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Carlisle — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Carlisle was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 5,200 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Carlisle from 1832 to 2024.

This constituency elected more than one MP at once in some years. Before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (and in a shrinking number of boroughs through 1948), most UK constituencies elected two or more MPs together by "multi-member plurality" (block vote): each elector could cast one vote per available seat, and the top vote-getters overall were all elected. In those elections below, "Elected" lists every MP returned, "Votes" is the count that secured the last seat, and "Majority" is the gap between that seat and the first candidate who missed out.

Full Election History, 1832–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 William James (Radical); Philip Henry Howard (Whig) 472 44.5% (top seat) John Malcolm (Conservative) 348 (32.4 pts) 54.9%
1835 Philip Henry Howard (Whig); William Marshall (Whig) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1837 Philip Henry Howard (Whig); William Marshall (Whig) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1841 Philip Henry Howard (Whig); William Marshall (Whig) 345 39.5% (top seat) Edward Goulburn (Conservative) 49 (4.6 pts) 70.6%
1847 John Dixon (Whig); William Nicholson Hodgson (Conservative) 471 34.5% (top seat) Philip Henry Howard (Whig) 31 (2.2 pts) 65.9%
1852 James Robert George Graham (Peelite); Joseph Ferguson (Whig) 512 36.1% (top seat) William Nicholson Hodgson (Conservative) 93 (6.4 pts) 64.2%
1857 William Nicholson Hodgson (Conservative); James Robert George Graham (Peelite) 502 35.3% (top seat) Joseph Ferguson (Whig) 33 (2.2 pts) 61.3%
1859 James Robert George Graham (Liberal); Wilfrid Lawson (Liberal) 516 35.2% (top seat) William Nicholson Hodgson (Conservative) 41 (2.7 pts) 61.0%
1865 William Nicholson Hodgson (Conservative); Edmund Potter (Liberal) 604 34.1% (top seat) Wilfrid Lawson (Liberal) 18 (1.0 pts) 69.2%
1868 Wilfrid Lawson (Liberal); Edmund Potter (Liberal) 1,971 33.8% (top seat) William Nicholson Hodgson (Conservative) 14 (0.2 pts) 66.6%
1874 Robert Ferguson (Liberal); Wilfrid Lawson (Liberal) 2,051 28.7% (top seat) William Farrer Ecroyd (Conservative) 310 (4.1 pts) 79.9%
1880 Robert Ferguson (Liberal); Wilfrid Lawson (Liberal) 2,691 37.6% (top seat) Miles Walker Mattinson (Conservative) 723 (9.7 pts) 67.2%
1885 Robert Ferguson (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1886 William Court Gully (Liberal) 2,448 53.2% William George Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck (Conservative) 293 (6.4 pts) 80.4%
1892 William Court Gully (Liberal) 2,729 51.3% Samuel Porter Foster (Conservative) 143 (2.7 pts) 85.8%
1895 William Court Gully (Speaker (non-party)) 3,167 52.6% Samuel Porter Foster (Conservative) 314 (5.2 pts) 88.6%
1900 William Court Gully (Speaker (non-party)) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1906 Frederick William Chance (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
Dec 1910 Richard Douglas Denman (Liberal) 3,243 50.5% Irwen Raymond (Conservative) 64 (1.0 pts) 86.4%
Jan 1910 Richard Douglas Denman (Liberal) 3,270 47.7% Valentine John Hussey-Walsh (Conservative) 455 (6.6 pts) 92.3%
1918 William Theodore Carr (Liberal) 9,511 66.8% Ernest Lowthian (Labour) 4,775 (33.5 pts) 61.8%
1922 George Middleton (Labour) 7,870 37.5% Claude William Henry Lowther (Unionist) 1,301 (6.2 pts) 84.0%
1923 George Middleton (Labour) 9,120 40.5% William Watson (Unionist) 276 (1.2 pts) 87.8%
1924 William Watson (Unionist) 12,787 54.5% George Middleton (Labour) 2,111 (9.0 pts) 89.1%
1929 George Middleton (Labour) 12,779 40.4% Edward Louis Spears (Unionist) 2,417 (7.6 pts) 90.4%
1931 Edward Louis Spears (Conservative) 18,079 57.3% George Middleton (Labour) 4,634 (14.7 pts) 86.7%
1935 Edward Louis Spears (Conservative) 16,591 48.7% Arnold Ernest Townend (Labour) 2,635 (7.7 pts) 88.3%
1945 Edgar Grierson (Labour) 18,505 50.4% Edward Louis Spears (Conservative) 5,149 (14.0 pts) 79.1%
1950 Alfred Hargreaves (Labour) 19,031 46.5% Harold Enrest Robert Peers (Conservative) 5,181 (12.7 pts) 88.5%
1951 Alfred Hargreaves (Labour) 19,648 46.8% Noel O'Reilly (Conservative) 3,192 (7.6 pts) 87.4%
1955 Donald McIntosh Johnson (Conservative) 20,071 50.5% Alfred Hargreaves (Labour) 370 (0.9 pts) 82.3%
1959 Donald McIntosh Johnson (Conservative) 21,948 52.4% Alex Hargreaves (Labour) 1,998 (4.8 pts) 84.6%
1964 Ronald Howard Lewis (Labour) 19,169 45.6% Peter TS Boydell (Conservative) 2,120 (5.0 pts) 85.6%
1966 Ronald Lewis (Labour) 22,565 56.1% Godfrey Iredell (Conservative) 4,927 (12.3 pts) 83.5%
1970 Ronald Lewis (Labour) 21,866 53.2% Brian Anthony Marsden (Conservative) 2,625 (6.4 pts) 78.6%
Feb 1974 Ronald Lewis (Labour) 23,119 55.2% Earl Morris White (Conservative) 4,980 (11.9 pts) 80.8%
Oct 1974 Ronald Lewis (Labour) 21,079 51.2% David George Thomas Bloomer (Conservative) 6,254 (15.2 pts) 78.8%
1979 Ronald Lewis (Labour) 21,343 49.7% David George Thomas Bloomer (Conservative) 4,566 (10.6 pts) 80.0%
1983 Ronald Lewis (Labour) 15,618 37.5% Thomas Richard Holland Sowler (Conservative) 71 (0.2 pts) 76.4%
1987 Eric Martlew (Labour) 18,311 42.2% William Hodgson (Conservative) 916 (2.1 pts) 78.8%
1992 Eric Martlew (Labour) 20,479 46.8% Clive Condie (Conservative) 3,108 (7.1 pts) 79.4%
1997 Eric Martlew (Labour) 25,031 57.4% Richard Lawrence (Conservative) 12,390 (28.4 pts) 72.8%
2001 Eric Martlew (Labour) 17,856 51.2% Mike Mitchelson (Conservative) 5,702 (16.3 pts) 59.4%
2005 Eric Martlew (Labour) 17,019 48.1% Mike Mitchelson (Conservative) 5,695 (16.1 pts) 59.5%
2010 John Stevenson (Conservative) 16,589 39.3% Michael Boaden (Labour) 853 (2.0 pts) 64.8%
2015 John Stevenson (Conservative) 18,873 44.3% Lee Sherriff (Labour) 2,774 (6.5 pts) 64.8%
2017 John Stevenson (Conservative) 21,472 49.9% Ruth Alcroft (Labour) 2,599 (6.0 pts) 69.3%
2019 John Stevenson (Conservative) 23,659 55.2% Ruth Alcroft (Labour) 8,319 (19.4 pts) 66.2%
2024 Julie Minns (Labour) 18,129 39.4% John Stevenson (Conservative) 5,200 (11.3 pts) 59.2%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William James Radical 47744.5% Yes
Philip Henry Howard Whig 47244.0% Yes
John Malcolm Conservative 12411.6% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Philip Henry Howard Whig Unopposed Yes
William Marshall Whig Unopposed Yes

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Philip Henry Howard Whig Unopposed Yes
William Marshall Whig Unopposed Yes

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Philip Henry Howard Whig 41939.5% Yes
William Marshall Whig 34532.5% Yes
Edward Goulburn Conservative 29627.9% No

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Dixon Whig 47934.5% Yes
William Nicholson Hodgson Conservative 47133.9% Yes
Philip Henry Howard Whig 44031.7% No

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Robert George Graham Peelite 52536.1% Yes
Joseph Ferguson Whig 51235.2% Yes
William Nicholson Hodgson Conservative 41928.8% No

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Nicholson Hodgson Conservative 52935.3% Yes
James Robert George Graham Peelite 50233.5% Yes
Joseph Ferguson Whig 46931.3% No

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Robert George Graham Liberal 53835.2% Yes
Wilfrid Lawson Liberal 51633.7% Yes
William Nicholson Hodgson Conservative 47531.1% No

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Nicholson Hodgson Conservative 61634.1% Yes
Edmund Potter Liberal 60433.4% Yes
Wilfrid Lawson Liberal 58632.4% No

1868 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Wilfrid Lawson Liberal 2,04333.8% Yes
Edmund Potter Liberal 1,97132.6% Yes
William Nicholson Hodgson Conservative 1,95732.4% No
William Slater Independent Liberal 711.2% No

1874 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Ferguson Liberal 2,15428.7% Yes
Wilfrid Lawson Liberal 2,05127.4% Yes
William Farrer Ecroyd Conservative 1,74123.2% No
William Banks Conservative 1,55120.7% No

1880 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Ferguson Liberal 2,80237.6% Yes
Wilfrid Lawson Liberal 2,69136.1% Yes
Miles Walker Mattinson Conservative 1,96826.4% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Ferguson Liberal Unopposed Yes

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Court Gully Liberal 2,44853.2% Yes
William George Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck Conservative 2,15546.8% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Court Gully Liberal 2,72951.3% Yes
Samuel Porter Foster Conservative 2,58648.7% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Court Gully Speaker (non-party) 3,16752.6% Yes
Samuel Porter Foster Conservative 2,85347.4% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Court Gully Speaker (non-party) Unopposed Yes

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frederick William Chance Liberal Unopposed Yes

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Douglas Denman Liberal 3,24350.5% Yes
Irwen Raymond Conservative 3,17949.5% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Douglas Denman Liberal 3,27047.7% Yes
Valentine John Hussey-Walsh Conservative 2,81541.0% No
Arthur Charles Bannington Social Democratic Federation 77711.3% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Theodore Carr Liberal 9,51166.8% Yes
Ernest Lowthian Labour 4,73633.2% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Middleton Labour 7,87037.5% Yes
Claude William Henry Lowther Unionist 6,56931.3% No
William Theodore Carr National Liberal 6,52631.1% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Middleton Labour 9,12040.5% Yes
William Watson Unionist 8,84439.3% No
Richard Douglas Denman Liberal 4,54120.2% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Watson Unionist 12,78754.5% Yes
George Middleton Labour 10,67645.5% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Middleton Labour 12,77940.4% Yes
Edward Louis Spears Unionist 10,36232.8% No
Archibald Creighton Liberal 8,48426.8% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Louis Spears Conservative 18,07957.3% Yes
George Middleton Labour 13,44542.7% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Louis Spears Conservative 16,59148.7% Yes
Arnold Ernest Townend Labour 13,95641.0% No
Barbara Ellen Mary Stevenson Bliss Liberal 3,52510.3% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edgar Grierson Labour 18,50550.4% Yes
Edward Louis Spears Conservative 13,35636.4% No
Godfrey William Iredell Liberal 4,84513.2% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Hargreaves Labour 19,03146.5% Yes
Harold Enrest Robert Peers Conservative 13,85033.8% No
Godfrey William Iredell Liberal 8,04319.7% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Hargreaves Labour 19,64846.8% Yes
Noel O'Reilly Conservative 16,45639.2% No
Doreen Marjorie Gorsky Liberal 5,88614.0% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Donald McIntosh Johnson Conservative 20,07150.5% Yes
Alfred Hargreaves Labour 19,70149.5% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Donald McIntosh Johnson Conservative 21,94852.4% Yes
Alex Hargreaves Labour 19,95047.6% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ronald Howard Lewis Labour 19,16945.6% Yes
Peter TS Boydell Conservative 17,04940.5% No
Brian G Ashmore Liberal 4,61711.0% No
Donald McIntosh Johnson Independent Conservative 1,2272.9% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ronald Lewis Labour 22,56556.1% Yes
Godfrey Iredell Conservative 17,63843.9% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ronald Lewis Labour 21,86653.2% Yes
Brian Anthony Marsden Conservative 19,24146.8% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ronald Lewis Labour 23,11955.2% Yes
Earl Morris White Conservative 18,13943.3% No
John Wild Independent Socialist 6281.5% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ronald Lewis Labour 21,07951.2% Yes
David George Thomas Bloomer Conservative 14,82536.0% No
Frank Phillips Liberal 5,30612.9% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ronald Lewis Labour 21,34349.7% Yes
David George Thomas Bloomer Conservative 16,77739.1% No
Thomas Potts Liberal 4,82911.2% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ronald Lewis Labour 15,61837.5% Yes
Thomas Richard Holland Sowler Conservative 15,54737.3% No
Richard Sebastian Hunt Social Democratic Party 10,47125.1% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Eric Martlew Labour 18,31142.2% Yes
William Hodgson Conservative 17,39540.1% No
Richard Hunt Social Democratic Party 7,65517.7% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Eric Martlew Labour 20,47946.8% Yes
Clive Condie Conservative 17,37139.7% No
Ralph Aldersey Liberal Democrat 5,74013.1% No
Nina Robinson Natural Law 1900.4% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Eric Martlew Labour 25,03157.4% Yes
Richard Lawrence Conservative 12,64129.0% No
Christopher Mayho Liberal Democrat 4,57610.5% No
Angus Fraser Referendum Party 1,2332.8% No
William Stevens Natural Law 1260.3% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Eric Martlew Labour 17,85651.2% Yes
Mike Mitchelson Conservative 12,15434.8% No
John Guest Liberal Democrat 4,07611.7% No
Colin Paisley Legalise Cannabis 5541.6% No
Paul Wilcox Socialist Alliance 2690.8% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Eric Martlew Labour 17,01948.1% Yes
Mike Mitchelson Conservative 11,32432.0% No
Steven Tweedie Liberal Democrat 5,91616.7% No
Steven Cochraine UKIP 7922.2% No
Lezley Gibson Legalise Cannabis 3431.0% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Stevenson Conservative 16,58939.3% Yes
Michael Boaden Labour 15,73637.3% No
Neil Hughes Liberal Democrat 6,56715.6% No
Paul Stafford BNP 1,0862.6% No
Michael Owen UKIP 9692.3% No
John Reardon Green 6141.5% No
John Metcalfe Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 3760.9% No
Peter Howe Independent 2630.6% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Stevenson Conservative 18,87344.3% Yes
Lee Sherriff Labour 16,09937.8% No
Fiona Mills UKIP 5,27712.4% No
Helen Davison Green 1,1252.6% No
Loraine Birchall Liberal Democrat 1,0872.6% No
Alfred Okam Independent 1260.3% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Stevenson Conservative 21,47249.9% Yes
Ruth Alcroft Labour 18,87343.8% No
Fiona Mills UKIP 1,4553.4% No
Peter Thornton Liberal Democrat 1,2562.9% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Stevenson Conservative 23,65955.2% Yes
Ruth Alcroft Labour 15,34035.8% No
Julia Aglionby Liberal Democrat 2,8296.6% No
Fiona Mills UKIP 1,0452.4% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Julie Minns Labour 18,12939.4% Yes
John Stevenson Conservative 12,92928.1% No
Stephen Ward Reform UK 9,29520.2% No
Brian Wernham Liberal Democrat 2,9826.5% No
Gavin Hawkton Green 1,9224.2% No
Sean Reed Independent 3030.7% No
Rachel Hayton Social Democratic Party 2440.5% No
Thomas Lynestrider Independent 1750.4% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1832: Radical margin 32.4 pts 1841: Whig margin 4.6 pts 1847: Whig margin 2.2 pts 1852: Peelite margin 6.4 pts 1857: Conservative margin 2.2 pts 1859: Liberal margin 2.7 pts 1865: Conservative margin 1.0 pts 1868: Liberal margin 0.2 pts 1874: Liberal margin 4.1 pts 1880: Liberal margin 9.7 pts 1886: Liberal margin 6.4 pts 1892: Liberal margin 2.7 pts 1895: Speaker (non-party) margin 5.2 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 1.0 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 6.6 pts 1918: Liberal margin 33.5 pts 1922: Labour margin 6.2 pts 1923: Labour margin 1.2 pts 1924: Unionist margin 9.0 pts 1929: Labour margin 7.6 pts 1931: Conservative margin 14.7 pts 1935: Conservative margin 7.7 pts 1945: Labour margin 14.0 pts 1950: Labour margin 12.7 pts 1951: Labour margin 7.6 pts 1955: Conservative margin 0.9 pts 1959: Conservative margin 4.8 pts 1964: Labour margin 5.0 pts 1966: Labour margin 12.3 pts 1970: Labour margin 6.4 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 11.9 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 15.2 pts 1979: Labour margin 10.6 pts 1983: Labour margin 0.2 pts 1987: Labour margin 2.1 pts 1992: Labour margin 7.1 pts 1997: Labour margin 28.4 pts 2001: Labour margin 16.3 pts 2005: Labour margin 16.1 pts 2010: Conservative margin 2.0 pts 2015: Conservative margin 6.5 pts 2017: Conservative margin 6.0 pts 2019: Conservative margin 19.4 pts 2024: Labour margin 11.3 pts 1832 1841 1847 1852 1857 1859 1865 1868 1874 1880 1886 1892 1895 Dec 1910 Jan 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Carlisle has been contested at 49 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Radical, Whig, Conservative, Peelite, Liberal, Speaker (non-party), Labour, Unionist.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Carlisle in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Carlisle in 2024 with 18,129 votes (39.4%), a majority of 5,200 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Carlisle since 1832?

Since 1832, Carlisle has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Peelite, Radical, Speaker (non-party), Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Carlisle?

The closest result on record for Carlisle was 1868, when Liberal beat Conservative by just 14 votes (0.2 percentage points).

Did Carlisle ever elect more than one MP at a time?

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Carlisle elected multiple MPs at once in some elections on this page (a system called multi-member plurality, or 'block vote'), each voter casting one vote per available seat.

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