Liskeard (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Liskeard
Type = Borough
Year = 1295
Abolition = 1885
members = two (1295-1832); one (1832-1885)

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, when the borough was abolished.

History

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 preponderent interest by 1722.

There were no contested elections between at least 1715 and 1802. In the early nineteenth 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 contol 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.

Members of Parliament

1295-1660

* 1604-1611: Sir William Killigrew

1660-1832

Note:-
* The MPs of the Parliament of England (elected 1705) and 45 members co-opted from the former Parliament of Scotland, became the House of Commons of the 1st Parliament of Great Britain in 1707.

Index to Election results 1715-1799

Index to Election results 1800-1885

Elections in the 1710s

Election box begin
title=General Election 29 January 1715: Liskeard (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = John Trelawny
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Philip Rashleigh
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

Elections in the 1720s

* "Trelawny became a Baronet in 1721"

Election box begin
title=General Election 12 April 1722: Liskeard (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Edward Eliot
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = John Lansdell
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"
* "Death of Eliot"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 2 November 1722: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Thomas Clutterbuck
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Non Partisan
swing = "N/A"

Election box begin
title=General Election 25 August 1727: Liskeard (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Thomas Clutterbuck
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = John Cope
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

Elections in the 1730s

* "Seat vacated on Clutterbuck being appointed a Lord of the Admiralty"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 15 June 1732: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Thomas Clutterbuck
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Non Partisan
swing = "N/A"
* "Death of Dennis"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 25 March 1739: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Charles Trelawny
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Non Partisan
swing = "N/A"

Elections in the 1740s

Election box begin
title=General Election 11 May 1741: Liskeard (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Richard Eliot
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Charles Trelawny
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

Election box begin
title=General Election 1 July 1747: Liskeard (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Charles Trelawny
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Dr. George Lee
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

Elections in the 1750s

* "Seat vacated on the appointment of Trelawny as Assay-Master of Tin for the Duchy of Cornwall"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 2 July 1751: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Charles Trelawny
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Non Partisan
swing = "N/A"

Election box begin
title=General Election 17 April 1754: Liskeard (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Edmund Nugent
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Philip Stanhope
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"
* "Seat vacated on the appointment of Nugent to an office"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 1 December 1759: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Philip Stephens
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Non Partisan
swing = "N/A"

Elections in the 1760s

Election box begin
title=General Election 30 March 1761: Liskeard (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Philip Stephens
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Anthony Champion
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

Election box begin
title=General Election 22 March 1768: Liskeard (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Edward Eliot
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Samuel Salt
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

Elections in the 1770s

Election box begin
title=General Election 11 October 1774: Liskeard (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Edward Gibbon
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Samuel Salt
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"
* "Seat vacated on the appointment of Gibbon to an office"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 12 July 1779: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Philip Stephens
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Non Partisan
swing = "N/A"

Elections in the 1780s

Election box begin
title=General Election 9 September 1780: Liskeard (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Hon. Wilbraham Tollemache
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Samuel Salt
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

Election box begin
title=General Election 5 April 1784: Liskeard (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Hon. Edward James Eliot
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Hon. John Eliot
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"
* "Seat vacated on the appointment of E.J. Eliot as Remembrancer of the Court of Exchequer"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 6 February 1786: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Hon. Edward James Eliot
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Non Partisan
swing = "N/A"

Elections in the 1790s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1790: Liskeard (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Hon. Edward James Eliot
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Hon. John Eliot
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"
* "Seat vacated on the appointment of E.J. Eliot as a Commissioner for India"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 1793: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Hon. Edward James Eliot
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Non Partisan
swing = "N/A"

Election box begin
title=General Election 1796: Liskeard (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Hon. Edward James Eliot
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Hon. John Eliot
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"
* "Death of E.J. Eliot"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 1797: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = The 5th Earl of Inchiquin
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Non Partisan
swing = "N/A"
* "Inchiquin was a peer of Ireland"

Elections in the 1800s

* "Resignation of Inchiquin"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 1800: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Lord Fincastle
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Non Partisan
swing = "N/A"
* "Note (1800): Stooks Smith recorded that William Huskisson was returned unopposed at this by-election, but this appears to be an error."

Election box begin
title=General Election 1802: Liskeard (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Hon. John Eliot
votes = 27
percentage = 48.21
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Hon. William Eliot
votes = 27
percentage = 48.21
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Thomas Sheridan
votes = 1
percentage = 1.79
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = William Ogilvie
votes = 1
percentage = 1.79
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 56
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"
* "Note (1802): 48 householders claimed the right to vote. The ballots they tendered were rejected by the Mayor. 44 wanted to vote for Sheridan and Ogilvie, 3 for the Eliots and 1 for John Eliot and Sheridan."
* "Succession of John Eliot as the 2nd Lord Eliot"

Election box begin
title=By-Election March 1804: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = William Huskisson
votes = 21
percentage = 87.50
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Thomas Sheridan
votes = 3
percentage = 12.50
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 18
percentage = 75.00
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 24
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Tory Party
swing = "N/A"

Election box begin
title=General Election 1806: Liskeard (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Hon. William Eliot
votes = Elected
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = William Huskisson
votes = Elected
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Nicholas Tomlinson
votes = 6
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Alexander Nowell
votes = 1
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 56
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"
* "Note (1806): Stooks Smith does not give the votes for the elected candidates."

Election box begin
title=General Election 1807: Liskeard (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Hon. William Eliot
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Viscount Hamilton
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

Elections in the 1810s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1812: Liskeard (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Hon. William Eliot
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Rt Hon. Charles Philip Yorke
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

Election box begin
title=General Election 1818: Liskeard (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Hon. William Eliot
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Sir William Henry Pringle
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

Elections in the 1820s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1820: Liskeard (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Hon. William Eliot
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Sir William Henry Pringle
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

Election box begin
title=General Election 1826: Liskeard (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Sir William Henry Pringle
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Lord Eliot
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

Elections in the 1830s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1830: Liskeard (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Sir William Henry Pringle
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Lord Eliot
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

Election box begin
title=General Election 1831: Liskeard (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Sir William Henry Pringle
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Lord Eliot
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"
* "Electorate expanded and constituency reduced to one seat, by the Reform Act 1832"

Election box begin
title=General Election 1832: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Charles Buller
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 218Election box gain with party link
winner = British Whig Party
loser = Tory Party
swing = "N/A"

Election box begin
title=General Election 1835: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Charles Buller
votes = 114
percentage = 64.04
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Samuel Trehawke Kekewich
votes = 64
percentage = 35.96
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 50
percentage = 28.09
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 178
percentage = 82.41
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 216Election box hold with party link
winner = British Whig Party
swing = "N/A"
* "Note (1835): Stooks Smith recorded 211 registered electors, but the turnout is calculated on Craig's figure above"

Election box begin
title=General Election 1837: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Charles Buller
votes = 113
percentage = 54.33
change = -9.71Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Samuel Trehawke Kekewich
votes = 95
percentage = 45.67
change = +9.71Election box majority
votes = 18
percentage = 8.65
change = -19.44Election box turnout
votes = 208
percentage = 83.87
change = +1.46Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 248Election box hold with party link
winner = British Whig Party
swing = +9.71 (W to T)
* "Note (1837): Stooks Smith recorded 250 registered electors, but the turnout is calculated on Craig's figure above"

Elections in the 1840s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1841: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Charles Buller
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 296Election box hold with party link
winner = British Whig Party
swing = "N/A"
* "Note (1841): Stooks Smith recorded 285 registered electors, but the turnout is calculated on Craig's figure above"
* "Seat vacated on the appointment of Buller as Judge-Advocate General"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 15 July 1846: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Charles Buller
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = British Whig Party
swing = "N/A"

Election box begin
title=General Election 1847: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Rt Hon. Charles Buller
votes = 170
percentage = 59.23
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = William C. Curteis
votes = 117
percentage = 40.77
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 53
percentage = 18.47
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 287
percentage = 82.23
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 349Election box hold with party link
winner = British Whig Party
swing = "N/A"
* "Note (1847): Stooks Smith recorded 333 registered electors, but the turnout is calculated on Craig's figure above"
* "Seat vacated on the appointment of Buller as President of the Poor Law Board"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 14 December 1847: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Rt Hon. Charles Buller
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = British Whig Party
swing = "N/A"
* "Death of Buller"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 3 January 1849: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Richard Budden Crowder
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = British Whig Party
swing = "N/A"

Elections in the 1850s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1852: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Richard Budden Crowder
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 343Election box hold with party link
winner = British Whig Party
swing = "N/A"
* "Seat vacated on the appointment of Crowder as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 29 March 1854: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Ralph William Grey
votes = 138
percentage = 51.49
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = John Salusbury Trelawny
votes = 119
percentage = 44.40
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = J.H. Reed
votes = 11
percentage = 4.10
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 19
percentage = 7.09
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 268
percentage = 76.14
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 352Election box hold with party link
winner = British Whig Party
swing = "N/A"
* "Trelawny and Reed are classified as Liberals (following Craig), as it is undetermined which wing of liberalism they belonged to. The list of MPs above refers to Grey as a Whig, so he is classified as such in this result."

Election box begin
title=General Election 1857: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Ralph William Grey
votes = 174
percentage = 58.39
change = +6.90Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Hon. Arthur Hamilton Gordon
votes = 124
percentage = 41.61
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 50
percentage = 16.78
change = +9.69Election box turnout
votes = 298
percentage = 79.89
change = +3.75Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 373Election box hold with party link
winner = British Whig Party
swing = "N/A"
* "Gordon is classified as Liberal (following Craig), as it is undetermined which wing of liberalism he belonged to. The list of MPs above refers to Grey as a Whig, so he is classified as such in this result."

Election box begin
title=General Election 1859: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Ralph William Grey
votes = 164
percentage = 50.62
change = -7.78Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Henry Pole Carew
votes = 160
percentage = 49.38
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 4
percentage = 1.23
change = -15.55Election box turnout
votes = 324
percentage = 82.03
change = +2.14Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 395Election box hold with party link
winner = British Whig Party
swing = "N/A"
* "The Whig Party is regarded as having merged into a new Liberal Party, which was formed at a meeting of the supporters of Lord Palmerston on 6 July 1859; although Whigs and Radicals had been informally referred to collectively as Liberals for decades."
* "Seat vacated on the appointment of Grey as a Collector of Customs"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 19 August 1859: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Ralph Bernal Osborne
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
loser = British Whig Party
swing = "N/A"

Elections in the 1860s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1865: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Arthur William Buller
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 434Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"
* " Electorate expanded by the Reform Act 1867"

Election box begin
title=General Election 1868: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Arthur William Buller
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 881Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"
* "Death of Buller"

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title=By-Election 11 May 1869: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Rt Hon. Edward Horsman
votes = 368
percentage = 56.36
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Sir F. Lycett
votes = 285
percentage = 43.64
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 83
percentage = 12.71
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 653
percentage = 74.12
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 881Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"

Elections in the 1870s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1874: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Rt Hon. Edward Horsman
votes = 334
percentage = 50.38
change = -5.98Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Leonard Courtney
votes = 329
percentage = 49.62
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 5
percentage = 0.75
change = -11.96Election box turnout
votes = 663
percentage = 81.75
change = +7.63Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 811Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"
* "Death of Horsman"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 22 December 1876: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Leonard Courtney
votes = 388
percentage = 58.00
change = +8.38Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = J.B. Sterling
votes = 281
percentage = 42.00
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 107
percentage = 15.99
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 669
percentage = 86.10
change = +4.35Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 777Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"

Elections in the 1880s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1880: LiskeardElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Leonard Courtney
votes = 370
percentage = 55.14
change = -2.86Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Rt Hon. Edward Pleydell Bouverie
votes = 301
percentage = 44.86
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 69
percentage = 10.28
change = -5.71Election box turnout
votes = 671
percentage = 91.17
change = +9.42Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 736Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"
* "Electorate expanded by the Representation of the People Act 1884, but the constituency was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 with effect from the UK general election, 1885."

References

*F W S Craig, "British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885" (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
* J Holladay Philbin, "Parliamentary Representation 1832 - England and Wales" (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
* "Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972", compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
* "The House of Commons 1715-1754", by Romney Sedgwick (HMSO 1970)
* "The House of Commons 1754-1790", by Sir Lewis Namier and John Brooke (HMSO 1964)
* "The Parliaments of England" by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)) "out of copyright"
* "Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885", edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
* "Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume II 1886-1918", edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1978)

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