Whitehaven | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Whitehaven in Cumberland, 1974-1983 | |
County | 1832–1974: Cumberland 1974–1983: Cumbria |
Major settlements | Whitehaven |
1832–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Cumberland |
Replaced by | Copeland |
Whitehaven was a constituency centred on the town of Whitehaven in Cumberland, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was created in 1832 and renamed Copeland at the 1983 general election.