Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)
# Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)

Cornwall is a former county constituency covering the county of Cornwall, in the South West of England. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of England then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Knights of the Shire, elected by the bloc vote system.

Under the Reform Act 1832, it was divided between the constituencies of East Cornwall and West Cornwall.

## Boundaries and franchise

The constituency consisted of the whole of the historic county of Cornwall, the most south-westerly county of England, occupying the part of the South West peninsula to the west of the River Tamar which divides the county from Devon. (Although Cornwall contained a number of parliamentary boroughs, each of which elected two MPs in their own right, these were not excluded from the county constituency, and owning property within a borough could confer a vote at the county election. For a summary of the boroughs represented before 1832 see Parliamentary representation from Cornwall.)

As in other county constituencies the franchise between 1430 and 1832 was defined by the Forty Shilling Freeholder Act, which gave the right to vote to every man who possessed freehold property within the county valued at £2 or more per year for the purposes of land tax; it was not necessary for the freeholder to occupy his land, nor even in later years to be resident in the county at all.

By the time of the Great Reform Act in 1832, the population of Cornwall was about 300,000. Only a tiny fraction of these were entitled to vote. Sedgwick estimated there were about 2,300 electors in this constituency in the 1715–1754 period, and Namier and Brooke suggest this had increased to about 2,500 electors in the 1754–1790 period. At the vigorously contested election of 1790, when a high turnout can be assumed, 4,656 valid votes were cast (each voter being entitled to vote twice). At Cornwall's final election, in 1831, 5,350 votes were cast.

## Members of Parliament

* Constituency created (1290)

### 1290–1510

| Parliament | First member | Second member |
| - | - | - |
| 1298 | Thomas Pridias | |
| 1301 | Michael Petyt | |
| 1307 | Henry Bodrugan | |
| 1314 | Michael Petyt | |
| 1324 | Otto Bodrugan | William Hureward |
| 1336 | William Bodrugan | Richard Hiwis |
| 1337 | William Bodrugan | Richard Hiwis |
| 1341 | Ralph Speccot of Speccot, Merton, Devon |
| 1357 | John Hamely | |
| 1360 | John Hamely | |
| 1362 | John Hamely | |
| 1366 | John de Tremayne |
| 1369 | Otto Bodrugan | Robert Tresilian/John de Tremayne |
| 1380 | Warin Archdeacon | |
| 1382 | Warin Archdeacon | |
| 1383 (Feb) | Michael Archdeacon | |
| 1384 | Otto Bodrugan | |
| 1386 | Sir Ralph Carminowe | John Beville |
| 1388 (Feb) | Sir Henry Ilcombe | Sir John Reskymer |
| 1388 (Sep) | Sir William Lambourne | Sir John Reskymer |
| 1390 (Jan) | Sir Richard Cergeaux | Sir William Lambourne |
| 1390 (Nov) | Sir John Reskymer | Michael Archdeacon |
| 1391 | John Colshull | John Treverbyn |
| 1393 | John Trevarthian | John Treverbyn |
| 1394 | John Colshull | John Treverbyn |
| 1395 | Sir Henry Ilcombe | John Chenduyt |
| 1397 (Jan) | John Arundell of Lanherne | John Colshull |
| 1397 (Sep) | John Arundell of Lanherne | John Trevarthian |
| 1399 | Sir William Lambourne | John Colshull |
| 1401 | Sir John Trevarthian | William Bodrugan |
| 1402 | Sir William Talbot | John Whalesborough |
| 1404 (Jan) | Sir John Arundell of Lanherne | John Chenduyt |
| 1404 (Oct) | Sir John Arundell of Lanherne | Sir Ralph Botreaux |
| 1406 | Sir John Arundell of Lanherne | Nicholas Broomford |
| 1407 | John Chenduyt | Richard Trevanion |
| 1410 | Sir Ralph Botreaux | Sir John Herle |
| 1411 | Sir John Arundell of Lanherne | John Urban |
| 1413 (May) | John Wybbury | John Trelawny |
| 1414 (Apr) | Sir John Arundell of Lanherne | John Colshull II |
| 1414 (Nov) | Sir William Talbot | John Colshull II |
| 1416 (Mar) | Sir John Arundell of Lanherne | William Bodrugan II |
| 1416 (Oct) | | |
| 1417 | Sir John Arundell of Lanherne | Thomas Arundell |
| 1419 | John Arundell | Sir Thomas Arundell |
| 1420 | Sir William Bodrugan | John Tretherf |
| 1421 (May) | Sir John Arundell of Lanherne | Sir John Trelawny |
| 1421 (Dec) | Sir John Trelawny | John Arundell |
| 1422 | Sir John Arundell of Lanherne | John Arundell |
| 1423 | Sir John Arundell of Lanherne | |
| 1429 | Sir Thomas Arundell | |
| 1435 | Sir Thomas Arundell | |
| 1437 | Nicholas Aysshton | |
| 1439 | Nicholas Aysshton | |
| 1453–4 | John Coleshill, of Duloe, Cornwall | |
| 1472 | Sir Henry Bodrugan | |
| 1478 | Sir Thomas Vaughan | |
| 1483 | John Beaumont alias Bodrugan | James Tyrrell |
| 1484 | John Beaumont alias Bodrugan | |

### 1510–1629

As there were sometimes significant gaps between Parliaments held in this period, the dates of first assembly and dissolution are given. Where the name of the member has not yet been ascertained or (before 1558) is not recorded in a surviving document, the entry unknown is entered in the table.

The Roman numerals after some names are those used in The House of Commons 1509–1558 to distinguish a member from another politician of the same name.

In 1529 alternative versions are given of the names for one member. The first comes from the above book on the House of Commons. The second originates from another source.

| Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | First Member | Second Member |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1510 | 21 January 1510 | 23 February 1510 | unknown | unknown |
| 1512 | 4 February 1512 | 4 March 1514 | unknown | unknown |
| 1515 | 5 February 1515 | 22 December 1515 | Sir Peter Edgecombe | unknown |
| 1523 | 15 April 1523 | 13 August 1523 | unknown | unknown |
| 1529 | 3 November 1529 | 14 April 1536 | Sir Peter Edgecombe | Richard Grenville |
| 1536 | 8 June 1536 | 18 July 1536 | unknown | unknown |
| 1539 | 28 April 1539 | 24 July 1540 | Sir John Chamond | William Godolphin I |
| 1542 | 16 January 1542 | 28 March 1544 | Richard Edgcumbe | unknown |
| 1545 | 23 November 1545 | 31 January 1547 | Richard Chamond | John Beauchamp |
| 1547 | 4 November 1547 | 15 April 1552 | (Sir) Richard Edgecumbe | John Reskymer |
| 1553 | 1 March 1553 | 31 March 1553 | (Sir) William Godolphin I | Henry Chiverton |
| 1553 | 5 October 1553 | 5 December 1553 | John Carminowe | Richard Roscarrock |
| 1554 | 2 April 1554 | 3 May 1554 | Sir John Arundell | Richard Roscarrock |
| 1554 | 12 November 1554 | 16 January 1555 | ? Thomas Trefry I | Henry Chiverton |
| 1555 | 21 October 1555 | 9 December 1555 | Richard Chamond | Henry Chiverton |
| 1558 | 20 January 1558 | 17 November 1558 | John Arundell | John Polwhele |
| 1559 | 23 January 1559 | 8 May 1559 | John Trelawny | Richard Chamond |
| 1562 or 1563 | 11 January 1563 | 2 January 1567 | Peter Edgcumbe | John Trelawny died and repl. 1566 by Richard Chamond |
| 1571 | 2 April 1571 | 29 May 1571 | Richard Grenville | William Mohun |
| 1572 | 8 May 1572 | 19 April 1583 | Peter Edgcumbe to 1581 (Unknown from 1581) | Richard Chamond |
| 1584 | 23 November 1584 | 14 September 1585 | Richard Grenville | (Sir) William Mohun |
| 1586 | 13 October 1586 | 23 March 1587 | Peter Edgcumbe | (Sir) William Mohun |
| 1588 | 4 February 1589 | 29 March 1589 | Peter Edgcumbe | Sir Francis Godolphin |
| 1593 | 18 February 1593 | 10 April 1593 | Peter Edgcumbe | William Bevil |
| 1597 | 24 October 1597 | 9 February 1598 | William Killigrew | Jonathan Trelawny |
| 1601 | 27 October 1601 | 19 December 1601 | Sir Walter Raleigh | John Arundell |
| 1604 | 19 March 1604 | 9 February 1611 | Sir Anthony Rous | Sir Jonathan Trelawny died 1604 Sir William Godolphin |
| 1614 | 5 April 1614 | 7 June 1614 | Richard Carew | John St Aubyn |
| 1620 or 1621 | 16 January 1621 | 8 February 1622 | Bevil Grenville | John Arundell |
| 1623 or 1624 | 12 February 1624 | 27 March 1625 | Bevil Grenville | William Coryton |
| 1625 | 17 May 1625 | 12 August 1625 | Sir Robert Killigrew | Charles Trevanion |
| 1626 | 6 February 1626 | 15 June 1626 | Sir Francis Godolphin | William Coryton |
| 1628 | 17 March 1628 | 10 March 1629 | Sir John Eliot | William Coryton |

### 1640–1832

| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| April 1640 | William Godolphin | | Richard Buller | Parliamentarian |
| November 1640 | Sir Bevil Grenville | Royalist | Alexander Carew | Royalist |
| September 1642 | Grenville disabled to sit – seat vacant | Grenville disabled to sit – seat vacant | | Alexander Carew | Royalist |
| September 1643 | Grenville disabled to sit – seat vacant | Grenville disabled to sit – seat vacant | Carew expelled – seat vacant | Carew expelled – seat vacant |
| 1646 | Hugh Boscawen | | Nicholas Trefusis | |
| December 1648 | Boscawen not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge | Boscawen not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge | Trefusis excluded in Pride's Purge – seat vacant | Trefusis excluded in Pride's Purge – seat vacant |

* Representation increased to four seats in Barebones Parliament

| Year | First member | Second member | Third member | Fourth member |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1653 | Robert Bennet | Francis Langdon | Anthony Rous | John Bawden |

* Representation increased to eight seats in First and Second Protectorate Parliaments

| Year | First member | Second member | Third member | Fourth member | Fifth member | Sixth member | Seventh member | Eighth member |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1654 | Anthony Rous | Anthony Nicholl | Thomas Silly | Richard Carter | Walter Moyle | Charles Boscawen | Thomas Gewen | James Launce |
| 1656 | Anthony Rous | Anthony Nicholl | Thomas Silly | Richard Carter | Walter Moyle | Francis Rous | William Braddon | John St Aubyn |

* Representation restored to two seats in Third Protectorate Parliament

| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| January 1659 | Hugh Boscawen | | Francis Buller | |
| Cornwall not represented in restored Rump | Cornwall not represented in restored Rump | Cornwall not represented in restored Rump | Cornwall not represented in restored Rump | Cornwall not represented in restored Rump |
| April 1660 | Sir John Carew, Bt | | Robert Robartes | |
| September 1660 | Sir John Carew, Bt | | Hugh Boscawen | |
| 1661 | Jonathan Trelawny | | Sir John Coryton, Bt | |
| 1679 | Francis Robartes | | Sir Richard Edgcumbe | |
| May 1685 | Lord Lansdown | | Viscount Bodmin | |
| August 1685 | Lord Lansdown | | Francis Robartes | |
| 1689 | Sir John Carew, Bt | | Hugh Boscawen | |
| 1690 | Francis Robartes | | Hugh Boscawen | |
| 1695 | John Speccot | | Hugh Boscawen | |
| June 1701 | John Speccot | | Richard Edgcumbe | Whig |
| December 1701 | John Granville | | James Buller | |
| 1703 | Sir Richard Vyvyan, Bt | Tory | James Buller | |
| 1703 | Sir Richard Vyvyan, Bt | Tory | Hugh Boscawen | Whig |
| 1708 | James Buller | | Hugh Boscawen | Whig |
| 1710 | George Granville | Tory | John Trevanion | Tory |
| 1712 | Sir Richard Vyvyan, Bt | | John Trevanion | Tory |
| 1713 | Sir William Carew, Bt | Tory | John Trevanion | Tory |
| 1722 | Sir William Carew, Bt | Tory | Sir John St Aubyn, Bt | Tory |
| April 1744 | Sir Coventry Carew, Bt | Tory | Sir John St Aubyn, Bt | Tory |
| December 1744 | Sir Coventry Carew, Bt | Tory | Sir John Molesworth, Bt | Tory |
| 1748 | James Buller | Tory | Sir John Molesworth, Bt | Tory |
| 1761 | James Buller | Tory | Sir John St Aubyn, Bt | |
| 1765 | Sir John Molesworth, Bt | | Sir John St Aubyn, Bt | |
| 1772 | Sir John Molesworth, Bt | | Humphrey Mackworth-Praed | |
| 1774 | Sir John Molesworth, Bt | | Sir William Lemon, Bt | Whig |
| 1775 | Edward Eliot | | Sir William Lemon, Bt | Whig |
| 1784 | Sir William Molesworth, Bt | | Sir William Lemon, Bt | Whig |
| 1790 | Francis Gregor | Tory | Sir William Lemon, Bt | Whig |
| 1806 | John Hearle Tremayne | Tory | Sir William Lemon, Bt | Whig |
| 1825 | John Hearle Tremayne | Tory | Sir Richard Rawlinson Vyvyan, Bt | Tory |
| 1826 | Edward William Wynne Pendarves | Whig | Sir Richard Rawlinson Vyvyan, Bt | Tory |
| 1831 | Edward William Wynne Pendarves | Whig | Sir Charles Lemon, Bt | Whig |

* Constituency abolished (1832)

## Elections

The bloc vote electoral system was used in two seat elections and first past the post for single member by-elections. Each elector had as many votes as there were seats to be filled. Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration, in public, at the hustings, which were usually held at the county town. The expense and difficulty of voting at only one location in the county, together with the lack of a secret ballot contributed to the corruption and intimidation of electors, which was widespread in the unreformed British political system.

The expense, to candidates and their supporters, of contested elections encouraged the leading families of the county to agree on the candidates to be returned unopposed whenever possible. Contested county elections were therefore unusual.

There were no contested general election polls in Cornwall between 1710 and 1774. Leading Whig politicians, like Sir Robert Walpole, were happy to let Tory squires represent the county; to avoid them interfering with Whig plans in the county's numerous borough constituencies. The related families of Carew, Molesworth, St Aubyn and Buller monopolised the representation for much of the 18th century, until the partners in the Miners' Bank at Truro, Humphrey Mackworth Praed and William Lemon, became involved in elections in the 1770s.

Note on percentage change calculations: Where there was only one candidate of a party in successive elections, for the same number of seats, change is calculated on the party percentage vote. Where there was more than one candidate, in one or both successive elections for the same number of seats, then change is calculated on the individual percentage vote.

Note on sources: The information for the election results given below is taken from Sedgwick 1715–1754, Namier and Brooke 1754–1790 and Stooks Smith 1790–1832.

### Elections in the 1710s

General election 16 February 1715: Cornwall (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Tory | Sir William Carew, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory | John Trevanion | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |

### Elections in the 1720s

General election 2 May 1722: Cornwall (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Tory | Sir William Carew, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory | Sir John St Aubyn, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |

General election 13 September 1727: Cornwall (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Tory | Sir William Carew, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory | Sir John St Aubyn, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |

### Elections in the 1730s

General election 15 May 1734: Cornwall (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Tory | Sir William Carew, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory | Sir John St Aubyn, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |

### Elections in the 1740s

General election 20 May 1741: Cornwall (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Tory | Sir William Carew, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory | Sir John St Aubyn, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |

* Death of Carew

By-Election 4 April 1744: Cornwall :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Tory | Sir Coventry Carew, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory hold | Tory hold | Swing | N/A | |

* Death of St Aubyn

By-Election 12 December 1744: Cornwall :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Tory | Sir John Molesworth, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory hold | Tory hold | Swing | N/A | |

General election 22 July 1747: Cornwall (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Tory | Sir Coventry Carew, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory | Sir John Molesworth, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |

* Death of Carew

By-Election 27 April 1748: Cornwall :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Tory | James Buller | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory hold | Tory hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1750s

General election 1 May 1754: Cornwall (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Tory | Sir John Molesworth, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory | James Buller | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |

### Elections in the 1760s

General election 8 April 1761: Cornwall (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Nonpartisan | Sir John St Aubyn, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory | James Buller | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |

* Death of Buller

By-Election 15 May 1765: Cornwall :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Nonpartisan | John Molesworth | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan gain from Tory | Nonpartisan gain from Tory | Swing | N/A | |

General election 29 March 1768: Cornwall (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Nonpartisan | Sir John St Aubyn, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan | Sir John Molesworth, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |

### Elections in the 1770s

* Death of St Aubyn

By-Election 16 December 1772: Cornwall :

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Nonpartisan | Humphrey Mackworth Praed | Elected | N/A | N/A |
| Nonpartisan | William Lemon | Defeated | | N/A |
| Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |

General election 25 October 1774: Cornwall (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Nonpartisan | Sir William Lemon, Bt | 1,099 | 27.48 | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan | Sir John Molesworth | 1,050 | 26.26 | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan | John Buller, junior | 960 | 24.01 | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan | Humphrey Mackworth Praed | 890 | 22.26 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,999 | N/A | N/A |

* Death of Molesworth

By-Election 15 November 1775: Cornwall :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Nonpartisan | Edward Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1780s

General election 13 September 1780: Cornwall (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Nonpartisan | Sir William Lemon, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan | Edward Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |

* Creation of Eliot as 1st Lord Eliot

By-Election 25 February 1784: Cornwall :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Nonpartisan | Sir William Molesworth, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |

General election 21 April 1784: Cornwall (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Nonpartisan | Sir William Molesworth, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan | Sir William Lemon, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |

### Elections in the 1790s

General election 1790: Cornwall (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Whig | Sir William Lemon, Bt | 2,250 | 48.32 | N/A |
| | Tory | Francis Gregor | 1,270 | 27.28 | N/A |
| | Whig | Sir Jonathan St Aubyn, Bt | 1,136 | 24.40 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,656 | N/A | N/A |

* Note (1790): This was the first election, for this constituency, where Stooks Smith used party labels for candidates.

General election 1796: Cornwall (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Whig | Sir William Lemon, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory | Francis Gregor | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |

### Elections in the 1800s

General election 1802: Cornwall (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Whig | Sir William Lemon, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory | Francis Gregor | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |

General election 1806: Cornwall (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Whig | Sir William Lemon, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory | John Hearle Tremayne | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |

General election 1807: Cornwall (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Whig | Sir William Lemon, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory | John Hearle Tremayne | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |

### Elections in the 1810s

General election 1812: Cornwall (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Whig | Sir William Lemon, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory | John Hearle Tremayne | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |

General election 1818: Cornwall (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Whig | Sir William Lemon, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory | John Hearle Tremayne | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |

### Elections in the 1820s

General election 1820: Cornwall (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Whig | Sir William Lemon, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory | John Hearle Tremayne | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |

* Death of Lemon

By-Election February 1825: Cornwall :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Tory | Sir Richard Rawlinson Vyvyan, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory gain from Whig | Tory gain from Whig | Swing | N/A | |

General election 1826: Cornwall (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Tory | Sir Richard Rawlinson Vyvyan, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Whig | Edward William Wynne Pendarves | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |

### Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Cornwall (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Tory | Sir Richard Rawlinson Vyvyan, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Whig | Edward William Wynne Pendarves | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |

General election 1831: Cornwall (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Whig | Edward William Wynne Pendarves | 1,819 | 35.42 | N/A |
| | Whig | Sir Charles Lemon, Bt | 1,804 | 35.13 | N/A |
| | Tory | Sir Richard Rawlinson Vyvyan, Bt | 901 | 17.55 | N/A |
| | Tory | Viscount Valletort | 611 | 11.90 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 903 | 17.58 | N/A |
| | Whig gain from Tory | Whig gain from Tory | Swing | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,135 | N/A | N/A |

* Note (1831): Stooks Smith records that the poll took five days.
* Constituency divided (1832)
