Newport (Cornwall) (UK Parliament constituency)

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Newport
Borough constituency
Created: 1529
Abolished: 1832
Type: House of Commons

Newport was a rotten borough situated in Cornwall. It is now within the town of Launceston, which was itself also a parliamentary borough at the same period.

From 1529 until it was abolished by the great reform act of 1832, Newport returned two Members of Parliament. It had a burgage franchise, meaning that the right to vote was tied to ownership of certain properties within the borough, which could be bought and sold at will.

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