Camborne (UK Parliament constituency)
Camborne | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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1885–1950 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Falmouth and Camborne |
Created from | West Cornwall |
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.
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.
Contents
Boundaries
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Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent Liberal | Charles Augustus Vansittart Conybeare | 2,926 | 53.2 | n/a | |
Liberal | A P Vivian | 2,577 | 46.8 | n/a | |
Majority | 349 | 6.4 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 77.1 | n/a | |||
Independent Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Charles Augustus Vansittart Conybeare | 3,156 | 61.6 | n/a | |
Liberal Unionist | J D Gay | 1,969 | 38.4 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,187 | 23.2 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 71.8 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Charles Augustus Vansittart Conybeare | 3,073 | 53.8 | -7.8 | |
Liberal Unionist | Arthur Strauss | 2,635 | 46.2 | +7.8 | |
Majority | 438 | 7.6 | -15.6 | ||
Turnout | 75.0 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -7.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Arthur Strauss | 3,166 | 53.9 | +7.7 | |
Liberal | Charles Augustus Vansittart Conybeare | 2,704 | 46.1 | -7.7 | |
Majority | 462 | 15.4 | |||
Turnout | 75.3 | +0.3 | |||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.7 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | William Sproston Caine | 3,101 | 50.9 | ||
Liberal Unionist | Arthur Strauss | 2,993 | 49.1 | ||
Majority | 108 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Sir Wilfrid Lawson | 3,558 | 55.4 | +4.5 | |
Liberal Unionist | Arthur Strauss | 2,869 | 44.6 | -4.5 | |
Majority | 689 | 10.8 | +9.0 | ||
Turnout | 74.2 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Albert Edward Dunn | 4,614 | 65.0 | ||
Conservative | Sir Thomas Hewitt | 2,384 | 33.5 | ||
Social Democratic Federation | John Joseph Jones | 109 | 1.5 | ||
Majority | 2,230 | 31.5 | |||
Turnout | 77.2 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Albert Edward Dunn | 5,027 | 66.0 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Unionist | Norman G Chamberlain | 2,587 | 34.0 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 32.0 | +1.0 | |||
Turnout | 81.2 | +4.0 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Francis Dyke Acland | 4,419 | 65.5 | -0.5 | |
Liberal Unionist | Dr George Coates | 2,326 | 34.5 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 2,093 | 31.0 | -1.0 | ||
Turnout | 71.9 | ||||
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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Rt Hon. Francis Dyke Acland
- Unionist:
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 from 1914 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Francis Acland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Rt Hon. Francis Dyke Acland | 7,078 | 52.0 | ||
Labour | George Nicholls | 6,546 | 48.0 | n/a | |
Majority | 532 | 4.0 | |||
Turnout | 41.8 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
- No Coupon was issued
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Liberal | Algernon Henry Moreing | 8,191 | 39.7 | ||
Liberal | Rt Hon. Leifchild Stratten Jones | 7,923 | 38.4 | ||
Labour | T Proctor | 4,512 | 21.9 | ||
Majority | 268 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 60.5 | ||||
National Liberal gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent Liberal | Rt Hon. Leifchild Stratten Jones | 11,794 | 59.3 | +20.9 | |
Liberal | Algernon Henry Moreing | 8,096 | 40.7 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 3,698 | 18.6 | 19.9 | ||
Turnout | 58.0 | -2.5 | |||
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.0 |
- The local Liberal Association was unable to agree to a candidate, but Moreing was recognised as the official candidate by Liberal Party HQ. Upon election, Jones took the Liberal whip.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Constitutionalist | Algernon Henry Moreing | 9,530 | 42.9 | ||
Liberal | Rt Hon. Leifchild Stratten Jones | 7,220 | 32.5 | ||
Labour | Francis Arnold Polgrean Rowe | 5,477 | 24.6 | ||
Majority | 2,310 | 10.4 | |||
Turnout | 64.6 | ||||
Constitutionalist gain from Liberal | Swing |
- Moreing later took the Unionist whip.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Rt Hon. Leifchild Stratten Jones | 11,176 | 35.8 | +3.3 | |
Unionist | Algernon Henry Moreing | 10,145 | 32.6 | -10.3 | |
Labour | H J Sharman | 7,870 | 25.3 | +0.7 | |
Independent | J C Roberts | 1,976 | 6.3 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,031 | 3.2 | 13.6 | ||
Turnout | 70.8 | +6.2 | |||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +6.8 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Garnett Agnew | 14,644 | 43.4 | ||
Liberal | Rt Hon. Leifchild Stratten Jones | 10,840 | 32.1 | ||
Ind. Labour Party | Kate Florence Spurrell | 8,280 | 24.5 | ||
Majority | 3,824 | 11.3 | |||
Turnout | 33,784 | 75.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Garnett Agnew | 14,826 | 48.3 | +4.9 | |
Liberal | Sir Walter Peacock | 7,921 | 25.8 | -6.3 | |
Labour | Harold R G Greaves | 7,375 | 24.0 | n/a | |
Ind. Labour Party | Kate Florence Spurrell | 592 | 1.9 | -22.6 | |
Majority | 6,905 | 22.5 | -11.2 | ||
Turnout | 66.9 | ||||
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;
- Conservative: Peter Agnew
- Liberal:
- Labour: J J H Moses
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Com. Peter Garnett Agnew | 12,257 | 37.1 | -11.2 | |
Labour | Frank Harold Hayman | 11,673 | 35.3 | +11.3 | |
Liberal | Dr Thomas Rowland Hill | 9,141 | 27.6 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 584 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 64.3 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
See also
- Camborne and Redruth (UK Parliament constituency)
- Falmouth and Camborne (UK Parliament constituency)
References
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
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- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
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- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
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