Bodmin | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1295–1885 | |
Seats | 1295–1868: two 1868–1885: one |
Replaced by | Bodmin |
Bodmin division of Cornwall | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Bodmin, East Cornwall and Liskeard |
Replaced by | North Cornwall and South East Cornwall |
Bodmin was the name of a parliamentary constituency in Cornwall from 1295 until 1983. Initially, it was a parliamentary borough, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of England and later the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until the 1868 general election, when its representation was reduced to one member.
The old borough was abolished with effect from the 1885 general election, but the name was transferred to a county constituency, which elected a single member until the constituency was abolished with effect from the 1983 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new South East Cornwall, thought some areas, including the town of Bodmin]] itself, was transferred to the existing North Cornwall.