Wikipedian hubPenrith and Solway is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament[2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was contested for the first time at the 2024 general election,[3] since when it has been represented by Markus Campbell-Savours of the Labour Party.
The constituency is named for the Cumbrian market town of Penrith and the Solway Coast.
The 2023 boundary review was carried out using the local authority structure as it existed in Cumbria on 1 December 2020 and is officially defined as:
With effect from 1 April 2023, the second tier councils in Cumbria were abolished and replaced by the new unitary authorities of Cumberland, and Westmorland and Furness.[5] Consequently, the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:
The seat is centred around Penrith, stretching from Alston in the North Pennines to Maryport on the Solway Firth, and includes the following communities:
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Markus Campbell-Savours | Labour | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Markus Campbell-Savours | 19,986 | 40.6 | +10.5 | |
| Conservative | Mark Jenkinson | 14,729 | 29.9 | −24.9 | |
| Reform UK | Matthew Moody | 7,624 | 15.5 | +13.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Julia Aglionby | 4,742 | 9.6 | +1.4 | |
| Green | Susan Denham-Smith | 1,730 | 3.5 | +0.4 | |
| Independent | Chris Johnston | 195 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| SDP | Shaun Long | 156 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Independent | Roy Ivinson | 119 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,257 | 10.7 | |||
| Turnout | 49,281 | 63.2 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
