Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency)

{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885 onwards}}

{{Infobox UK constituency main

|name = Barrow and Furness

|parliament = uk

|year = 1885

|abolished =

|type = County

|previous = North Lancashire

|next =

| population = 88,826 (2011 census){{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}}

|electorate = 76,603 (2023){{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

}}

|mp = Michelle Scrogham

|party = Labour

|region = England

|county = Cumbria
(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|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 UK Parliament by Michelle Scrogham of the Labour Party since 2024.{{#tag:ref|As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one 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 peninsula. Over the intervening years the constituency has periodically grown in size, and as of the 2024 general election it incorporates the entirety of the peninsula, the Eskdale and Duddon Valleys, and all of coastal West Cumbria as far north as Ravenglass.

History and profile

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 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, 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 capabilities including the submarines.{{#tag:ref|See 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.

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 took the seat back for Labour in 1992 and retained it until the 2010 general election, when he was replaced by 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.{{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}} In 2017, Woodcock's majority was reduced from 795 votes to 209 votes, the 16th smallest majority in the country.{{Cite news|url=https://www.tutor2u.net/politics/reference/marginal-seats|title=Marginal Seats|work=tutor2u|access-date=1 March 2019}}

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

1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Barrow-in-Furness.{{cite book |author= |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 }}

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 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 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.{{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}}

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.{{Cite web |title=The Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/331/contents/made}} Consequently, the constituency now comprises the following from the 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.{{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}}

The constituency was expanded to bring the electorate within the permitted range by transferring the town of Millom from the abolished constituency of Copeland.

Members of Parliament

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"\|Election	Member{{Rayment-hc\|b\|1\|date=March 2012}}	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1885 \| David Duncan \| 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 \| Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1892 \| Charles Cayzer \| Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1906 \| Charles Duncan \| Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1918 \| Robert Chadwick \| Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1922 \| Daniel Somerville \|Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1924 \| John Bromley \| Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1931 \| Jonah Walker-Smith \| Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1945 \| Walter Monslow \| Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1966 \| Albert Booth \|Labour
\| rowspan="2" \| 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 \| John Hutton \| Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Co-operative}}" \| \| 2010 \| rowspan="2" \| John Woodcock \| Labour Co-op
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Independent}}" \| \| 2018 \| Independent
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| 2019 \| Simon Fell \| Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| 2024 \| Michelle Scrogham \| Labour

class="wikitable"

colspan="2"|Election

Member{{Rayment-hc|b|1|date=March 2012}}

Party

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 1885

| David Duncan

| 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

| Liberal

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1892

| Charles Cayzer

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 1906

| Charles Duncan

| Labour

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1918

| Robert Chadwick

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1922

| Daniel Somerville

|Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 1924

| John Bromley

| Labour

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1931

| Jonah Walker-Smith

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 1945

| Walter Monslow

| Labour

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 1966

| Albert Booth

|Labour

| rowspan="2" | 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

| John Hutton

| Labour

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Co-operative}}" |

| 2010

| rowspan="2" | John Woodcock

| Labour Co-op

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |

| 2018

| Independent

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 2019

| Simon Fell

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 2024

| Michelle Scrogham

| Labour

Election results

File:B&F Election Results.png

= Elections in the 21st century =

== Elections in the 2020s ==

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: Barrow and Furness{{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}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Michelle Scrogham|votes=18,537|percentage=43.9|change=+5.7}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Simon Fell|votes=13,213|percentage=31.3|change=-21.8}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Barry Morgan|votes=7,035|percentage=16.7|change=+14.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Adrian Waite|votes=1,680|percentage=4.0|change=-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=+2.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Party of Women|candidate=Lisa Morgan|votes=290|percentage=0.7|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority|votes=5,324|percentage=12.6|change=N/A|}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=42,221|percentage=56.3|change=-8.3|}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner=Labour Party (UK)

|loser=Conservative Party (UK)

|swing={{increase}} 13.7

}}

==Elections in the 2010s==

colspan="4" \| 2019 notional result{{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}}
class="wikitable"
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" \| Party ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" \| Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" \| %
{{party color cell\|Conservative Party (UK)}} \| Conservative	align=right\| 26,551	align=right\| 53.1
{{party color cell\|Labour Party (UK)}} \| Labour	align=right\| 19,115	align=right\| 38.2
{{party color cell\|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

File:Results for Barrow and Furness since 1997.svg

{{Election box begin | title = General election 2019: Barrow and Furness{{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}}{{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}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=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 begin | title = General election 2017: Barrow and Furness{{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}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000543 |title=Barrow & Furness parliamentary constituency |work=BBC News}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour and Co-operative

|candidate = 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|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 begin | title = General election 2015: Barrow and Furness{{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}}{{cite news

| title = Barrow & Furness

| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000543

| work = BBC News

| access-date = 11 May 2015}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour and Co-operative

|candidate = 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|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 begin | title = General election 2010: Barrow and Furness{{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}}{{cite web

| title = Barrow & Furness

| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/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}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour and Co-operative

|candidate = 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

}}

== Elections in the 2000s ==

{{Election box begin | title=General election 2005: Barrow and Furness{{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}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = 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 begin

|title=General election 2001: Barrow and Furness{{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}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = 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

}}

File:Barrow & Furness Results 1900-2019.png

= Elections in the 20th century =

== Elections in the 1990s ==

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1997: Barrow and Furness{{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}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = 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 begin

|title=General election 1992: Barrow and Furness{{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}}{{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}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = 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

}}

== Elections in the 1980s ==

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1987: Barrow and Furness{{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}}}}

{{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 begin | title=General election 1983: Barrow and Furness{{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}}}}

{{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 gain with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

== Elections in the 1970s ==

{{Election box begin | title=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 hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin | title=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=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 hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin | title=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 hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin | title=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|votes=17,536|percentage=43.91|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

== Elections in the 1960s ==

{{Election box begin | title=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 hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin | title=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 hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

== Elections in the 1950s ==

{{Election box begin | title=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 hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin | title=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 hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin | title=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 hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin | title=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 hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

== Elections in the 1940s ==

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1945: Barrow in Furness

}}

{{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

}}

== 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 WoodReport of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1935: Barrow in Furness

}}

{{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 begin

|title=General election 1931: Barrow in Furness

}}

{{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|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

}}

== Elections in the 1920s ==

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1929: Barrow in Furness

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Labour Party (UK)

|candidate=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 begin

|title=General election 1924: Barrow in Furness

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Labour Party (UK)

|candidate=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 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 begin

|title=General election 1923: Barrow in Furness

}}

{{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|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 begin

|title=General election 1922: Barrow in Furness

}}

{{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|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

}}

== Elections in the 1910s ==

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1918: Barrow in FurnessBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

}}

{{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|votes=12,309|percentage=49.4|change={{decrease}} 3.5}}

{{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

}}

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
Unionist: Francis MeynellManchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser 15 Jan 1914

{{Election box begin

|title=General election December 1910: Barrow-in-Furness

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party =Labour Party (UK)

|candidate =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 begin

|title=General election January 1910: Barrow-in-FurnessDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party =Labour Party (UK)

|candidate =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

}}

== Elections in the 1900s ==

File:Charles Duncan.JPG

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1906: Barrow-in-Furness

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party =Labour Representation Committee (1900)

|candidate =Charles Duncan

|votes =5,167

|percentage =60.3

|change =New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=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 begin| title=General election 1900: Barrow-in-Furness

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Cayzer

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

}}

= Elections in the 19th century =

== Elections in the 1890s ==

File:WCBonnerjee.jpg

File:Pete Curran.png

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1895: Barrow-in-FurnessDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =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 begin| title=General election 1892: Barrow-in-Furness

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =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|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 begin| title=1890 Barrow-in-Furness by-election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =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 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

}}

== Elections in the 1880s ==

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1886: Barrow-in-Furness

}}

{{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=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

}}

File:John Ainsworth.jpg

{{Election box begin| title=1886 Barrow-in-Furness by-election

}}

{{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

}}

File:SirGainsfordBruce.jpg

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1885: Barrow-in-FurnessBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS CraigThe Liberal Year Book, 1907Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

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{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Henry Schneider|votes=2,612|percentage=46.9|change=}}

{{Election box registered electors

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{{Election box new seat win

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The election was declared void on petition, causing a by-election.

Notes

References

External links

[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/12904.html Barrow and Furness UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/66006.html Barrow and Furness UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168678.html Barrow and Furness UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Cumbria

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885

Category:Furness

Category:Politics of Barrow-in-Furness

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{{party color cell\|Labour Party (UK)}} \| Labour	align=right\| 19,115	align=right\| 38.2
{{party color cell\|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
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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

Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency)

History and profile

Boundaries

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= Current =

Members of Parliament

Election results

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== Elections in the 1890s ==

== Elections in the 1880s ==

See also

Notes

References

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