Camborne (UK Parliament constituency)

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Camborne
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
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Camborne in Cornwall and Devon, 1918–45
18851950
SeatsOne
Created from West Cornwall
Replaced by Falmouth and Camborne and St Ives

Camborne was a county constituency in Cornwall which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Falmouth and Camborne.

Contents

Between 1885 and 1918 its official name was The North West or Camborne Division of Cornwall, and it was sometimes referred to simply as North West Cornwall.

Boundaries

1885–1918: Part of the Sessional Division of Penwith East, and the civil parishes of Gwennap and St Agnes.

1918–1950: The Borough of Helston, the Urban Districts of Camborne, Hayle, Phillack, and Redruth, the Rural District of Redruth, in the Rural District of East Kerrier the parishes of Constantine, Mabe, and Perranarworthal, in the Rural District of Helston the parishes of Crowan and Wendron, and in the Rural District of Truro the parishes of Kea, Kenwyn Rural, Perranzabuloe, St Agnes, St Allen, and Tregavethan.

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1885 Charles Conybeare Liberal
1895 Arthur Strauss Liberal Unionist
1900 William Sproston Caine Liberal
1903 by-election Sir Wilfrid Lawson Liberal
1906 Albert Dunn Liberal
1910 Sir Francis Acland Liberal
1922 Algernon Moreing National Liberal
1923 Leif Jones Independent Liberal (sat with Liberal Party when elected)
1924 Algernon Moreing Constitutionalist
1924 Unionist
1929 Leif Jones Liberal
1931 Sir Peter Agnew Conservative
1950 constituency abolished

Elections

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Camborne electoral history

Elections in the 1880s

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Charles Conybeare
General election 1885: Camborne [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Liberal Charles Conybeare 2,926 53.2
Liberal Arthur Vivian 2,57746.8
Majority3496.4
Turnout 5,50377.1
Registered electors 7,139
Independent Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1886: Camborne [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Conybeare 3,156 61.6 +14.8
Liberal Unionist James Drew Gay [3] 1,96938.4New
Majority1,18723.2+16.8
Turnout 5,12571.8−5.3
Registered electors 7,139
Liberal gain from Liberal Swing

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Camborne [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Conybeare 3,073 53.8 −7.8
Liberal Unionist Arthur Strauss 2,63546.2+7.8
Majority4387.6−15.6
Turnout 5,70875.0+3.2
Registered electors 7,611
Liberal hold Swing -7.8
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Arthur Strauss
General election 1895: Camborne [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Arthur Strauss 3,166 53.9 +7.7
Liberal Charles Conybeare 2,70446.1−7.7
Majority4627.8N/A
Turnout 5,87075.3+0.3
Registered electors 7,800
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +7.7

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Camborne [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Sproston Caine 3,101 50.9 +4.8
Liberal Unionist Arthur Strauss 2,99349.14.8
Majority1081.8N/A
Turnout 6,09476.0+0.7
Registered electors 8,023
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing +4.8
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Lawson
1903 Camborne by-election [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Wilfrid Lawson 3,558 55.4 +4.5
Liberal Unionist Arthur Strauss 2,86944.6−4.5
Majority68910.8+9.0
Turnout 6,42774.2−1.8
Registered electors 8,659
Liberal hold Swing +4.5
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Edward Dunn
General election 1906: Camborne [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Albert Dunn 4,614 65.0 +14.1
Conservative Thomas Hewitt (politician)2,38433.515.6
Social Democratic Federation Jack Jones 1091.5New
Majority2,23031.5+29.7
Turnout 7,10777.2+1.2
Registered electors 9,210
Liberal hold Swing +14.9

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Camborne [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Albert Dunn 5,027 66.0 +1.0
Liberal Unionist Norman G Chamberlain2,58734.0+0.5
Majority2,44032.0+0.5
Turnout 7,61481.2+4.0
Liberal hold Swing +0.5
General election December 1910: Camborne [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Francis Dyke Acland 4,419 65.5 −0.5
Liberal Unionist George Coates2,32634.5+0.5
Majority2,09331.0−1.0
Turnout 6,74571.9−1.3
Liberal hold Swing -0.5

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

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Francis Acland
General election 1918: Camborne [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Francis Dyke Acland 7,078 52.0 −13.5
Labour George Nicholls 6,54648.0New
Majority5324.0−27.0
Turnout 13,62441.8−30.1
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Camborne [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Algernon Moreing 8,191 39.7 N/A
Liberal Leifchild Jones 7,92338.4−13.6
Labour Tom Proctor 4,51221.9−26.1
Majority2681.3N/A
Turnout 20,62660.5+18.7
National Liberal gain from Liberal Swing
General election 1923: Camborne [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Liberal Leifchild Jones 11,794 59.3 +20.9
Liberal Algernon Moreing 8,09640.7+1.0
Majority3,69818.6N/A
Turnout 19,89058.0−2.5
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Swing +10.0
General election 1924: Camborne [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Constitutionalist Algernon Moreing 9,530 42.9 +2.2
Liberal Leifchild Jones 7,22032.5−8.2
Labour F. A. P. Rowe 5,47724.6New
Majority2,31010.4N/A
Turnout 22,22764.6+6.6
Constitutionalist gain from Liberal Swing
General election 1929: Camborne [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Leifchild Jones 11,176 35.8 +3.3
Unionist Algernon Moreing 10,14532.6−10.3
Labour H J Sharman7,87025.3+0.7
Independent J C Roberts1,9766.3New
Majority1,0313.2N/A
Turnout 31,16770.8+6.2
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +6.8

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Camborne [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Agnew 14,664 43.4 +10.8
Liberal Leifchild Jones 10,84032.1−3.7
Ind. Labour Party Kate Spurrell 8,28024.5New
Majority3,82411.3N/A
Turnout 33,78475.8+5.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing
General election 1935: Camborne [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Agnew 14,826 48.3 +4.9
Liberal Walter Peacock 7,92125.8−6.3
Labour Harold R. G. Greaves7,37524.0New
Ind. Labour Party Kate Spurrell 5921.9−22.6
Majority6,90522.5+11.2
Turnout 30,71466.9−8.9
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1945: Camborne [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Agnew 12,257 37.1 −11.2
Labour Harold Hayman 11,67335.3+11.3
Liberal Thomas Rowland Hill9,14127.6+1.8
Majority5841.8−20.7
Turnout 33,07164.3−2.6
Conservative hold Swing

See also

References

  1. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  2. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  3. "Parliamentary Election – July 1886". Royal Cornwall Gazette . 27 August 1886. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  4. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  5. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  6. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  7. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  8. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  9. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  10. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  11. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
  12. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
  13. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
  14. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
  15. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
  16. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
  17. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
  18. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 by FWS Craig