|
|
|
Westmorland and Lonsdale
|
|
gain
from Conservative
|
|
Michael Jopling (Retiring)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
21,470 (42.3%)
|
|
10,459 (20.6%)
|
|
16,949 (33.4%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
1,931 ( 3.8%)
|
|
|
|
68,389
|
|
50,809 (74.3%)
|
|
Michael Jopling (Retiring)
|
|
Westmorland and Lonsdale
|
|
15,394 (29.4%)
|
|
29,775 (56.9%)
|
|
7,898 (15.1%)
|
|
14,381 (27.5%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
273 ( 0.5%)
|
|
|
Conservative
|
|
67,523
|
|
52,327 (77.5%)
|
|
|
-14.6%
|
|
+5.5%
|
|
+5.9%
|
|
+0.0%
|
|
+3.3%
|
|
+1.3%
|
|
-3.2%
|
|
|
|
|
Westmorland is an old English county that was absorbed into Cumbria in the local government changes of 1974. It used to constitute a seat in its own right, but had Lonsdale from Lancashire and a bit of Yorkshire added to it in 1983. The changes did nothing to affect Westmorland's rural, Tory-voting nature - this is one of the most agricultural constituencies in a highly urbanised nation, the other main industry being tourism attracted by the beauties of the Lake District. The Lib Dems have put up a good show in local elections here, but in a general election, they will finish a poor second behind the Conservatives' farmer MP Michael Jopling.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,445
|
3.67
|
9.03
|
41
|
|
|
11,075
|
28.16
|
11.17
|
252
|
|
|
3,304
|
8.40
|
11.25
|
75
|
|
|
2,214
|
5.63
|
14.70
|
38
|
|
|
918
|
2.33
|
10.45
|
22
|
|
|
4,050
|
10.30
|
2.81
|
366
|
|
|
3,969
|
10.09
|
8.01
|
126
|
|
|
9,847
|
25.04
|
15.25
|
164
|
|
|
279
|
0.71
|
7.13
|
10
|
|
|
916
|
2.33
|
10.17
|
23
|
|
|
