North Cornwall | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Cornwall |
Electorate | 76,741 (2024) [1] |
Major settlements | Bodmin, Bude, Camelford, Launceston, Padstow and Wadebridge |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1918 |
Member of Parliament | Ben Maguire (Liberal Democrat) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Launceston and St Austell |
North Cornwall is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Ben Maguire, a Liberal Democrat since the 2024 general election. Like all British constituencies, the seat elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years. The seat was created in 1918. Since 1950, the constituency has been held by MPs from either the Conservative Party or the Liberal Democrats (including the party's predecessor, the Liberal Party).
This constituency was created under the Representation of the People Act 1918. [2]
With exceptions in 1997, 2001 and 2019, the seat's margin of victory has been less than 20% of the vote. It has been consistently fought over between and won by the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats' candidate (or predecessor party in the latter case), and can be considered a marginal seat. In 1997 and 2001 the seat turned out strongly overall for the latter party. However, in the 2019 general election, the Conservatives won a large majority of 28.6% over the Liberal Democrat candidate. This was overturned in the 2024 general election when the Liberal Democrats recaptured the seat with a majority of 19.4%.
The highest third-placed (other party) candidate was the 16.4% achieved by Reform UK in 2024. The seat saw three years of defection of its Liberal MP to join the post-World War II Attlee Ministry however in 2015 saw the lowest share of the Labour Party's vote nationally – reinforcing a consistent result by a great majority supporting left-wing politics to vote for a Liberal and later Liberal Democrat at general elections since the seat's inception.
1918–1950: The Borough of Launceston, the Urban Districts of Newquay, Padstow, Stratton and Bude, and Wadebridge, the Rural Districts of Calstock, Camelford, Launceston, St Columb Major, and Stratton, and parts of the Rural Districts of Bodmin and Holsworthy (these areas such as Whitstone and Week St Mary were on the Cornish side of the border).
1950–1974: The Borough of Launceston, the Urban Districts of Bude-Stratton, Newquay, and Padstow, the Rural Districts of Camelford, Launceston, and Stratton, and parts of the Rural Districts of St Austell and Wadebridge.
1974–1983: The Borough of Launceston, the Urban Districts of Bude-Stratton and Newquay, the Rural Districts of Camelford, Launceston, and Stratton, and parts of the Rural Districts of St Austell, and Wadebridge and Padstow.
1983–2010: The District of North Cornwall wards of Allan, Altarnun, Bodmin St Mary's, Bodmin St Petroc, Bude and Poughill, Camelford, Grenville, Lanivet, Launceston North, Launceston South, Lesnewth, North Petherwin, Ottery, Padstow and St Merryn, Penfound, Rumford, St Breward, St Endellion, St Minver, St Teath, South Petherwin, Stratton, Tintagel, Trigg, Wadebridge, and Week St Mary, and the Borough of Restormel wards of Edgcumbe, Gannel, Rialton, St Columb, and St Enoder.
2010–2024: The District of North Cornwall.
2024–present: Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which became effective for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following electoral divisions of Cornwall (as they existed on 4 May 2021):
The St Columb Major, St Mawgan & St Wenn division was transferred from St Austell and Newquay. Otherwise unchanged.
Historically four borough constituencies lay within the boundaries, three of which were abolished as 'rotten boroughs' by the Great Reform Act, 1832:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ben Maguire | 24,094 | 47.0 | +17.1 | |
Conservative | Scott Mann | 14,137 | 27.6 | −31.5 | |
Reform UK | Rowland O'Connor | 8,444 | 16.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Robyn Harris | 2,958 | 5.8 | −3.8 | |
Green | Lance Symonds | 1,335 | 2.6 | +2.4 | |
Heritage | Sarah Farrell | 277 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,957 | 19.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 52,055 | 67.8 | −4.3 | ||
Registered electors | 76,741 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 24.9 |
2019 notional result [6] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 31,941 | 59.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 16,158 | 29.9 | |
Labour | 5,201 | 9.6 | |
Others | 676 | 1.3 | |
Green | 101 | 0.2 | |
Turnout | 54,077 | 72.1 | |
Electorate | 75,034 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Scott Mann | 30,671 | 59.4 | +8.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Danny Chambers | 15,919 | 30.8 | −5.8 | |
Labour | Joy Bassett | 4,516 | 8.7 | −3.4 | |
Liberal | Elmars Liepins | 572 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,752 | 28.6 | +14.5 | ||
Turnout | 51,678 | 73.9 | −0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Scott Mann | 25,835 | 50.7 | +5.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dan Rogerson | 18,635 | 36.6 | +5.4 | |
Labour | Joy Bassett | 6,151 | 12.1 | +6.7 | |
CPA | John Allman | 185 | 0.4 | +0.3 | |
Socialist Labour | Robert Hawkins | 138 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,200 | 14.1 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 50,944 | 74.0 | +2.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Scott Mann | 21,689 | 45.0 | +3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dan Rogerson | 15,068 | 31.2 | −16.9 | |
UKIP | Julie Lingard | 6,121 | 12.7 | +7.8 | |
Labour | John Whitby | 2,621 | 5.4 | +1.2 | |
Green | Amanda Pennington | 2,063 | 4.3 | N/A | |
Mebyon Kernow | Jerry Jefferies | 631 | 1.3 | +0.2 | |
Restore the Family for Children's Sake | John Allman | 52 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,621 | 13.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,245 | 71.8 | +3.6 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +10.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Dan Rogerson | 22,512 | 48.1 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | Sian Flynn | 19,531 | 41.7 | +6.3 | |
UKIP | Miriel O'Connor | 2,300 | 4.9 | −0.8 | |
Labour | Janet Hulme | 1,971 | 4.2 | −8.3 | |
Mebyon Kernow | Joanie Willet | 530 | 1.1 | −2.1 | |
Majority | 2,981 | 6.4 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 46,844 | 68.2 | +3.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | −0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 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 | |
UKIP | David Campbell-Bannerman | 3,063 | 5.5 | +1.1 | |
Mebyon Kernow | Dick Cole | 1,351 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Veritas | Alan Eastwood | 324 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,076 | 5.5 | −12.7 | ||
Turnout | 55,982 | 64.5 | +0.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | −6.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Tyler | 28,082 | 52.0 | −1.2 | |
Conservative | John Weller | 18,250 | 33.8 | +4.3 | |
Labour | Michael Goodman | 5,257 | 9.7 | +0.3 | |
UKIP | Steve Protz | 2,394 | 4.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,832 | 18.2 | −5.5 | ||
Turnout | 53,983 | 63.8 | −9.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | −2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Tyler | 31,100 | 53.2 | +5.8 | |
Conservative | Nigel Linacre | 17,253 | 29.5 | −14.8 | |
Labour | Anne Lindo | 5,523 | 9.4 | +2.8 | |
Referendum | Felicity Odam | 3,636 | 6.2 | N/A | |
Mebyon Kernow | John Bolitho | 645 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | Rif Winfield | 186 | 0.3 | −0.8 | |
Natural Law | Nicholas Creswell | 152 | 0.3 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 13,847 | 23.7 | +10.6 | ||
Turnout | 58,495 | 73.1 | −9.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +10.3 [n 3] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Tyler | 29,696 | 47.4 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | Gerry Neale | 27,775 | 44.3 | −7.4 | |
Labour | Frank Jordan | 4,103 | 6.6 | +0.2 | |
Liberal | Philip Andrews | 678 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Geoffrey Rowe | 276 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Robyn Treadwell | 112 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,921 | 3.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 62,640 | 82.1 | +2.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerry Neale | 29,862 | 51.7 | −0.7 | |
Liberal | Michael Mitchell | 24,180 | 41.9 | −1.1 | |
Labour | Christine Herries | 3,719 | 6.4 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 5,682 | 9.8 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 57,761 | 79.8 | −0.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerry Neale | 28,146 | 52.4 | +0.8 | |
Liberal | David Chambers | 23,087 | 43.0 | −0.8 | |
Labour | James Hayday | 2,096 | 3.9 | −0.7 | |
Cornish Nationalist | James Whetter | 364 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,059 | 9.4 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 53,693 | 80.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerry Neale | 24,489 | 51.65 | +9.65 | |
Liberal | John Pardoe | 20,742 | 43.75 | −7.50 | |
Labour | R.B. Tremlett | 1,514 | 3.19 | −3.21 | |
Ecology | J. Faull | 442 | 0.93 | N/A | |
National Front | R. Bridgwater | 224 | 0.47 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,747 | 7.90 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,411 | 86.1 | +5.6 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.58 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Pardoe | 21,368 | 51.25 | −6.65 | |
Conservative | Gerry Neale | 17,512 | 42.00 | ||
Labour | R. Tremlett | 2,663 | 6.40 | ||
Anti Party System | R.J. Bridgwater | 148 | 0.35 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,856 | 9.25 | |||
Turnout | 41,691 | 80.52 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Pardoe | 25,667 | 57.90 | ||
Conservative | Trixie Gardner | 16,938 | 38.21 | ||
Labour | J.B. Benjamin | 1,726 | 3.89 | ||
Majority | 8,729 | 19.69 | |||
Turnout | 44,331 | 86.29 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Pardoe | 19,863 | 48.64 | ||
Conservative | Simon James Day | 19,223 | 47.10 | ||
Labour | Ernest William J Hill | 1,741 | 4.26 | ||
Majority | 630 | 1.54 | |||
Turnout | 40,827 | 85.11 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Pardoe | 18,460 | 48.50 | +4.69 | |
Conservative | James Scott-Hopkins | 16,952 | 44.54 | –1.14 | |
Labour | Reginald S. Wills | 2,647 | 6.95 | –2.82 | |
Majority | 1,508 | 3.96 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,059 | 87.53 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Scott-Hopkins | 16,352 | 45.68 | ||
Liberal | Charles Meddon Karslake Bruton | 15,683 | 43.81 | ||
Labour | Raymond S Dash | 3,497 | 9.77 | ||
Independent | Edward George C Voullaire | 265 | 0.74 | N/A | |
Majority | 669 | 1.87 | |||
Turnout | 35,797 | 83.10 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Scott-Hopkins | 16,701 | 46.7 | −0.7 | |
Liberal | Edwin Malindine | 15,712 | 43.9 | +1.0 | |
Labour | William Carlo Ferman | 3,389 | 9.5 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 989 | 2.8 | −1.7 | ||
Turnout | 35,802 | 83.7 | +1.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harold Roper | 16,824 | 47.38 | ||
Liberal | Edwin Malindine | 15,220 | 42.86 | ||
Labour | Vernon Eric Cornford | 3,465 | 9.76 | ||
Majority | 1,604 | 4.52 | |||
Turnout | 35,509 | 82.30 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harold Roper | 18,009 | 48.77 | ||
Liberal | Dingle Foot | 12,869 | 34.85 | ||
Labour | William Carlo Ferman | 6,049 | 16.38 | ||
Majority | 5,140 | 13.92 | |||
Turnout | 36,927 | 85.71 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harold Roper | 17,059 | 46.6 | +1.2 | |
Liberal | Dingle Foot | 13,987 | 38.3 | −14.6 | |
Labour | Herbert Leslie Richardson | 5,521 | 15.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,072 | 8.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36,567 | 85.9 | +13.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Tom Horabin | 18,836 | 52.9 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Thomas Percy Fulford | 16,171 | 45.4 | −3.3 | |
Independent Labour | John Hazlewood Worrall | 626 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,665 | 7.5 | +4.9 | ||
Turnout | 35,633 | 72.7 | −7.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Tom Horabin | 17,072 | 52.2 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Edward Robin Whitehouse | 15,608 | 47.8 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 1,464 | 4.4 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 32,680 | 79.3 | −0.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Francis Dyke Acland | 16,872 | 51.3 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Edward Robin Whitehouse | 16,036 | 48.7 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 836 | 2.6 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 32,908 | 79.9 | −5.8 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Francis Dyke Acland | 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 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Donald Maclean | 16,867 | 49.1 | −0.6 | |
Conservative | Alfred Martyn Williams | 15,526 | 45.3 | +3.0 | |
Labour | Arthur Bennett | 1,907 | 5.6 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 1,341 | 3.8 | −3.6 | ||
Turnout | 35,300 | 85.7 | −0.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Donald Maclean | 16,586 | 49.7 | +3.3 | |
Unionist | Alfred Martyn Williams | 14,095 | 42.3 | −11.3 | |
Labour | F. E. Church | 2,654 | 8.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,491 | 7.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 33,335 | 86.1 | +8.1 | ||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +7.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Alfred Martyn Williams | 12,639 | 53.6 | +10.1 | |
Liberal | George Marks | 10,927 | 46.4 | −10.1 | |
Majority | 1,712 | 7.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 23,566 | 78.0 | +2.4 | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Marks | 12,434 | 56.5 | N/A | |
Unionist | Charles Alexander Petrie | 9,581 | 43.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,853 | 13.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 22,015 | 75.6 | N/A | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | George Marks | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
National Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | Liberal | George Marks | Unopposed | ||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
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