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North Cornwall is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons
British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the British monarchy and the House of Lords ....
 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislature in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories....
. It elects one Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
 (MP) by the first past the post system of election.








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North Cornwall is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons
British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the British monarchy and the House of Lords ....
 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislature in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories....
. It elects one Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
 (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

The constituency shares a similar area to that of the North Cornwall
North Cornwall

North Cornwall is the largest of the six Non-metropolitan district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Its council is based in Wadebridge .Other towns in the district include Bude, Bodmin, Launceston, Cornwall, Padstow, and Camelford....
 district, however it also extends into the Restormel
Restormel

Restormel is a Borough status in the United Kingdom of Cornwall, United Kingdom, one of the six administrative divisions that make up the county....
 district, and parts of the North Cornwall district also fall into the constituency of South East Cornwall.North Cornwall though is one of the most rural seats in England, traditionally because of its non-conformist religious leanings has been a Liberal stronghold.

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1918 Sir George Croydon Marks
Croydon Marks

George Croydon Marks, 1st Baron Marks was a United Kingdom engineer, patent agent and Liberal Party politician....
 		 Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as the Liberal Democrats....
1924 Alfred Martyn Williams Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
1929 Sir Donald Maclean
Donald Maclean

Sir Donald Charles Hugh Maclean, Order of the British Empire , was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom.Born in Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire, he was the eldest son of John Maclean, a cordwainer originally of Kilmoluag, in the Inner Hebrides, and his wife Agnes Macmellin Maclean....
 		 Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as the Liberal Democrats....
1932 Sir Francis Dyke Acland
Francis Dyke Acland

Sir Francis Dyke Acland, 14th Baronet was a British Liberal Party politician.The son of the 13th Baronet, Acland was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford....
 		 Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as the Liberal Democrats....
1939 Thomas Lewis Horabin
Tom Horabin

Thomas Lewis Horabin was a United Kingdom Liberal Party politician who defected to the Labour Party .Horabin was educated at Cardiff High School and became a civil servant and later a business consultant....
 		 Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as the Liberal Democrats....
1946 Independent
Independent (politician)

In politics, an independent is a politician who is not affiliated with any political party. Independents may hold a Centrism viewpoint between those of major political parties, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do not feel that any major party addresses....
1947 Labour
Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
1950 Sir Harold Roper
Harold Roper

Sir Harold Roper Order of the British Empire Military Cross was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament for North Cornwall from 1950 to 1959....
 		 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
1959 James Scott-Hopkins
James Scott-Hopkins

Sir James Sidney Rawdon Scott-Hopkins was a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician.Born in Croydon, Scott-Hopkins was educated at Eton College and Oxford University....
 		 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
1966 John Wentworth Pardoe
John Pardoe

John Pardoe is a retired United Kingdom businessman and Liberal Party politician.Educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, he was active in the famous Footlights Society; one critic of their 1955 revue panned future comedian Jonathan Miller whilst predicting a bold comedic future for Pardoe....
 		 Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as the Liberal Democrats....
1979 Gerry Neale
Gerry Neale

Sir Gerrard Anthony Neale , known as Gerry Neale, was United Kingdom Conservative Party MP for North Cornwall .On his second attempt, he defeated the Liberal Party incumbent John Pardoe in 1979....
 		 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
1992 Paul Tyler
Paul Tyler, Baron Tyler

Paul Archer Tyler, Baron Tyler, Order of the British Empire, Deputy Lieutenant is a Liberal Democrats politician in the United Kingdom. He was a Member of Parliament from February–October 1974 and from 1992 to 2005, and now sits in the House of Lords as a life peer....
 		 Liberal Democrat
2005 Daniel Rogerson
Dan Rogerson

Daniel John Rogerson is the Liberal Democrats Member of Parliament for North Cornwall , first elected at the UK general election, 2005....
 		 Liberal Democrat


Election results


Elections of the 2000s



Elections of the 1990s





Elections of the 1930s



  • Death of Acland 9 June 1939

  • Death of Maclean 15 June 1932




Elections of the 1920s





See also

  • List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall
    List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall

    The ceremonial county of Cornwall, which includes theIsles of Scilly, is divided into 5United Kingdom constituencies.They are all County constituency....
  • North Cornwall by-election, 1932
    North Cornwall by-election, 1932

    The North Cornwall by-election, 1932 was a by-election held on 22 July 1932 for the British House of Commons United Kingdom constituencies of North Cornwall ....
  • North Cornwall by-election, 1939
    North Cornwall by-election, 1939

    The North Cornwall by-election, 1939 was a by-election held on 13 July 1939 for the British House of Commons United Kingdom constituencies of North Cornwall ....


Reference

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