St Ives (UK Parliament constituency)

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St Ives County constituency
St Ives shown within Cornwall, and Cornwall shown within England
Created:	1558
MP:	Andrew George
Party:	Liberal Democrat
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Cornwall
EP constituency:	South West England

St Ives is a 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3.1 Elections in the 2000s 3.2 Elections in the 1990s 3.3 Elections in the 1940s 3.4 Elections in the 1930s 3.5 Elections in the 1920s 3.6 Elections in the 1910s 3.7 Elections in the 1900s 3.8 Elections in the 1890s 3.9 Elections in the 1880s 4 See also 5 Sources

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency comprises the whole of Penwith and the southern part of Kerrier districts. It also includes the Isles of Scilly, not shown on the map (and having only some 1,700 electors out of a total 70,000). It takes in the most southerly (The Lizard) and westerly (Land's End) points of the English mainland. Main towns are Penzance, St Ives and Helston.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Cornwall, the Boundary Commission for England has increased the county's representation by one seat. This has caused consequential changes to the existing constituencies.

The modified St Ives constituency will be formed from the following electoral wards':

• The Isles of Scilly
• From Penwith - Goldsithney, Guval and Heamoor, Lelant and Carbis Bay, Ludgvan and Towednack, Madron and Zennor, Marazion and Perranuthnoe, Morvah, Pendeen and St Just, Penzance Central, Penzance East, Penzance Promenade, Penzance South, St Buryan, St Erth and St Hilary, St Ives North and St Ives South.
• From Kerrier - Breage and Crowan, Grade-Ruan and Landewednack, Helston North, Helston South, Meneage, Mullion, Porthleven and Sithney, St Keverne

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1881 — 1885: Charles Campbell Ross, Conservative
• 1885 — 1887: John St.Aubyn, later Baron St.Levan, Liberal
• 1887 — 1900: Thomas Bedford Bolitho, Liberal Unionist
• 1900 — 1906: Edward Hain, Liberal Unionist
• 1906 — 1922: Clifford John Cory, Liberal
• 1922 — 1923: John Anthony Hawke, Conservative
• 1923 — 1924: Clifford John Cory, Liberal
• 1924 — 1928: John Anthony Hawke, Conservative
• 1928 — 1929: Hilda Runciman, Liberal
• 1929 — 1937: Walter Runciman, Liberal, later National Liberal
• 1937 — 1950: Nevil Beechman, National Liberal
• 1950 — 1966: Greville Howard, Conservative & National Liberal
• 1966 — 1983: John Nott, Conservative
• 1983 — 1997: David Harris, Conservative
• 1997 — present: Andrew George, Liberal Democrat

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: St Ives
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew George	25,577	50.7	-0.9
	Conservative	Christian Mitchell	13,968	27.7	-3.5
	Labour	Michael Dooley	6,583	13.1	-0.2
	UK Independence	Michael Faulkner	2,551	5.1	+1.2
	Green	Katrina Slack	1,738	3.4	+3.4
Majority			11,609	23.0
Turnout				72.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+1.3

General Election 2001: St Ives
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew George	25,413	51.6	+7.1
	Conservative	Joanna Richardson	15,360	31.2	N/A
	Labour	William Morris	6,567	13.3	-1.9
	UK Independence	Michael Faulkner	1,926	3.9	+2.9
Majority			10,053	20.4
Turnout			49,266	66.3	-8.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: St Ives
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew George	23,966	44.5
	Conservative	W Rogers	16,796	31.2
	Labour	C Fegan	8,184	15.2
	Referendum Party	Michael Faulkner	3,714	6.9
	UK Independence	P Garnier	1,926	3.9
	Liberal	G Stephens	425	0.8
	Independent	K Lippiat	178	0.3
	Independent	W Hitchins	71	0.1
Majority			7,170	13.3
Turnout				75.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	8.1

[edit] Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: St Ives
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Nevil Beechman	14,256	47.3	-3.1
	Labour	H Brinton	8,190	27.2
	Liberal	E F Allison	7,692	25.5	-24.1
Majority			6,066	20.1	+19.3
Turnout			30,138	70.6	+4.5
	National Liberal hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1930s

By-election 1937: St Ives
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Nevil Beechman	13,044	50.4
	Liberal	Isaac Foot	12,834	49.6
Majority			210	0.8
Turnout			25,878	66.1
	National Liberal hold		Swing

General election of 1935

In the 1935 UK general election, Walter Runciman, National Liberal was elected unopposed.

General election of 1931

In the 1931 UK general election, Walter Runciman, National Liberal was elected unopposed.

[edit] Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: St Ives
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter Runciman	12,433	43.2	+0.6
	Conservative	A Caird	11,411	39.7	+0.3
	Labour	W E Arnold-Forster	4,920	17.1	-0.9
Majority			1,032	3.5	+0.3
Turnout			28,764	76.5	-0.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

By-election 1928: St Ives
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hilda Runciman	10,241	42.6	-4.4
	Conservative	A Caird	9,478	39.4	-13.6
	Labour	F J Hopkins	4,343	18.0
Majority			763	3.2
Turnout			24,062	77.4	+8.3
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1924: St Ives
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Anthony Hawke	11,159	53.0	+12.4
	Liberal	Clifford John Cory	9,912	47.0	+0.5
Majority			1,247	6.0
Turnout			21,071	69.1	-2.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1923: St Ives
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Clifford John Cory	9,922	46.5	0.0
	Conservative	John Anthony Hawke	8,652	40.6	-12.9
	Labour	A E Dunn	2,749	12.9
Majority			1,270	5.9
Turnout			21,323	71.4	+5.8
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1922: St Ives
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Anthony Hawke	10,388	53.5
	National Liberal	Clifford John Cory	9,016	46.5
Majority			1,372	7.0
Turnout			19,404	65.6	+13.9
	Conservative gain from National Liberal		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: St Ives
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Liberal	Clifford John Cory	8,659	58.6
	Labour	A E Dunn	5,659	38.4
	Independent Conservative	T F T Michell	436	3.0
Majority			3000	20.2
Turnout			14,754	51.7
	Coalition Liberal hold		Swing

General Election December 1910: St Ives
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Clifford John Cory	4,253	56.0	+0.6
	Liberal Unionist	R E L V Williams	3,338	44.0	-0.6
Majority			915	12.0	+1.2
Turnout			7,591	80.7	-4.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election January 1910: St Ives
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Clifford John Cory	4,458	55.4	-2.8
	Liberal Unionist	C B Levita	3,586	44.6	+2.8
Majority			872	10.8	-5.6
Turnout			8,044	85.5	+4.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906: St Ives
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Clifford John Cory	4,244	58.2
	Liberal Unionist	P E Pilditch	3,052	41.8
Majority			1,192	16.4
Turnout			7,296	81.2
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing

General election of 1900

In the 1900 UK general election, Edward Hain, Liberal Unionist was elected unopposed.

[edit] Elections in the 1890s

General election of 1895

In the 1895 UK general election, Thomas Bedford Bolitho, Liberal Unionist was elected unopposed.

General election of 1892

In the 1892 UK general election, Thomas Bedford Bolitho, Liberal Unionist was elected unopposed.

[edit] Elections in the 1880s

St Ives By-Election 9th July 1887

In the 1887 St Ives by-election, Thomas Bedford Bolitho, Liberal Unionist was elected unopposed.

General Election 1886: St Ives
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	John St.Aubyn	3,395	79.3
	Liberal	S Barrow	888	20.7
Majority			2,507	58.6
Turnout			4,283	56.3	-21.1
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1885: St Ives
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John St.Aubyn	3,313	56.3
	Conservative	Charles Campbell Ross	2,576	43.7
Majority			737	12.6
Turnout			5,889	77.4
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall

[edit] Sources

• F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1885 - 1918
• Election results, 1950 - 2005
• Historical list of MPs

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