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Bodmin — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Bodmin was won by Conservative at the 1979 general election, with a majority of 10,029 votes over Liberal. This page covers every general election in Bodmin from 1832 to 1979.

Full Election History, 1832–1979

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 William Peter (Whig) 171 43.7% Samuel Thomas Spry (Whig) 57 (14.6 pts) 77.6%
1835 Charles Crespigny Vivian (Whig) 170 39.9% Samuel Thomas Spry (Whig) 32 (7.5 pts) 68.1%
1837 Charles Crespigny Vivian (Whig) 200 46.7% Samuel Thomas Spry (Conservative) 70 (16.4 pts) 64.3%
1841 Charles Crespigny Vivian (Whig) 224 44.7% John Townshend (Conservative) 82 (16.4 pts) 68.1%
1847 James Wyld (Radical) 297 44.1% Henry Charles Lacy (Whig) 38 (5.7 pts) 83.9%
1852 William Michell (Conservative) 273 38.2% Charles Brune Graves-Sawle (Whig) 116 (16.2 pts) 97.4%
1857 John Cranch Walker Vivian (Whig) 244 38.5% James Wyld (Radical) 54 (8.5 pts) 81.3%
1859 Edward Frederick Leveson-Gower (Liberal) 215 37.1% William Michell (Conservative) 17 (2.9 pts) 74.4%
1865 Edward Frederick Leveson-Gower (Liberal) 263 42.8% James Wyld (Liberal) 25 (4.1 pts) 77.5%
1868 Edward Frederick Leveson-Gower (Liberal) 424 55.9% James Wyld (Liberal) 90 (11.9 pts) 85.6%
1874 Edward Frederick Leveson-Gower (Liberal) 464 57.5% Charles Eldon Sargeant (Liberal) 234 (29.0 pts) 84.2%
1880 Edward Frederick Leveson-Gower (Liberal) 418 52.7% James Ross Farquharson (Liberal) 43 (5.4 pts) 87.8%
1885 Leonard Henry Courtney (Liberal) 4,254 57.8% Charles Ernest Edgcumbe (Conservative) 1,153 (15.7 pts) 80.3%
1886 Leonard Henry Courtney (Liberal Unionist) 3,763 64.2% John Abraham (Liberal) 1,662 (28.3 pts) 64.0%
1892 Leonard Henry Courtney (Liberal Unionist) 3,809 51.6% John McDougall (Liberal) 231 (3.1 pts) 79.7%
1895 Leonard Henry Courtney (Liberal Unionist) 4,035 53.6% John McDougall (Liberal) 543 (7.2 pts) 78.3%
1900 Lewis William Molesworth (Liberal Unionist) 4,280 56.9% Thomas Snape (Liberal) 1,032 (13.7 pts) 75.1%
1906 Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes (Liberal) 5,201 56.3% Horace Bere Grylls (Liberal Unionist) 1,172 (12.7 pts) 86.0%
Jan 1910 Cecil Alfred Grenfell (Liberal) 5,133 50.2% Reginald Pole-Carew (Liberal Unionist) 50 (0.5 pts) 88.4%
Dec 1910 Reginald Pole-Carew (Liberal Unionist) 5,021 50.2% Isaac Foot (Liberal) 41 (0.4 pts) 86.6%
1918 Charles Augustin Hanson (Unionist) 12,228 58.4% Isaac Foot (Liberal) 3,523 (16.8 pts) 69.1%
1922 Isaac Foot (Liberal) 14,292 53.4% Frederick Cuthbert Poole (Unionist) 1,825 (6.8 pts) 80.4%
1923 Isaac Foot (Liberal) 14,536 53.6% Frederick Cuthbert Poole (Unionist) 1,962 (7.2 pts) 82.0%
1924 Gerald Harrison (Unionist) 14,163 51.1% Isaac Foot (Liberal) 615 (2.2 pts) 82.4%
1929 Isaac Foot (Liberal) 16,002 46.3% Gerald Harrison (Unionist) 914 (2.6 pts) 84.9%
1931 Isaac Foot (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1935 John Rankin Rathbone (Conservative) 17,485 50.4% Isaac Foot (Liberal) 2,753 (7.9 pts) 82.3%
1945 Douglas Marshall (Conservative) 15,396 43.8% John Mackintosh Foot (Liberal) 2,047 (5.8 pts) 76.1%
1950 Douglas Marshall (Conservative) 19,441 49.2% John Mackintosh Foot (Liberal) 7,792 (19.7 pts) 84.3%
1951 Douglas Marshall (Conservative) 20,086 51.0% Stuart Roseveare (Liberal) 9,998 (25.4 pts) 84.6%
1955 Douglas Marshall (Conservative) 17,858 49.1% T Stuart Roseveare (Liberal) 7,659 (21.1 pts) 79.5%
1959 Douglas Marshall (Conservative) 16,853 46.0% Peter Joseph Bessell (Liberal) 2,801 (7.6 pts) 81.5%
1964 Peter Joseph Bessell (Liberal) 18,046 48.6% Sir Douglas Marshall (Conservative) 3,136 (8.5 pts) 82.7%
1966 Peter Bessell (Liberal) 18,144 46.6% John Gorst (Conservative) 2,023 (5.2 pts) 84.4%
1970 Robert Hicks (Conservative) 20,187 48.3% Paul Tyler (Liberal) 3,920 (9.4 pts) 80.7%
Feb 1974 Paul Tyler (Liberal) 20,283 44.2% Robert Hicks (Conservative) 9 (0.0 pts) 83.3%
Oct 1974 Robert Hicks (Conservative) 20,756 45.5% Paul Tyler (Liberal) 665 (1.5 pts) 82.3%
1979 Robert Hicks (Conservative) 27,922 54.9% Paul Tyler (Liberal) 10,029 (19.7 pts) 82.5%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Peter Whig 17143.7% Yes
Samuel Thomas Spry Whig 11429.2% No
Charles Crespigny Vivian Whig 10627.1% No

1835

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Crespigny Vivian Whig 17039.9% Yes
Samuel Thomas Spry Whig 13832.4% No
Edward Granville Eliot Conservative 11827.7% No

1837

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Crespigny Vivian Whig 20046.7% Yes
Samuel Thomas Spry Conservative 13030.4% No
Carteret John William Ellis Whig 9822.9% No

1841

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Crespigny Vivian Whig 22444.7% Yes
John Townshend Conservative 14228.3% No
Samuel Thomas Spry Conservative 13526.9% No

1847

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Wyld Radical 29744.1% Yes
Henry Charles Lacy Whig 25938.5% No
Samuel Thomas Spry Conservative 11717.4% No

1852

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Michell Conservative 27338.2% Yes
Charles Brune Graves-Sawle Whig 15722.0% No
William Henderson Conservative 14920.8% No
Edward Capel Whitehurst Radical 8211.5% No
Henry Carr Peelite 547.6% No

1857

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Cranch Walker Vivian Whig 24438.5% Yes
James Wyld Radical 19030.0% No
William Michell Conservative 16926.7% No
John Harvey Lewis Whig 314.9% No

1859

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Frederick Leveson-Gower Liberal 21537.1% Yes
William Michell Conservative 19834.1% No
James Wyld Liberal 16728.8% No

1865

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Frederick Leveson-Gower Liberal 26342.8% Yes
James Wyld Liberal 23838.7% No
Charles Locock Webb Conservative 11418.5% No

1868

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Frederick Leveson-Gower Liberal 42455.9% Yes
James Wyld Liberal 33444.1% No

1874

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Frederick Leveson-Gower Liberal 46457.5% Yes
Charles Eldon Sargeant Liberal 23028.5% No
Charles Locock Webb Conservative 11314.0% No

1880

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Frederick Leveson-Gower Liberal 41852.7% Yes
James Ross Farquharson Liberal 37547.3% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Leonard Henry Courtney Liberal 4,25457.8% Yes
Charles Ernest Edgcumbe Conservative 3,10142.2% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Leonard Henry Courtney Liberal Unionist 3,76364.2% Yes
John Abraham Liberal 2,10135.8% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Leonard Henry Courtney Liberal Unionist 3,80951.6% Yes
John McDougall Liberal 3,57848.4% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Leonard Henry Courtney Liberal Unionist 4,03553.6% Yes
John McDougall Liberal 3,49246.4% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lewis William Molesworth Liberal Unionist 4,28056.9% Yes
Thomas Snape Liberal 3,24843.1% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes Liberal 5,20156.3% Yes
Horace Bere Grylls Liberal Unionist 4,02943.7% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Cecil Alfred Grenfell Liberal 5,13350.2% Yes
Reginald Pole-Carew Liberal Unionist 5,08349.8% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Reginald Pole-Carew Liberal Unionist 5,02150.2% Yes
Isaac Foot Liberal 4,98049.8% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Augustin Hanson Unionist 12,22858.4% Yes
Isaac Foot Liberal 8,70541.6% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Isaac Foot Liberal 14,29253.4% Yes
Frederick Cuthbert Poole Unionist 12,46746.6% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Isaac Foot Liberal 14,53653.6% Yes
Frederick Cuthbert Poole Unionist 12,57446.4% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gerald Harrison Unionist 14,16351.1% Yes
Isaac Foot Liberal 13,54848.9% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Isaac Foot Liberal 16,00246.3% Yes
Gerald Harrison Unionist 15,08843.7% No
Paul Reed Labour 3,43710.0% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Isaac Foot Liberal Unopposed Yes

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Rankin Rathbone Conservative 17,48550.4% Yes
Isaac Foot Liberal 14,73242.4% No
Harold Falconer Labour 2,4967.2% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Douglas Marshall Conservative 15,39643.8% Yes
John Mackintosh Foot Liberal 13,34938.0% No
Jack Hubert Pitts Labour 6,40118.2% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Douglas Marshall Conservative 19,44149.2% Yes
John Mackintosh Foot Liberal 11,64929.5% No
William Royle Labour 8,43421.3% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Douglas Marshall Conservative 20,08651.0% Yes
Stuart Roseveare Liberal 10,08825.6% No
William Royle Labour 9,24423.5% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Douglas Marshall Conservative 17,85849.1% Yes
T Stuart Roseveare Liberal 10,19928.0% No
E Fraser Wilde Labour 8,30422.8% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Douglas Marshall Conservative 16,85346.0% Yes
Peter Joseph Bessell Liberal 14,05238.3% No
Thomas F Mitchell Labour 5,76915.7% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Joseph Bessell Liberal 18,04648.6% Yes
Sir Douglas Marshall Conservative 14,91040.2% No
Thomas F Mitchell Labour 4,17211.2% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Bessell Liberal 18,14446.6% Yes
John Gorst Conservative 16,12141.4% No
Robert Blank Labour 4,67412.0% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Hicks Conservative 20,18748.3% Yes
Paul Tyler Liberal 16,26738.9% No
Alfred Long Labour 5,35012.8% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Paul Tyler Liberal 20,28344.2% Yes
Robert Hicks Conservative 20,27444.2% No
Gillian Marigold Lois Lonsdale Labour 5,32811.6% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Hicks Conservative 20,75645.5% Yes
Paul Tyler Liberal 20,09144.0% No
Peter Clayton Knight Labour 4,81410.5% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Hicks Conservative 27,92254.9% Yes
Paul Tyler Liberal 17,89335.2% No
Nigel Knowles Labour 3,5086.9% No
Roger Holmes Mebyon Kernow 8651.7% No
Christopher Mark Retallack Green 4650.9% No
Maurice Ivan Carter National Front 2350.5% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1832: Whig margin 14.6 pts 1835: Whig margin 7.5 pts 1837: Whig margin 16.4 pts 1841: Whig margin 16.4 pts 1847: Radical margin 5.7 pts 1852: Conservative margin 16.2 pts 1857: Whig margin 8.5 pts 1859: Liberal margin 2.9 pts 1865: Liberal margin 4.1 pts 1868: Liberal margin 11.9 pts 1874: Liberal margin 29.0 pts 1880: Liberal margin 5.4 pts 1885: Liberal margin 15.7 pts 1886: Liberal Unionist margin 28.3 pts 1892: Liberal Unionist margin 3.1 pts 1895: Liberal Unionist margin 7.2 pts 1900: Liberal Unionist margin 13.7 pts 1906: Liberal margin 12.7 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 0.5 pts Dec 1910: Liberal Unionist margin 0.4 pts 1918: Unionist margin 16.8 pts 1922: Liberal margin 6.8 pts 1923: Liberal margin 7.2 pts 1924: Unionist margin 2.2 pts 1929: Liberal margin 2.6 pts 1935: Conservative margin 7.9 pts 1945: Conservative margin 5.8 pts 1950: Conservative margin 19.7 pts 1951: Conservative margin 25.4 pts 1955: Conservative margin 21.1 pts 1959: Conservative margin 7.6 pts 1964: Liberal margin 8.5 pts 1966: Liberal margin 5.2 pts 1970: Conservative margin 9.4 pts Feb 1974: Liberal margin 0.0 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 1.5 pts 1979: Conservative margin 19.7 pts 1832 1835 1837 1841 1847 1852 1857 1859 1865 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979

Trend

Bodmin has been contested at 38 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Radical, Conservative, Liberal, Liberal Unionist, Unionist.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Bodmin in the 1979 general election?

Conservative won Bodmin in 1979 with 27,922 votes (54.9%), a majority of 10,029 votes over Liberal in second place.

Which parties have won Bodmin since 1832?

Since 1832, Bodmin has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Liberal Unionist, Radical, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Bodmin?

The closest result on record for Bodmin was Feb 1974, when Liberal beat Conservative by just 9 votes (0.0 percentage points).

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