
MPParty Liberal Democrats ⓘ
namedAfter Lonsdale (valley of the River Lune) ⓘ
historic county of Westmorland ⓘ
numberOfMPsElected 1 ⓘ
partOf North West England European Parliament constituency (pre-Brexit, for EU elections) ⓘ
linked to: North West England
previousCounty Cumbria (non-metropolitan county) ⓘ
linked to: Cumbria
region North West England ⓘ
representedBy Tim Farron ⓘ
representedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
type County constituency ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ambleside → parliamentaryConstituency → Westmorland and Lonsdale ⓘ
Arnside → parliamentaryConstituency → Westmorland and Lonsdale ⓘ
Kendal → parliamentaryConstituency → Westmorland and Lonsdale ⓘ
Near Sawrey → parliamentaryConstituency → Westmorland and Lonsdale ⓘ
Kirkby Lonsdale → parliamentaryConstituency → Westmorland and Lonsdale ⓘ
Haverthwaite → constituencyWestminster → Westmorland and Lonsdale ⓘ
Workington (UK Parliament constituency) → borderingConstituency → Westmorland and Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
linked to: Westmorland and Lonsdale
Sedbergh → parliamentaryConstituency → Westmorland and Lonsdale ⓘ
subject linked to: SEDBERGH
Chapel Stile → parliamentaryConstituency → Westmorland and Lonsdale ⓘ
Penrith and The Border → adjacentTo → Westmorland and Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
linked to: Westmorland and Lonsdale
Tim Farron → represents → Westmorland and Lonsdale ⓘ
Tim Farron → constituency → Westmorland and Lonsdale ⓘ
Morecambe and Lunesdale → borderingConstituency → Westmorland and Lonsdale ⓘ
George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland → parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented → Westmorland ⓘ
linked to: Westmorland and Lonsdale
Barrow and Furness → borderingConstituency → Westmorland and Lonsdale ⓘ