England · Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale
Covers Ambleside · Appleby-in-Westmorland · Bowness-on-Windermere · Grange-over-Sands and more
Photograph shows Windermere, a town in this constituency, not the whole of Westmorland and Lonsdale.
Your member of parliament
Tim Farron
Liberal DemocratLiberal Democrat won Westmorland and Lonsdale at the 2024 general election with a majority of 21,472 votes, or 43.3 points. A swing of 21.6 points to Conservative would take it. That makes it safer than 639 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 11.
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How safe is this seat?
Very safe
A majority of 43.3 points, which is larger than 639 of the 650 seats with a published margin.
2024 general election
How the seat voted
Liberal Democrat finished ahead of Conservative by 21,472 votes.
Majority
21,472
43.3% of votes cast.
Turnout
68.8%
+9.1 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.
Candidates
8
49,533 valid votes counted.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | vs UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim FarronElected | Liberal Democrat | 31,061 | 62.7% | +50.5 |
| Matty Jackman | Conservative | 9,589 | 19.4% | -4.3 |
| James Townley | Reform UK | 4,842 | 9.8% | -4.5 |
| Pippa Smith | Labour | 2,306 | 4.7% | -29.0 |
| Phil Clayton | Green Party | 1,486 | 3.0% | -3.4 |
| John Studholme | Independent | 111 | 0.2% | -1.8 |
| Izzy Solabarrieta | Heritage Party | 81 | 0.2% | +0.1 |
| Wendy Long | Social Democratic Party | 57 | 0.1% | -0.0 |
Very safe. Won by more than thirty points. The vs UK column is each party’s share here against its own national share, summed from all 650 results. That describes the 2024 general election only: arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.
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