Bodmin (UK Parliament constituency)

Bodmin
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1295–1885
Seats1295–1868: two
1868–1885: one
Replaced byBodmin
Bodmin division of Cornwall
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Bodmin in Cornwall 1974-83
18851983
SeatsOne
Created fromBodmin, East Cornwall and Liskeard
Replaced byNorth 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.


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