Kendal (constituency)

Kendal
Kendal
Former borough constituency; for the House of Commons
1832–1918
Seats	one
Created from	Westmorland
Replaced by	Westmorland

Kendal was a parliamentary borough centred on the town of Kendal in Westmorland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

Seatsone

Created fromWestmorland

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	John Barham	Unopposed
	Whig hold

History

Kendal
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
1832–1918
Seats	one
Created from	Westmorland
Replaced by	Westmorland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	Henry Warburton	182	60.5	*N/A*
	Conservative	George Bentinck	119	39.5	New
Majority			63	21.0	N/A
Turnout			301	81.8	N/A
Registered electors			368
	Radical gain from Whig		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Whitwell	1,061	69.3	*N/A*
	Conservative	William Allen Francis Saunders^[14]	470	30.7	New
Majority			591	38.6	N/A
Turnout			1,531	82.4	N/A
Registered electors			1,859
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Whitwell	1,118	67.4	−1.9
	Conservative	Alfred Harris^[15]	541	32.6	+1.9
Majority			577	34.8	−3.8
Turnout			1,659	86.5	+4.1
Registered electors			1,917
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Cropper	953	59.3	−8.1
	Conservative	Alfred Harris^[15]	653	40.7	+8.1
Majority			300	18.7	−16.1
Turnout			1,606	83.8	−2.7
Registered electors			1,917
	Liberal hold		Swing	−8.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Taylour	2,690	52.6	+20.0
	Liberal	James Cropper	2,427	47.4	−20.0
Majority			263	5.2	N/A
Turnout			5,117	90.9	+4.4
Registered electors			5,630
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+20.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Josceline Bagot	2,838	56.2	*N/A*
	Liberal	James Anson Farrer^[18]	2,209	43.8	New
Majority			629	12.4	N/A
Turnout			5,047	84.1	N/A
Registered electors			6,000
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1895: Kendal^[17]^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Josceline Bagot	2,771	57.5	+1.3
	Liberal	Herbert Stephenson	2,049	42.8	−1.0
Majority			722	15.0	+2.6
Turnout			4,820	79.1	−5.0
Registered electors			6,095
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.3

1913 Kendal by-election^[17]^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Unionist	John Weston	3,261	54.9	*New*
	Liberal	William Somervell	2,680	45.1	−2.2
Majority			581	9.8	N/A
Turnout			5,941	90.4	+2.2
Registered electors			6,575
	Ind. Unionist gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dudley Stewart-Smith	2,899	52.3	*New*
	Conservative	Josceline Bagot	2,647	47.7	N/A
Majority			252	4.6	N/A
Turnout			5,546	85.6	N/A
Registered electors			6,477
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Josceline Bagot	3,228	54.2	+6.5
	Liberal	Dudley Stewart-Smith	2,726	45.8	−6.5
Majority			502	8.4	N/A
Turnout			5,954	91.0	+5.4
Registered electors			6,546
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Josceline Bagot	3,041	52.7	−1.5
	Liberal	William Somervell	2,733	47.3	+1.5
Majority			308	5.4	−3.0
Turnout			5,774	88.2	−2.8
Registered electors			6,546
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.5