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, }}Barrow and Furness, formerly known as Barrow-in-Furness, is a constituency{{#tag:ref|A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)|group= n}} in Cumbria which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Simon Fell of the Conservative Party since 2019.{{#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}}

History and profile

The seat was established by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and covers the southwest part of Cumbria. 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}}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. Other industries in the constituency currently include engineering and chemicals, and more than a quarter of all jobs are in manufacturing. The 2015 result gave the seat the 10th-smallest majority of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.WEB,weblink Labour Members of Parliament 2015, UK Political.info, 2018-09-29,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180929214847weblink">weblink live, In 2017, Woodcock's majority was reduced from 795 votes to 209 votes, the 16th smallest majority in the country.NEWS,weblink Marginal Seats, tutor2u, 1 March 2019, Conservative, Simon Fell, took the seat in 2019 with a slightly greater margin than John Woodcock had when he first won the seat for Labour in 2010.

Boundaries

{{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame=yes|frame-width=250|frame-height=300|text=Map of current boundaries}}(File:Barrow1974Constituency.svg|right|thumb|260px|Barrow-in-Furness in Lancashire, boundaries used 1974-83)This constituency contains the southern half of the Furness peninsula, South Cumbria in the north-west of England.1885–1918: The municipal borough of Barrow-in-Furness.BOOK, The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom passed in the forty-eighth and forty-ninth years of the reign of Queen Victoria,weblink London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 111–198, 1885, Chap. 23. Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885, 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–present: 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.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

• 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.WEB, The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023,weblink Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region,

The constituency will be expanded to bring the electorate within the permitted range by transferring the (former) Copeland Borough wards of Black Combe & Scafell, and Millom from the (to be abolished) constituency of Copeland. The boundaries within the (former) District of South Lakeland are unchanged, with the revised contents reflecting a previous local government boundary review.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.WEB, The Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022,weblink The constituency will therefore now comprise the following from the next 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.WEB, New Seat Details - Barrow and Furness,weblink 2024-04-15, www.electoralcalculus.co.uk,

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Members of Parliament{| class"wikitable"

!colspan="2"|Election!!Member{{Rayment-hc|b|1|date=March 2012}}!!Party

	1885 United Kingdom general election>1885	David Duncan (UK politician)>David Duncan	Liberal Party (UK)>Liberal

	William Sproston Caine|Liberal

1886	Liberal Unionist Party>Liberal Unionist

	James Duncan (MP for Barrow-in-Furness)>James Duncan| Liberal

	1892 United Kingdom general election>1892	Sir Charles Cayzer, 1st Baronet>Charles Cayzer	Conservative Party (UK)>Conservative

	1906 United Kingdom general election>1906	Charles Duncan (politician)>Charles Duncan	Labour Party (UK)>Labour

	1918 United Kingdom general election>1918	Robert Burton-Chadwick>Robert Chadwick| Conservative

	1922 United Kingdom general election>1922| Daniel Somerville |Conservative

	1924 United Kingdom general election>1924	John Bromley (politician)>John Bromley | Labour

	1931 United Kingdom general election>1931| Jonah Walker-Smith | Conservative

	1945 United Kingdom general election>1945	Walter Monslow, Baron Monslow>Walter Monslow| Labour

	1966 United Kingdom general election>1966| Albert Booth|Labour

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1983	Constituency renamed "Barrow and Furness"

Cecil Franks| Conservative

	1992 United Kingdom general election>1992	John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness>John Hutton| Labour

	2010 United Kingdom general election>2010	John Woodcock	Labour and Co-operative>Labour Co-op

2018	Independent politician>Independent

	2019 United Kingdom general election>2019	Simon Fell (politician)>Simon Fell| Conservative

Election results

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Elections in the 19th century

Elections in the 1880s

{{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}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party =Liberal Party (UK)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 }}{{Election box new seat win |winner =Liberal Party (UK)|swing =}}{{Election box end}}The election was declared void on petition, causing a by-election.(File:SirGainsfordBruce.jpg|thumb|120px|Bruce){{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 }}{{Election box hold with party link|winner =Liberal Party (UK)|swing ={{increase}}5.8}}{{Election box end}}(File:John Ainsworth.jpg|thumb|120px|Ainsworth){{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 }}{{Election box gain with party link|winner =Liberal Unionist Party|loser =Liberal Party (UK)|swing ={{increase}}16.2}}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 1890s

{{Election box begin| title=1890 Barrow-in-Furness by-election}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party =Liberal Party (UK)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| }}{{Election box gain with party link|winner =Liberal Party (UK)|loser =Liberal Unionist Party|swing = {{increase}}13.9}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin| title=General election 1892: Barrow-in-Furness}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party =Conservative Party (UK)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|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 }}{{Election box hold with party link|winner =Conservative Party (UK)|swing = {{decrease}}9.7}}{{Election box end}}(File:WCBonnerjee.jpg|thumb|120px|Bonnerjee)(File:Pete Curran.png|thumb|120px|Curran){{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)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 }}{{Election box hold with party link|winner =Conservative Party (UK)|swing ={{increase}}3.7}}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 20th century

Elections in the 1900s

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1900: Barrow-in-Furness}}{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|party =Conservative Party (UK)Sir Charles Cayzer, 1st Baronet>Charles Cayzer}}{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner =Conservative Party (UK)}}{{Election box end}}(File:Charles Duncan.JPG|thumb|120px|Duncan){{Election box begin| title=General election 1906: Barrow-in-Furness}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party =Labour Representation Committee (1900)Charles Duncan (politician)>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 }}{{Election box gain with party link|winner =Labour Representation Committee (1900)|loser =Conservative Party (UK)|swing =N/A}}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 1910s

{{Election box beginJanuary 1910 United Kingdom general election>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)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 }}{{Election box hold with party link|winner =Labour Party (UK)|swing = {{decrease}}5.1}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box beginDecember 1910 United Kingdom general election>General election December 1910: Barrow-in-Furness}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party =Labour Party (UK)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 }}{{Election box hold with party link|winner =Labour Party (UK)|swing = {{decrease}}2.3}}{{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
• Unionist: Francis MeynellManchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser 15 Jan 1914

{{Election box begin1918 United Kingdom general election>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 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}}

Elections in the 1920s

{{Election box begin1922 United Kingdom general election>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}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin1923 United Kingdom general election>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 end}}{{Election box begin1924 United Kingdom general election>General election 1924: Barrow in Furness}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)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 begin1929 United Kingdom general election>General election 1929: Barrow in Furness}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)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}}

Elections in the 1930s

{{Election box begin1931 United Kingdom general election>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}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin1935 United Kingdom general election>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 end}}General Election 1939–40Another 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

Elections in the 1940s

{{Election box begin1945 United Kingdom general election>General election 1945: Barrow in Furness}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)Walter Monslow, Baron Monslow>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 1950s

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1950: Barrow in Furness}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link }}{{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=}}{hide}Election box hold with party link {edih}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General election 1951: Barrow in Furness}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link }}{{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=}}{hide}Election box hold with party link {edih}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General election 1955: Barrow in Furness}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link }}{{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=}}{hide}Election box hold with party link {edih}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General election 1959: Barrow in Furness}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link }}{{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=}}{hide}Election box hold with party link {edih}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 1960s

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1964: Barrow in Furness}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link }}{{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=}}{hide}Election box hold with party link {edih}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General election 1966: Barrow in Furness}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link }}{{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=}}{hide}Election box hold with party link {edih}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 1970s

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1970: Barrow in Furness}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link }}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=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=}}{hide}Election box hold with party link {edih}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General election February 1974: Barrow in Furness}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link }}{{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=}}{hide}Election box hold with party link {edih}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General election October 1974: Barrow in Furness}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link }}{{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 majority|votes=7,354|percentage=17.50|change=}}{{Election box turnout|votes=42,032|percentage=77.06|change=}}{hide}Election box hold with party link {edih}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General election 1979: Barrow in Furness}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link }}{{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=}}{hide}Election box hold with party link {edih}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 1980s

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1983: Barrow and FurnessWEB, Election Data 1983,weblink Electoral Calculus, 18 October 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20111015054231weblink">weblink 15 October 2011, }}{{Election box winning candidate with party link }}{{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=}}{hide}Election box gain with party link {edih}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General election 1987: Barrow and FurnessWEB, Election Data 1987,weblink Electoral Calculus, 18 October 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20111015054243weblink">weblink 15 October 2011, }}{{Election box winning candidate with party link }}{{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}}{hide}Election box hold with party link }}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 1990s

{{Election box begin 1992 United Kingdom general election>General election 1992: Barrow and FurnessELECTION DATA 1992>URL=HTTP://WWW.ELECTORALCALCULUS.CO.UK/ELECTDATA_1992OB.TXTELECTORAL CALCULUS>ACCESS-DATE=18 OCTOBER 2015ARCHIVE-DATE=15 OCTOBER 2011, HTTP://WWW.POLITICSRESOURCES.NET/AREA/UK/GE92/GE92INDEX.HTM>TITLE=POLITICS RESOURCESWORK=ELECTION 1992ACCESS-DATE=6 DEC 2010ARCHIVE-DATE=24 JULY 2011, dead, }}{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party = Labour Party (UK)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}}{{Election box begin | title=General election 1997: Barrow and FurnessWEB, Election Data 1997,weblink Electoral Calculus, 18 October 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20111015054424weblink">weblink 15 October 2011, }}{{Election box winning candidate with party link }}{{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}}{hide}Election box hold with party link }}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 21st century

Elections in the 2000s

{{Election box begin }}{{Election box winning candidate with party link }}{{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}}{hide}Election box hold with party link }}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General election 2005: Barrow and FurnessWEB, Election Data 2005,weblink Electoral Calculus, 18 October 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20111015054249weblink">weblink 15 October 2011, }}{{Election box winning candidate with party link }}{{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 }}{{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}}{hide}Election box hold with party link }}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 2010s

(File:Results for Barrow and Furness since 1997.svg|thumb|350px|Results for Barrow and Furness since 1997, as to those parties/others who at some point have kept their deposit in this time. This means have won 5% of the vote, or more.){{Election box begin | title = General election 2010: Barrow and FurnessWEB, Election Data 2010,weblink Electoral Calculus, 17 October 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130726162034weblink">weblink 26 July 2013, WEB, Barrow & Furness,weblink BBC News archive-url=weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100509042146weblink">weblink url-status= live, }}{{Election box winning candidate with party link }}{{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}}{hide}Election box hold with party link }}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title = General election 2015: Barrow and FurnessWEB, Election Data 2015,weblink Electoral Calculus, 17 October 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20151017112223weblink">weblink 17 October 2015, NEWS, Barrow & Furness,weblink BBC News, 11 May 2015, }}{{Election box winning candidate with party link }}{{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}}{hide}Election box hold with party link }}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title = General election 2017: Barrow and FurnessWEB, Statement of Persons Nominated,weblink Barrow Borough Council, 14 May 2017, NEWS,weblink Barrow & Furness parliamentary constituency, BBC News, }}{{Election box winning candidate with party link }}{{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}}{hide}Election box hold with party link }}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title = General election 2019: Barrow and FurnessNEWS, Barrow & Furness Parliamentary constituency,weblink BBC News, BBC, 25 November 2019, WEB,weblink Turnout was 65.79% with 46,155 votes cast. Counting continues #GE2019, Council, Barrow Borough, 2019-12-12, @BarrowCouncil, en, 2019-12-13, }}{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)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}}

Elections in the 2020s

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See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Cumbria

Notes

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References

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