North Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)

North Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)
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North Cornwall County constituency

North Cornwall shown within Cornwall, and Cornwall shown within England
Created:	1918
MP:	Dan Rogerson
Party:	Liberal Democrat
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Cornwall
EP constituency:	South West England

North Cornwall is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also
5 Reference

Boundaries

The constituency shares a similar area to that of the North Cornwall district, however it also extends into the Restormel district, and parts of the North Cornwall district also fall into the constituency of South East Cornwall.North Cornwall though one of the most rural seats in England, has traditionally because of its non-conformist religious leanings been a Liberal stronghold.

Members of Parliament

The North Cornwall constituency shown within Cornwall and Devon, 1918-1945.

	Member	Party
1918	Sir George Croydon Marks	Liberal
1924	Alfred Martyn Williams	Conservative
1929	Sir Donald Maclean	Liberal
1932	Sir Francis Dyke Acland	Liberal
1939	Thomas Lewis Horabin	Liberal
1946		Independent
1947		Labour
1950	Sir Harold Roper	Conservative
1959	James Scott-Hopkins	Conservative
1966	John Wentworth Pardoe	Liberal
1979	Gerry Neale	Conservative
1992	Paul Tyler	Liberal Democrat
2005	Daniel Rogerson	Liberal Democrat

Election results

Elections of the 2000s

General Election 2005: North Cornwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Dan Rogerson	23,842	42.6	-9.4
	Conservative	Mark Formosa	20,766	37.1	+3.3
	Labour	David Acton	6,636	11.9	+2.2
	UK Independence	David Campbell-Bannerman	3,063	5.5	+1.1
	Mebyon Kernow	Dick Cole	1,351	2.4	+2.4
	Veritas	Alan Eastwood	324	0.6	+0.6
Majority			3,076	5.5
Turnout			55,982	64.5	0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	-6.4%

General Election 2001: North Cornwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Tyler	28,082	52.0	-1.1
	Conservative	John Weller	18,250	33.8	+4.3
	Labour	Michael Goodman	5,257	9.7	+0.3
	UK Independence	Steve Protz	2,394	4.4	N/A
Majority			9,832	18.2
Turnout			53,983	63.8	-9.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Elections of the 1990s

General Election 1997: North Cornwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Tyler	31,100	53.2	+5.8
	Conservative	Nigel Linacre	17,253	29.5	-14.8
	Labour	Anne Lindo	5,523	9.4	+2.9
	Referendum Party	Felicity Odam	3,636	6.2	N/A
	Mebyon Kernow	John Bolitho	645	1.1	N/A
	Liberal	Rif Winfield	186	0.3	N/A
	Natural Law	Nicholas Creswell	152	0.3	N/A
Majority			13,847	23.7
Turnout			58,495	73.05
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	10.3% Con to LD

Elections of the 1930s

13 July 1939 by-election: North Cornwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Horabin	17,072	52.2	+0.9
	Conservative	E.R. Whitehouse	15,608	47.8	-0.9
Majority			1,464	4.4	+1.8
Turnout			32,680	79.3	-0.6
Registered Electors			41,191
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.9 (L to C)

Death of Acland 9 June 1939

1935 general election: North Cornwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Sir Francis Dyke Acland, Bt.	16,872	51.3	-1.1
	Conservative	E.R. Whitehouse	16,036	48.7	+1.1
Majority			836	2.6	-2.2
Turnout			32,908	79.9	-0.9
Registered Electors			41,164
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.1 (L to C)

22 July 1932 by-election: North Cornwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Sir Francis Dyke Acland, Bt.	16,933	52.4	+3.3
	Conservative	Alfred Martyn Williams	15,387	47.6	+2.3
Majority			1,546	4.8	+1.0
Turnout			32,320	80.8	-4.9
Registered Electors			40,020
	Liberal hold		Swing

Death of Maclean 15 June 1932

1931 general election: North Cornwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Sir Donald Maclean	16,867	49.1	-0.6
	Conservative	Alfred Martyn Williams	16,526	45.3	+3.0
	Labour	A. Bennett	1,907	5.6	-2.4
Majority			1,341	3.8	-3.6
Turnout			35,300	85.7	-0.4
Registered Electors			40,020
	Liberal hold		Swing

Reference

British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1977)

v • d • e Constituencies in South West England

Conservative	Bournemouth East • Bournemouth West • Bridgwater • Christchurch • Cotswold • Devizes • East Devon • Forest of Dean • North Dorset • North Wiltshire • Poole • Salisbury • South West Devon • Tewkesbury • Tiverton and Honiton • Torridge and West Devon • Totnes • Wells • West Dorset • Westbury • Weston-super-Mare • Woodspring

Liberal Democrat	Bath • Bristol West • Cheltenham • Falmouth and Camborne • Mid Dorset and North Poole • North Cornwall • North Devon • Northavon • Somerton and Frome • South East Cornwall • St Ives • Taunton • Teignbridge • Torbay • Truro and St Austell • Yeovil

Labour	Bristol East • Bristol North West • Bristol South • Exeter • Gloucester • Kingswood • North Swindon • Plymouth Devonport • Plymouth Sutton • South Dorset • South Swindon • Stroud • Wansdyke

South West England European constituency: Conservative (3) · UKIP (2) · Liberal Democrats (1) · Labour (1)

v • d • e Constituencies in South West England 1918 - 1945

Cornwall (5)	Bodmin • Camborne • Cornwall North • Penryn and Falmouth • St. Ives

Devon (11)	Barnstaple • Exeter • Honiton • Plymouth Devonport • Plymouth Drake • Plymouth Sutton • South Molton • Tavistock • Tiverton • Torquay • Totnes

Dorset (4)	Dorset East • Dorset North • Dorset South • Dorset West •

Gloucestershire (11)	Bristol Central • Bristol East • Bristol North • Bristol South • Bristol West • Cheltenham • Cirencester and Tewkesbury • Forest of Dean • Gloucester • Stroud • Thornbury

Somerset (7)	Bath • Bridgwater • Frome • Taunton • Wells • Weston-Super-Mare • Yeovil

Wiltshire (5)	Chippenham • Devizes • Salisbury • Swindon • Westbury

Constituency Lists	1885-1918 • 1918-1945 • 1945-1950 • 1950-1955 • 1955-1970 • 1974-1983 • 1983-1997 • 1997-2005 • Present • Future

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