Bodmin (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bodmin
??? constituency
Created: 1295
Abolished: 1983
Type: House of Commons
Members: 1295–1868: two
1868–1983: one

Bodmin was a parliamentary constituency in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until the 1868 general election, when its representation was reduced to one member. It was abolished for the 1983 general election.

Contents

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] 1660-1868

Year 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1660 Hender Robartes John Silly
1661 Sir John Carew
1679 Nicholas Glynn
1689 Sir John Cutler
1693 Russell Robartes
1695 John Hoblyn
Jul 1702 John Grobham Howe
Dec 1702 Francis Robartes
1706 Thomas Herne
1708 John Trevanion Russell Robartes
1710 Francis Robartes
1713 Thomas Sclater
1715 John Legh
1718 Charles Beauclerk
1722 Isaac le Heup Richard West
Jan 1727 John LaRoche
Aug 1727 Robert Booth
1733 Sir John Heathcote
1741 Thomas Bludworth
1747 Sir William Irby
1753 George Hunt
1761 John Parker
1762 Sir Christopher Treise
1768 James Laroche
1780 William Masterman
1784 Sir John Morshead Thomas Hunt
1789 George Wilbraham
1790 Roger Wilbraham
1796 John Nesbitt
Jul 1802 Charles Shaw-Lefevre
Dec 1802 Josias du Pre Porcher John Sargent
Aug 1806 James Topping
Nov 1806 William Wingfield Davies Giddy, later Gilbert
1807 Sir William Oglander
1812 Charles Bragge Bathurst
1818 Thomas Bradyll
1820 John Wilson Croker
1826 Horace Beauchamp Seymour
1832 William Peter Samuel Thomas Spry
1835 Charles Crespigny Vivian
1841 John Dunn Gardner
1843 Sir Samuel Thomas Spry
1847 James Wyld Henry Charles Lacy
1852 William Mitchell Charles Brune Graves-Sawle
1857 John Cranch Walker Vivian James Wyld
April 1859 Edward Frederic Leveson-Gower William Mitchell
Aug 1859 James Wyld
1868 Representation reduced to one member

[edit] 1868-1983

Year Member Party
1868 Representation reduced to one member
1868 Edward Frederic Leveson-Gower
1885 Leonard Henry Courtney Liberal Unionist
1900 Sir Lewis William Molesworth
1906 Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes
1906 Freeman Freeman-Thomas Liberal
1910 Cecil Alfred Grenfell
1910 Sir Reginald Pole-Carew
1916 Sir Charles Augustin Hanson Conservative
1922 Isaac Foot Liberal
1924 Gerald Joseph Cuthbert Harrison Unionist
1929 Isaac Foot Liberal
1935 John Rankin Rathbone Conservative
1941 Beatrice Frederika Rathbone (later Wright) Conservative
1945 Sir Douglas Marshall Conservative
1964 Peter Joseph Bessell Liberal
1970 Robert Adrian Hicks Conservative
1974 Paul Archer Tyler Liberal
1974 Robert Hicks Conservative
1983 constituency abolished

[edit] Elections

[edit] References