The historic county of Cornwall in south-west England was represented in Parliament from the 13th century. This article provides a list of constituencies constituting the Parliamentary representation from Cornwall.

In 1889 an administrative county of Cornwall was created. Unlike many other counties there has been no major change between the historic and administrative county boundaries. The first part of this article covers the constituencies wholly or predominantly within the area of the historic county. The second part refers to constituencies mostly in another historic county, which included some territory from the historic county of Cornwall (if any). The summaries section only refers to the constituencies included in the first section of the constituency list.

List of constituencies

The constituencies which existed in 1707 were those previously represented in the Parliament of England.

Key to abbreviations:-

  • (Type) BC Borough constituency, CC County constituency.

Constituencies wholly or predominantly in the historic county

ConstituencyTypeFromToMPsNotes
BodminBC (1295–1885)129519832 (1295–1868)Unrepresented 1654–1659
CC (1885–1983)1 (1868–1983)
BossineyBC155218322Unrepresented 1654–1659
CallingtonBC158418322Unrepresented 1654–1659
CamborneCC188519501
Camborne and RedruthCC2010*1
CamelfordBC154718322Unrepresented 1654–1659
CornwallCC129018322 (1290–1654)
8 (1654–1659)
2 (1659–1832)
East CornwallCC183218852
North CornwallCC1918*1
South East CornwallCC1983*1
West CornwallCC183218852
East LooeBC157118322Unrepresented 1654–1659
East Looe and West LooeBC165416591
Falmouth and CamborneCC195020101
FoweyBC157118322Unrepresented 1654–1659
GrampoundBC154718212Unrepresented 1654–1659
HelstonBC129818852 (1298–1832)Unrepresented 1654–1659
1 (1832–1885)
LauncestonBC (1295–1885)129519182 (1295–1654)Also called Dunheved
1 (1654–1659)
2 (1659–1832)
1 (1832–1918)
CC (1885–1918)
LiskeardBC129518852 (1295–1832)Unrepresented 1654–1659
1 (1832–1885)
LostwithielBC130518322Unrepresented 1654–1659
MitchellBC154718322Unrepresented 1654–1659. Also called St. Michael's.
Newport (Cornwall)BC152918322Unrepresented 1654–1659. Also called Newport Iuxta Launceston.
PenrynBC154718322 (1547–1654)
1 (1654–1659)
2 (1659–1832)
Penryn and FalmouthBC (1832–1918)183219502 (1832–1885)
CC (1918–1950)1 (1885–1950)
St AustellCC188519181
St Austell and NewquayCC2010*1
St GermansBC156318322Unrepresented 1654–1659
St IvesBC (1558–1885)1558*2 (1558–1832)Unrepresented 1654–1659
CC (1885–*)1 (1832–*)
St MawesBC156318322Unrepresented 1654–1659
SaltashBC154718322Unrepresented 1654–1659
TregonyBC129512962Unrepresented 1654–1659
15591832
TruroBC (1295–1885)129519182 (1295–1654)
1 (1654–1659)
2 (1659–1885)
CC (1885–1918)1 (1885–1918)
CC195019971
Truro and FalmouthCC2010*1
Truro and St AustellCC199720101
West LooeBC155318322Unrepresented 1654–1659

Constituencies mostly in another historic county

ConstituencyTypeFromToMPsNotes

Periods constituencies represented

 1290–12951295–12961296–12981298–13051305–15291529–15471547–15521552–15531553–15581558–1559
Bodmin   1295–1654
Bossiney   1552–1654
Camelford   1547–1654
Cornwall 1290–1832
Grampound   1547–1654
Helston   1298–1654
Launceston   1295–1918
Liskeard   1295–1654
Lostwithiel   1305–1654
Mitchell   1547–1654
Newport   1529–1654
Penryn   1547–1654
St Ives   1558–1654
Saltash   1547–1654
Tregony   1295–1296  
Truro   1295–1918
West Looe   1553–1654
 1559–15631563–15711571–15841584–16541654–16591659–18211821–18321832–18851885–1918
Bodmin 1295–1654   1659–1983
Bossiney 1552–1654   1659–1832  
Callington   1584–1654   1659–1832  
Camborne   1885–1950
Camelford 1547–1654   1659–1832  
Cornwall 1290–1832  
East Cornwall   1832–1885  
West Cornwall   1832–1885  
East Looe   1571–1654   1659–1832  
East Looe and West Looe   1654–1659  
Fowey   1571–1654   1659–1832  
Grampound 1547–1654   1659–1821  
Helston 1298–1654   1659–1885  
Launceston 1295–1918
Liskeard 1295–1654   1659–1885  
Lostwithiel 1547–1654   1659–1832  
Mitchell 1547–1654   1659–1832  
Newport 1529–1654   1659–1832  
Penryn 1547–1654   1659–1832  
Penryn and Falmouth   1832–1950
St Austell   1885–1918
St Germans   1563–1654   1659–1832  
St Ives 1558–1654   1659–*
St Mawes   1563–1654   1659–1832  
Saltash 1547–1654   1659–1832  
Tregony 1559–1654   1659–1832  
Truro 1295–1918
West Looe 1553–1654   1659–1832  
 1918–19501950–19831983–19971997–20102010–*
Bodmin 1659–1983  
Camborne 1885–1950  
Camborne and Redruth   2010–*
North Cornwall 1918–*
South East Cornwall   1983–*
Falmouth and Camborne   1950–2010  
Penryn and Falmouth 1832–1950  
St Austell and Newquay   2010–*
St Ives 1659–*
Truro   1950–1997  
Truro and Falmouth   2010–*
Truro and St Austell   1997–2010  

Summaries

Summary of Constituencies by Type and Period

Note: Dates of representation prior to 1509 are provisional.

Type129012951296129813051529154715521553155815591563157115841654165918211832188519182010
Borough–5456712131415171921223222171––
County111111111111111112656
Total1656781314151618202223423229756

Summary of members of parliament by Type and Period

Type1290129512961298130515291547155215531558155915631571158416541659182118321868188519182010
Borough–1081012142426283034384244344421091––
County2222222222222282244656
Total2121012141626283032364044461146441413756

See also

Further reading

  • Edwin Jaggard Cornwall politics in the age of reform 1790–1855, Royal Historical Society/Boydell Press, (1999), ISBN 0-86193-243-9

References

  • Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885–1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
  • British Parliamentary Constituencies: A Statistical Compendium, by Ivor Crewe and Anthony Fox (Faber and Faber 1984)
  • British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977)
  • The House of Commons 1509–1558, by S.T. Bindoff (Secker & Warburg 1982)
  • The House of Commons 1558–1603, by P.W. Hasler (HMSO 1981)
  • The House of Commons 1660–1690, by Basil Duke Henning (Secker & Warburg 1983)
  • The House of Commons 1715–1754, by Romney Sedgwick (HMSO 1970)
  • The House of Commons 1754–1790, by Sir Lewis Namier and John Brooke (HMSO 1964)
  • The House of Commons 1790–1820, by R.G. Thorne (Secker & Warburg 1986)
  • The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973) out of copyright
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