Penryn and Falmouth (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Penryn and Falmouth County constituency |
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| Created: | 1832 |
| Abolished: | 1950 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | two until 1885, then one |
Penryn and Falmouth was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, centred on the towns of Penryn and Falmouth in Cornwall.
From 1832 to 1885 it returned two Members of Parliament (MPs), elected by the bloc vote system. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, its representation was reduced to one member, elected by the first past the post system.
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[edit] History
The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 (the "Great Reform Act") as a replacement for the two-member Penryn constituency. It was abolished for the 1950 general election.
[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] MPs 1832-1885
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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| 1832 | Sir Robert Monsey Rolfe | Charles William Bury, Baron Tullamore | ||||
| 1835 | James William Freshfield | |||||
| 1840 | Edward John Hutchins | |||||
| 1841 | John Cranch Walker Vivian | James Hanway Plumridge | ||||
| 1847 | Howel Gwyn | Francis Mowatt | ||||
| 1852 | James William Freshfield | |||||
| 1857 | Thomas George Baring | Samuel Gurney | ||||
| 1865 | Jervoise Smith | |||||
| 1868 | Robert Nicholas Fowler | Edward Backhouse Eastwick | ||||
| 1874 | David James Jenkins | Henry Thomas Cole | ||||
| 1880 | Reginald Baliol Brett | Liberal | ||||
[edit] MPs 1885-1950
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | David James Jenkins | ||
| 1886 | William George Cavendish-Bentinck | ||
| 1895 | Frederick John Horniman | Liberal | |
| 1906 | Sir John Barker | Liberal | |
| 1910 | Charles Sydney Goldman | ||
| 1918 | Sir Edward Nicholl | Coalition Conservative | |
| 1922 | Denis Ewart Bernard Kingston Shipwright | Conservative | |
| 1923 | Sir Courtenay Cecil Mansel | Liberal | |
| 1924 | George Pilcher | Conservative | |
| 1929 | Sir John Tudor Walters | Liberal | |
| 1931 | Maurice Petherick | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Evelyn Mansfield King | Labour | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished | ||
[edit] Election results
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[edit] References
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
