St Austell (UK Parliament constituency)

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St Austell
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
18851918
Number of members One
Replaced by Penryn and Falmouth
Created from East Cornwall and West Cornwall

St Austell was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of St Austell in Cornwall. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election

Boundaries

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

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1885 William Copeland Borlase Liberal
1887 William Alexander McArthur Liberal
1908 Thomas Agar-Robartes Liberal
1915 Sir Francis Layland-Barratt Liberal
1918 constituency abolished

Election results

St Austell by-election, 1887[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Alexander McArthur 3,450
Liberal Unionist R B Williams 3,329
Majority
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing

References

  1. The Constitiutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 141 (165 in web page), Cornwall


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