List of parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall

Last updated August 13, 2024

Parliamentary history of Cornwall

Four of the six Cornish parliamentary seats are currently held by Labour, after having no seats in Cornwall between the 2005 and 2024 elections. Two are held by the Liberal Democrats since the 2024 election, after previously winning all Cornish constituencies in 2005 then losing three to the Conservatives in 2010, and losing the remaining three to the Conservatives in 2015. The Conservatives, who had won no Cornish seats in 1997, 2001 and 2005, held three from 2010 and all six from 2015 to 2024. In 2017, several previous Liberal Democrat candidates, including previous MPs Andrew George and Steve Gilbert stood in their old seats, but failed to be re-elected. In all six seats, the Labour vote surged, pushing the Liberal Democrats into third place in four of the six seats. In the 2019 election, Labour retained their position as the second-placed party in most of the Cornish seats, holding their vote up far better in the region than elsewhere in the country.

In the 2024 election, the Conservatives lost all six seats, four of them going to Labour and the other two going to the Liberal Democrats, with Andrew George (MP for St Ives 1997-2015) retaking his St Ives seat for the first time since 2015 - George stood in his St Ives constituency in every election since 1992, winning in six out of nine elections. This marked the first time since 2005 that the Conservatives held no seats in Cornwall, the first time since 2015 that the Liberal Democrats held any seats, and the first time since 2005 that the Labour Party held any seats. It is also the first time in history that the Labour Party has held a majority of Cornish seats, as well as the most seats they have ever gained there, previously only holding one seat in a number of elections, and thus is their best result in Cornwall ever. Reform UK failed to win any seats in Cornwall but came third in five out of six seats and fourth in the remaining seat, while the Green Party came fifth in all six seats and increased their vote share in all seats.

Constituencies

Labour † Conservative ‡ Liberal Democrat ¤

Constituency	Electorate^[1]	Majority^[1]^{[nb 1]}			Current electoral wards^[2]^[3]
Camborne and Redruth	74,382	7,806	Perran Moon †	Connor Donnithorne ‡	Camborne Roskear & Tuckingmill Camborne Trelowarren Camborne West & Treswithian Constantine, Mabe & Mawnan Crowan, Sithney & Wendron (part) Falmouth Trescobeas & Budock (part) Four Lanes, Beacon & Troon Gwinear-Gwithian & Hayle East Hayle West Helston South & Meneage (part) Illogan & Portreath Lanner, Stithians & Gwennap (part) Mylor, Perranarworthal & Ponsanooth (part) Perranporth (part) Pool & Tehidy Redruth Central, Carharrack & St Day Redruth North Redruth South St Agnes (part)
North Cornwall	76,741	10,767	Ben Maguire ¤	Scott Mann ‡	Altarnun & Stoke Climsland Bodmin St Mary's & St Leonard Bodmin St Petroc Bude Camelford & Boscastle Lanivet, Blisland & Bodmin St Lawrence Launceston North & North Petherwin Launceston South Padstow Poundstock St Teath & Tintagel Stratton, Kilkhampton & Morwenstow Wadebridge East & St Minver Wadebridge West & St Mabyn
South East Cornwall	72,654	1,911	Anna Gelderd †	Sheryll Murray ‡	Callington & St Dominic Calstock Liskeard Central Liskeard South & Dobwalls Looe East & Deviock Looe West, Pelynt, Lansallos & Lanteglos Lostwithiel & Lanreath Lynher Rame Peninsula & St Germans Roche & Bugle (part) Saltash Essa Saltash Tamar Saltash Trematon & Landrake St Cleer & Menheniot Torpoint
St Austell and Newquay	76,076	2,470	Noah Law †	Steve Double ‡	Fowey, Tywardreath & Par Mevagissey & St Austell Bay Newquay Central & Pentire Newquay Porth & Tretherras Newquay Trenance Penwithick & Boscoppa Roche & Bugle (part) St Austell Bethel & Holmbush St Austell Central & Gover St Austell Poltair & Mount Charles St Blazey St Columb Major, St Mawgan & St Wenn St Columb Minor & Colan St Dennis & St Enoder St Goran, Tregony & the Roseland (part) St Mewan & Grampound St Newlyn East, Cubert & Goonhavern (part) St Stephen-in-Brannel
St Ives	69,978	13,786	Andrew George ¤	Derek Thomas ‡	Crowan, Sithney & Wendron (part) Helston North Helston South & Meneage (part) Land's End Long Rock, Marazion & St Erth Ludgvan, Madron, Gulval & Heamoor Mousehole, Newlyn & St Buryan Mullion & St Keverne Penzance East Penzance Promenade Porthleven, Breage & Germoe St Ives, Lelant & Carbis Bay St Ives West & Towednack Isles of Scilly
Truro and Falmouth	72,982	8,151	Jayne Kirkham †	Cherilyn Mackrory ‡	Falmouth Arwenack Falmouth Boslowick Falmouth Penwerris Falmouth Trescobeas & Budock (part) Feock & Kea Gloweth, Malabar & Shortlanesend Lanner, Stithians & Gwennap (part) Mylor, Perranarworthal & Ponsanooth (part) Penryn Perranporth (part) Probus & St Erme St Agnes (part) St Goran, Tregony & the Roseland (part) St Newlyn East, Cubert & Goonhaven (part) Threemilestone & Chacewater Truro Boscawen & Redannick Truro Moresk & Trehaverne

Boundary changes

2024

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Name	Boundaries 2010–2024	Name	Boundaries 2024–present
Camborne and Redruth CC North Cornwall CC South East Cornwall CC St Austell and Newquay CC St Ives CC Truro and Falmouth CC	Parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall (2010-2024)	Camborne and Redruth CC North Cornwall CC South East Cornwall CC St Austell and Newquay CC St Ives CC Truro and Falmouth CC	Parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall (2024-present)

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England retained the six existing parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall with the same names and relatively minor alterations compared to other parts of the country.^[4]

2010

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to increase the number of seats which covered Cornwall from 5 to 6. Falmouth and Camborne, and Truro and St Austell were abolished and replaced by Camborne and Redruth, St Austell and Newquay, and Truro and Falmouth.

Name (1997-2010)	Boundaries 1997–2010	Name (2010-2024)	Boundaries 2010–present
Falmouth and Camborne CC North Cornwall CC South East Cornwall CC St Ives CC Truro and St Austell CC	Parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall	Camborne and Redruth CC North Cornwall CC South East Cornwall CC St Austell and Newquay CC St Ives CC Truro and Falmouth CC	Proposed Revised constituencies in Cornwall

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019^[5]

Vote breakdown

Year	Labour			Conservative			Liberal Democrats			Reform			Green			UKIP			Mebyon Kernow			Others

	Votes	%	-/+	Votes	%	-/+	Votes	%	-/+	Votes	%	-/+	Votes	%	-/+	Votes	%	-/+	Votes	%	-/+	Votes	%
2024	77,517	26.0	+3.3	76,817	25.8	-27.7	73,691	24.7	+5.5	48,574	16.3%	+16.3	13,778	4.6	+2.5	111	0.0	+16.5	did not contest			3,740	1.3
2019	74,392	23.1	-3.6	173,027	53.8	+5.4	62,165	19.3	-4.2	did not contest			7,129	2.2	+1.1	did not contest			1,660	0.5	+0.5	3,602	1.1
2017	83,968	26.7	+14.4	152,428	48.4	+5.3	73,875	23.5	+1.1	did not exist			3,218	1.0	-4.8	897	0.3	-13.5	did not contest			323	0.1
2015	36,235	12.3	+3.7	127,079	43.1	+2.2	66,056	22.4	-19.4				17,241	5.8	+4.5	40,785	13.8	+8.9	5,675	1.9		1,757	0.6
2010	24,257	8.6	-7.0	115,016	40.9	+9.1	117,307	41.8	-2.6				3,573	1.3	+0.6	13,763	4.9	-0.1	5,379	1.9	+0.5	1,586	0.6
2005	41,140	15.6	-1.7	82,543	31.8	-0.8	115,241	44.4	-0.4				1,738	0.7	+0.7	12,863	5.0	+1.3	3,552	1.4	+0.1	2,356	0.9
2001	43,674	17.3	+0.2	82,227	32.6	+2.2	113,000	44.8	+0.9				did not contest			9,290	3.7	+2.7	3,199	1.3	+0.6	727	0.3
1997	47,913	17.1	+3.2	85,077	30.4	-12.3	123,124	43.9	+2.2				482	0.2	-0.1	2,926	1.0	+1.0	1,906	0.7	+0.7	18,779	6.7
1992	41,593	13.9	+1.3	127,678	42.7	-4.6	124,553	41.7	+1.7				1,035	0.3	+0.3	did not exist			did not contest			4,098	1.4
1987	34,994	12.6	+3.7	131,194	47.3	-2.0	111,064	40.0	-0.8				did not contest						did not contest			373	0.1
1983	22,838	8.9	-3.7	126,182	49.3	-1.3	104,365	40.8	+6.6				776	0.3	-0.2				1,151	0.5	-1.1	677	0.3

Percentage votes

Election year	1923	1924	1929	1945	1950	1951	1955	1959	1964	1966	1970	1974 (Feb)	1974 (Oct)	1979	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019	2024
Labour	2.3	9.7	18.1	25.4	29.6	33.3	30.7	27.5	25.9	27.6	24.6	19.6	20.0	12.6	8.9	12.6	13.9	17.1	17.3	15.9	8.6	12.3	26.7	23.1	26.0
Conservative ¹	35.0	48.6	38.4	42.0	44.2	50.5	48.5	43.8	41.1	41.1	47.9	41.8	43.6	50.6	49.3	47.3	42.7	30.4	32.6	31.8	40.9	43.1	48.4	53.8	25.8
Liberal Democrat ²	52.6	41.7	42.4	32.6	26.2	16.2	20.8	28.7	32.8	30.6	27.0	38.2	35.2	34.2	40.8	40.0	41.7	44.0	44.8	44.4	41.8	22.4	23.5	19.3	24.7
Reform	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	16.3
Green Party	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	*	*	*	*	*	1.3	5.8	1.0	2.2	4.6
UKIP	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	*	*	*	4.9	13.8	0.3	–	*
Other	10.0	–	1.2	0.4	–	–	–	–	0.1	0.7	0.4	0.4	1.2	2.6	1.0	0.1	1.7	8.6	5.2	7.9	2.5	2.5	0.1	1.6	17.6

¹Includes Constitutionalist in 1924 and National Liberal Party up to 1966

²1950–1979 – Liberal; 1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Meaningful vote percentages are not applicable for the elections of 1918, 1922, 1931 and 1935 since one or more seats were gained unopposed.

Seats

Election year	1918	1922	1923	1924	1929	1931	1935	1945	1950	1951	1955	1959	1964	1966	1970	1974 (Feb)	1974 (Oct)	1979	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019	2024
Labour	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
Liberal Democrat ²	2	1	4	0	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	4	4	5	3	0	0	0	2
Conservative ¹	2	2	0	5	0	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	3	6	6	6	0
National Liberal	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Independent Liberal	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6

¹Includes Constitutionalist in 1924 and National Liberal Party up to 1966

²pre-1979 – Liberal; 1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

1885–1910

1885
1886
1892
1895
1900
1906
Jan 1910
Dec 1910

1918–1945

1918
1922
1923
1924
1929
1931
1935
1945

1950–present

1950
1951
1955
1959
1964
1966
1970
1974 Feb
1974 Oct
1979
1983
1987
1992
1997
2001
2005
2010
2015
2017
2019
2024

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1832 to 1847 (14 MPs)

Conservative Radical Whig

Constituency	1832	1835	1837	38	40	1841	42	43	44	45	46
Bodmin	Peter	C. Vivian						Spry
Bodmin	Spry		→			Gardner
Cornwall Eastern	Molesworth		R. H. Vivian			W. Rashleigh
Cornwall Eastern	W. Salusbury-Trelawny		Eliot							Pole-Carew
Cornwall Western	Wynne-Pendarves
Cornwall Western	Lemon					Boscawen-Rose	Lemon
Helston	Lane-Fox	Townshend	Sackville		Basset	R. Vyvyan
Launceston	Hardinge								Bowles
Liskeard	C. Buller
Penryn & Falmouth	Rolfe				Hutchins	J. C. Vivian
Penryn & Falmouth	Bury	Freshfield				Plumridge
St Ives	Halse			W. Praed							Powlett
Truro	R. H. Vivian	J. E. Vivian
Truro	Tooke		Turner

1847 to 1868 (14 MPs)

Conservative Independent Liberal Liberal Peelite Radical Whig

Constituency	1847	49	1852	53	54	1857	58	1859	59	65	1865	66	68
Bodmin	Wyld		Michell			J. C. Vivian		Leveson-Gower
Bodmin	Lacy		Graves-Sawle			Wyld		Michell	Wyld
Cornwall Eastern	T. J. Agar-Robartes							→
Cornwall Eastern	Pole-Carew		Kendall
Cornwall Western	Wynne-Pendarves			Williams			St Aubyn	→
Cornwall Western	Lemon					Davey		→
Helston	R. Vyvyan					Trueman		Rogers			Young	W. Brett
Launceston	Bowles		Percy					Haliburton			Campbell		Lopes
Liskeard	C. Buller	Crowder			Grey			Osborne			A. Buller
Penryn & Falmouth	Gwyn					Baring		→				Smith
Penryn & Falmouth	Mowatt		Freshfield			Gurney
St Ives	Powlett		Laffan			Paull
Truro	J. E. Vivian					A. Smith		→			J. C. Vivian
Truro	Turner	H. Willyams	H. Vivian			E. Willyams		M. Smith		F. Williams

1868 to 1885 (13 MPs)

Conservative Liberal

Constituency	1868	69	71	1874	74	76	77	78	1880	81	82	85
Bodmin	Leveson-Gower
Cornwall Eastern	E. Willyams			C. Rashleigh					T. C. Agar-Robartes		Dyke Acland
Cornwall Eastern	J. Salusbury-Trelawney			J. Tremayne					Borlase
Cornwall Western	St Aubyn
Cornwall Western	A. Vivian
Helston	Young								Molesworth-St Aubyn
Launceston	Lopes			Deakin			Giffard					Webster
Liskeard	A. Buller	Horsman				Courtney
Penryn & Falmouth	Fowler			Jenkins
Penryn & Falmouth	Eastwick			Cole					R. Brett
St Ives	Magniac			Davenport	C. Praed				Reed	Ross
Truro	J. C. Vivian		McGarel-Hogg
Truro	F. Williams							A. Tremayne	E. Willyams

1885 to 1906 (7 MPs)

Conservative Independent Liberal Liberal Liberal Unionist

Constituency	1885	1886	87	1892	1895	98	99	1900	03	04
Bodmin	Courtney	→					→	Molesworth
Camborne	Conybeare	→			Strauss			Caine	Lawson
Launceston	C. Dyke-Acland			Owen		Moulton
Penryn and Falmouth	Jenkins	Cavendish-Bentinck			Horniman
St Austell	Borlase		McArthur
St Ives	St Aubyn	→	Bolitho					Hain		→
Truro	Bickford-Smith	→		Williams	Durning-Lawrence

1906 to 1918 (7 MPs)

Conservative Liberal Liberal Unionist

Constituency	1906	06	08	Jan 1910	Dec 1910	12	15	16
Bodmin	Agar-Robartes	Freeman-Thomas		Grenfell	Pole-Carew	→		Hanson
Camborne	Dunn				F. Dyke Acland
Launceston	Marks
Penryn and Falmouth	Barker			Goldman
St Austell	McArthur		Agar-Robartes				Layland-Barratt
St Ives	Cory
Truro	Morgan

1918 to 1931 (5 MPs)

Coalition Liberal (1918–22) / National Liberal (1922–23) Conservative Constitutionalist Independent Liberal Liberal National Liberal (1931–68)

Constituency	1918	22	1922	1923	1924	24	28	1929	31
Bodmin	Hanson	Foot			Harrison			Foot
Camborne	Dyke Acland		Moreing	Jones	Moreing	→		Jones
Cornwall North	Marks		→	→	Williams			Maclean
Penryn and Falmouth	Nicholl		Shipwright	Mansel	Pilcher			Walters
St Ives	Cory		Hawke	Cory	Hawke		H. Runciman	W. Runciman	→

1931 to 1950 (5 MPs)

Conservative Independent Labour Liberal National Liberal (1931–68)

Constituency	1931	32	1935	37	39	41	1945	46	47
Bodmin	Foot		Rathbone			B. Rathbone	Marshall
Camborne	Agnew
Cornwall North	Maclean	Dyke Acland			Horabin			→	→
Penryn and Falmouth	Petherick						King
St Ives	W. Runciman			Beechman

1950 to 1983 (5 MPs)

Conservative Labour Liberal Liberal Democrats National Liberal (1931–68)

Constituency	1950	1959	1964	1966	68	1970	Feb 1974	Oct 1974	1979
Bodmin	Marshall		Bessell			Hicks	Tyler	Hicks
Cornwall North	Roper	Scott-Hopkins		Pardoe					Neale
Falmouth & Camborne	Hayman			Dunwoody		Mudd
St Ives	Howard			Nott	→
Truro	Wilson					Dixon		Penhaligon

1983 to 2010 (5 MPs)