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Cockermouth — UK General Election Results

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

Cockermouth was won by Liberal at the Dec 1910 general election, with a majority of 511 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Cockermouth from 1832 to Dec 1910.

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–Dec 1910

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 Fretchville Lawson Ballantine Dykes (Whig); Henry Aglionby Aglionby (Radical) 153 40.2% (top seat) Andrew Green (Radical) 28 (6.0 pts) 76.2%
1835 Henry Aglionby Aglionby (Radical); Fretchville Lawson Ballantine Dykes (Whig) 145 42.7% (top seat) Edward Horsman (Whig) 32 (7.1 pts) 68.6%
1837 Henry Aglionby Aglionby (Radical); Edward Horsman (Whig) 122 42.0% (top seat) Richard Benson (Whig) 11 (2.7 pts) 67.7%
1841 Henry Aglionby Aglionby (Radical); Edward Horsman (Whig) 127 36.2% (top seat) Henry Wyndham (Conservative) 127 (35.7 pts) 60.8%
1847 Edward Horsman (Whig); Henry Aglionby Aglionby (Radical) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1852 Henry Wyndham (Conservative); Henry Aglionby Aglionby (Radical) 154 34.7% (top seat) Edward Horsman (Whig) 7 (1.5 pts) 64.9%
1857 Richard Southwell Bourke (Conservative); John Steel (Radical) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1859 Richard Southwell Bourke (Conservative); John Steel (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1865 Richard Southwell Bourke (Conservative); John Steel (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1868 Isaac Fletcher (Liberal) 620 61.5% Henry Lorton Bourke (Conservative) 232 (23.0 pts) 93.9%
1874 Isaac Fletcher (Liberal) 506 56.6% John Henry Fawcett (Conservative) 118 (13.2 pts) 83.0%
1880 Edward Waugh (Liberal) 582 60.5% Robert Grant Webster (Conservative) 202 (21.0 pts) 87.9%
1885 Charles James Valentine (Conservative) 3,845 50.1% Wilfrid Lawson (Liberal) 10 (0.1 pts) 80.5%
1886 Wilfrid Lawson (Liberal) 4,130 56.9% Henry Frazer Curwen (Liberal Unionist) 1,004 (13.8 pts) 76.1%
1892 Wilfrid Lawson (Liberal) 4,599 54.6% John Scott Napier (Conservative) 770 (9.1 pts) 77.3%
1895 Wilfrid Lawson (Liberal) 4,259 51.5% Thomas Milvain (Conservative) 241 (2.9 pts) 80.8%
1900 John Scurrah Randles (Conservative) 4,276 51.3% Wilfrid Lawson (Liberal) 209 (2.5 pts) 76.6%
1906 Wilfrid Lawson (Liberal) 5,349 52.8% John Scurrah Randles (Conservative) 563 (5.6 pts) 86.6%
Jan 1910 John Scurrah Randles (Conservative) 4,579 45.2% Wilfrid Lawson (Liberal) 941 (9.3 pts) 89.4%
Dec 1910 Wilfrid Lawson (Liberal) 5,003 52.7% John Scurrah Randles (Conservative) 511 (5.4 pts) 83.8%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Fretchville Lawson Ballantine Dykes Whig 18740.2% Yes
Henry Aglionby Aglionby Radical 15332.9% Yes
Andrew Green Radical 12526.9% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Aglionby Aglionby Radical 19242.7% Yes
Fretchville Lawson Ballantine Dykes Whig 14532.2% Yes
Edward Horsman Whig 11325.1% No

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Aglionby Aglionby Radical 16942.0% Yes
Edward Horsman Whig 12230.3% Yes
Richard Benson Whig 11127.6% No

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Aglionby Aglionby Radical 12936.2% Yes
Edward Horsman Whig 12735.7% Yes
Henry Wyndham Conservative 00.0% No

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Horsman Whig Unopposed Yes
Henry Aglionby Aglionby Radical Unopposed Yes

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Wyndham Conservative 16034.7% Yes
Henry Aglionby Aglionby Radical 15433.4% Yes
Edward Horsman Whig 14731.9% No

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Southwell Bourke Conservative Unopposed Yes
John Steel Radical Unopposed Yes

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Southwell Bourke Conservative Unopposed Yes
John Steel Liberal Unopposed Yes

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Southwell Bourke Conservative Unopposed Yes
John Steel Liberal Unopposed Yes

1868

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Isaac Fletcher Liberal 62061.5% Yes
Henry Lorton Bourke Conservative 38838.5% No

1874

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Isaac Fletcher Liberal 50656.6% Yes
John Henry Fawcett Conservative 38843.4% No

1880

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Waugh Liberal 58260.5% Yes
Robert Grant Webster Conservative 38039.5% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles James Valentine Conservative 3,84550.1% Yes
Wilfrid Lawson Liberal 3,83549.9% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Wilfrid Lawson Liberal 4,13056.9% Yes
Henry Frazer Curwen Liberal Unionist 3,12643.1% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Wilfrid Lawson Liberal 4,59954.6% Yes
John Scott Napier Conservative 3,82945.4% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Wilfrid Lawson Liberal 4,25951.5% Yes
Thomas Milvain Conservative 4,01848.5% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Scurrah Randles Conservative 4,27651.3% Yes
Wilfrid Lawson Liberal 4,06748.7% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Wilfrid Lawson Liberal 5,34952.8% Yes
John Scurrah Randles Conservative 4,78647.2% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Scurrah Randles Conservative 4,57945.2% Yes
Wilfrid Lawson Liberal 3,63835.9% No
James Percy Whitehead Labour 1,90918.9% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Wilfrid Lawson Liberal 5,00352.7% Yes
John Scurrah Randles Conservative 4,49247.3% No

Margin Over Time

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

1832: Whig margin 6.0 pts 1835: Radical margin 7.1 pts 1837: Radical margin 2.7 pts 1841: Radical margin 35.7 pts 1852: Conservative margin 1.5 pts 1868: Liberal margin 23.0 pts 1874: Liberal margin 13.2 pts 1880: Liberal margin 21.0 pts 1885: Conservative margin 0.1 pts 1886: Liberal margin 13.8 pts 1892: Liberal margin 9.1 pts 1895: Liberal margin 2.9 pts 1900: Conservative margin 2.5 pts 1906: Liberal margin 5.6 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 9.3 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 5.4 pts 1832 1835 1837 1841 1852 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910

Trend

Cockermouth has been contested at 20 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Radical, Conservative, Liberal.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Cockermouth in the Dec 1910 general election?

Liberal won Cockermouth in Dec 1910 with 5,003 votes (52.7%), a majority of 511 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Cockermouth since 1832?

Since 1832, Cockermouth has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Radical, Whig.

What was the closest result in Cockermouth?

The closest result on record for Cockermouth was 1885, when Conservative beat Liberal by just 10 votes (0.1 percentage points).

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

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Cockermouth 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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