Truro (UK Parliament constituency)
Truro | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Cornwall |
Major settlements | Truro, St Austell |
1950–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Truro & St Austell |
Created from | Penryn and Falmouth and Camborne |
1885–1918 | |
Number of members | One |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Replaced by | Penryn and Falmouth, St Ives and Camborne |
Created from | Helston, Truro and West Cornwall |
1295–1885 | |
Number of members | Two |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Replaced by | Truro |
Truro was the name of a parliamentary constituency in Cornwall represented in the House of Commons of England and later of Great Britain from 1295 until 1800, then in the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918 and finally from 1950 to 1997. Until 1885 it was a parliamentary borough, electing two members of parliament (MPs) by the plurality-at-large system of election; the name was then transferred to the surrounding county constituency, which elected a single Member by the first past the post system. In 1997, although there had been no changes to its boundaries, it was renamed as Truro and St Austell, reflecting the fact that St Austell by then had a larger population than Truro.
Boundaries
1950-1974: The Municipal Borough of Truro, the Urban District of St Austell, the Rural District of Truro except the civil parish of Gwennap, and in the Rural District of St Austell the civil parishes of Creed, Grampound, Roche, St Dennis, St Ewe, St Goran, St Mewan, St Michael Caerhays, and St Stephen-in-Brannel.
1974-1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Truro, and St Austell with Fowey, the Rural District of Truro except the civil parish of Gwennap, and in the Rural District of St Austell the civil parishes of Creed, Grampound, Roche, St Dennis, St Ewe, St Goran, St Mewan, St Michael Caerhays, and St Stephen-in-Brannel.
1983-1997: The District of Carrick wards of Boscawen, Chacewater, Feock, Kea, Kenwyn, Moresk, Newlyn, Perranzabuloe, Probus, Roseland, St Agnes, St Clement, Tregolls, and Trehaverne, and the Borough of Restormel wards of Crinnis, Mevagissey, Poltair, Rock, St Ewe, St Mewan, St Stephen-in-Brannel, Trevarna, and Treverbyn.
History
The constituency has existed in a number of different forms. The constituency of Truro, up until 1885 elected two members to parliament; this was reduced to one. In 1918 the constituency was abolished but it was recreated again in 1950.
The seat became a safe Lib Dem bet thanks to the popularity and eloquence of its former MP, David Penhaligon. His death in a car crash, aged only 42, robbed the House of Commons of one of its most independent-minded and pragmatic members. His successor, Matthew Taylor, held the seat comfortably from a by-election in 1987, and remained its MP after the name change in 1997.
Members of Parliament
Truro Parliamentary borough
MPs 1295–1629
- Constituency created (1295)
Parliament | First member | Second member | |
---|---|---|---|
1358 | John Hamely[1] | ||
1386 | John Tregoose | Robert Clerk[2] | |
1388 (Feb) | Henry Gourlyn | John Tremayne[2] | |
1388 (Sep) | John Tr...uran | John Trebernet[2] | |
1390 (Jan) | John Coke | Walter Bloyowe[2] | |
1390 (Nov) | |||
1391 | John Urban | Roger Juyl[2] | |
1393 | Ralph Trenewith I | Walter Bloyowe[2] | |
1394 | |||
1395 | Richard Respryn | Andrew Borlase[2] | |
1397 (Jan) | John Trereise | John Megre[2] | |
1397 (Sep) | Nicholas Trenewith | John Lawhire[2] | |
1399 | Richard Carhorta | Pascoe Polruddan[2] | |
1401 | |||
1402 | Ralph Kayl | John Trereise[2] | |
1404 (Jan) | |||
1404 (Oct) | |||
1406 | Ralph Cardrewe | Thomas Brunsham[2] | |
1407 | |||
1410 | |||
1411 | Thomas Paderda | William Colyn[2] | |
1413 (Feb) | |||
1413 (May) | John Chinals | William Chamberlain[2] | |
1414 (Apr) | |||
1414 (Nov) | John Trereise | William Trethake I[2] | |
1415 | |||
1416 (Mar) | Peter Hayme | William Moun[2] | |
1416 (Oct) | |||
1417 | John Megre | Andrew Hirnans[2] | |
1419 | John Trewint | John Langedon[2] | |
1420 | William Panter | Robert Trenerth[2] | |
1421 (May) | William Trethake II | William Richard[2] | |
1421 (Dec) | Robert Treage | William Richard[2] | |
1422 | John But | ||
1425 | John But | ||
1510–1523 | No names known | ||
1529 | Roger Corbet | John Thomas | |
1536 | ?Roger Corbet | ? | |
1539 | ? | ||
1542 | ? | ||
1545 | Francis Smith | Robert Trencreke | |
1547 | Robert Trencreke | Nicholas Randall | |
First Parliament of 1553 | Nicholas Randall | Thomas Roydon | |
Second Parliament of 1553 | John Methnes[3] | ||
Parliament of 1554 | William Iseham | Thomas Duppa | |
Parliament of 1554–1555 | John Melhuish | Thomas Roydon | |
Parliament of 1555 | Nicholas Randall | Thomas Randall[4] | |
Parliament of 1558 | Thomas Roydon | ||
Parliament of 1563–1567 | John Carminow | John Mitchell[5] | |
Parliament of 1571 | Henry Killigrew | Vincent Skinner | |
Parliament of 1572–1581 | Oliver Carminow | ||
Parliament of 1584–1585 | Edward Darcy | Michael Hicks | |
Parliament of 1586–1587 | John Stanhope | Roland Lytton | |
Parliament of 1588–1589 | Hannibal Vyvyan | John Woolton | |
Parliament of 1593 | John Parker | Nicholas Smith | |
Parliament of 1597–1598 | Maurice Berkeley | Reade Stafford | |
Parliament of 1601 | William Daniel | Thomas Harris | |
Parliament of 1604–1611 | Henry Cossen | Thomas Burgess | |
Addled Parliament (1614) | Thomas Russell | Thomas Burgess, junior | |
Parliament of 1621–1622 | Barnaby Gough, sat for Cambridge Univ. and replaced by Sir John Catcher[6] |
John Trefusis[7] | |
Happy Parliament (1624) | Richard Daniel | Thomas Burgess | |
Useless Parliament (1625) | William Rous | Henry Rolle | |
Parliament of 1626 | Francis Rous | ||
Parliament of 1628 | Richard Daniel | ||
No Parliament summoned 1629–1640 |
MPs 1640–1885
Truro County constituency
MPs 1885–1918
Election | Member[8] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | William Bickford-Smith | Liberal later Liberal Unionist | |
1892 | John Charles Williams | Liberal Unionist | |
1895 | Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence | Liberal Unionist | |
1906 | George Hay Morgan | Liberal | |
1918 | constituency abolished |
MPs 1950–1997
Election | Member[8] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1950 | Geoffrey Wilson | Conservative | |
1970 | Piers Dixon | Conservative | |
Oct 1974 | David Penhaligon | Liberal | |
1987 by-election | Matthew Taylor | Liberal | |
1988 | Liberal Democrats | ||
1997 | name changed to Truro & St. Austell |
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James McGarel-Hogg | 781 | 45.6 | ||
Liberal | Brydges Willyams | 751 | 43.8 | ||
Conservative | John Chester | 181 | 10.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal win | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Bickford-Smith | 3,816 | 57.0 | n/a | |
Conservative | William Molesworth-St Aubyn | 2,883 | 43.0 | n/a | |
Majority | 933 | 14.0 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 75.9 | n/a | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | William Bickford-Smith | 3,522 | 69.5 | n/a | |
Liberal | Thomas Lough | 1,546 | 30.5 | -26.5 | |
Majority | 1,976 | 39.0 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 57.4 | -18.5 | |||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | n/a | |||
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | John Williams | 4,029 | 61.5 | -8.0 | |
Liberal | John H Lile | 2,518 | 38.5 | +8.0 | |
Majority | 1,511 | 23.0 | -16.0 | ||
Turnout | 76.5 | +19.1 | |||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | -8.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Edwin Lawrence | 3,282 | 52.1 | -9.4 | |
Liberal | Henry Turner Waddy | 3,012 | 47.9 | +9.4 | |
Majority | 270 | 4.2 | -18.8 | ||
Turnout | 69.5 | -7.0 | |||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | -9.4 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Edwin Durning-Lawrence | 3,869 | 55.9 | +3.8 | |
Liberal | Charles W Thornton | 3,051 | 44.1 | -3.8 | |
Majority | 818 | 11.8 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 74.5 | +5.0 | |||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | +3.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Hay Morgan | 4,187 | 53.2 | +9.1 | |
Liberal Unionist | Edwin Durning-Lawrence | 3,683 | 46.8 | -9.1 | |
Majority | 504 | 6.4 | 18.2 | ||
Turnout | 83.7 | +9.2 | |||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +9.1 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Hay Morgan | 4,874 | 53.4 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Unionist | Edwin Durning-Lawrence | 4,261 | 46.6 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 613 | 6.8 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 89.9 | +6.2 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Hay Morgan | 4,573 | 52.3 | -1.1 | |
Conservative | Charles Williams | 4,176 | 47.7 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 397 | 4.6 | -2.2 | ||
Turnout | 86.1 | -3.8 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.1 | |||
General Election 1914/15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Walter Burt[25]
- Unionist:
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Wilson | 18,910 | 41.8 | n/a | |
Labour | Henry A Brinton | 15,617 | 34.5 | n/a | |
Liberal | Gerald Edward Leaman Whitmarsh | 10,746 | 23.7 | n/a | |
Majority | 3,293 | 7.3 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 83.3 | n/a | |||
Conservative win | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Wilson | 24,883 | 55.7 | +13.9 | |
Labour | John N Newby | 19,752 | 44.2 | ||
Majority | 5,131 | 11.4 | |||
Turnout | 81.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Wilson | 19,900 | 46.1 | ||
Labour | John N Newby | 15,183 | 35.2 | ||
Liberal | Nancy Seear | 8,056 | 18.7 | n/a | |
Majority | 4,717 | 10.9 | |||
Turnout | 43,139 | 78.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Wilson | 19,544 | 44.2 | -1.9 | |
Labour | Ronald James R Blindell | 15,057 | 34.0 | -1.2 | |
Liberal | Nancy Seear | 9,637 | 21.8 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 4,487 | 10.2 | -0.8 | ||
Turnout | 44,238 | 80.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.4 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Wilson | 18,328 | 40.6 | -3.6 | |
Labour | Douglas W J Grazier | 14,224 | 31.5 | -2.5 | |
Liberal | William Rowse Hosking | 12,575 | 27.9 | +8.1 | |
Majority | 4,104 | 9.1 | -1.0 | ||
Turnout | 45,127 | 79.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Wilson | 18,701 | 40.4 | -0.2 | |
Labour | Reginald Cyril J Scott | 17,093 | 37.0 | +5.5 | |
Liberal | William Rowse Hosking | 10,450 | 22.6 | -5.3 | |
Majority | 1,608 | 3.5 | -5.6 | ||
Turnout | 46,244 | 79.2 | 0.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.8 | |||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Piers Dixon | 24,894 | 49.3 | +8.9 | |
Labour | Raymond Charles Cuss | 16,684 | 33.0 | −4.0 | |
Liberal | Michael Steed | 8,923 | 17.7 | −4.9 | |
Majority | 8,210 | 16.3 | +12.8 | ||
Turnout | 50,501 | 76.0 | −3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Piers Dixon | 23,493 | 40.3 | ||
Liberal | David Penhaligon | 20,932 | 35.9 | ||
Labour | M.W. White | 12,945 | 22.2 | ||
Mebyon Kernow | James Whetter | 850 | 1.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 2,561 | 4.3 | |||
Turnout | 58,220 | 81.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Penhaligon | 22,549 | 39.8 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | Piers Dixon | 22,085 | 39.0 | -1.3 | |
Labour | A F Long | 11,606 | 20.5 | -1.7 | |
Mebyon Kernow | James Whetter | 384 | 0.7 | -0.8 | |
Majority | 464 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 56,624 | 78.6 | -2.9 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Penhaligon | 33,571 | 52.8 | +13.0 | |
Conservative | R A Brown | 24,863 | 39.1 | +0.1 | |
Labour | Bruce Malcolm Tidy | 4,689 | 7.4 | -13.4 | |
Cornish Nationalist Party | James Whetter | 227 | 0.4 | ||
National Front | NF Hedger | 182 | 0.3 | ||
Majority | 8,708 | 13.7 | +12.9 | ||
Turnout | 63,532 | 82.9 | +4.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal) | David Penhaligon | 31,279 | 57.3 | ||
Conservative | Philip D. Buddell | 20,799 | 38.1 | ||
Labour | Janet Beecroft | 2,479 | 4.6 | ||
Majority | 10,480 | 19.2 | |||
Turnout | 54,447 | 79.6 | |||
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal) | Matthew Taylor | 30,599 | 60.4 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | Nick St. Aubyn | 15,982 | 31.5 | −6.6 | |
Labour | John King | 3,603 | 7.1 | +2.6 | |
Green | Howard Hoptrough | 403 | 0.8 | ||
Death off Road: Freight on Rail | Helen Anscomb | 75 | 0.1 | ||
Majority | 14,617 | 28.9 | +9.7 | ||
Turnout | 50,662 | 70.2 | −9.4 | ||
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal) | Matthew Taylor | 28,368 | 49.0 | -8.3 | |
Conservative | Nick St Aubyn | 23,615 | 40.8 | +2.7 | |
Labour | John King | 5,882 | 10.2 | +5.6 | |
Majority | 4,753 | 8.2 | -11.0 | ||
Turnout | 57,865 | 79.9 | +0.3 | ||
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Matthew Taylor | 31,230 | 50.5 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Nick St Aubyn | 23,660 | 38.3 | −2.6 | |
Labour | James H. Geach | 6,078 | 9.8 | −0.3 | |
Green | Liam Keating | 569 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Christopher Tankard | 208 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Margot Hartley | 108 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 7,570 | 12.2 | +4.0 | ||
Turnout | 61,853 | 82.3 | +2.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +2.0 | |||
See also
References
- ↑ "HAMELY (HAMYLYN), Sir John (aft.1324–1399), of Wimborne St. Giles, Dorset.". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
- ↑ Willis 1750, p. 25.
- ↑ Willis 1750, p. 47.
- ↑ Willis 1750, p. 71.
- ↑ Gough sat for Cambridge University ().
- ↑ "John Trefuses" according to Cobbett: Browne Willis has "Samuel Trefusis (Willis 1750, p. 177)"
- 1 2 3 4 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 2)
- ↑ Brydges was also elected for Hereford, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Truro ().
- ↑ Lieutenant-Colonel from 1748, Colonel 1758, Major General 1761 ().
- ↑ Styled Earl of Wiltshire from December 1794 ().
- ↑ "Truro Election". The Cornishman (90). 1 April 1880. p. 5.
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1894
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
- ↑ Cornishman, 9 Apr 1914
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1974-1983 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1974-1983 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1974-1983 by FWS Craig
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 25, 47, 71, 177.
Further reading
- Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807)
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808)
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
- Maija Jansson (ed.), Proceedings in Parliament, 1614 (House of Commons) (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1988)
- Lewis Namier & John Brooke, The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1754–1790 (London: HMSO, 1964)
- J E Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)
- Henry Stooks Smith, The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847 (2nd edition, edited by FWS Craig – Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973)
- Frederic A Youngs, jr, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991)