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Data Last Updated: 9 April 2024
Application Last Amended: 11 January 2024
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15 December 1832 | 386/405 | 95.31 | |
Whig | 291 | 75.39 | |
Whig | 203 | 52.59 | |
Tory | 196 | 50.78 | |
Majority | 7 | 1.81 | |
9 January 1835 | 456/510 | 89.41 | |
Conservative Party | 316 | 69.30 | |
Whig | 274 | 60.09 | |
Whig | 176 | 38.60 | |
Majority | 98 | 21.49 | |
25 July 1837 | 488/579 | 84.28 | |
Whig | 393 | 80.53 | |
Conservative Party | 254 | 52.05 | |
Whig | 226 | 46.31 | |
Majority | 28 | 5.74 | |
30 June 1841 | 622 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
30 July 1847 | 627 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
December 1848 Death of Edmund Turner. | |||
11 January 1849 | 464/586 | 79.18 | |
Whig | 240 | 51.72 | |
Conservative Party | 224 | 48.28 | |
Majority | 16 | 3.45 | |
8 July 1852 | 507/607 | 83.53 | |
Whig | 267 | 52.66 | |
Conservative Party | 263 | 51.87 | |
Whig | 255 | 50.30 | |
Conservative Party | 229 | 45.17 | |
Majority | 8 | 1.58 | |
27 March 1857 | 646 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
29 April 1859 | 522/647 | 80.68 | |
Conservative Party | 303 | 81.78 | |
Liberal Party | 225 | 60.73 | |
Liberal Party | 213 | 57.49 | |
Majority | 12 | 2.30 | |
1865 Resignation of Montague Smith on appointment as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. | |||
14 February 1865 | 469/567 | 82.72 | |
Conservative Party | 249 | 53.09 | |
Liberal Party | 220 | 46.91 | |
Majority | 29 | 6.18 | |
11 July 1865 | 567 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
17 November 1868 | 1,276/1,435 | 88.92 | |
Conservative Party | 731 | 80.33 | |
Liberal Party | 683 | 75.05 | |
Liberal Party | 406 | 44.62 | |
Majority | 277 | 21.71 | |
16 December 1868 Resignation of Hon John Vivian on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
21 December 1868 | 1,435 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
1871 Resignation of Hon John Vivian on appointment as Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War. | |||
13 September 1871 | 1,041/1,442 | 72.19 | |
Conservative Party | 605 | 58.12 | |
Liberal Party | 436 | 41.88 | |
Majority | 169 | 16.23 | |
3 February 1874 | 1,271/1,582 | 80.34 | |
Conservative Party | 798 | 62.79 | |
Conservative Party | 723 | 56.88 | |
Liberal Party | 565 | 44.45 | |
Liberal Party | 455 | 35.80 | |
Majority | 158 | 12.43 | |
3 September 1878 Death of Sir Frederick Williams, Bt. | |||
26 September 1878 | 1,267/1,578 | 80.29 | |
Conservative Party | 656 | 51.78 | |
Liberal Party | 611 | 48.22 | |
Majority | 45 | 3.55 | |
31 March 1880 | 1,158/1,542 | 75.10 | |
Conservative Party | 781 | 67.44 | |
Liberal Party | 754 | 65.11 | |
Conservative Party | 181 | 15.63 | |
Majority | 573 | 49.48 | |
4 December 1885 | 6,699/8,825 | 75.91 | |
Liberal Party | 3,816 | 56.96 | |
Conservative Party | 2,883 | 43.04 | |
Majority | 933 | 13.93 | |
13 July 1886 | 5,068/8,825 | 57.43 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,522 | 69.49 | |
Liberal Party | 1,546 | 30.51 | |
Majority | 1,976 | 38.99 | |
14 July 1892 | 6,547/8,556 | 76.52 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,029 | 61.54 | |
Liberal Party | 2,518 | 38.46 | |
Majority | 1,511 | 23.08 | |
24 July 1895 | 6,294/9,057 | 69.49 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,282 | 52.14 | |
Liberal Party | 3,012 | 47.86 | |
Majority | 270 | 4.29 | |
2 February 1898 Edwin Lawrence assumes the additional surname of Durning by Royal Licence. | |||
11 October 1900 | 6,920/9,290 | 74.49 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,869 | 55.91 | |
Liberal Party | 3,051 | 44.09 | |
Majority | 818 | 11.82 | |
23 January 1906 | 7,870/9,403 | 83.70 | |
Liberal Party | 4,187 | 53.20 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,683 | 46.80 | |
Majority | 504 | 6.40 | |
25 January 1910 | 9,135/10,162 | 89.89 | |
Liberal Party | 4,874 | 53.36 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,261 | 46.64 | |
Majority | 613 | 6.71 | |
13 December 1910 | 8,749/10,162 | 86.10 | |
Liberal Party | 4,573 | 52.27 | |
Conservative Party | 4,176 | 47.73 | |
Majority | 397 | 4.54 | |
New | |||
23 February 1950 | 45,274/54,374 | 83.26 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,910 | 41.77 | |
Labour Party | 15,617 | 34.49 | |
Liberal Party | 10,747 | 23.74 | |
Majority | 3,293 | 7.27 | |
25 October 1951 | 44,635/54,935 | 81.25 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,883 | 55.75 | |
Labour Party | 19,752 | 44.25 | |
Majority | 5,131 | 11.50 | |
26 May 1955 | 43,139/54,798 | 78.72 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,900 | 46.13 | |
Labour Party | 15,183 | 35.20 | |
Liberal Party | 8,056 | 18.67 | |
Majority | 4,717 | 10.93 | |
8 October 1959 | 44,238/55,185 | 80.16 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,544 | 44.18 | |
Labour Party | 15,057 | 34.04 | |
Liberal Party | 9,637 | 21.78 | |
Majority | 4,487 | 10.14 | |
15 October 1964 | 45,127/56,980 | 79.20 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,328 | 40.61 | |
Labour Party | 14,224 | 31.52 | |
Liberal Party | 12,575 | 27.87 | |
Majority | 4,104 | 9.09 | |
31 March 1966 | 46,244/58,362 | 79.24 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,701 | 40.44 | |
Labour Party | 17,093 | 36.96 | |
Liberal Party | 10,450 | 22.60 | |
Majority | 1,608 | 3.48 | |
18 June 1970 | 50,501/65,963 | 76.56 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,894 | 49.29 | |
Labour Party | 16,684 | 33.04 | |
Liberal Party | 8,923 | 17.67 | |
Majority | 8,210 | 16.26 | |
Minor Boundary Change | |||
28 February 1974 | 58,220/71,466 | 81.47 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,493 | 40.35 | |
Liberal Party | 20,932 | 35.95 | |
Labour Party | 12,945 | 22.23 | |
Mebyon Kernow | 850 | 1.46 | |
Majority | 2,561 | 4.40 | |
10 October 1974 | 56,624/71,976 | 78.67 | |
Liberal Party | 22,549 | 39.82 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,085 | 39.00 | |
Labour Party | 11,606 | 20.50 | |
Mebyon Kernow | 384 | 0.68 | |
Majority | 464 | 0.82 | |
3 May 1979 | 63,532/76,597 | 82.94 | |
Liberal Party | 33,571 | 52.84 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,863 | 39.13 | |
Labour Party | 4,689 | 7.38 | |
Cornish Nationalist | 227 | 0.36 | |
National Front | 182 | 0.29 | |
Majority | 8,708 | 13.71 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
9 June 1983 | 54,557/69,347 | 78.67 | |
Liberal Party in Alliance | 31,279 | 57.33 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,799 | 38.12 | |
Labour Party | 2,479 | 4.54 | |
Majority | 10,480 | 19.21 | |
22 December 1986 Death of David Penhaligon. | |||
12 March 1987 | 50,662/69,347 | 73.06 | |
Liberal Party in Alliance | 30,599 | 60.40 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,982 | 31.55 | |
Labour Party | 3,603 | 7.11 | |
Green Party | 403 | 0.80 | |
Independent | 75 | 0.15 | |
Majority | 14,617 | 28.85 | |
Minor Boundary Change | |||
11 June 1987 | 57,865/73,340 | 78.90 | |
Liberal Party in Alliance | 28,368 | 49.02 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,615 | 40.81 | |
Labour Party | 5,882 | 10.17 | |
Majority | 4,753 | 8.21 | |
9 April 1992 | 61,853/75,101 | 82.36 | |
Liberal Democrats | 31,230 | 50.49 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,660 | 38.25 | |
Labour Party | 6,078 | 9.83 | |
Green Party | 569 | 0.92 | |
Official Liberal Party | 208 | 0.34 | |
Natural Law Party | 108 | 0.17 | |
Majority | 7,570 | 12.24 | |