UK general elections › 2019 › Westmorland and Lonsdale
Westmorland and Lonsdale — 2019
Timothy Farron (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 25,795 votes— 48.9% of 52,712 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 48.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,712
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timothy Farron | Liberal Democrats | 25,795 | 48.9% | −1.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | James Airey | Conservative Party | 23,861 | 45.3% | — | |
| 3 | Phillip Black | Labour Party | 2,293 | 4.4% | — | |
| 4 | Steven Bolton | The Brexit Party | 763 | 1.4% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2019, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.