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West Cornwall was a county constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the bloc vote system of election

During the 53-year history of this division, there was never a contested

election. Only once was a Conservative member returned, but he only

represented the constituency for a few months before becoming the 2nd Earl of Falmouth.

In 1885 this division was abolished, when the East and West

Cornwall county divisions were replaced by six new single-member county

constituencies. These were Bodmin (the South-Eastern division), Camborne (North-Western division), Launceston (North-Eastern division), St Austell (Mid division), St Ives (the Western division) and Truro. In addition the last remaining Cornish borough constituency was Penryn and Falmouth.

preceded by [Office] MP St Mawes, St Mawes, Cornwall

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Cornwall_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

West Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)

Members of Parliament

Constituency created (1832)

	First member	First party	Second member	Second party
1832	Sir Charles Lemon, Bt	Whig^[2]^[3]	Edward Wynne-Pendarves	Whig^[2]^[3]
1841	Lord Boscawen-Rose	Conservative
1842 by-election	Sir Charles Lemon, Bt	Whig^[2]^[3]
1853 by-election	Sir Charles Lemon, Bt	Whig^[2]^[3]	Michael Williams	Whig^[4]^[5]
1857	Richard Davey	Whig^[4]	Michael Williams	Whig^[4]^[5]
1858 by-election		Whig^[4]	Sir John St Aubyn, Bt	Radical^[6]
1859		Liberal		Liberal
1868	Arthur Vivian	Liberal		Liberal
1885	Constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: Cornwall Western (2 seats)^[7]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	Charles Lemon	Unopposed
	Whig	Edward Wynne-Pendarves	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,353
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

Charles Lemon had been Whig Member of Parliament for Cornwall prior to the 1832 election. Edward Wynne-Pendarves had also been a Member of Parliament in the previous parliament.

General election 1835: Cornwall Western (2 seats)^[7]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	Charles Lemon	Unopposed
	Whig	Edward Wynne-Pendarves	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,612
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

General election 1837: Cornwall Western (2 seats)^[7]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	Charles Lemon	Unopposed
	Whig	Edward Wynne-Pendarves	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,928
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Cornwall Western (2 seats)^[7]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Boscawen	Unopposed
	Whig	Edward Wynne-Pendarves	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,040
	Conservative gain from Whig
	Whig hold

Boscawen-Rose succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Earl of Falmouth and causing a by-election.

By-election, 16 February 1842: Cornwall Western (1 seat)^[7]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Charles Lemon	Unopposed
	Whig gain from Conservative

General election 1847: Cornwall Western (2 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	Charles Lemon	Unopposed
	Whig	Edward Wynne-Pendarves	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,259
	Whig hold
	Whig gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Cornwall Western (2 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	Charles Lemon	Unopposed
	Whig	Edward Wynne-Pendarves	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,649
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

Wynne-Pendarves' death caused a by-election.

By-election, 18 July 1853: Cornwall Western (1 seat)^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Michael Williams	Unopposed
	Whig hold

General election 1857: Cornwall Western (2 seats)^[7]^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	Richard Davey	Unopposed
	Whig	Michael Williams	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,542
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

John Tremayne had planned to stand for election, but withdrew.^[9]^[10]

Williams' death caused a by-election.

By-election, 5 July 1858: Cornwall Western (1 seat)^[7]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	John St Aubyn	Unopposed
	Radical gain from Whig

George Williams, younger son of Michael, had withdrawn to avoid "disturbing the County".^[11]

General election 1859: Cornwall Western (2 seats)^[7]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Richard Davey	Unopposed
	Liberal	John St Aubyn	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,897
	Liberal hold
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Cornwall Western (2 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Richard Davey	Unopposed
	Liberal	John St Aubyn	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,615
	Liberal hold
	Liberal hold

General election 1868: Cornwall Western (2 seats)^[7]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Vivian	Unopposed
	Liberal	John St Aubyn	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,168
	Liberal hold
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Cornwall Western (2 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Vivian	Unopposed
	Liberal	John St Aubyn	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,494
	Liberal hold
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Cornwall Western (2 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Vivian	Unopposed
	Liberal	John St Aubyn	Unopposed
Registered electors			6,987
	Liberal hold
	Liberal hold

Location : Latitude: 50.182101432927, Longitude: -5.2097511291504

Media

Histories

MR. WILLIAMS OF CAERHAYS | FEB. 28, 1880
John Michael Williams, Esq., of Caerhays Castle and Burncoose, Cornwall, and of Gnaton Hall, Devon, died on the 16th inst., aged sixty-six; head of the well-known
copper-smelting firm of Williams, Foster, and Co., of Redruth, and is supposed to have been the wealthiest man in Cornwall

FEB. 28, 1880 THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
Illustrated…

Occupation

Matches 1 to 4 of 4

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Occupation	Person ID	Tree
1	Pendarves, Edward William Wynne	Abt 1851	I4590	AHP
2	Lemon, Sir Charles 2nd Baronet (of Carclew)	1831 to 1841	I5152	AHP
3	Lemon, Sir Charles 2nd Baronet (of Carclew)	1842 to 1857	I5152	AHP
4	St Aubyn, Sir John 2nd Baronet; 1st Baron St Levan	1858-1885	I7559	AHP

Trade,Profession,Job

Matches 1 to 1 of 1

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Trade,Profession,Job	Person ID	Tree
1	Williams, Michael II (MP)	19 Jul 1853	I4639	AHP