List of parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall

Parliamentary history of Cornwall edit

All six parliamentary seats are currently held by Conservatives, having came from holding no seats in 1997, 2001 and 2005, to gaining three of the six from the Liberal Democrats in 2010, to gaining the remaining three to hold all six Cornish seats in 2015. All six MPs were re-elected in 2017. In that election, several previous Liberal Democrat candidates, including previous MPs Andrew George and Steve Gilbert re-stood in their old seats, but failed to be re-elected. In all six seats, the Labour vote surged, pushing the Liberals into third place in four of the six seats. In the 2019 election, Labour retained their position as the second-placed party in most of the Cornish seats, holding their vote up far better in the region than elsewhere in the country. The last Labour MP for a Cornish constituency was Candy Atherton, who held the seat of Falmouth and Camborne between 1997 and 2005.

Constituencies edit

Conservative † Labour ‡ Liberal Democrat ¤

Constituency	Electorate^[1]	Majority^[2]^{[nb 1]}			Current electoral wards^[3]^[4]	Original electoral wards^[5]^[6]
Camborne and Redruth	70,250	8,700	George Eustice †	Paul Farmer ‡	Camborne Roskear & Tuckingmill Camborne Trelowarren Camborne West & Treswithian Constantine, Mabe & Mawnan Crowan, Sithney & Wendron (part) Falmouth Trescobeas & Budock (part) Four Lanes, Beacon & Troon Gwinear-Gwithian & Hayle East Hayle West Helston South & Meneage (part) Illogan & Portreath Lanner, Stithians & Gwennap (part) Mylor, Perranarworthal & Ponsanooth (part) Perranporth (part) Pool & Tehidy Redruth Central, Carharrack & St Day Redruth North Redruth South St Agnes (part)	Carrick District Council: Mount Hawke Kerrier District Council: Camborne North Camborne South Camborne West Constantine Gweek and Mawnan Illogan North Illogan South Mabe and Budock Redruth North Redruth South St Day Lanner and Carharrack Stithians Wendron Penwith District Council: Gwinear, Gwithian and Hayle East Hayle North Hayle South
North Cornwall	69,935	14,752	Scott Mann †	Danny Chambers ¤	Altarnun & Stoke Climsland Bodmin St Mary's & St Leonard Bodmin St Petroc Bude Camelford & Boscastle Lanivet, Blisland & Bodmin St Lawrence Launceston North & North Petherwin Launceston South Padstow Poundstock St Teath & Tintagel Stratton, Kilkhampton & Morwenstow Wadebridge East & St Minver Wadebridge West & St Mabyn	North Cornwall District Council: 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 Week St Mary Whitstone
South East Cornwall	71,825	20,971	Sheryll Murray †	Gareth Derrick ‡	Callington & St Dominic Calstock Liskeard Central Liskeard South & Dobwalls Looe East & Deviock Looe West, Pelynt, Lansallos & Lanteglos Lostwithiel & Lanreath Lynher Rame Peninsula & St Germans Roche & Bugle (part) Saltash Essa Saltash Tamar Saltash Trematon & Landrake St Cleer & Menheniot Torpoint	Caradon District Council: Callington Calstock Deviock and Sheviock Dobwalls and District Duloe Lansallos and Pelynt Landrake and St Dominick Lanteglos and St Veep Liskeard North Liskeard South Looe and St Martin Lynher Menheniot and St Ive Millbrook Rame Peninsula St Cleer and St Neot St Germans Saltash Burraton Saltash Essa Saltash Pill Saltash St Stephens Torpoint East Torpoint West Restormel Borough Council: Lostwithiel
St Austell and Newquay	79,930	16,526	Steve Double †	Felicity Owen ‡	Fowey, Tywardreath & Par Mevagissey & St Austell Bay Newquay Central & Pentire Newquay Porth & Tretherras Newquay Trenance Penwithick & Boscoppa Roche & Bugle (part) St Austell Bethel & Holmbush St Austell Central & Gover St Austell Poltair & Mount Charles St Blazey St Columb Major, St Mawgan & St Wenn St Columb Minor & Colan St Dennis & St Enoder St Goran, Tregony & the Roseland (part) St Mewan & Grampound St Newlyn East, Cubert & Goonhavern (part) St Stephen-in-Brannel	Restormel Borough Council: Bethel Crinnis Edgcumbe North Edgcumbe South Fowey and Tywardreath Gannel Gover Mevagissey Mount Charles Poltair Rialton Rock St Blaise St Columb St Enoder St Ewe St Stephen Treverbyn
St Ives	68,795	4,284	Derek Thomas †	Andrew George ¤	Crowan, Sithney & Wendron (part) Helston North Helston South & Meneage (part) Land's End Long Rock, Marazion & St Erth Ludgvan, Madron, Gulval & Heamoor Mousehole, Newlyn & St Buryan Mullion & St Keverne Penzance East Penzance Promenade Porthleven, Breage & Germoe St Ives, Lelant & Carbis Bay St Ives West & Towednack Isles of Scilly	Kerrier District Council: Breage and Crowan Grade-Ruan and Landewednack Helston North Helston South Meneage Mullion Porthleven and Sithney St Keverne Penwith District Council: Goldsithney Gulval 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 St Ives South. Isles of Scilly
Truro and Falmouth	76,719	4,561	Cherilyn Mackrory †	Jennifer Forbes ‡	Falmouth Arwenack Falmouth Boslowick Falmouth Penwerris Falmouth Trescobeas & Budock (part) Feock & Kea Gloweth, Malabar & Shortlanesend Lanner, Stithians & Gwennap (part) Mylor, Perranarworthal & Ponsanooth (part) Penryn Perranporth (part) Probus & St Erme St Agnes (part) St Goran, Tregony & the Roseland (part) St Newlyn East, Cubert & Goonhaven (part) Threemilestone & Chacewater Truro Boscawen & Redannick Truro Moresk & Trehaverne Truro Tregolls	Carrick District Council: Arwenack Boscawen Boslowick Carland Feock and Kea Kenwyn and Chacewater Moresk Mylor Newlyn and Goonhavern Penryn Penwerris Perranporth Probus Roseland St Agnes Tregolls Trehaverne and Gloweth Trescobeas

2010 boundary review edit

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to increase the number of seats which covered Cornwall from 5 to 6. Falmouth and Camborne, and Truro and St Austell were abolished and replaced by Camborne and Redruth, St Austell and Newquay, and Truro and Falmouth.

Former name	Boundaries 1997–2010	Current name	Boundaries 2010–present
Falmouth and Camborne CC North Cornwall CC South East Cornwall CC St Ives CC Truro and St Austell CC	Parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall	Camborne and Redruth CC North Cornwall CC South East Cornwall CC St Austell and Newquay CC St Ives CC Truro and Falmouth CC	Proposed Revised constituencies in Cornwall

Proposed boundary changes edit

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.^[7] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final recommendations were submitted to the Speaker of the House of Commons and then published on 28 June 2023.

When the final recommendations come into effect at the next general election, the six existing parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall are to be retained with the same names and relatively minor alterations compared to other parts of the country.^[8]

Results history edit

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019^[9]

Vote breakdown edit

Year	Conservative			Labour			Liberal Democrats			Green			UKIP			Mebyon Kernow			Others

	Votes	%	-/+	Votes	%	-/+	Votes	%	-/+	Votes	%	-/+	Votes	%	-/+	Votes	%	-/+	Votes	%
2019	173,027	53.8	+5.4	74,392	23.1	-3.6	62,165	19.3	-4.2	7,129	2.2	+1.1	did not contest			1,660	0.5	+0.5	3,602	1.1
2017	152,428	48.4	+5.3	83,968	26.7	+14.4	73,875	23.5	+1.1	3,218	1.0	-4.8	897	0.3	-13.5	did not contest			323	0.1
2015	127,079	43.1	+2.2	36,235	12.3	+3.7	66,056	22.4	-19.4	17,241	5.8	+4.5	40,785	13.8	+8.9	5,675	1.9		1,757	0.6
2010	115,016	40.9	+9.1	24,257	8.6	-7.0	117,307	41.8	-2.6	3,573	1.3	+0.6	13,763	4.9	-0.1	5,379	1.9	+0.5	1,586	0.6
2005	82,543	31.8	-0.8	41,140	15.6	-1.7	115,241	44.4	-0.4	1,738	0.7	+0.7	12,863	5.0	+1.3	3,552	1.4	+0.1	2,356	0.9
2001	82,227	32.6	+2.2	43,674	17.3	+0.2	113,000	44.8	+0.9	did not contest			9,290	3.7	+2.7	3,199	1.3	+0.6	727	0.3
1997	85,077	30.4	-12.3	47,913	17.1	+3.2	123,124	43.9	+2.2	482	0.2	-0.1	2,926	1.0	+1.0	1,906	0.7	+0.7	18,779	6.7
1992	127,678	42.7	-4.6	41,593	13.9	+1.3	124,553	41.7	+1.7	1,035	0.3	+0.3	did not exist			did not contest			4,098	1.4
1987	131,194	47.3	-2.0	34,994	12.6	+3.7	111,064	40.0	-0.8	did not contest						did not contest			373	0.1
1983	126,182	49.3	-1.3	22,838	8.9	-3.7	104,365	40.8	+6.6	776	0.3	-0.2				1,151	0.5	-1.1	677	0.3

Percentage votes edit

Election year	1923	1924	1929	1945	1950	1951	1955	1959	1964	1966	1970	1974 (Feb)	1974 (Oct)	1979	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019
Conservative¹	35.0	48.6	38.4	42.0	44.2	50.5	48.5	43.8	41.1	41.1	47.9	41.8	43.6	50.6	49.3	47.3	42.7	30.4	32.6	31.8	40.9	43.1	48.4	53.8
Labour	2.3	9.7	18.1	25.4	29.6	33.3	30.7	27.5	25.9	27.6	24.6	19.6	20.0	12.6	8.9	12.6	13.9	17.1	17.3	15.9	8.6	12.3	26.7	23.1
Liberal Democrat²	52.6	41.7	42.4	32.6	26.2	16.2	20.8	28.7	32.8	30.6	27.0	38.2	35.2	34.2	40.8	40.0	41.7	44.0	44.8	44.4	41.8	22.4	23.5	19.3
Green Party	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	*	*	*	*	*	1.3	5.8	1.0	2.2
UKIP	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	*	*	*	4.9	13.8	0.3	–
Other	10.0	–	1.2	0.4	–	–	–	–	0.1	0.7	0.4	0.4	1.2	2.6	1.0	0.1	1.7	8.6	5.2	7.9	2.5	2.5	0.1	1.6

¹Includes Constitutionalist in 1924 and National Liberal Party up to 1966

²1950–1979 – Liberal; 1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Meaningful vote percentages are not applicable for the elections of 1918, 1922, 1931 and 1935 since one or more seats were gained unopposed.

Seats edit

Election year	1918	1922	1923	1924	1929	1931	1935	1945	1950	1951	1955	1959	1964	1966	1970	1974 (Feb)	1974 (Oct)	1979	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019
Conservative¹	2	2	0	5	0	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	3	6	6	6
Labour	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Liberal Democrat²	2	1	4	0	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	4	4	5	3	0	0	0
National Liberal	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Independent Liberal	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6

¹Includes Constitutionalist in 1924 and National Liberal Party up to 1966

²pre-1979 – Liberal; 1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps edit

1885–1910 edit

1885
1886
1892
1895
1900
1906
Jan 1910
Dec 1910

1918–1945 edit

1918
1922
1923
1924
1929
1931
1935
1945

1950–present edit

1950
1951
1955
1959
1964
1966
1970
1974 Feb
1974 Oct
1979
1983
1987
1992
1997
2001
2005
2010
2015
2017
2019

Historical representation by party edit

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1832 to 1868 (14 MPs) edit

Conservative Independent Liberal Liberal Peelite Radical Whig

Constituency	1832	1835	1837	38	40	1841	42	43	44	45	46	1847	49	1852	53	54	1857	58	1859	59	65	1865	66	68
Bodmin	Peter	C. Vivian						Spry				Wyld		Michell			J. C. Vivian		Leveson-Gower
Bodmin	Spry		→			Gardner						Lacy		Graves-Sawle			Wyld		Michell	Wyld
Cornwall Eastern	Molesworth		R. H. Vivian			W. Rashleigh						T. J. Agar-Robartes							→
Cornwall Eastern	W. Salusbury-Trelawny		Eliot							Pole-Carew				Kendall
Cornwall Western	Wynne-Pendarves														Williams			St Aubyn	→
Cornwall Western	Lemon					Boscawen-Rose	Lemon										Davey		→
Helston	Lane-Fox	Townshend	Sackville		Basset	R. Vyvyan											Trueman		Rogers			Young	W. Brett
Launceston	Hardinge								Bowles					Percy					Haliburton			Campbell		Lopes
Liskeard	C. Buller												Crowder			Grey			Osborne			A. Buller
Penryn & Falmouth	Rolfe				Hutchins	J. C. Vivian						Gwyn					Baring		→				Smith
Penryn & Falmouth	Bury	Freshfield				Plumridge						Mowatt		Freshfield			Gurney
St Ives	Halse			W. Praed							Powlett			Laffan			Paull
Truro	R. H. Vivian	J. E. Vivian															A. Smith		→			J. C. Vivian
Truro	Tooke		Turner										H. Willyams	H. Vivian			E. Willyams		M. Smith		F. Williams

1868 to 1885 (13 MPs) edit

Conservative Liberal

Constituency	1868	69	71	1874	74	76	77	78	1880	81	82	85
Bodmin	Leveson-Gower
Cornwall Eastern	E. Willyams			C. Rashleigh					T. C. Agar-Robartes		Dyke Acland
Cornwall Eastern	J. Salusbury-Trelawney			J. Tremayne					Borlase
Cornwall Western	St Aubyn
Cornwall Western	A. Vivian
Helston	Young								Molesworth-St Aubyn
Launceston	Lopes			Deakin			Giffard					Webster
Liskeard	A. Buller	Horsman				Courtney
Penryn & Falmouth	Fowler			Jenkins
Penryn & Falmouth	Eastwick			Cole					R. Brett
St Ives	Magniac			Davenport	C. Praed				Reed	Ross
Truro	J. C. Vivian		McGarel-Hogg
Truro	F. Williams							A. Tremayne	E. Willyams

1885 to 1918 (7 MPs) edit

Conservative Independent Liberal Liberal Liberal Unionist

Constituency	1885	1886	87	1892	1895	98	99	1900	03	04	1906	06	08	Jan 1910	Dec 1910	12	15	16
Bodmin	Courtney	→					→	Molesworth			Agar-Robartes	Freeman-Thomas		Grenfell	Pole-Carew	→		Hanson
Camborne	Conybeare	→			Strauss			Caine	Lawson		Dunn				F. Dyke Acland
Launceston	C. Dyke-Acland			Owen		Moulton					Marks
Penryn and Falmouth	Jenkins	Cavendish-Bentinck			Horniman						Barker			Goldman
St Austell	Borlase		McArthur										Agar-Robartes				Layland-Barratt
St Ives	St Aubyn	→	Bolitho					Hain		→	Cory
Truro	Bickford-Smith	→		Williams	Durning-Lawrence						Morgan

1918 to 1950 (5 MPs) edit

Coalition Liberal (1918–22) / National Liberal (1922–23) Conservative Constitutionalist Independent Independent Liberal Labour Liberal National Liberal (1931–68)

Constituency	1918	22	1922	1923	1924	24	28	1929	31	1931	32	1935	37	39	41	1945	46	47
Bodmin	Hanson	Foot			Harrison			Foot				Rathbone			B. Rathbone	Marshall
Camborne	Dyke Acland		Moreing	Jones	Moreing	→		Jones		Agnew
Cornwall North	Marks		→	→	Williams			Maclean			Dyke Acland			Horabin			→	→
Penryn and Falmouth	Nicholl		Shipwright	Mansel	Pilcher			Walters		Petherick						King
St Ives	Cory		Hawke	Cory	Hawke		H. Runciman	W. Runciman	→				Beechman

1950 to 2010 (5 MPs) edit

Conservative Labour Liberal Liberal Democrats National Liberal (1931–68)

Constituency	1950	1959	1964	1966	68	1970	Feb 1974	Oct 1974	1979	1983	87	88	1992	1997	2005
Cornwall North	Roper	Scott-Hopkins		Pardoe					Neale				Tyler		Rogerson
Bodmin / Cornwall South East (1983)	Marshall		Bessell			Hicks	Tyler	Hicks						Breed
Falmouth and Camborne	Hayman			Dunwoody		Mudd							Coe	Atherton	Goldsworthy
St Ives	Howard			Nott	→					Harris				George
Truro / Truro and St Austell (1997)	Wilson					Dixon		Penhaligon			Taylor	→

2010 to present (6 MPs) edit

Conservative Liberal Democrats

Constituency	2010	2015	2019
Camborne and Redruth	Eustice
North Cornwall	Rogerson	Mann
St Ives	George	Thomas
South East Cornwall	Murray
St Austell and Newquay	Gilbert	Double
Truro and Falmouth	Newton		Mackrory

Notes edit

^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References edit

[3] The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

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