Whitehaven Constituency
Whitehaven was a constituency centred on the town of Whitehaven in Cumberland, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1832 and renamed Copeland at the 1983 general election.
Matthias Atwood (24 November 1779 – 11 November 1851) was a British Conservative and Tory politician, and banker. He was the first Member of Parliament for Whitehaven. Attwood was the second son of ironmaster Matthias Attwood of Hawne House, Halesowen, Worcestershire and Ann née Adams, and the brother of Thomas Attwood.
John (Jack) Anderson Cunningham (born 4 August 1939), Baron Cunningham of Felling, was the last MP for the Whitehaven Constituency. His father was Andrew Cunningham, leader of the Labour Party in the Northern Region in the 1970s, who was disgraced in the 1974 Poulson scandal. Dr Cunningham was first elected as member for Whitehaven in 1970; and the renamed Copeland constituency, which was the same constituency as Whitehaven, in 1983.
Members Of Parliament For Whitehaven
Matthias Atwood (24 November 1779 – 11 November 1851) was a British Conservative and Tory politician, and banker. He was the first Member of Parliament for Whitehaven. Attwood was the second son of ironmaster Matthias Attwood of Hawne House, Halesowen, Worcestershire and Ann née Adams, and the brother of Thomas Attwood.
John (Jack) Anderson Cunningham (born 4 August 1939), Baron Cunningham of Felling, was the last MP for the Whitehaven Constituency. His father was Andrew Cunningham, leader of the Labour Party in the Northern Region in the 1970s, who was disgraced in the 1974 Poulson scandal. Dr Cunningham was first elected as member for Whitehaven in 1970; and the renamed Copeland constituency, which was the same constituency as Whitehaven, in 1983.
Members Of Parliament For Whitehaven
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Matthias Attwood | Tory | |
| 1834 | Conservative | ||
| 1847 | Robert Hildyard | Conservative | |
| 1857 by-election | George Lyall | Conservative | |
| 1865 | George Cavendish-Bentinck | Conservative | |
| 1891 | Sir James Bain | Conservative | |
| 1892 | Thomas Shepherd Little | Liberal | |
| 1895 | Augustus Helder | Conservative | |
| 1906 | William Burnyeat | Liberal | |
| Jan. 1910 | John Arthur Jackson | Conservative | |
| Dec. 1910 | Thomas Richardson | Labour | |
| 1918 | James Augustus Grant | Coalition Conservative | |
| 1922 | Thomas Gavan Duffy | Labour | |
| 1924 | Robert Hudson | Conservative | |
| 1929 | M. Philips Price | Labour | |
| 1931 | William Nunn | Conservative | |
| 1935 | Frank Anderson | Labour | |
| 1959 by-election | Joseph Symonds | Labour | |
| 1970 | Jack Cunningham | Labour | |
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| House Of Commons, 1832 |
