The small Kendal parliamentary borough constituency created in 1832 was abolished in 1885 by the
Reform Act 1884.
James Cropper,
Liberal, being its last MP. The constituency after 1885 was a result of dividing the
Westmorland constituency which up to then had two members since 1297. Thereafter it was the Kendal Division of Westmorland and the other being the
Appleby Division. The two
Conservative members for the old constituency
William Lowther and the
Earl of Bective were reelected in the
1885 general election, Mr Lowther for the Appleby Division and the Earl of Bective for the Kendal Division. These two constituencies were recombined under one member
John Wakefield Weston for the
1918 general election.
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
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