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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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20 December 1832		4,462
Sir William Molesworth, bt	Radical	Unopposed
William Lewis Salusbury Trelawney	Whig	Unopposed

12 January 1835		4,392
Sir William Molesworth, bt	Radical	Unopposed
Sir William Lewis Salusbury Trelawney, bt	Whig	Unopposed

10 August 1837		4,648/5,469	84.99
Edward Granville Eliot, Baron Eliot	Conservative Party	2,430	52.28
Sir Richard Hussey Vivian, bt	Whig	2,294	49.35
Sir William Lewis Salusbury Trelawney, bt	Whig	2,250	48.41
Majority		44	0.95

15 July 1841		4,549/6,076	74.87
Edward Granville Eliot, Baron Eliot	Conservative Party	3,006	66.08
William Rashleigh	Conservative Party	2,807	61.71
John Salusbury Trelawny	Radical	1,647	36.21
Majority		1,160	25.50

6 September 1841 Resignation of Baron Eliot on appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland.

29 September 1841
Edward Granville Eliot, Baron Eliot	Conservative Party	Unopposed

19 January 1845 Succession of Rt Hon Baron Eliot to the Peerage - 3rd Earl of St Germans.

20 February 1845
William Henry Pole Carew	Conservative Party	Unopposed

9 August 1847		6,270
William Henry Pole Carew	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Thomas James Agar-Robartes	Whig	Unopposed

17 July 1852		4,597/5,694	80.73
Thomas James Agar-Robartes	Whig	2,609	56.75
Nicholas Kendall	Conservative Party	1,996	43.42
William Henry Pole Carew	Conservative Party	1,979	43.05
Majority		17	0.37

4 April 1857		6,261
Thomas James Agar-Robartes	Whig	Unopposed
Nicholas Kendall	Conservative Party	Unopposed

5 May 1859		6,240
Thomas James Agar-Robartes	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Nicholas Kendall	Conservative Party	Unopposed

18 July 1865		5,781
Thomas James Agar-Robartes	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Nicholas Kendall	Conservative Party	Unopposed

20 November 1868		8,701
Sir John Salusbury Trelawny, Bt	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Edward Brydges Willyams	Liberal Party	Unopposed

14 February 1874		6,374/8,982	70.96
Sir Colman Rashleigh, Bt	Liberal Party	3,395	53.26
John Tremayne	Conservative Party	3,376	52.97
William Henry Pole Carew	Conservative Party	3,099	48.62
Reginald Kelly	Liberal Party	2,978	46.72
Majority		277	4.35

9 April 1880		6,669/9,150	72.89
Hon Thomas Charles Agar-Robartes	Liberal Party	4,018	60.25
William Copeland Borlase	Liberal Party	3,883	58.22
John Tremayne	Conservative Party	3,033	45.48
Digby Collins	Conservative Party	2,403	36.03
Majority		850	12.75

9 March 1882 Succession of Hon Thomas Agar-Robartes to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Robartes.

31 March 1882		7,239/9,484	76.33
Charles Thomas Dyke Acland	Liberal Party	3,720	51.39
John Tremayne	Conservative Party	3,519	48.61
Majority		201	2.78