North Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)
50°41′20″N 4°35′38″W / 50.689°N 4.594°W
North Cornwall | |
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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)[1] |
Major settlements | Bodmin, Bude, Camelford, Launceston, Padstow and Wadebridge |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1918 |
Member of Parliament | Scott Mann (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Launceston |
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North Cornwall is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Scott Mann, a Conservative.[n 2]
History
This constituency was created under the Representation of the People Act 1918.[2]
With exceptions in 1997 and 2001 the seat's margin of victory has been low, less than 20% of the vote; and consistently won by and fought between the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrat's candidate (or predecessor party in the latter case). In 1997 and 2001 the seat turned out strongly overall for the latter party.
A third-placed (other party) candidate has not polled more in North Cornwall than 16.38%, which took place in 1951. The seat saw three years of defection of its Liberal MP to join the post-World War II Attlee Ministry however in 2015 saw the lowest share of the Labour Party's vote nationally - reinforcing a consistent result by a great majority supporting left-wing politics to vote for a Liberal and later Liberal Democrat at general elections since the seat's inception.
Boundaries
1918-1950: The Municipal Borough of Launceston, the Urban Districts of Newquay, Padstow, Stratton and Bude, and Wadebridge, the Rural Districts of Calstock, Camelford, Launceston, St Columb Major, and Stratton, and parts of the Rural Districts of Bodmin and Holsworthy (these districts such as Whitstone and Week St Mary were on the Cornish side of the border).
1950-1974: The Municipal Borough of Launceston, the Urban Districts of Bude-Stratton, Newquay, and Padstow, the Rural Districts of Camelford, Launceston, and Stratton, and parts of the Rural Districts of St Austell and Wadebridge.
1974-1983: The Municipal Borough of Launceston, the Urban Districts of Bude-Stratton and Newquay, the Rural Districts of Camelford, Launceston, and Stratton, and parts of the Rural Districts of St Austell, and Wadebridge and Padstow.
1983-2010: The District of North Cornwall wards of Allan, Altarnun, Bodmin St Mary's, Bodmin St Petroc, Bude and Poughill, Camelford, Grenville, Lanivet, Launceston North, Launceston South, Lesnewth, North Petherwin, Ottery, Padstow and St Merryn, Penfound, Rumford, St Breward, St Endellion, St Minver, St Teath, South Petherwin, Stratton, Tintagel, Trigg, Wadebridge, and Week St Mary, and the Borough of Restormel wards of Edgcumbe, Gannel, Rialton, St Columb, and St Enoder.
2010–present: The District of North Cornwall.
Historically four borough constituencies lay within the boundaries, three of which were abolished as 'rotten boroughs' by the Great Reform Act, 1832:
- Bossiney (abolished 1832)
- Camelford (abolished 1832)
- Launceston (abolished 1885)
- Newport (abolished 1832 - settlement now a suburb of Launceston).
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Scott Mann | 25,835 | 50.7 | +5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dan Rogerson | 18,635 | 36.6 | +5.3 | |
Labour | Joy Bassett | 6,151 | 12.1 | +6.6 | |
CPA | John Allman | 185 | 0.4 | +0.3 | |
Socialist Labour | Robert Hawkins | 138 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,200 | 14.1 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 50,944 | 74% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Scott Mann | 21,689 | 45.0 | +3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dan Rogerson | 15,068 | 31.2 | −16.8 | |
UKIP | Julie Lingard | 6,121 | 12.7 | +7.8 | |
Labour | John Whitby | 2,621 | 5.4 | +1.2 | |
Green | Amanda Pennington | 2,063 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
Mebyon Kernow | Jerry Jefferies | 631 | 1.3 | +0.2 | |
Restore the Family for Children's Sake | John Allman | 52 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 6,621 | 13.7 | |||
Turnout | 48,245 | 71.8 | +3.6 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +10.05 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats hold | Swing | −0.3 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 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 | +0.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | −6.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats hold | Swing | −2.7 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 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 | Felicity Odam | 3,636 | 6.2 | N/A | |
Mebyon Kernow | John Bolitho | 645 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | Rif Winfield | 186 | 0.3 | −0.8 | |
Natural Law | Nicholas Creswell | 152 | 0.3 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 13,847 | 23.7 | |||
Turnout | 58,495 | 73.05 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +10.3[n 5] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Tyler | 29,696 | 47.4 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | Gerry Neale | 27,775 | 44.3 | −7.4 | |
Labour | Frank R. Jordan | 4,103 | 6.6 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | Philip Andrews | 678 | 1.1 | −40.8 | |
Independent | Geoffrey Rowe | 276 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Natural Law | Robyn Treadwell | 112 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 1,921 | 3.1 | −6.8 | ||
Turnout | 62,640 | 82.1 | +2.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.5 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerry Neale | 29,862 | 51.7 | −0.7 | |
Liberal | Michael Mitchell | 24,180 | 41.9 | −1.1 | |
Labour | Christine Herries | 3,719 | 6.4 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 5,682 | 9.8 | |||
Turnout | 79.8 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerry Neale | 28,146 | 52.4 | +0.8 | |
Liberal | David Chambers | 23,087 | 43.0 | −0.8 | |
Labour | James Hayday | 2,096 | 3.9 | −0.7 | |
Cornish Nationalist [15] | James Whetter | 364 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,059 | 9.4 | |||
Turnout | 80.4 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerry Neale | 24,489 | 51.7 | +9.7 | |
Liberal | John Pardoe | 20,742 | 43.75 | −7.5 | |
Labour | R.B. Tremlett | 1,514 | 3.2 | −3.2 | |
Ecology | J. Faull | 442 | 0.9 | N/A | |
National Front | R. Bridgwater | 224 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,747 | 7.90 | |||
Turnout | 86.1 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.58 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Pardoe | 21,368 | 51.25 | −6.65 | |
Conservative | Gerry Neale | 17,512 | 42.00 | ||
Labour | R. Tremlett | 2,663 | 6.4 | ||
Anti Party System | R.J. Bridgwater | 148 | 0.35 | ||
Majority | 3,856 | 9.25 | |||
Turnout | 80.52 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
- February 1974; new constituency boundaries applied.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Pardoe | 25,667 | 57.90 | ||
Conservative | Trixie Gardner | 16,938 | 38.21 | ||
Labour | J.B. Benjamin | 1,726 | 3.89 | ||
Majority | 8,729 | 19.69 | |||
Turnout | 86.29 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Pardoe | 19,863 | 48.64 | ||
Conservative | Simon Day | 19,223 | 47.10 | ||
Labour | Ernest William J Hill | 1,741 | 4.26 | ||
Majority | 630 | 1.54 | |||
Turnout | 85.11 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Pardoe | 18,460 | 48.50 | ||
Conservative | James Scott-Hopkins | 16,952 | 44.54 | ||
Labour | Reginald S. Wills | 2,647 | 6.95 | ||
Majority | 1,508 | 3.96 | |||
Turnout | 87.53 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Scott-Hopkins | 16,352 | 45.68 | ||
Liberal | Charles Meddon Karslake Bruton | 15,683 | 43.81 | ||
Labour | Raymond S Dash | 3,497 | 9.77 | ||
Independent | Edward George C Voullaire | 265 | 0.74 | ||
Majority | 669 | 1.87 | |||
Turnout | 83.10 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Scott-Hopkins | 16,701 | 46.65 | ||
Liberal | Edwin Malindine | 15,712 | 43.89 | ||
Labour | William Carlo Ferman | 3,389 | 9.47 | ||
Majority | 989 | 2.76 | |||
Turnout | 83.72 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harold Roper | 16,824 | 47.38 | ||
Liberal | Edwin Malindine | 15,220 | 42.86 | ||
Labour | Vernon Eric Cornford | 3,465 | 9.76 | ||
Majority | 1,604 | 4.52 | |||
Turnout | 82.30 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harold Roper | 18,009 | 48.77 | ||
Liberal | Dingle Foot | 12,869 | 34.85 | ||
Labour | William Carlo Ferman | 6,049 | 16.38 | ||
Majority | 5,140 | 13.92 | |||
Turnout | 85.71 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harold Roper | 17,059 | 46.6 | ||
Liberal | Dingle Foot | 13,987 | 38.3 | ||
Labour | Herbert Leslie Richardson | 5,521 | 15.1 | ||
Majority | 3,072 | 8.4 | |||
Turnout | 85.9 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Tom Horabin | 18,836 | 52.9 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | Thomas Percy Fulford | 16,171 | 45.4 | −2.4 | |
Independent Labour | John Hazlewood Worrall | 626 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 2,665 | 7.5 | +3.1 | ||
Turnout | 35,633 | 72.7 | −6.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Tom Horabin | 17,072 | 52.2 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Edward Robin Whitehouse | 15,608 | 47.8 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 1,464 | 4.4 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 32,680 | 79.3 | −0.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Francis Dyke Acland | 16,872 | 51.3 | −1.1 | |
Conservative | Edward Robin Whitehouse | 16,036 | 48.7 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 836 | 2.6 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 32,908 | 79.9 | −0.9 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Francis Dyke Acland | 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 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
- Death of Maclean 15 June 1932
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Donald Maclean | 16,867 | 49.1 | −0.6 | |
Conservative | Alfred Martyn Williams | 16,526 | 45.3 | +3.0 | |
Labour | Arthur Bennett | 1,907 | 5.6 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 1,341 | 3.8 | −3.6 | ||
Turnout | 35,300 | 85.7 | −0.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Donald Maclean | 16,586 | 49.7 | +3.3 | |
Unionist | Alfred Martyn Williams | 14,095 | 42.3 | −11.3 | |
Labour | F. E. Church | 2,654 | 8.0 | n/a | |
Majority | 2,491 | 7.4 | 14.6 | ||
Turnout | 33,335 | 86.1 | +8.1 | ||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +7.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Alfred Martyn Williams | 12,639 | 53.6 | +10.1 | |
Liberal | George Marks | 10,927 | 46.4 | −10.1 | |
Majority | 1,712 | 7.2 | 20.2 | ||
Turnout | 23,566 | 78.0 | |||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Marks | 12,434 | 56.5 | n/a | |
Unionist | Charles Alexander Petrie | 9,581 | 43.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 2,853 | 13.0 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 22,015 | 75.6 | n/a | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | George Marks | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
National Liberal hold | Swing | n/a |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Marks | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Liberal win |
See also
Notes and references
- ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- ^ Knighted in 1991
- ^ Granted a peerage in 2005
- ^ The largest two-party swing in this election was (Con-Ref): 10.5%
References
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "The Representation of the people act, 1918 : with explanatory notes". http://archive.org.
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- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
- ^ "Cornwall North parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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timestamp mismatch; 26 July 2013 suggested (help) - ^ Lavery, Kevin (20 April 2010). "North Cornwall statement of persons nominated and notice of poll" (MSWord). Acting Returning Officer. Cornwall Council. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Cornish Nationalist Party". 20 March 2017 – via Wikipedia.
Sources
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1977)