St Austell (UK Parliament constituency)

The Sessional Divisions of Powder East and South, and Ryder, and the civil parishes of Ladock and St Blazey.

File:William Copeland Borlase.jpg

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1885: St Austell British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS CraigThe Liberal Year Book, 1907Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=William Copeland Borlase

|votes=4,464

|percentage=67.2

|change=

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=John Heywood Johnstone

|votes=2,183

|percentage=32.8

|change=

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{{Election box majority|

|votes=2,281

|percentage=34.4

|change=

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes=6,647

|percentage=75.0

|change=

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 8,860

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{{Election box new seat win|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1886: St Austell

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=William Copeland Borlase

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

Borlase's resignation caused a by-election.

File:William_Alexander_McArthur.jpg

{{Election box begin|title=By-election 18 May 1887: St Austell

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=William Alexander McArthur

|votes=3,540

|percentage=51.5

|change=N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=Edward Brydges Willyams

|votes=3,329

|percentage=48.5

|change=New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes=211

|percentage=3.0

|change=N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes=6,869

|percentage=77.3

|change=N/A

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 8,883

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=N/A

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{{Election box end}}

File:John Westlake by Marianne Stokes.jpg

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1892: St Austell

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=William Alexander McArthur

|votes=4,201

|percentage=61.8

|change= N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=John Westlake

|votes=2,593

|percentage=38.2

|change= N/A

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{{Election box majority|

|votes=1,608

|percentage=23.6

|change= N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 6,794

|percentage=75.4

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,005

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing= N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

McArthur was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 23 Aug 1892

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = William Alexander McArthur

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1895: St Austell Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=William Alexander McArthur

|votes=4,193

|percentage= 57.6

|change=−4.2

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=Michael Williams

|votes=3,092

|percentage=42.4

|change=+4.2

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{{Election box majority|

|votes=1,101

|percentage= 15.2

|change=−8.4

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 7,285

|percentage= 79.1

|change= +3.7

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,213

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing= −4.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1900: St Austell Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=William Alexander McArthur

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

File:William Alexander McArthur MP postcard.jpg

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1906: St Austell

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=William Alexander McArthur

|votes=5,667

|percentage=69.3

|change=N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=Richard Garnett

|votes=2,516

|percentage=30.7

|change=New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes=3,151

|percentage=38.6

|change=N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes=8,183

|percentage=80.0

|change=N/A

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,235

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=1908 St Austell by-election

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Thomas Agar-Robartes

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

File:1906 Thomas Agar-Robartes MP.jpg

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election January 1910: St Austell Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Thomas Agar-Robartes

|votes=6,225

|percentage=66.5

|change= −2.8

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=Francis Tyringham Higgins Bernard

|votes=3,138

|percentage=33.5

|change= +2.8

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{{Election box majority|

|votes=3,087

|percentage=33.0

|change= −5.6

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 9,363

|percentage=85.4

|change= +5.4

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,968

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing= −2.8

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election December 1910: St Austell Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Thomas Agar-Robartes

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

General Election 1914–15:

File:Francis Layland Barratt.jpg

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: Thomas Agar-Robartes
• Unionist:

{{Election box begin|

|title=1915 St Austell by-electionDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Francis Layland-Barratt

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

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Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall (historic)

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885

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