{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885 onwards}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox UK constituency main |name = Barrow and Furness |parliament = uk |year = 1885 |abolished = |type = County |previous = [[North Lancashire]] |next = | population = 88,826 (2011 census)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6507716&c=&d=27&e=62&g=6430187&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1422104706393&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2473|title=Usual Resident Population, 2011 |website=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=27 January 2015}}</ref> |electorate = 76,603 (2023)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition-north-west/#lg_barrow-and-furness-cc-76603 |title= The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – North West |publisher=Boundary Commission for England |access-date=4 July 2024 |df=dmy }}</ref> |mp = [[Michelle Scrogham]] |party = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |region = England |county = [[Cumbria]]<br/>([[Lancashire]] until 1974) |european = North West England |elects_howmany = One |towns = [[Barrow-in-Furness]], [[Ulverston]], [[Dalton-in-Furness]], [[Millom]] |image2=[[File:North West England - Barrow and Furness constituency.svg|215px|alt=Map of constituency]]|caption2=Boundary of Barrow and Furness in North West England}} '''Barrow and Furness''', formerly known as '''Barrow-in-Furness''', is a [[UK Parliament constituency]]{{#tag:ref|A [[county constituency]] (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)|group= n}} in [[Cumbria]]. It has been represented in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[UK Parliament]] by [[Michelle Scrogham]] of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] since [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]].{{#tag:ref|As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) by the [[first past the post]] system of election at least every five years.|group= n}}
Since its inception in 1885, the constituency has been centred on the town of [[Barrow-in-Furness]], at the tip of the [[Furness|Furness peninsula]]. Over the intervening years the constituency has periodically grown in size, and as of the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]] it incorporates the entirety of the peninsula, the [[Eskdale, Cumbria|Eskdale]] and [[Duddon Valley]]s, and all of coastal West Cumbria as far north as [[Ravenglass]].
==Constituency profile== The constituency is located in [[Cumbria]] and covers parts of the [[Unitary authorities of England|unitary authority areas]] of [[Cumberland (unitary authority)|Cumberland]] and [[Westmorland and Furness]]. The constituency contains the large [[port town]] of [[Barrow-in-Furness]] and extensive rural areas to its north, some of which lie within the [[Lake District National Park]]. Other settlements in the constituency include the smaller towns of [[Ulverston]], [[Millom]], [[Dalton-in-Furness]] and [[Broughton-in-Furness]].
Barrow-in-Furness is an industrial town with a history of [[steelmaking]] and [[shipbuilding]]. It once contained the largest steelworks in the world,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barrow |url=http://www.ironbridge.org.uk/about_us/ironbridge_archaeology/projects/barrow/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819160207/http://www.ironbridge.org.uk/about_us/ironbridge_archaeology/projects/barrow/ |archive-date=19 August 2007 |access-date=25 August 2007 |publisher=[[Ironbridge Gorge]] Museum Trust }}</ref> and the [[BAE Systems Submarines|BAE Systems shipyard]]—which manufactures [[nuclear submarine]]s for the [[Royal Navy]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dreadnought-Class Nuclear-Powered Ballistic Missile Submarines, UK|url=https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/dreadnought-class-nuclear-powered-ballistic-missile-submarines/|access-date=2020-11-13|website=www.naval-technology.com}}</ref>—is the town's largest employer.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nelson |first=Eshe |date=12 May 2025 |title=Can the U.K.'s Military Spending Push Revive Its Small Towns, Too? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/business/uk-military-spending-economy.html |access-date=13 May 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Residents of the constituency have, on average, slightly lower levels of wealth and education compared to the rest of the country, and [[White people in the UK|white people]] make up 97% of the population.<ref name="ElectoralCalculus">{{cite web|url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Barrow+and+Furness|title=Seat Details - Barrow and Furness|website=electoralcalculus.co.uk|accessdate=19 November 2025}}</ref> At the [[2022 United Kingdom local elections|most recent local elections in 2022]], voters in Barrow-in-Furness elected mostly [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] councillors, whilst the seats in the rural areas of the constituency elected [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]]. An estimated 59% of voters in the constituency supported leaving the [[European Union]] in the [[2016 Brexit referendum|2016 referendum]], higher than the national average.<ref name="ElectoralCalculus"/>
==Election history== The seat was established by the [[Redistribution of Seats Act 1885]] and covers the southwest part of [[Cumbria]]. It was predominantly a Conservative seat in its early history, though from 1945, it became an increasingly safe seat for Labour for nearly four decades. The largest town in the constituency, [[Barrow-in-Furness]], grew on the back of the [[shipbuilding]] industry and is now the site of the [[BAE Systems]] [[nuclear submarine]] and shipbuilding operation. This reliance on the industry aligns many of its journalists and in its community with strong nuclear deterrents, from which Labour has recoiled since its involvement in the Iraq War that removed dictator Saddam Hussain. Labour [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet]] member [[Albert Booth]] represented Barrow for many years from 1966, but was defeated in 1983, in the aftermath of the [[Falklands War]], by a [[Manchester]] lawyer, [[Cecil Franks]] of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]], who retained the seat until 1992. Local media attributed this to widespread fears of job losses because the Labour Party was then signed up to doing away with all its [[nuclear reaction|nuclear]] capabilities including the [[submarines]].{{#tag:ref|See [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] and [[Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]]|group= n}} Other industries in the constituency currently include engineering and chemicals, and more than a quarter of all jobs are in [[manufacturing]].{{cn|date=November 2025}}
As Labour revised its policies by favouring the retention of Britain's nuclear capability, and following massive job losses in the town's shipbuilding industry, Labour's fortunes revived in Barrow. [[John Hutton (Labour MP)|John Hutton]] took the seat back for Labour in 1992 and retained it until the 2010 general election, when he was replaced by [[John Woodcock (politician)|John Woodcock]], also of Labour. In 2001, Hutton had the support of more than half of all those who voted. The 2015 result gave the seat the 10th-smallest majority of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukpolitical.info/labour-mps-elected-2015.htm |title=Labour Members of Parliament 2015 |website=UK Political.info |archive-date=2018-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929214847/http://www.ukpolitical.info/labour-mps-elected-2015.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, Woodcock's majority was reduced from 795 votes to 209 votes, the 16th smallest majority in the country.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tutor2u.net/politics/reference/marginal-seats|title=Marginal Seats|work=tutor2u|access-date=1 March 2019}}</ref>
Following Woodcock's resignation from the Labour party in 2018, he stood down as an MP for the 2019 general election when the seat was gained by Conservative Simon Fell, who had contested the seat unsuccessfully in 2015 and 2017. He won with a slightly greater margin than Woodcock had when he first won the seat for Labour in 2010. The seat was retaken by Labour's [[Michelle Scrogham]] at the 2024 election with a majority of 12.6% - the same as Fell's majority in 2019.
==Boundaries==
{{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency) 2016}}|frame=yes|frame-width=250|frame-height=300|text=Map of boundaries 2010-2024}} {{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame=yes|frame-width=250|frame-height=300|text=Map of boundaries from 2024}} === Historic === [[File:Barrow1974Constituency.svg|right|thumb|260px|Barrow-in-Furness in Lancashire, boundaries used 1974-83]]
'''1885–1918''': The Municipal Borough of Barrow-in-Furness.<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom passed in the forty-eighth and forty-ninth years of the reign of Queen Victoria |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/publicgeneralac01walegoog/page/n113/mode/2up |location=London |publisher=Eyre and Spottiswoode |pages=111–198 |date=1885 |chapter=Chap. 23. Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885 }}</ref>
'''1918–1950''': The County Borough of Barrow-in-Furness.
'''1950–1983''': The County Borough of Barrow-in-Furness and the Urban District of Dalton-in-Furness.
'''1983–2010''': The entire District of [[Barrow-in-Furness (borough)|Barrow-in-Furness]] and the following wards from the District of South Lakeland: Low Furness, Pennington, Ulverston Central, Ulverston East, Ulverston North, Ulverston South and Ulverston West.
'''2010–2024''': The entire District of [[Barrow-in-Furness (borough)|Barrow-in-Furness]] and the following wards from the District of South Lakeland: Broughton, Crake Valley, Low Furness & Swarthmoor, [[Ulverston]] Central, Ulverston East, Ulverston North, Ulverston South, Ulverston Town and Ulverston West.
=== Current === The [[2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies]] was carried out using the local authority structure as it existed in [[Cumbria]] on 1 December 2020 and is officially defined as:
* The Borough of Barrow-in-Furness.
* The Borough of Copeland wards of: Black Combe & Scafell; Millom.
* The District of South Lakeland wards of: Broughton & Coniston (polling districts AHA, AHB, AHC, BZ, CA, CB, CL and CY); Furness Peninsula; Ulverston East; Ulverston West.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region}}</ref>
With effect from 1 April 2023, the second tier councils in Cumbria were abolished and replaced by the new unitary authorities of Cumberland, and Westmorland and Furness.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/331/contents/made}}</ref> Consequently, the constituency now comprises the following from the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]]:
* The Cumberland wards of: Millom; Millom Without (most). * The Westmorland and Furness wards of: Dalton North; Dalton South; Hawcoat and Newbarns; High Furness; Low Furness; Old Barrow and Hindpool; Ormsgill and Parkside; Risedale and Roosecote; Ulverston; Walney Island; and a very small part of Coniston and Hawkshead.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Seat Details - Barrow and Furness |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Barrow+and+Furness |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=www.electoralcalculus.co.uk}}</ref> ''The constituency was expanded to bring the electorate within the permitted range by transferring the town of [[Millom]] from the abolished constituency of [[Copeland (UK Parliament constituency)|Copeland]].''
==Members of Parliament== {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member<ref>{{Rayment-hc|b|1|date=March 2012}}</ref>!!Party |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | [[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885]] | [[David Duncan (UK politician)|David Duncan]] | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | 1886 by-election |rowspan="2"| [[William Sproston Caine]] |Liberal |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Unionist Party (UK)}}" | | ''1886'' | [[Liberal Unionist]] |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | 1890 by-election | [[James Duncan (MP for Barrow-in-Furness)|James Duncan]] | Liberal |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | [[1892 United Kingdom general election|1892]] | [[Sir Charles Cayzer, 1st Baronet|Charles Cayzer]] | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | [[1906 United Kingdom general election|1906]] | [[Charles Duncan (politician)|Charles Duncan]] | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | [[1918 United Kingdom general election|1918]] | [[Robert Burton-Chadwick|Robert Chadwick]] | Conservative |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | [[1922 United Kingdom general election|1922]] | [[Daniel Somerville]] |Conservative |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | [[1924 United Kingdom general election|1924]] | [[John Bromley (politician)|John Bromley]] | Labour |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | [[1931 United Kingdom general election|1931]] | [[Jonah Walker-Smith]] | Conservative |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945]] | [[Walter Monslow]] | Labour |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | [[1966 United Kingdom general election|1966]] | [[Albert Booth]] |Labour |- | | rowspan="2" | [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]] |colspan="2"| ''Constituency renamed "Barrow and Furness"'' |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | [[Cecil Franks]] | Conservative |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | [[1992 United Kingdom general election|1992]] | [[John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness|John Hutton]] | Labour |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Co-operative}}" | | [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]] | rowspan="2" | [[John Woodcock, Baron Walney|John Woodcock]] | [[Labour Co-op]] |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" | | ''2018'' | [[Independent politician|Independent]] |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]] | [[Simon Fell (politician)|Simon Fell]] | Conservative |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]] | [[Michelle Scrogham]] | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |}
==Election results==
[[File:B&F Election Results.png|thumb|centre|upright=2.5|Election results 1950-2024]]
=== Elections in the 21st century ===
==== Elections in the 2020s ==== {{Election box begin|title=[[2024 United Kingdom general election|General election 2024]]: Barrow and Furness<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barrow {{!}} General Election 2024 {{!}} Sky News |url=https://election.news.sky.com/elections/general-election-2024/barrow-and-furness-32 |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=election.news.sky.com |language=en}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=[[Michelle Scrogham]]|votes=18,537|percentage=43.9|change={{increase}}5.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Simon Fell (politician)|Simon Fell]]|votes=13,213|percentage=31.3|change={{decrease}}21.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Barry Morgan|votes=7,035|percentage=16.7|change={{increase}}14.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Adrian Waite|votes=1,680|percentage=4.0|change={{decrease}}0.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Lorraine Wrennall|votes=1,466|percentage=3.5|change={{increase}}2.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Party of Women|candidate=Lisa Morgan|votes=290|percentage=0.7|change=''new''}}
{{Election box majority|votes=5,324|percentage=12.6|change=}} {{Election box turnout|votes=42,221|percentage=56.3|change={{decrease}}8.3|}} {{Election box gain with party link |winner=Labour Party (UK) |loser=Conservative Party (UK) |swing={{increase}}13.7 }} {{Election box end}}
====Elections in the 2010s====
{| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="4" | [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]] [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies|notional result]]<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 |url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/elections/1982 |access-date=5 March 2025 |work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News |publisher=[[UK Parliament]]}}</ref> |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | % |- | {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] ||align=right| 26,551 ||align=right| 53.1 |- | {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] ||align=right| 19,115 ||align=right| 38.2 |- | {{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} | [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] ||align=right| 2,256 ||align=right| 4.5 |- | {{party color cell|Brexit Party}} | [[Brexit Party]] ||align=right| 1,355 ||align=right| 2.7 |- | {{party color cell|Green Party of England and Wales}} | [[Green Party of England and Wales]] ||align=right| 770 ||align=right| 1.5 |- |colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"| |- |colspan="2"|'''Majority''' |align=right|7,436 |align=right|14.9 |- |colspan="2"|'''Turnout''' |align=right|50,047 |align=right|65.3 |- |colspan="2"|'''Electorate''' |align=right|76,603 |}
{{Election box begin | title = [[2019 United Kingdom general election| General election 2019]]: Barrow and Furness<ref>{{cite news |title=Barrow & Furness Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000543 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=25 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/BarrowCouncil/status/1205304841893011457|title=Turnout was 65.79% with 46,155 votes cast. Counting continues #GE2019|last=Council|first=Barrow Borough|date=2019-12-12|website=@BarrowCouncil|language=en|access-date=2019-12-13}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Conservative Party (UK) |candidate=[[Simon Fell (politician)|Simon Fell]] |votes=23,876 |percentage=51.9 |change={{increase}} 4.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Chris Altree|votes=18,087|percentage=39.3|change={{decrease}} 8.2}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Loraine Birchall|votes=2,025|percentage=4.4|change={{increase}} 1.7}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Brexit Party|candidate=Ged McGrath|votes=1,355|percentage=2.9|change=''New''}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Chris Loynes|votes=703|percentage=1.5|change={{increase}} 0.7}} {{Election box majority|votes=5,789|percentage=12.6|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box turnout|votes=46,046|percentage=65.8|change={{decrease}} 2.7}} {{Election box gain with party link |winner=Conservative Party (UK) |loser=Labour Party (UK) |swing= {{increase}} 6.5 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | title = [[General election 2017]]: Barrow and Furness<ref>{{cite web|title=Statement of Persons Nominated|url=http://www.barrowbc.gov.uk/about-the-council/democracy-and-elections/elections-2017/parliamentary-election-8th-june-2017/|website=Barrow Borough Council|access-date=14 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000543 |title=Barrow & Furness parliamentary constituency |work=BBC News}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Labour and Co-operative |candidate = [[John Woodcock, Baron Walney|John Woodcock]] |votes = 22,592 |percentage = 47.5 |change = {{increase}} 5.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Simon Fell (politician)|Simon Fell]]|votes=22,383|percentage=47.0|change={{increase}} 6.5}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Loraine Birchall|votes=1,278|percentage=2.7|change={{steady}} 0.0}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=UK Independence Party|candidate=Alan Piper|votes=962|percentage=2.0|change={{decrease}} 9.7}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Rob O'Hara|votes=375|percentage=0.8|change={{decrease}} 1.7}} {{Election box majority|votes=209|percentage=0.5|change={{decrease}} 1.3}} {{Election box turnout|votes=47,590|percentage=68.5|change={{increase}} 5.2}} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = {{decrease}} 0.7 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | title = [[2015 United Kingdom general election|General election 2015]]: Barrow and Furness<ref name=electoralcalculus2015>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="2015 result">{{cite news | title = Barrow & Furness | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000543 | work = BBC News | access-date = 11 May 2015}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Labour and Co-operative |candidate = [[John Woodcock, Baron Walney|John Woodcock]] |votes = 18,320 |percentage = 42.3 |change = {{decrease}} 5.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Simon Fell (politician)|Simon Fell]]|votes=17,525|percentage=40.5|change={{increase}} 4.2}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=UK Independence Party|candidate=Nigel Cecil|votes=5,070|percentage=11.7|change={{increase}} 9.8}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Clive Peaple|votes=1,169|percentage=2.7|change={{decrease}} 7.3}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Rob O'Hara|votes=1,061|percentage=2.5|change={{increase}} 1.3}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Ian Jackson|votes=130|percentage=0.3|change=''New''}} {{Election box majority|votes=795|percentage=1.8|change={{decrease}} 10.0}} {{Election box turnout|votes=43,275|percentage=63.3|change={{decrease}} 0.4}} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = {{decrease}} 5.0 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | title = [[2010 United Kingdom general election|General election 2010]]: Barrow and Furness<ref name=electoralcalculus2010>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="Barrow & Furness">{{cite web | title = Barrow & Furness | url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/election2010/results/constituency/a14.stm | work = BBC News | access-date = 2010-05-08| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100509042146/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/a14.stm| archive-date= 9 May 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Labour and Co-operative |candidate = [[John Woodcock, Baron Walney|John Woodcock]] |votes = 21,226 |percentage = 48.1 |change = {{increase}} 2.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=John Gough|votes=16,018|percentage=36.3|change={{increase}} 3.7}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Barry Rabone|votes=4,424|percentage=10.0|change={{decrease}} 7.9}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=UK Independence Party|candidate=John Smith|votes=841|percentage=1.9|change={{decrease}} 0.2}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=British National Party|candidate=Mike Ashburner|votes=840|percentage=1.9|change=''New''}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Chris Loynes|votes=530|percentage=1.2|change=''New''}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Brian Greaves|votes=245|percentage=0.6|change=''New''}} {{Election box majority|votes=5,208|percentage=11.8|change={{decrease}} 0.8}} {{Election box turnout|votes=44,124|percentage=63.7|change={{increase}} 4.8}} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = {{decrease}} 0.4 }} {{Election box end}}
==== Elections in the 2000s ==== {{Election box begin | title=[[2005 United Kingdom general election|General election 2005]]: Barrow and Furness<ref name=electoralcalculus2005>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness|John Hutton]] |votes = 17,360 |percentage = 47.6 |change = {{decrease}} 8.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=William Dorman|votes=11,323|percentage=31.0|change={{increase}} 0.7}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Barry Rabone|votes=6,130|percentage=16.8|change={{increase}} 4.6}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=UK Independence Party|candidate=Alan Beach|votes=758|percentage=2.1|change={{increase}} 0.3}} {{Election box candidate |party = Build Duddon and Morecambe Bridges |candidate = Timothey Bell |votes = 409 |percentage = 1.1 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Veritas (political party)|candidate=Brian Greaves|votes=306|percentage=0.8|change=''New''}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Helene Young|votes=207|percentage=0.6|change=''New''}} {{Election box majority|votes=6,037|percentage=16.6|change={{decrease}} 8.8}} {{Election box turnout|votes=36,493|percentage=59.0|change={{decrease}} 1.3}} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = {{decrease}} 4.4 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin |title=[[2001 United Kingdom general election|General election 2001]]: Barrow and Furness<ref name=electoralcalculus2001>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness|John Hutton]] |votes = 21,724 |percentage = 55.7 |change = {{decrease}} 1.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=James Airey|votes=11,835|percentage=30.3|change={{increase}} 3.1}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Barry Rabone|votes=4,750|percentage=12.2|change={{increase}} 3.4}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=UK Independence Party|candidate=John Smith|votes=711|percentage=1.8|change=''New''}} {{Election box majority|votes=9,889|percentage=25.4|change={{decrease}} 4.7}} {{Election box turnout|votes=39,020|percentage=60.3|change={{decrease}} 11.7}} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = {{decrease}} 2.4 }} {{Election box end}}
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=== Elections in the 20th century === ==== Elections in the 1990s ==== {{Election box begin | title=[[1997 United Kingdom general election|General election 1997]]: Barrow and Furness<ref name=electoralcalculus1997>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness|John Hutton]] |votes = 27,630 |percentage = 57.3 |change = {{increase}} 9.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Richard Hunt|votes=13,133|percentage=27.2|change={{decrease}} 14.1}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Anne A. Metcalfe|votes=4,264|percentage=8.8|change={{decrease}} 2.1}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Jim Hamezeian|votes=1,995|percentage=4.1|change=''New''}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Referendum Party|candidate=David Y. Mitchell|votes=1,208|percentage=2.5|change=''New''}} {{Election box majority|votes=14,497|percentage=30.1|change={{increase}} 23.7}} {{Election box turnout|votes=48,230|percentage=72.0|change={{decrease}} 10.0}} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = {{increase}} 11.9 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=[[1992 United Kingdom general election|General election 1992]]: Barrow and Furness<ref name=electoralcalculus1992>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=9 April 1992|work=Election 1992|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=6 Dec 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724020412/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|archive-date=24 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness|John Hutton]] |votes = 26,568 |percentage = 47.7 |change = {{increase}} 8.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Cecil Franks]]|votes=22,990|percentage=41.3|change={{decrease}} 5.2}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Clive J. Crane|votes=6,089|percentage=10.9|change={{decrease}} 3.4}} {{Election box majority|votes=3,578|percentage=6.4|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box turnout|votes=55,647|percentage=82.0|change={{increase}} 3.0}} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Labour Party (UK) |loser = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = {{increase}} 6.8 }} {{Election box end}}
==== Elections in the 1980s ==== {{Election box begin | title=[[1987 United Kingdom general election|General election 1987]]: Barrow and Furness<ref name=electoralcalculus1987>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = [[Cecil Franks]] |votes = 25,431 |percentage = 46.5 |change = {{increase}} 2.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Peter Phizacklea|votes=21,504|percentage=39.3|change={{increase}} 4.6}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party (UK)|candidate=Richard Phelps|votes=7,799|percentage=14.3|change={{decrease}} 7.4}} {{Election box majority|votes=3,927|percentage=7.2|change={{decrease}} 1.7}} {{Election box turnout|votes=54,731|percentage=79.0|change={{increase}} 3.8}} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = {{decrease}} 0.9 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | title=[[1983 United Kingdom general election|General election 1983]]: Barrow and Furness<ref name=electoralcalculus1983>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = [[Cecil Franks]] |votes = 22,284 |percentage = 43.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=[[Albert Booth]]|votes=17,707|percentage=34.7|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party (UK)|candidate=David Cottier|votes=11,079|percentage=21.7|change=''New''}} {{Election box majority|votes=4,577|percentage=8.9|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box turnout|votes=51,070|percentage=75.2|change=}} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |loser = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
==== Elections in the 1970s ==== {{Election box begin | title=[[1979 United Kingdom general election|General election 1979]]: Barrow in Furness}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[Albert Booth]] |votes = 22,687 |percentage = 53.24 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Patrick Thompson]]|votes=14,946|percentage=35.07|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=G. Thompson|votes=4,983|percentage=11.69|change=}} {{Election box majority|votes=7,741|percentage=18.17|change=}} {{Election box turnout|votes=42,616|percentage=78.26|change=}} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | title=[[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|General election October 1974]]: Barrow in Furness}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate =[[Albert Booth]] |votes = 21,607 |percentage = 51.41 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Lord Richard Cecil|Richard Cecil]]|votes=14,253|percentage=33.91|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=M.A. Benjamin|votes=5,788|percentage=13.77|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=V. Moore|votes=384|percentage=0.91|change=}} {{Election box majority|votes=7,354|percentage=17.50|change=}} {{Election box turnout|votes=42,032|percentage=77.06|change=}} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | title=[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|General election February 1974]]: Barrow in Furness}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate =[[Albert Booth]] |votes = 19,925 |percentage = 46.11 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=D.G.P. Bloomer|votes=14,818|percentage=34.29|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=M. Benjamin|votes=8,470|percentage=19.60|change=''New''}} {{Election box majority|votes=5,107|percentage=11.82|change=}} {{Election box turnout|votes=43,213|percentage=79.97|change=}} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | title=[[1970 United Kingdom general election|General election 1970]]: Barrow in Furness}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate =[[Albert Booth]] |votes = 22,400 |percentage = 56.09 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Hal Miller (politician)|Hal Miller]]|votes=17,536|percentage=43.91|change=}} {{Election box majority|votes=4,864|percentage=12.18|change=}} {{Election box turnout|votes=39,936|percentage=73.69|change=}} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}} ==== Elections in the 1960s ==== {{Election box begin | title=[[1966 United Kingdom general election|General election 1966]]: Barrow in Furness}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate =[[Albert Booth]] |votes = 23,485 |percentage = 60.31 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Richard W. Rollins|votes=15,453|percentage=39.69|change=}} {{Election box majority|votes=8,032|percentage=20.62|change=}} {{Election box turnout|votes=38,938|percentage=76.78|change=}} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1964 United Kingdom general election|General election 1964]]: Barrow in Furness}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[Walter Monslow]] |votes = 22,197 |percentage = 55.13 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Peter Davies|votes=18,068|percentage=44.87|change=}} {{Election box majority|votes=4,129|percentage=10.26|change=}} {{Election box turnout|votes=40,265|percentage=78.03|change=}} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}} ==== Elections in the 1950s ==== {{Election box begin | title=[[1959 United Kingdom general election|General election 1959]]: Barrow in Furness}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[Walter Monslow]] |votes = 23,194 |percentage = 54.68 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Malcolm Metcalf|votes=19,220|percentage=45.32|change=}} {{Election box majority|votes=3,974|percentage=9.36|change=}} {{Election box turnout|votes=42,414|percentage=81.72|change=}} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | title=[[1955 United Kingdom general election|General election 1955]]: Barrow in Furness}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[Walter Monslow]] |votes = 22,792 |percentage = 53.22 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Edward du Cann]]|votes=20,033|percentage=46.78|change=}} {{Election box majority|votes=2,759|percentage=6.44|change=}} {{Election box turnout|votes=42,825|percentage=80.69|change=}} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | title=[[1951 United Kingdom general election|General election 1951]]: Barrow in Furness}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[Walter Monslow]] |votes = 26,709 |percentage = 56.91 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Kenneth F. Lawton|votes=20,225|percentage=43.09|change=}} {{Election box majority|votes=6,484|percentage=13.82|change=}} {{Election box turnout|votes=46,934|percentage=86.18|change=}} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1950 United Kingdom general election|General election 1950]]: Barrow in Furness}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = [[Walter Monslow]] |votes = 26,342 |percentage = 56.27 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Wilfrid Sugden]]|votes=16,793|percentage=35.87|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=Herbert Alexander Anderson Jardine|votes=3,678|percentage=7.86|change=''New''}} {{Election box majority|votes=9,549|percentage=20.40|change=}} {{Election box turnout|votes=46,813|percentage=87.83|change=}} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}} ==== Elections in the 1940s ==== {{Election box begin |title=[[1945 United Kingdom general election|General election 1945]]: Barrow in Furness<ref name="ReferenceC"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Labour Party (UK) |candidate=[[Walter Monslow]] |votes=25,939 |percentage=65.5 |change={{increase}} 15.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Jonah Walker-Smith]]|votes=13,648|percentage=34.5|change={{decrease}} 15.8}} {{Election box majority|votes=12,291|percentage=31.0|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box turnout|votes=39,587|percentage=79.7|change={{decrease}} 5.7}} {{Election box gain with party link |winner=Labour Party (UK) |loser=Conservative Party (UK) |swing={{increase}} 15.8 }} {{Election box end}} ==== Elections in the 1930s ==== '''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 and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected; *'''Conservative''': [[Jonah Walker-Smith]] *'''Labour''': [[Ronald McKinnon Wood]]<ref>Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939</ref> {{Election box begin |title=[[1935 United Kingdom general election|General election 1935]]: Barrow in Furness<ref name="ReferenceC"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Conservative Party (UK) |candidate=[[Jonah Walker-Smith]] |votes=18,136 |percentage=50.3 |change = {{decrease}} 6.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=[[Percy Barstow]]|votes=17,919|percentage=49.7|change={{increase}} 6.5}} {{Election box majority|votes=217|percentage=0.6|change={{decrease}} 12.8}} {{Election box turnout|votes=36,055|percentage=85.4|change={{decrease}} 3.5}} {{Election box hold with party link |winner=Conservative Party (UK) |swing = {{decrease}} 6.5 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=[[1931 United Kingdom general election|General election 1931]]: Barrow in Furness<ref name="ReferenceC"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Conservative Party (UK) |candidate=[[Jonah Walker-Smith]] |votes=20,794 |percentage=56.8 |change={{increase}} 12.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=[[David Adams (Labour politician)|David Adams]]|votes=15,835|percentage=43.2|change={{decrease}} 12.8}} {{Election box majority|votes=4,959|percentage=13.4|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box turnout|votes=36,629|percentage=88.9|change={{increase}} 2.1}} {{Election box gain with party link |winner=Conservative Party (UK) |loser=Labour Party (UK) |swing={{increase}} 12.8 }} {{Election box end}} ==== Elections in the 1920s ==== {{Election box begin |title=[[1929 United Kingdom general election|General election 1929]]: Barrow in Furness<ref name="ReferenceC"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Labour Party (UK) |candidate=[[John Bromley (politician)|John Bromley]] |votes=19,798 |percentage=56.0 |change={{increase}} 4.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Unionist Party (UK)|candidate=Kenneth McDonald Cameron|votes=15,551|percentage=44.0|change={{decrease}} 4.8}} {{Election box majority|votes=4,247|percentage=12.0|change={{increase}} 9.6}} {{Election box turnout|votes=35,349|percentage=86.8|change={{decrease}} 3.1}} {{Election box hold with party link |winner=Labour Party (UK) |swing={{increase}} 4.8 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin |title=[[1924 United Kingdom general election|General election 1924]]: Barrow in Furness<ref name="ReferenceC"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Labour Party (UK) |candidate=[[John Bromley (politician)|John Bromley]] |votes=15,512 |percentage=51.2 |change={{increase}} 5.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Unionist Party (UK)|candidate=[[Daniel Somerville]]|votes=14,802|percentage=48.8|change={{increase}} 1.3}} {{Election box majority|votes=710|percentage=2.4|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box turnout|votes=30,314|percentage=89.9|change={{increase}} 3.6}} {{Election box gain with party link |winner=Labour Party (UK) |loser=Unionist Party (UK) |swing={{increase}} 1.9 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin |title=[[1923 United Kingdom general election|General election 1923]]: Barrow in Furness<ref name="ReferenceC"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Unionist Party (UK) |candidate=[[Daniel Somerville]] |votes=13,996 |percentage=47.5 |change = {{decrease}} 5.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=[[John Bromley (politician)|John Bromley]]|votes=13,576|percentage=46.0|change={{decrease}} 0.9}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=William Hood Wandless|votes=1,931|percentage=6.5|change=''New''}} {{Election box majority|votes=420|percentage=1.5|change={{decrease}} 4.7}} {{Election box turnout|votes=29,503|percentage=86.3|change={{decrease}} 0.8}} {{Election box hold with party link |winner=Unionist Party (UK) |swing = {{decrease}} 2.3 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin |title=[[1922 United Kingdom general election|General election 1922]]: Barrow in Furness<ref name="ReferenceC"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Unionist Party (UK) |candidate=[[Daniel Somerville]] |votes=16,478 |percentage=53.1 |change=+2.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=[[John Bromley (politician)|John Bromley]]|votes=14,551|percentage=46.9|change={{decrease}} 2.5}} {{Election box majority|votes=1,927|percentage=6.2|change={{increase}} 5.0}} {{Election box turnout|votes=31,299|percentage=87.1|change={{increase}} 21.0}} {{Election box hold with party link |winner=Unionist Party (UK) |swing={{increase}} 2.5 }} {{Election box end}} ==== Elections in the 1910s ====
{{Election box begin |title=[[1918 United Kingdom general election|General election 1918]]: Barrow in Furness<ref name="ReferenceC">British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Unionist Party (UK) |candidate=[[Robert Burton-Chadwick]] |votes=12,608 |percentage=50.6 |change= {{increase}} 3.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=[[Charles Duncan (politician)|Charles Duncan]]|votes=12,309|percentage=49.4|change={{decrease}} 3.5}} {{Election box majority|votes=299|percentage=1.2|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box turnout|votes=24,917|percentage=66.1|change={{decrease}} 20.7}} {{Election box gain with party link |winner=Unionist Party (UK) |loser=Labour Party (UK) |swing= {{increase}} 3.5 }} {{Election box end}}
'''General Election 1914–15''':
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; *'''Labour''': [[Charles Duncan (politician)|Charles Duncan]] *'''Unionist''': [[Francis Hugo Lindley Meynell|Francis Meynell]]<ref>Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser 15 Jan 1914</ref> {{Election box begin |title=[[December 1910 United Kingdom general election|General election December 1910]]: Barrow-in-Furness<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="auto1"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party =Labour Party (UK) |candidate =[[Charles Duncan (politician)|Charles Duncan]] |votes =4,810 |percentage = 52.9 |change = {{decrease}} 2.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Francis Hugo Lindley Meynell|Francis Meynell|votes=4,290|percentage=47.1|change={{increase}} 2.3}} {{Election box majority|votes=520|percentage=5.8|change={{decrease}} 4.6}} {{Election box turnout|votes=9,100|percentage=86.8|change={{decrease}} 4.8}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 10,478 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner =Labour Party (UK) |swing = {{decrease}} 2.3 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin |title=[[January 1910 United Kingdom general election|General election January 1910]]: Barrow-in-Furness<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="auto1">Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party =Labour Party (UK) |candidate =[[Charles Duncan (politician)|Charles Duncan]] |votes =5,304 |percentage =55.2 |change = {{decrease}} 5.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Francis Hugo Lindley Meynell|Francis Meynell|votes=4,298|percentage=44.8|change={{increase}} 5.1}} {{Election box majority|votes=1,006|percentage=10.4|change={{decrease}} 10.2}} {{Election box turnout|votes=9,602|percentage=91.6|change={{increase}} 0.8}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 10,478 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner =Labour Party (UK) |swing = {{decrease}} 5.1 }} {{Election box end}} ==== Elections in the 1900s ==== [[File:Charles Duncan.JPG|thumb|120px|Duncan]] {{Election box begin| title=[[1906 United Kingdom general election|General election 1906]]: Barrow-in-Furness<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="ReferenceB"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party =Labour Representation Committee (1900) |candidate =[[Charles Duncan (politician)|Charles Duncan]] |votes =5,167 |percentage =60.3 |change =''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Sir Charles Cayzer, 1st Baronet|Charles Cayzer]]|votes=3,395|percentage=39.7|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box majority|votes=1,772|percentage=20.6|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box turnout|votes=8,562|percentage=90.8|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 9,426 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner =Labour Representation Committee (1900) |loser =Conservative Party (UK) |swing =''N/A'' }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin| title=[[1900 United Kingdom general election|General election 1900]]: Barrow-in-Furness<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="ReferenceB"/><ref name="auto"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link |party =Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = [[Sir Charles Cayzer, 1st Baronet|Charles Cayzer]] }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing |winner =Conservative Party (UK) }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 19th century === ==== Elections in the 1890s ==== [[File:WCBonnerjee.jpg|thumb|120px|Bonnerjee]] [[File:Pete Curran.png|thumb|120px|Curran]] {{Election box begin| title=[[1895 United Kingdom general election|General election 1895]]: Barrow-in-Furness<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="ReferenceB"/><ref name="auto">Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party =Conservative Party (UK) |candidate =[[Sir Charles Cayzer, 1st Baronet|Charles Cayzer]] |votes =3,192 |percentage =53.6 |change = {{increase}} 0.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=[[Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee]]|votes=2,355|percentage=39.5|change={{decrease}} 7.1}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent Labour Party|candidate=[[Pete Curran]]|votes=414|percentage=6.9|change=''New''}} {{Election box majority|votes=837|percentage=14.1|change={{increase}} 7.3}} {{Election box turnout|votes=5,961|percentage=89.4|change={{increase}} 0.3}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 6,665 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner =Conservative Party (UK) |swing ={{increase}} 3.7 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=[[1892 United Kingdom general election|General election 1892]]: Barrow-in-Furness<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="ReferenceB"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party =Conservative Party (UK) |candidate =[[Sir Charles Cayzer, 1st Baronet|Charles Cayzer]] |votes =3,312 |percentage =53.4 |change = {{decrease}} 9.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=[[James Duncan (MP for Barrow-in-Furness)|James Duncan]]|votes=2,890|percentage=46.6|change={{increase}} 9.7}} {{Election box majority|votes=422|percentage=6.8|change={{increase}} 19.4}} {{Election box turnout|votes=6,202|percentage=89.1|change={{increase}} 5.1}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 6,958 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner =Conservative Party (UK) |swing = {{decrease}} 9.7 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin| title=1890 Barrow-in-Furness by-election<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="ReferenceB"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party =Liberal Party (UK) |candidate =[[James Duncan (MP for Barrow-in-Furness)|James Duncan]] |votes =1,944 |percentage =38.2 |change ={{increase}} 1.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Herbert Henry Wainwright|votes=1,862|percentage=36.6|change={{decrease}} 26.5}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent Liberal|candidate=[[William Sproston Caine]]|votes=1,280|percentage=25.2|change=''New''}} {{Election box majority|votes=82|percentage=1.6|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box turnout|votes=5,086|percentage=84.3|change={{increase}} 0.3}} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 6,034 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner =Liberal Party (UK) |loser =Liberal Unionist Party |swing = {{increase}} 13.9 }} {{Election box end}}
==== Elections in the 1880s ==== {{Election box begin| title=[[1886 United Kingdom general election|General election 1886]]: Barrow-in-Furness<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="ReferenceB"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party =Liberal Unionist Party |candidate =[[William Sproston Caine]] |votes =3,212 |percentage =63.1 |change ={{increase}} 16.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=[[Sir John Ainsworth, 1st Baronet|John Ainsworth]]|votes=1,882|percentage=36.9|change={{decrease}} 16.2}} {{Election box majority|votes=1,330|percentage=26.2|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box turnout|votes=5,094|percentage=84.0|change={{decrease}} 7.9}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 6,063 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner =Liberal Unionist Party |loser =Liberal Party (UK) |swing ={{increase}} 16.2 }} {{Election box end}} [[File:John Ainsworth.jpg|thumb|120px|Ainsworth]] {{Election box begin| title=1886 Barrow-in-Furness by-election<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="ReferenceB"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party =Liberal Party (UK) |candidate =[[William Sproston Caine]] |votes =3,109 |percentage =58.7 |change ={{increase}} 5.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Gainsford Bruce]]|votes=2,174|percentage=41.0|change={{decrease}} 5.9}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent Liberal|candidate=W H M Edmunds|votes=15|percentage=0.3|change=''New''}} {{Election box majority|votes=935|percentage=17.7|change={{increase}} 11.5}} {{Election box turnout|votes=5,298|percentage=87.4|change={{decrease}} 4.5}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 6,063 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner =Liberal Party (UK) |swing ={{increase}} 5.8 }} {{Election box end}} [[File:SirGainsfordBruce.jpg|thumb|120px|Bruce]]
{{Election box begin| title=[[1885 United Kingdom general election|General election 1885]]: Barrow-in-Furness<ref name="ReferenceA">British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig</ref><ref name="ReferenceB">The Liberal Year Book, 1907</ref><ref>Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party =Liberal Party (UK) |candidate =[[David Duncan (politician)|David Duncan]] |votes =2,958 |percentage =53.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Henry Schneider]]|votes=2,612|percentage=46.9|change=}} {{Election box majority|votes=346|percentage=6.2|change=}} {{Election box turnout|votes=5,570|percentage=91.9|change=}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 6,063 }} {{Election box new seat win |winner =Liberal Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
''The election was declared void on petition, causing a by-election.''
== See also == {{Portal|Cumbria}} * [[List of parliamentary constituencies in Cumbria]]
==Notes== {{Reflist|group=n}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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