Launceston (UK Parliament constituency)#MPs 1640–1832

{{Short description|Former parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom}}

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{{Infobox UK constituency

|name = Launceston

|type = Borough

|parliament = uk

|year = 1295

|abolished = 1885

|elects_howmany = Two (1295–1832); one (1832–1885)

|previous =

|next = Launceston

|}}

{{Infobox UK constituency

|name = Cornwall, North-Eastern or Launceston

|type = County

|parliament = uk

|image=

|caption=

|year = 1885

|abolished = 1918

|elects_howmany = One

|previous = East Cornwall, Launceston

|next = North Cornwall

|}}

Launceston, also known at some periods as Dunheved, was a parliamentary constituency in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the British House of Commons from 1295 until 1832, and one member from 1832 until 1918. It was a parliamentary borough until 1885, and a county constituency thereafter.

Boundaries

1832–1885: The old Borough of Launceston and the Parish of St Stephen, and all such parts of the several Parishes of Lawhitton, St Thomas the Apostle, and South Petherwin as are without the old Borough of Launceston.The Parliamentary Boundary Act 1832

1885–1918: The Sessional Division of East Middle, East North, Lesnewth, and Stratton, and part of the Sessional Division of Trigg.

History

Launceston was one of 21 parliamentary boroughs in Cornwall between the 16th and 19th centuries; unlike many of these, which had been little more than villages even when established and were rotten boroughs from the start, Launceston had been a town of reasonable size and importance though much in decline by the 19th century. The borough consisted of only part of the present town, as Newport was a separate borough in itself from 1554, though Newport and Launceston were joined as Dunheved, collectively returning members, earlier in that century.

The right to vote was vested theoretically in the mayor, aldermen and those freemen of the borough who were resident at the time they became freemen; but in practice the vote was exercised only by members of the corporation, who were chosen mainly with a view to maintaining the influence of the "patron". Up to 1775, this was generally the head of the Morice family,Page 147, Lewis Namier, The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III (2nd edition – London: St Martin's Press, 1957) who also controlled Newport, but in that year Humphry Morice sold his interest in both boroughs to the Duke of Newcastle, whose family retained hold on both until the Great Reform Act 1832. There were about 17 voters in Launceston in 1831, by which time the borough was as rotten as any of the others in Cornwall.

In 1831 the borough had a population of 2,669 and 429 houses. Under the Great Reform Act 1832 the boundaries were extended to encompass the whole town (including Newport, which was abolished as a separate borough), bringing the population up to 5,394. This was sufficient for Launceston to retain one of its two seats.

The borough was eventually abolished in 1885, but the name of the town was transferred to the new county constituency in which it was placed, strictly the North-Eastern or Launceston Division of Cornwall, which also elected a single member. This covered a much larger, rural, area including Callington, Calstock and Bude-Stratton. This constituency in its turn was abolished in 1918, being absorbed mostly into the new Cornwall North constituency.

A list of MPs for Launceston appears in "The Histories of Launceston and Dunheved, in the County of Cornwall." by Richard Peter and Otho Bathurst Peter. 1885. p.387, and many of the names differ from those in the list below.The Histories of Launceston and Dunheved, in the County of Cornwall by Richard Peter and Otho Bathurst Peter. 1885.

Members of Parliament

=Launceston borough=

==MPs 1295–1629==

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  • Constituency created (1295)

class="wikitable"
ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1358John Hamely{{cite web | url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/hamely-%28hamylyn%29-sir-john-1324-1399| title = HAMELY (HAMYLYN), Sir John (aft.1324-1399), of Wimborne St. Giles, Dorset.| publisher= History of Parliament Online|access-date = 30 May 2013}}
1386John Cokeworthy IRoger Leye{{cite web | url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/constituencies/launceston-%28dunheved%29| title = History of Parliament| publisher=History of Parliament Trust| access-date = 3 November 2011}}
1388 (Feb)John Cokeworthy IWilliam Bodrugan
1388 (Sep)Thomas TrereiseThomas Treuref
1390 (Jan)John Cokeworthy IJohn Syreston
1390 (Nov)
1391John Cokeworthy IRichard Lovyn
1393John Cokeworthy IRichard Lovyn
1394
1395John Cokeworthy IRichard Lovyn
1397 (Jan)John Cokeworthy IRichard Tolle
1397 (Sep)Roger MenwenickWilliam Holt
1399John Cokeworthy IJohn Goly
1401
1402Thomas ColynRichard Raddow
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406Walter TregaryaJohn Colet
1407Richard Brackish?John Pengersick
1410Edward BurneburyJohn Cory
1411Edward BurneburyRichard Trelawny
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)Edward BurneburyJohn Mayhew
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov)Edward BurneburyJohn Cory
1415
1416 (Mar)Oliver WyseEdward Burnebury
1416 (Oct)
1417Edward BurneburyJohn Cory
1419Edward BurneburyEdward Burnebury
1420Simon YurleEdward Burnebury
1421 (May)Simon YurleJohn Cory
1421 (Dec)John TreffrioweEdward Burnebury
1431Nicholas Aysshton
1432Nicholas Aysshton
1510–1523No names known{{cite web | url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/launceston-dunheved| title = History of Parliament| publisher=History of Parliament Trust| access-date = 27 October 2015}}
1529Sir Edward RyngleyJohn Rastell
1536?
1539?
1542?
1545William CordellRobert Taverner
1547William CordellNicholas Carminowe
First Parliament of 1553

|William Ley alias Kempthorne

|rowspan="4"|John Ley alias Kempthorne I

Second Parliament of 1553

|Robert Monson

Parliament of 1554

|Arthur Welsh

Parliament of 1554–1555

|William Bendlow

Parliament of 1555

|Robert Grenville

|John Ley alias Kempthorne II

Parliament of 1558

|Thomas Roper{{Cite web | url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/roper-thomas-153334-98 | title=ROPER, Thomas (1533/34-98), of Eltham, Kent. | History of Parliament Online}}

|Robert Monson

|John Heydon

Parliament of 1559

|George Basset

|Ayshton Aylworth

|William Gibbes{{Cite web | url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/gibbes-william-i-1570 |title = GIBBES, William I (d.1570), of Venton and Rewe, Devon. | History of Parliament Online}}

Parliament of 1563–1567

|Richard Grenville

|Henry Chiverton

Parliament of 1571

|George Grenville

|Sampson Lennard

Parliament of 1572–1581

|George Blyth

|George Grenville

Parliament of 1584–1585

|rowspan="4"|Roland Watson

|John Glanville

Parliament of 1586–1587

|rowspan="2"|John Spurling

Parliament of 1588–1589
Parliament of 1593

|George Grenville

Parliament of 1597–1598

| Herbert Croft

| Sir William Bowyer{{cite web| url= http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/bowyer-sir-william-i-1558-1616| title= BOWYER, Sir William I (1558-1616), of Denham Court, Bucks. and Westminster|publisher= History of Parliament|access-date= 26 March 2015}}

Parliament of 1601

|John Parker

|Gregory Downhall

Parliament of 1604–1611

|Sir Thomas Lake

|Ambrose Rous

Addled Parliament (1614)

|Sir Charles Wilmot

|William Croft

Parliament of 1621–1622

|John Harris

|Thomas Bond

Happy Parliament (1624–1625)

|Sir Francis Crane

|Miles Fleetwood

Useless Parliament (1625)

|rowspan="3"|Sir Bevil Grenville

|rowspan="3"|Richard Scott

Parliament of 1625–1626
Parliament of 1628–1629
colspan="4"|No Parliament summoned 1629–1640

==MPs 1640–1832==

class="wikitable"
YearFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
April 1640

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Cavalier}}" |

|Sir Bevil Grenville

Royalist

|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Cavalier}}" |

|rowspan="3"| Ambrose Manaton

rowspan="3"| Royalist
November 1640

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|William CorytonExpelled from the House, August 1641. Coryton was Vice-Warden of the Stannaries and as such had the responsibility for making the return of members (officially notifying the House of Commons who had been elected) for some of the Cornish boroughs. He himself was returned as Member for both Launceston and Grampound, and initially sat for Launceston, but having been found guilty of falsifying the return for Bossiney the House resolved "That Mr. Coryton shall not be admitted to sit as a Member in this Parliament" on 18 August 1641

1641

|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Roundhead}}" |

|rowspan="3"|John Harris

rowspan="3"|Parliamentarian
January 1644

|colspan="3"|Manaton disabled from sitting – seat vacant

1645

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|Thomas Gewen

December 1648

|colspan="6"|Harris and Gewen excluded in Pride's Purge – both seats vacant

1653

|colspan="6"|Launceston was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament

1654

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|Robert Bennet

|rowspan="2" colspan="3"| Launceston had only one seat in the First and
Second Parliaments of the Protectorate

1656

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"|Thomas Gewen

rowspan="2"|
January 1659

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|Robert Bennet

May 1659

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|colspan="6"|Not represented in the restored Rump

April 1660

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Edward Eliot

|

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Thomas Gewen

|rowspan="2"|

June 1660

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| John Cloberry

|

1661

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Richard Edgcumbe

|

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Sir Charles Harbord

|rowspan="2"|

February 1679

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Bernard Granville

|

September 1679

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Sir John Coryton

|

|rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="4"| Sir Hugh Piper

|rowspan="4"|

1680

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Lord Lansdowne

|

1681

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| William Harbord

|

1685

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| John Granville

|

1689

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| William Harbord

|rowspan="2"|

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| Edward Russell

| Whig

1690

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Bernard Granville

|rowspan="2"|

1692

| rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| rowspan="3" |Lord Hyde

| rowspan="3" |Tory

1695

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| William Cary

|

1710

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Francis Scobell

|rowspan="2"|

1711

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| George Clarke

|

1713

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Edward Herle

|

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| John Anstis

|rowspan="2"|

1721

|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="3"| Alexander Pendarves

|rowspan="3"| Tory

1722

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| John FreindOn petition concerning a dispute over who had the right to vote, Freind was found not to have been duly elected, and Willes was declared elected in his place

|

1724

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| John Willes

|rowspan="2"|

1725

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| John Freind

|rowspan="2"|

1726

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| Henry Vane

| Whig

1727

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Hon. John King

|rowspan="2"|

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Arthur Tremayne

|

1734

|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="3"| Sir William Morice

|rowspan="3"|

1735

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Sir William Irby

|

1747

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Sir John St Aubyn

|rowspan="2"|

1750

|rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="6"| Humphry Morice

|rowspan="6"| Whig

1754

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Sir George Lee

|

1758

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Sir John St Aubyn

|

1759

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Peter Burrell

|

1768

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| William Amherst

|

1774

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| John Buller

|

September 1780

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Viscount Cranborne

|

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Thomas Bowlby

|rowspan="2"|

November 1780

|rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="4"| Hon. Charles PercevalThe Lord Arden (in the peerage of Ireland) from 1784

|rowspan="4"| Tory

1783

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| Sir John Jervis

| Whig

1784

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| George Rose

| Tory

1788

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Sir John Swinburne, Bt

|

1790

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="2"| Hon. John Rodney

|rowspan="2"| Tory

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Sir Henry Clinton

| Tory

1795

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| William Garthshore

| Tory

1796

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Hon. John Rawdon

| Tory

|rowspan="8" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="8"| James Brogden

|rowspan="8"| Tory

1802

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| Richard Bennet

| Whig

1806

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Earl Percy

| Tory

1807

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| Captain Richard Bennet

| Whig

May 1812

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Jonathan Raine

|

October 1812

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Pownoll Pellew

| Tory

1830

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Sir James Gordon

| Tory

1831

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Sir John Malcolm

| Tory

1832

|colspan="6"| Representation reduced to one member

==MPs 1832–1885==

class="wikitable"

!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|1832

| Sir Henry Hardinge

| Conservative{{cite book

|last=Stooks Smith

|first=Henry.

|editor=Craig, F. W. S.

|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig

|title=The Parliaments of England

|orig-year=1844-1850

|edition=2nd

|year=1973

|publisher=Parliamentary Research Services

|location=Chichester

|isbn=0-900178-13-2

|pages=[https://archive.org/details/parliamentsofeng0000smit/page/41 41–43]

|url=https://archive.org/details/parliamentsofeng0000smit/page/41

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style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|1844 by-election

| William Bowles

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|1852

| Hon. Josceline Percy

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|1859

| Thomas Chandler Haliburton

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|1865

| Alexander Henry Campbell

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|1868 by-election

| Henry Lopes

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|February 1874

| James Henry Deakin (senior)This election was held void on petition, and a by-election was held

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|July 1874 by-election

| James Henry Deakin (junior)

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|1877 by-election

| Sir Hardinge Giffard

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|July 1885 by-election

| Richard Webster

| Conservative

|1885

|colspan="2" | Borough abolished; name transferred to county constituency

=North-Eastern or Launceston Division of Cornwall=

==MPs 1885–1918==

class="wikitable"

!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

|1885

| Sir Thomas Dyke-Acland

| Liberal

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

|1892

| Thomas Owen

| Liberal

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

|1898 by-election

| Sir John Fletcher Moulton

| Liberal

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

|1906

| Sir George Croydon Marks

| Liberal

|1918

|colspan="2" | constituency abolished

Elections

=Elections in the 1830s=

{{Election box begin no change | title=General election 1830: Launceston{{cite web |last1=Jenkins |first1=Terry |title=Launceston (Dunheved) |url=http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/launceston-%28dunheved%29 |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=16 April 2020}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = James Brogden

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = James Willoughby Gordon

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Tories (British political party)

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|winner = Tories (British political party)

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Gordon resigned, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin no change | title=By-election, 9 April 1831: Launceston}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = John Malcolm

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Tories (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = James Brogden

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = John Malcolm

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = {{circa|17}}

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|winner = Tories (British political party)

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|winner = Tories (British political party)

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{{Election box begin no change | title=General election 1832: Launceston}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = Henry Hardinge

|votes = 115

|percentage = 51.6

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = David Howell

|votes = 108

|percentage = 48.4

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{{Election box majority no change|

|votes = 7

|percentage = 3.2

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|votes = 223

|percentage = 91.8

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 243

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Tories (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1835: Launceston}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Hardinge

|votes = 163

|percentage = 66.0

|change = +14.4

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = David Howell

|votes = 84

|percentage = 34.0

|change = −14.4

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 79

|percentage = 32.0

|change = +28.8

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 247

|percentage = 76.5

|change = −15.3

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 323

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +14.4

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1837: Launceston}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Hardinge

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 353

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1840s=

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1841: Launceston}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Hardinge

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 342

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

Hardinge was appointed Secretary at War, requiring a by-election.

{{Election box begin | title=By-election, 15 September 1841: Launceston}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Hardinge

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

Hardinge resigned after being appointed Governor-General of India, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin | title=By-election, 20 May 1844: Launceston}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Bowles

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1847: Launceston}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Bowles

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 369

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1850s=

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1852: Launceston}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Josceline Percy

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 361

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1857: Launceston}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Josceline Percy

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 438

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1859: Launceston}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Chandler Haliburton

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 438

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1860s=

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1865: Launceston}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Alexander Henry Campbell

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 371

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

Campbell resigned, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin | title=1868 Launceston by-election}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Lopes

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1868: Launceston}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Lopes

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 749

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1870s=

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1874: Launceston}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = James Henry Deakin (senior)

|votes = 453

|percentage = 67.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Charles Drinkwater{{cite news|title=The Representation of Launceston|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000229/18770227/007/0003|access-date=4 January 2018|work=Exeter and Plymouth Gazette|date=27 February 1877|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 216

|percentage = 32.3

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 237

|percentage = 35.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 669

|percentage = 84.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 790

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

The election was declared void on petition, due to corrupt practices including Deakin allowing his tenants to "kill rabbits the eve of the election", causing a by-election.{{cite news|title=The Launceston Election Petition|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000645/18740606/120/0004|access-date=4 January 2018|work=Bolton Evening News|date=6 June 1874|page=4|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

{{Election box begin | title=1874 Launceston by-election}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = James Henry Deakin (junior)

|votes = 417

|percentage = 64.1

|change = -3.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Dingley{{cite news|title=The Representation of Launceston|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18740701/004/0003|access-date=4 January 2018|work=The Morning Post|date=1 July 1874|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 233

|percentage = 35.8

|change = +3.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Hardinge Giffard

|votes = 1

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 184

|percentage = 28.3

|change = -7.1

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 651

|percentage = 82.4

|change = -2.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 790

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = -3.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

Deakin's resignation caused a by-election.

{{Election box begin | title=1877 Launceston by-election}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Hardinge Giffard

|votes = 392

|percentage = 58.9

|change = -8.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Collier{{cite news|title=To the Electors of the Borough of Launceston|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001690/18791018/084/0004|access-date=4 January 2018|work=Cornish & Devon Post|date=18 October 1879|page=4|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 274

|percentage = 41.1

|change = +8.8

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 118

|percentage = 17.8

|change = -16.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 666

|percentage = 80.6

|change = -4.1

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 826

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = -8.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 1880s =

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1880: Launceston {{cite news|title=Launceston Election|work=The Cornishman|issue=90|date=1 April 1880|page=5}}{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Hardinge Giffard

|votes = 439

|percentage = 56.8

|change = -10.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Collier{{cite news|title=Eye and Launceston Elections|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000098/18850702/017/0010|access-date=3 December 2017|work=Pall Mall Gazette|date=2 July 1885|page=10|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes =334

|percentage = 43.2

|change = +10.9

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 105

|percentage = 13.6

|change =-21.8

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 773

|percentage = 91.8

|change = +7.1

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 842

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = -10.9

}}

{{Election box end}}

Giffard resigned upon his appointment as Lord Chancellor and elevation to the peerage, becoming Lord Halsbury, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin | title=1885 Launceston by-election}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Richard Webster

|votes = 417

|percentage = 52.7

|change = -4.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = William Pethick{{cite news|title=The Polling at Launceston|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001842/18850702/051/0003|access-date=3 December 2017|work=Eastern Evening News|date=2 July 1885|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes =374

|percentage = 47.3

|change = +4.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 43

|percentage =5.4

|change = -8.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 791

|percentage =92.7

|change = +0.9

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 853

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = -4.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1885: Launceston Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Dyke Acland

|votes = 4,690

|percentage = 64.4

|change = +21.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Northmore Lawrence

|votes =2,587

|percentage = 35.6

|change = -21.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,103

|percentage = 28.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 7,277

|percentage = 78.3

|change = -3.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors= 9,297

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|loser=Conservative Party (UK)

|swing=+21.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1886: Launceston

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Dyke Acland

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 1890s =

File:Thomas_Owen.jpg

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1892: Launceston

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Owen

|votes = 3,897

|percentage = 57.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Lewis Molesworth

|votes =2,913

|percentage = 42.8

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 984

|percentage = 14.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 6,810

|percentage = 74.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,178

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser =

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1895: Launceston

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Owen

|votes = 3,633

|percentage = 55.0

|change = −2.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Frederick Wills

|votes =2,975

|percentage = 45.0

|change = +2.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 658

|percentage = 10.0

|change = -4.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 6,608

|percentage = 70.1

|change = -4.1

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,423

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser =

|swing = -2.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1898 Launceston by-election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =John Fletcher Moulton

|votes = 3,951

|percentage = 58.0

|change = +3.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Frederick Wills

|votes =2,863

|percentage = 42.0

|change = -3.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,088

|percentage = 16.0

|change = +6.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 6,814

|percentage = 71.7

|change = +1.6

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,508

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +3.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 1900s =

File:John_Fletcher_Moulton.jpg

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1900: Launceston

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Fletcher Moulton

|votes = 3,831

|percentage = 58.3

|change = +3.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Foster Cunliffe

|votes =2,737

|percentage = 41.7

|change = -3.3

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,094

|percentage = 16.6

|change = +6.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 6,568

|percentage = 68.3

|change = -1.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,616

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +3.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

File:1906 G. Croydon Marks MP.jpg

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1906: Launceston

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = George Croydon Marks

|votes = 4,658

|percentage = 63.0

|change = +4.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate = George Sandys

|votes =2,736

|percentage = 37.0

|change = -4.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,922

|percentage = 26.0

|change = +9.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 7,394

|percentage = 75.0

|change = +6.7

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,858

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +4.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 1910s =

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election January 1910: Launceston

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = George Croydon Marks

|votes = 4,703

|percentage = 56.9

|change = -6.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Horace Bere Grylls

|votes =3,564

|percentage = 43.1

|change = +6.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,139

|percentage = 13.8

|change = -12.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,267

|percentage = 83.9

|change = +8.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = -6.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election December 1910: Launceston

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =George Croydon Marks

|votes = 4,373

|percentage = 57.4

|change = +0.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Treffry

|votes =3,249

|percentage = 42.6

|change = -0.5

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,124

|percentage = 14.8

|change = +1.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 7,622

|percentage = 77.3

|change = -6.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +0.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

  • Liberal: George Marks
  • Unionist: Edward TreffryWestern Times, 23 January 1914

Notes

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References

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