- Camborne (UK Parliament constituency)
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Camborne Former County constituency for the House of Commons 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.
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Boundaries
Members of Parliament
Election Member Party 1885 Charles Augustus Vansittart Conybeare Independent Liberal (Radical) 1886 Liberal 1895 Arthur Strauss Conservative 1900 William Sproston Caine Liberal 1903 by-election Sir Wilfrid Lawson Liberal 1906 Albert Edward Dunn Liberal Dec. 1910 Sir Francis Dyke Acland, Bt. Liberal 1922 Algernon Henry Moreing National Liberal 1923 Leifchild Stratten Jones Liberal 1924 Algernon Henry Moreing Constitutionalist 1929 Leifchild Stratten Jones Liberal 1931 Sir Peter Garnett Agnew Conservative 1950 constituency abolished Election results
See also
- Camborne and Redruth (UK Parliament constituency)
- Falmouth and Camborne (UK Parliament constituency)
References
Constituencies in South West England 1918 - 1945 Cornwall (5) Bodmin • Camborne • Cornwall North • Penryn and Falmouth • St. Ives
Devon (11) Barnstaple • Exeter • Honiton • Plymouth Devonport • Plymouth Drake • Plymouth Sutton • South Molton • Tavistock • Tiverton • Torquay •
TotnesDorset (4) Gloucestershire (11) Somerset (7) Bath • Bridgwater • Frome • Taunton • Wells • Weston-Super-Mare • Yeovil
Wiltshire (5) Chippenham • Devizes • Salisbury • Swindon • Westbury
Constituency Lists 1885-1918 • 1918-1945 • 1945-1950 • 1950-1955 • 1955-1970 • 1974-1983 • 1983-1997 • 1997-2005 • Present • Future
Categories:- Parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1885
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1950
- United Kingdom historical constituency stubs
- Cornwall stubs
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