North Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)

For the former local government district, see North Cornwall.

North Cornwall
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of North Cornwall in Cornwall for the 2010 general election.
Location of Cornwall within England.
County	Cornwall
Electorate	68,206 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1918 (1918)
Member of Parliament	Dan Rogerson (Liberal Democrat)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South West England

Sketchmap of 2010 parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall - click to enlarge

The North Cornwall constituency shown within Cornwall and Devon, 1918-1945.

North Cornwall is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

Following the review by the Boundary Commission for England taking effect at the 2010 general election, the North Cornwall constituency shares the same area as the former North Cornwall district. Before 2010, it covered a larger area, including a number of wards from the former Restormel district (Edgcumbe North, Edgcumbe South, Gannel, Rialton, Rock, St Columb and St Enoder) and the town of Newquay, which have been transferred to the new St Austell and Newquay seat. The Stoke Climsland ward has been moved from South East Cornwall to North Cornwall.

This area of Cornwall has long been a traditional electoral battleground between Conservative and Liberal Democrat candidates with Labour, as of 2010, trailing behind in fourth place, behind UKIP.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Sir George Croydon Marks	Liberal
	1924	Alfred Martyn Williams	Conservative
	1929	Sir Donald Maclean	Liberal
	1932 by-election	Sir Francis Dyke Acland	Liberal
	1939 by-election	Thomas Lewis Horabin	Liberal
	1946		Independent
	1947		Labour
	1950	Sir Harold Roper	Conservative
	1959	James Scott-Hopkins	Conservative
	1966	John Wentworth Pardoe	Liberal
	1979	Gerry Neale	Conservative
	1992	Paul Tyler	Liberal Democrat
	2005	Dan Rogerson	Liberal Democrat

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: North Cornwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Dan Rogerson	22,512	48.1	+5.7
	Conservative	Sian Flynn	19,531	41.7	+6.3
	UKIP	Miriel O'Connor	2,300	4.9	-0.8
	Labour	Janet Hulme	1,971	4.2	-8.3
	Mebyon Kernow	Joanie Willet	530	1.1	-2.1
Majority			2,981	6.4
Turnout			46,844	68.2	+3.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	-0.3

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: North Cornwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Dan Rogerson	23,842	42.6	-9.4
	Conservative	Mark Formosa	20,766	37.1	+3.3
	Labour	David Acton	6,636	11.9	+2.2
	UKIP	David Campbell-Bannerman	3,063	5.5	+1.1
	Mebyon Kernow	Dick Cole	1,351	2.4	N/A
	Veritas	Alan Eastwood	324	0.6	N/A
Majority			3,076	5.5
Turnout			55,982	64.5	0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	-6.4

General Election 2001: North Cornwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Tyler	28,082	52.0	-1.1
	Conservative	John Weller	18,250	33.8	+4.3
	Labour	Michael Goodman	5,257	9.7	+0.3
	UKIP	Steve Protz	2,394	4.4	N/A
Majority			9,832	18.2
Turnout			53,983	63.8	-9.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	-2.7

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: North Cornwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Tyler	31,100	53.2	+5.8
	Conservative	Nigel Linacre	17,253	29.5	-14.8
	Labour	Anne Lindo	5,523	9.4	+2.9
	Referendum Party	Felicity Odam	3,636	6.2	N/A
	Mebyon Kernow	John Bolitho	645	1.1	N/A
	Liberal	Rif Winfield	186	0.3	N/A
	Natural Law	Nicholas Creswell	152	0.3	+0.1
Majority			13,847	23.7
Turnout			58,495	73.05
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+10.3

General Election 1992: Cornwall North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Tyler	29,696	47.4	+5.5
	Conservative	Sir Gerry Neale	27,775	44.3	−7.4
	Labour	FR Jordan	4,103	6.6	+0.1
	Liberal	PJ Andrews	678	1.1	−40.8
	Independent	G Rowe	276	0.4	+0.4
	Natural Law	Mrs RH Treadwell	112	0.2	+0.2
Majority			1,921	3.1	−6.8
Turnout			62,640	82.1	+2.3
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.5

Elections in the 1930s

13 July 1939 by-election: North Cornwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Horabin	17,072	52.2	+0.9
	Conservative	E. R. Whitehouse	15,608	47.8	-0.9
Majority			1,464	4.4	+1.8
Turnout			32,680	79.3	-0.6
Registered electors			41,191
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.9

• Death of Acland 9 June 1939

1935 general election: North Cornwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Sir Francis Dyke Acland, Bt.	16,872	51.3	-1.1
	Conservative	E. R. Whitehouse	16,036	48.7	+1.1
Majority			836	2.6	-2.2
Turnout			32,908	79.9	-0.9
Registered electors			41,164
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.1

22 July 1932 by-election: North Cornwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Sir Francis Dyke Acland, Bt.	16,933	52.4	+3.3
	Conservative	Alfred Martyn Williams	15,387	47.6	+2.3
Majority			1,546	4.8	+1.0
Turnout			32,320	80.8	-4.9
Registered electors			40,020
	Liberal hold		Swing

• Death of Maclean 15 June 1932

1931 general election: North Cornwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Sir Donald Maclean	16,867	49.1	-0.6
	Conservative	Alfred Martyn Williams	16,526	45.3	+3.0
	Labour	A. Bennett	1,907	5.6	-2.4
Majority			1,341	3.8	-3.6
Turnout			35,300	85.7	-0.4
Registered electors			40,020
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1929 general election: North Cornwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Sir Donald Maclean	16,586	49.7
	Conservative	Alfred Martyn Williams	14,095	42.3
	Labour	F. E. Church	2,654	8.0
Majority			2,491	7.4
Turnout				86.1
Registered electors			38,711
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall
• North Cornwall by-election, 1932
• North Cornwall by-election, 1939

Sources

• British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1977)