Liskeard was a parliamentary borough in Cornwall, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1885. The constituency was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.
Liskeard | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1295–1885 | |
Seats | two (1295–1832); one (1832–1885) |
Replaced by | Bodmin |
The parliamentary borough was based upon the community of Liskeard in the south-eastern part of Cornwall.
Sedgwick estimated the electorate at 30 in 1740. Namier and Brooke considered it was about 50 in the 1754–1790 period. The right of election before 1832 was in the freemen of the borough. This constituency was under the patronage of the Eliot family, which acquired the predominant interest by 1722.
There were no contested elections between at least 1715 and 1802. In the early 19th century the Whigs attempted to expand the electorate to include householders. During the 1802 general election, 48 householders claimed the right to vote but their ballots were rejected by the Mayor (see the note to the 1802 election result below). The Eliot family continued to control the borough in the Tory interest, for another thirty years.
The Reform Act 1832 augmented the freemen voters (who retained their ancient right votes), with the beneficiaries of a new householder franchise. The number of voters registered in 1832 was 218. The political effect of the change was that a Whig was elected unopposed to the one remaining seat in 1832, whereas the two Tory candidates had been elected unopposed at the previous seven general elections. Only Whig or Liberal candidates were returned from 1832 until the constituency was abolished.
The Reform Act 1867 preserved the borough constituency but slightly expanded the electorate (from 434 in 1865 to 881 in 1868). Liskeard was one of the smallest boroughs to retain individual representation in the 1868–1885 period. However the constituency was finally abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when the borough became part of the Bodmin or South East division of Cornwall.
Parliament | First member | Second member | |
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1355 | John Hamely[1] | ||
1386 | John Bodilly | Stephen Bant[2] | |
1388 (Feb) | Simon Lowys | John Helligan[2] | |
1388 (Sep) | Simon Lowys | Walter Bloyowe[2] | |
1390 (Jan) | Simon Lowys | John Cokeworthy I[2] | |
1390 (Nov) | |||
1391 | Robert Brewys | John Goly[2] | |
1393 | Simon Lowys | Robert Combe[2] | |
1394 | |||
1395 | Ralph Cokeworthy | Ralph Trenewith II[2] | |
1397 (Jan) | Simon Lowys | John Tregoose[2] | |
1397 (Sep) | John Gryk | Robert Syteston[2] | |
1399 | Walter Gosham | Thomas Forster[2] | |
1401 | |||
1402 | Simon Lowys | John Price[2] | |
1404 (Jan) | |||
1404 (Oct) | |||
1406 | John Treffridowe | Williard Hamond[2] | |
1407 | William Aston | Thomas Gybbe[2] | |
1410 | Simon (Lowys) | John Clink (MP for Liskeard)[2] | |
1411 | Simon Lowys | John Penrose[2] | |
1413 (Feb) | |||
1413 (May) | Simon Lowys | Walter Lowys[2] | |
1414 (Apr) | |||
1414 (Nov) | Simon Lowys | William Bodrugan[2] | |
1415 | |||
1416 (Mar) | Oto Trenewith | John Trewoofe[2] | |
1416 (Oct) | |||
1417 | John But | Robert Treage[2] | |
1419 | Philip Motty | John Calwe[2] | |
1420 | John Fursdon | John Cork[2] | |
1421 (May) | Nicholas Aysshton | Richard Tredinney[2] | |
1421 (Dec) | John Trelawny III | Robert Trenerth[2] | |
1510–1523 | No names known[3] | ||
1529 | James Trewynnard | Henry Pyne[3] | |
1536 | ? | ||
1539 | ? | ||
1542 | ? | ||
1545 | John Roscarrock | Richard Halfacre[3] | |
1547 | Robert Becket | Ambrose Gilberd[3] | |
First Parliament of 1553 | John Trelawny | John Gayer | |
Second Parliament of 1553 | William Morice | Thomas Roscarrock | |
First Parliament of 1554 | James Kemp | Francis Roscarrock | |
Second Parliament of 1554 | John Connock | John Pethbridge | |
Parliament of 1555 | John Cruys | William Lower (MP for Liskeard) | |
Parliament of 1558 | William Coryton | John Gayer | |
Parliament of 1559 | George Bromley | Renald Muschamp | |
Parliament of 1563–1567 | Reginald Mohun | ||
Parliament of 1571 | John Connock | Basil Johnson | |
Parliament of 1572–1581 | Henry Macwilliam | Paul Wentworth | |
Parliament of 1584–1585 | Peter Edgcumbe | Edward Denny | |
Parliament of 1586–1587 | Richard Edgecumbe | Jonathan Trelawny | |
Parliament of 1588–1589 | John Jackson | ||
Parliament of 1593 | George Wray | ||
Parliament of 1597–1598 | Henry Neville | Edward Trelawny | |
Parliament of 1601 | Thomas Edmunds | Sampson Lennard | |
Parliament of 1604–1611 | Sir William Killigrew | Reginald Nicholas | |
Addled Parliament (1614) | Richard Connock | John Glanville | |
Parliament of 1621–1622 | Sir Edward Coke | Nicholas Hele | |
Happy Parliament (1624–1625) | William Wrey (later 2nd Wrey Baronet)[4] | ||
Useless Parliament (1625) | William Coryton | ||
Parliament of 1625–1626 | Sir Francis Steward | Joseph Jane | |
Parliament of 1628–1629 | John Harris | ||
No Parliament summoned 1629–1640 |
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008) |
Year | Member | Party | |
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1832 | Charles Buller | Radical[6][7][8][9][10] | |
1849 | Richard Crowder | Radical[11][12] | |
1854 | Ralph Grey | Whig[13][14] | |
1859 | Ralph Bernal Osborne | Liberal | |
1865 | Sir Arthur Buller | Liberal | |
1869 | Edward Horsman | Liberal | |
1876 | Leonard Courtney | Liberal | |
1885 | Constituency abolished |
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008) |
Note on sources: The information for the election results given below is taken from Sedgwick 1715–1754, Namier and Brooke 1754–1790 and Stooks Smith 1790–1832. From 1832 the principal source was Craig, with additional or different information from Stooks Smith included. Candidates classified by Craig as Liberal before 1859, are labeled as Whig or Radical (following Stooks Smith) or Liberal if their exact allegiance is uncertain. Similarly candidates classified by Craig as Conservative but by Stooks Smith as Tory are listed below as Tory.
Note on percentage change calculations: Where there was only one candidate of a party in successive elections, for the same number of seats, change is calculated on the party percentage vote. Where there was more than one candidate for a party, in one or both successive contested elections for the same number of seats, then change is calculated on the individual candidates percentage vote.
Note on party allegiance of candidates: A party label is only used when the source used quotes one. Other candidates are labelled Non Partisan, but may have associated themselves with a tendency or faction in Parliament.
Dates of Parliaments 1660–1715
Summoned | Elected | Opened | Dismissed |
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16 March 1660 | 1660 | 25 April 1660 | 29 December 1660 |
18 February 1661 | 1661 | 8 May 1661 | 24 January 1679 |
25 January 1679 | 1679 | 6 March 1679 | 12 July 1679 |
24 July 1679 | 1679–1680 | 21 October 1680 | 18 January 1681 |
20 January 1681 | 1681 | 21 March 1681 | 28 March 1681 |
14 February 1685 | 1685 | 19 May 1685 | 2 July 1687 |
29 December 1688 | 1688–1689 | 22 January 1689 | 6 February 1690 |
6 February 1690 | 1690 | 20 March 1690 | 11 October 1695 |
12 October 1695 | 1695 | 22 November 1695 | 6 July 1698 |
13 July 1698 | 1698 | 24 August 1698 | 19 December 1700 |
26 December 1700 | 1700–1701 | 6 February 1701 | 11 November 1701 |
3 November 1701 | 1701 | 30 December 1701 | 2 July 1702 |
2 July 1702 | 1702 | 20 August 1702 | 5 April 1705 |
1705 | 7 May – 6 June 1705 | 14 June 1705 | see Note |
1707 | see Note | 23 October 1707 | 3 April 1708 |
1708 | 30 April – 7 July 1708 | 8 July 1708 | 21 September 1710 |
1710 | 2 October – 16 November 1710 | 25 November 1710 | 8 August 1713 |
1713 | 22 August – 12 November 1713 | 12 November 1713 | 15 January 1715 |
Note:-
1710s – 1720s – 1730s – 1740s – 1750s – 1760s – 1770s – 1780s – 1790s |
1800s – 1810s – 1820s – 1830s – 1840s – 1850s – 1860s – 1870s – 1880s |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nonpartisan | John Trelawny | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Philip Rashleigh | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nonpartisan | Edward Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | John Lansdell | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nonpartisan | Thomas Clutterbuck | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nonpartisan | Thomas Clutterbuck | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | John Cope | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nonpartisan | Thomas Clutterbuck | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nonpartisan | Charles Trelawny | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nonpartisan | Richard Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | Charles Trelawny | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Charles Trelawny | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | George Lee | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nonpartisan | Charles Trelawny | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nonpartisan | Edmund Nugent | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | Philip Stanhope | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Philip Stephens | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nonpartisan | Philip Stephens | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | Anthony Champion | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nonpartisan | Edward Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | Samuel Salt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Edward Gibbon | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | Samuel Salt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Philip Stephens | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Wilbraham Tollemache | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | Samuel Salt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nonpartisan | Edward James Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | John Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nonpartisan | Edward James Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Edward James Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | John Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Edward James Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Edward James Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | John Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Murrough O'Brien | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | George Murray | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Eliot | 27 | 48.21 | N/A | |
Tory | William Eliot | 27 | 48.21 | N/A | |
Whig | Thomas Sheridan | 1 | 1.79 | N/A | |
Whig | William Ogilvie | 1 | 1.79 | N/A | |
Turnout | 56 | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tory | William Huskisson | 21 | 87.50 | -8.92 | |
Whig | Thomas Sheridan | 3 | 12.50 | +8.92 | |
Majority | 18 | 75.00 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24 | N/A | N/A | ||
Tory hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | William Eliot | Elected | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | William Huskisson | Elected | N/A | N/A | |
Whig | Nicholas Tomlinson | 6 | N/A | N/A | |
Whig | Alexander Nowell | 1 | N/A | N/A | |
Turnout | 56 | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | William Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | James Hamilton | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | William Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Charles Philip Yorke | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | William Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | William Henry Pringle | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | William Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | William Henry Pringle | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | William Henry Pringle | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Edward Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | William Henry Pringle | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Edward Eliot | Unopposed | |||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | William Henry Pringle | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Edward Eliot | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 51 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Charles Buller | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 218 | ||||
Radical gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Charles Buller | 114 | 64.0 | ||
Conservative | Samuel Trehawke Kekewich | 64 | 36.0 | ||
Majority | 50 | 28.0 | |||
Turnout | 178 | 82.4 | |||
Registered electors | 216 | ||||
Radical hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Charles Buller | 113 | 54.3 | −9.7 | |
Conservative | Samuel Trehawke Kekewich | 95 | 45.7 | +9.7 | |
Majority | 18 | 8.6 | −19.4 | ||
Turnout | 208 | 83.9 | +1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 248 | ||||
Radical hold | Swing | −9.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Charles Buller | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 296 | ||||
Radical hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Charles Buller | Unopposed | |||
Radical hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Radical | Charles Buller | 170 | 59.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Curteis | 117 | 40.8 | New | |
Majority | 53 | 18.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 287 | 82.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 349 | ||||
Radical hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Charles Buller | Unopposed | |||
Radical hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Richard Crowder | Unopposed | |||
Radical hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Richard Crowder | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 343 | ||||
Radical hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Ralph Grey | 138 | 51.5 | New | |
Radical | John Salusbury-Trelawny[17][18][19] | 119 | 44.4 | N/A | |
Whig | Joseph Haythorne Reed | 11 | 4.1 | New | |
Majority | 19 | 7.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 268 | 76.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 352 | ||||
Whig gain from Radical |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Ralph Grey | 174 | 58.4 | N/A | |
Peelite | Arthur Hamilton-Gordon[20][21] | 124 | 41.6 | New | |
Majority | 50 | 16.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 298 | 79.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 373 | ||||
Whig gain from Radical |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ralph Grey | 164 | 50.6 | −7.8 | |
Conservative | William Pole-Carew | 160 | 49.4 | +7.8 | |
Majority | 4 | 1.2 | −15.6 | ||
Turnout | 324 | 82.0 | +2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 395 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −7.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ralph Bernal Osborne | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur William Buller | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur William Buller | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 434 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur William Buller | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 881 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Horsman | 368 | 56.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Francis Lycett | 285 | 43.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 83 | 12.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 653 | 74.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 881 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Horsman | 334 | 50.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Leonard Courtney | 329 | 49.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 5 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 663 | 81.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 811 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Leonard Courtney | 388 | 58.0 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | John Burton Sterling[22] | 281 | 42.0 | New | |
Majority | 107 | 16.0 | +15.2 | ||
Turnout | 669 | 86.1 | +4.3 | ||
Registered electors | 777 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Leonard Courtney | 370 | 55.1 | +5.5 | |
Liberal | Edward Pleydell-Bouverie | 301 | 44.9 | −5.5 | |
Majority | 69 | 10.2 | +9.4 | ||
Turnout | 671 | 91.2 | +9.4 | ||
Registered electors | 736 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.5 |
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