North Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 50°41′20″N 4°35′38″W / 50.689°N 4.594°W / 50.689; -4.594

North Cornwall
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)
Number of members	One
Created from	Launceston
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South West England

Sketchmap of 2010 parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall - click to enlarge

The North Cornwall constituency shown within Cornwall and Devon, 1918-1945

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]

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, in the Rural District of Bodmin the civil parishes of Egloshayle, St Endellion, St Kew, St Minver Highlands, and St Minver Lowlands, and part of the Rural District of Holsworthy.

1950-1974: The Municipal Borough of Launceston, the Urban Districts of Bude-Stratton, Newquay, and Padstow, the Rural Districts of Camelford, Launceston, and Stratton, in the Rural District of St Austell the civil parishes of Colan, Mawgan in Pyder, St Columb Major, St Enoder, and St Wenn, and part of the Rural District of Wadebridge.

1974-1983: The Municipal Borough of Launceston, the Urban Districts of Bude-Stratton and Newquay, the Rural Districts of Camelford, Launceston, and Stratton, in the Rural District of St Austell the civil parishes of Colan, Mawgan in Pyder, St Columb Major, St Enoder, and St Wenn, and part of the Rural District of 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 (the wards of Allan, Altarnun, Blisland and St Breward, Bodmin St Mary’s, Bodmin St Petroc, Bude, Camelford, Camelot, Grenville, Lanivet, Launceston, Marhamchurch, North Petherwin, Padstow and District, Poughill and Stratton, St Endellion and St Kew, St Minver, South Petherwin, Stokeclimsland, Tremaine, Valency, Wadebridge, and Week St Mary and Whitstone).

Several former borough constituencies lay within the area of the current constituency, most 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

	Member^[3]	Party
1918	Sir George Croydon Marks	Liberal
1924	Alfred Martyn Williams	Conservative
1929	Sir Donald Maclean	Liberal
1932 by-election	Sir Francis Dyke Acland	Liberal
1939 by-election	Thomas Lewis Horabin	Liberal
1946		Independent
1947		Labour
1950	Sir Harold Roper	Conservative
1959	James Scott-Hopkins	Conservative
1966	John Pardoe	Liberal
1979	Gerry Neale	Conservative^{[n 3]}
1992	Paul Tyler	Liberal Democrat^{[n 4]}
2005	Dan Rogerson	Liberal Democrat
2015	Scott Mann	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: North Cornwall^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Scott Mann	21,699	45.0	+3.3
	Liberal Democrat	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	John Allman	52	0.1	+0.1
Majority			6,621	13.7
Turnout			48,245	71.8	+3.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

General Election 2010: North Cornwall^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing	-0.3

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: North Cornwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing	-6.4

General Election 2001: North Cornwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing	-2.7

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: North Cornwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing	+10.3^{[n 5]}

General Election 1992: Cornwall North^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Tyler	29,696	47.4	+5.5
	Conservative	Sir Gerry Neale	27,775	44.3	−7.4
	Labour	Frank R. Jordan	4,103	6.6	+0.1
	Liberal	Phillip J. Andrews	678	1.1	−40.8
	Independent	Geoffrey Rowe	276	0.4	+0.4
	Natural Law	Mrs RH Treadwell	112	0.2	+0.2
Majority			1,921	3.1	−6.8
Turnout			62,640	82.1	+2.3
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.5

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Cornwall North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Gerry Neale	29,862	51.70	-0.72
	Liberal	Michael Norman Mitchell	24,180	41.9	-1.1
	Labour	Christine Janet Herries	3,719	6.4	+2.5
Majority			5,682	9.8
Turnout				79.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Cornwall North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Gerry Neale	28,146	52.4	+0.8
	Liberal	D. Chambers	23,087	43.0	-0.8
	Labour	J. Hayday	2,096	3.9	-0.7
	Cornish Nationalist	J.C.A. Whetter	364	0.4	N/A
Majority			5,059	9.4
Turnout				80.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Cornwall North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Gerry Neale	24,489	51.65	+9.65
	Liberal	John Wentworth Pardoe	20,742	43.75	-7.5
	Labour	R.B. Tremlett	1,514	3.19	3.2
	Ecology	J. Faull	442	0.93	N/A
	National Front	R. Bridgwater	224	0.47	N/A
Majority			3,747	7.90
Turnout				86.08
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.58

General Election October 1974: Cornwall North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Wentworth Pardoe	21,368	51.25	-6.65
	Conservative	Gerry Neale	17,512	42.00
	Labour	R. Tremlett	2,663	6.39
	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.

General Election February 1974: Cornwall North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Wentworth 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

General Election 1970: Cornwall North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Wentworth Pardoe	19,863	48.64
	Conservative	S.J. Day	19,223	47.10
	Labour	E.W.J. Hill	1,741	4.26
Majority			630	1.54
Turnout				85.11
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Cornwall North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Wentworth Pardoe	18,460	48.50
	Conservative	James Sidney Rawdon Scott-Hopkins	16,952	44.54
	Labour	R.S. Wills	2,647	6.95
Majority			1,508	3.96
Turnout				87.53
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1964: Cornwall North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Sidney Rawdon Scott-Hopkins	16,352	45.68
	Liberal	Meddon Bruton	15,683	43.81
	Labour	R.S. Dash	3,497	9.77
	Independent	E.G.C. Voullaire	265	0.74
Majority			669	1.87
Turnout				83.10
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Cornwall North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Sidney Rawdon Scott-Hopkins	16,701	46.65
	Liberal	Edwin Thomas Malindine	15,712	43.89
	Labour	W.C. Ferman	3,389	9.47
Majority			989	2.76
Turnout				83.72
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Cornwall North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Harold Roper	16,824	47.38
	Liberal	Edwin Thomas Malindine	15,220	42.86
	Labour	V.E. Cornford	3,465	9.76
Majority			1,604	4.52
Turnout				82.30
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Cornwall North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Harold Roper	18,009	48.77
	Liberal	Dingle Mackintosh Foot	12,869	34.85
	Labour	W.C. Ferman	6,049	16.38
Majority			5,140	13.92
Turnout				85.71
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Cornwall North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Harold Roper	17,059	46.6
	Liberal	Dingle Mackintosh 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

General Election 1945: Cornwall North Electorate 49,033
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Lewis 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

North Cornwall by-election, 1939: North Cornwall Electorate 41,191
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Lewis Horabin	17,072	52.2	+0.9
	Conservative	E. R. 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

Death of Acland 9 June 1939

1935 general election: North Cornwall Electorate 41,164
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Sir Francis Dyke Acland	16,872	51.3	-1.1
	Conservative	E. R. 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

North Cornwall by-election, 1932: North Cornwall Electorate 40,020
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Sir 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

1931 general election: North Cornwall Electorate 40,020
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Sir 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

Sir Donald Maclean

1929 general election: North Cornwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Sir 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

General Election 1924: North Cornwall Electorate 30,202
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Alfred Martyn Williams	12,639	53.6	+10.1
	Liberal	Sir George Croydon Marks	10,927	46.4	-10.1
Majority			1,712	7.2	20.2
Turnout			23,566	78.0
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1923: North Cornwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir George Croydon 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

General Election 1922: North Cornwall Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Sir George Croydon Marks	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: North Cornwall Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir George Croydon Marks	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

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. External link in |journal= (help)
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
↑ "UK Polling Report". ukpollingreport.co.uk.
↑ "UK ELECTION RESULTS". electionresults.blogspot.co.uk.
↑ 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.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

Sources

British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1977)

Constituencies in South West England (55)

Conservative (51)	Bath Bournemouth East Bournemouth West Bridgwater and West Somerset Bristol North West Camborne and Redruth Central Devon Cheltenham Chippenham Christchurch Devizes East Devon Filton and Bradley Stoke Forest of Dean Gloucester Kingswood Mid Dorset and North Poole Newton Abbot North Cornwall North Devon North Dorset North East Somerset North Somerset North Swindon North Wiltshire Plymouth Moor View Plymouth Sutton and Devonport Poole Salisbury Somerton and Frome South Dorset South East Cornwall South Swindon South West Devon South West Wiltshire St Austell and Newquay St Ives Stroud Taunton Deane Tewkesbury The Cotswolds Thornbury and Yate Tiverton and Honiton Torbay Torridge and West Devon Totnes Truro and Falmouth Wells West Dorset Weston-super-Mare Yeovil

Labour (4)	Bristol East Bristol South Bristol West Exeter

South West England European constituency: Conservative (2) Green (1) Labour (1) UKIP (2)

Constituencies in South West England 1918 - 1945

Cornwall (5)	Bodmin Camborne Cornwall North Penryn and Falmouth St. Ives

Devon (11)	Barnstaple Exeter Honiton Plymouth Devonport Plymouth Drake Plymouth Sutton South Molton Tavistock Tiverton Torquay Totnes

Dorset (4)	East Dorset North Dorset South Dorset West Dorset

Gloucestershire (11)	Bristol Central Bristol East Bristol North Bristol South Bristol West Cheltenham Cirencester and Tewkesbury Forest of Dean Gloucester Stroud Thornbury

Somerset (7)	Bath Bridgwater Frome Taunton Wells Weston-Super-Mare Yeovil

Wiltshire (5)	Chippenham Devizes Salisbury Swindon Westbury

Constituency Lists	1885-1918 1918-1945 1945-1950 1950-1955 1955-1970 1974-1983 1983-1997 1997-2005 Present

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