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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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15 December 1832		386/405	95.31
Sir Richard Hussey Vivian, Bt	Whig	291	75.39
William Tooke	Whig	203	52.59
John Ennis Vivian	Tory	196	50.78
Majority		7	1.81

9 January 1835		456/510	89.41
John Ennis Vivian	Conservative Party	316	69.30
William Tooke	Whig	274	60.09
Sir Richard Hussey Vivian, bt	Whig	176	38.60
Majority		98	21.49

25 July 1837		488/579	84.28
Edmund Turner	Whig	393	80.53
John Ennis Vivian	Conservative Party	254	52.05
William Tooke	Whig	226	46.31
Majority		28	5.74

30 June 1841		622
Edmund Turner	Whig	Unopposed
John Ennis Vivian	Conservative Party	Unopposed

30 July 1847		627
Edmund Turner	Whig	Unopposed
John Ennis Vivian	Conservative Party	Unopposed

December 1848 Death of Edmund Turner.

11 January 1849		464/586	79.18
Humphrey Willyams	Whig	240	51.72
Montague Edward Smith	Conservative Party	224	48.28
Majority		16	3.45

8 July 1852		507/607	83.53
Henry Hussey Vivian	Whig	267	52.66
John Ennis Vivian	Conservative Party	263	51.87
Augustus Smith	Whig	255	50.30
Montague Edward Smith	Conservative Party	229	45.17
Majority		8	1.58

27 March 1857		646
Augustus Smith	Whig	Unopposed
Edward Brydges Willyams	Whig	Unopposed

29 April 1859		522/647	80.68
Montague Edward Smith	Conservative Party	303	81.78
Augustus Smith	Liberal Party	225	60.73
Hon John Cranch Walker Vivian	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
Frederick Martin Williams	Conservative Party	249	53.09
Hon John Cranch Walker Vivian	Liberal Party	220	46.91
Majority		29	6.18

11 July 1865		567
Hon John Cranch Walker Vivian	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Frederick Martin Williams	Conservative Party	Unopposed

17 November 1868		1,276/1,435	88.92
Frederick Martin Williams	Conservative Party	731	80.33
Hon John Cranch Walker Vivian	Liberal Party	683	75.05
John Passmore Edwards	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
Hon John Cranch Walker Vivian	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
James Macnaghten Hogg	Conservative Party	605	58.12
John Edward Jenkins	Liberal Party	436	41.88
Majority		169	16.23

3 February 1874		1,271/1,582	80.34
Sir Frederick Martin Williams, Bt	Conservative Party	798	62.79
James Macnaghten Hogg	Conservative Party	723	56.88
Henry Riversdale Grenfell	Liberal Party	565	44.45
Joseph Graham	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
Arthur Tremayne	Conservative Party	656	51.78
Edward Brydges Willyams	Liberal Party	611	48.22
Majority		45	3.55

31 March 1880		1,158/1,542	75.10
Sir James Macnaghten McGarel-Hogg, Bt	Conservative Party	781	67.44
Edward Brydges Willyams	Liberal Party	754	65.11
John Chester	Conservative Party	181	15.63
Majority		573	49.48

4 December 1885		6,699/8,825	75.91
William Bickford-Smith	Liberal Party	3,816	56.96
William Napleton Molesworth-St.Aubyn	Conservative Party	2,883	43.04
Majority		933	13.93

13 July 1886		5,068/8,825	57.43
William Bickford-Smith	Liberal Unionist Party	3,522	69.49
Thomas Lough	Liberal Party	1,546	30.51
Majority		1,976	38.99

14 July 1892		6,547/8,556	76.52
John Charles Williams	Liberal Unionist Party	4,029	61.54
John Henry Lile	Liberal Party	2,518	38.46
Majority		1,511	23.08

24 July 1895		6,294/9,057	69.49
Edwin Lawrence	Liberal Unionist Party	3,282	52.14
Henry Turner Waddy	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
Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence, Bt	Liberal Unionist Party	3,869	55.91
Charles W Thornton	Liberal Party	3,051	44.09
Majority		818	11.82

23 January 1906		7,870/9,403	83.70
George Hay Morgan	Liberal Party	4,187	53.20
Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence, Bt	Liberal Unionist Party	3,683	46.80
Majority		504	6.40

25 January 1910		9,135/10,162	89.89
George Hay Morgan	Liberal Party	4,874	53.36
Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence, Bt	Liberal Unionist Party	4,261	46.64
Majority		613	6.71

13 December 1910		8,749/10,162	86.10
George Hay Morgan	Liberal Party	4,573	52.27
Charles Williams	Conservative Party	4,176	47.73
Majority		397	4.54

New
23 February 1950		45,274/54,374	83.26
Hugh Geoffrey Birch Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,910	41.77
Henry Brinton	Labour Party	15,617	34.49
Gerald Edward Leaman Whitmarsh	Liberal Party	10,747	23.74
Majority		3,293	7.27

25 October 1951		44,635/54,935	81.25
Hugh Geoffrey Birch Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,883	55.75
John Newton Newby	Labour Party	19,752	44.25
Majority		5,131	11.50

26 May 1955		43,139/54,798	78.72
Hugh Geoffrey Birch Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,900	46.13
John Newton Newby	Labour Party	15,183	35.20
Beatrice Nancy Seear	Liberal Party	8,056	18.67
Majority		4,717	10.93

8 October 1959		44,238/55,185	80.16
Hugh Geoffrey Birch Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,544	44.18
Ronald James Rae Blindell	Labour Party	15,057	34.04
Beatrice Nancy Seear	Liberal Party	9,637	21.78
Majority		4,487	10.14

15 October 1964		45,127/56,980	79.20
Hugh Geoffrey Birch Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,328	40.61
Douglas William John Grazier	Labour Party	14,224	31.52
William Rowse Hosking	Liberal Party	12,575	27.87
Majority		4,104	9.09

31 March 1966		46,244/58,362	79.24
Hugh Geoffrey Birch Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,701	40.44
Reginald Cyril James Scott	Labour Party	17,093	36.96
William Rowse Hosking	Liberal Party	10,450	22.60
Majority		1,608	3.48

18 June 1970		50,501/65,963	76.56
Piers John Shirley Dixon	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,894	49.29
Raymond Charles Cuss	Labour Party	16,684	33.04
Michael Steed	Liberal Party	8,923	17.67
Majority		8,210	16.26

Minor Boundary Change
28 February 1974		58,220/71,466	81.47
Piers John Shirley Dixon	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,493	40.35
David Charles Penhaligon	Liberal Party	20,932	35.95
Rev Malcolm Wesley White	Labour Party	12,945	22.23
Dr James Charles Arthur Whetter	Mebyon Kernow	850	1.46
Majority		2,561	4.40

10 October 1974		56,624/71,976	78.67
David Charles Penhaligon	Liberal Party	22,549	39.82
Piers John Shirley Dixon	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,085	39.00
Alfred Frank Long	Labour Party	11,606	20.50
Dr James Charles Arthur Whetter	Mebyon Kernow	384	0.68
Majority		464	0.82

3 May 1979		63,532/76,597	82.94
David Charles Penhaligon	Liberal Party	33,571	52.84
Rosemary Anne Brown	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,863	39.13
Bruce Malcolm Tidy	Labour Party	4,689	7.38
Dr James Charles Arthur Whetter	Cornish Nationalist	227	0.36
Nigel Francis Hedger	National Front	182	0.29
Majority		8,708	13.71

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		54,557/69,347	78.67
David Charles Penhaligon	Liberal Party in Alliance	31,279	57.33
Philip Durham Buddell	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,799	38.12
Janet Mary Beecroft	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
Matthew Owen John Taylor	Liberal Party in Alliance	30,599	60.40
Nicholas Francis St Aubyn	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,982	31.55
John Robert King	Labour Party	3,603	7.11
Howard Spencer Hoptrough	Green Party	403	0.80
Helen Mary Anscomb	Independent	75	0.15
Majority		14,617	28.85

Minor Boundary Change
11 June 1987		57,865/73,340	78.90
Matthew Owen John Taylor	Liberal Party in Alliance	28,368	49.02
Nicholas Francis St Aubyn	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,615	40.81
John Robert King	Labour Party	5,882	10.17
Majority		4,753	8.21

9 April 1992		61,853/75,101	82.36
Matthew Owen John Taylor	Liberal Democrats	31,230	50.49
Nicholas Francis St Aubyn	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,660	38.25
James Henry Geach	Labour Party	6,078	9.83
Liam Michael Keating	Green Party	569	0.92
Christopher Malcolm Tankard	Official Liberal Party	208	0.34
Margot Kathryn Frances Hartley	Natural Law Party	108	0.17
Majority		7,570	12.24