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43-497: The convention had been meeting for some time prior to November 2000 as an informal discussion group. In less than two years, it had attracted the signatures of "about 50,000" people on a petition calling for a referendum on a Cornish Assembly, which is a little over 10% of the total Cornish electorate. A delegation led by the St Ives Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament (MP) Andrew George and representatives of

86-463: A Liberal Unionist stronghold from 1886. After the boundary revisions introduced at the general election of 1918 , which brought in most of the villages on the Lizard Peninsula (though not Helston ), the constituency was simply called Cornwall, St Ives . It underwent further boundary changes in 1950, bringing Helston into the constituency, and in 1983, when it was extended to include all of

129-613: A Lord-in-waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) in 1895 in the Liberal administration of the Earl of Rosebery . He married Georgiana Wilhelmina Haldane-Duncan-Mercer-Henderson, daughter of the Hon. Hew Adam Dalrymple Hamilton Haldane-Duncan-Mercer-Henderson and Edith Isabella Mercer-Henderson. In 1903 Lord Buckinghamshire assumed by Royal licence the additional surnames of Mercer-Henderson. On his death,

172-464: A writ of acceleration in his father's junior title of Baron Hobart. The town of Hobart, Tasmania , was named in honour of Lord Buckinghamshire. He died without male issue and was succeeded by his nephew, the fifth Earl. He was the son of the Hon. George Vere Hobart , second son of the third Earl. Lord Buckinghamshire briefly represented St Michael's in Parliament. In 1824 he assumed by Royal licence

215-583: A brief period during the Protectorate . It was originally a mere parliamentary borough that returned two MPs until the Great Reform Act of 1832, when its representation was cut to a single member. In 1885 the borough was abolished, but the St Ives name was transferred to the surrounding county constituency . The borough established under Queen Mary consisted of the parish of St Ives in western Cornwall ,

258-406: A little over 300 voters. This was a wide franchise for the period, and its reasonable size meant that St Ives was one of the few Cornish boroughs that could claim not to be rotten . Elections were usually contested. Local wealthiest families were able to exercise considerable influence on the outcome yet none was predominant. The result could rarely be taken for granted and it was necessary to court

301-421: A seaport and market town in which the main economic interests were fishing and the export of ores mined nearby. In 1831, the population of the borough was 4,776, and contained 1,002 houses. The franchise was initially restricted to the town corporation, but after a judgment in a disputed election in 1702 the right to vote was given to all inhabitants paying scot and lot ; in the early 19th century this amounted to

344-706: Is a parliamentary constituency covering the western end of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly . The constituency has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Andrew George , a Liberal Democrat ; George previously represented the constituency from 1997 to 2015. The seat covers the southern end of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Tourism is a significant sector in this former mining area. St Ives has elected MPs to every Parliament since 1558, except for

387-665: Is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain . It was created in 1746 for John Hobart, 1st Baron Hobart . The Hobart family descends from Henry Hobart , who served as Attorney General and Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas . In 1611 he was created a Baronet , of Intwood in the County of Norfolk, in the Baronetage of England . He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He represented Cambridge , Lostwithiel , Brackley and Norfolk in

430-456: The 2024 general election , the constituency is composed of the following electoral divisions of Cornwall (as they existed on 4 May 2021): Minor changes to align with revised electoral division boundaries and bring the electorate within the permitted range. The St Ives constituency covers the southwest of Cornwall , taking in the most southerly and westerly points of England (both its mainland and if islands are included), taking in parts of

473-450: The House of Commons . He died without surviving male issue and was succeeded by his nephew, the third Baronet. He was the son of Sir Miles Hobart, younger son of the first Baronet. Hobart sat as Member of Parliament for Norfolk. In 1656 he married Mary, daughter of the prominent politician John Hampden . He was succeeded by his elder son, the fourth Baronet. He was a General of the Horse and

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516-465: The Isles of Scilly . This duchy seat was abnormally low in owner-occupiers, with many " nonconformist " Christians and the Conservatives were consequently very weak. However, local sentiment was strongly against Irish Home Rule or independence, seen as a particular threat to the livelihood of the fishermen and other maritime employees who made up much of the electorate, and St Ives therefore became

559-508: The Penwith local government district. The character of the constituency was little changed by any of these revisions, but party loyalties may have been disrupted by the 1918 changes. Labour put up a candidate for the first time in 1918, and took more than a third of the vote; at the next election, with Labour withdrawing and the Irish issue no longer able to help Cory , a Conservative was elected for

602-833: The CCC is more akin to the Scottish Convention's predecessor, the Campaign for a Scottish Assembly . Formed in November 2000, the convention states that its key objectives are to: Among its publications are Devolution for One and All: Governance for Cornwall in the 21st Century , The Case for Cornwall: Cornwall's response to the Government's Devolution White Paper , Devolution for One and All: Cornwall Devolution for Prosperity , and Devolution's Future: A New Proposal for Regional Devolution . St Ives (UK Parliament constituency) St Ives

645-513: The County of Norfolk, and in 1746 he was further honoured when he was made Earl of Buckinghamshire , also in the Peerage of Great Britain. On his death, the titles passed to his son from his first marriage, the second Earl. He served as Comptroller of the Household , as Ambassador to Russia and as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland . He died without surviving male issue and was succeeded by his half-brother,

688-550: The Hobart family have also gained distinction. The Hon. Henry Hobart , younger son of the first Earl from his second marriage, represented Norwich in Parliament and served as Chairman of Ways and Means . Vere Henry Hobart, Lord Hobart , eldest son of the sixth Earl, was Governor of Madras . The Hon. Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden, third son of the sixth Earl, was a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy . Also, Henrietta Hobart , daughter of

731-402: The Isles of Scilly only on the first scheduled flight the following morning, having been kept in police cells overnight on St Mary's , with the declaration taking place at 15:30 on Friday afternoon. However, in 1987 and 1992 the constituency did count during the night rather than the next day. The seat was declared at about 1:30 am in 1987 and about 3:45 am in 1992. In 2019 it was planned to fly

774-693: The Isles of Scilly, and part of the Rural District of Helston. 1950–1983 : The Boroughs of St Ives, Penzance, and Helston, the Urban District of St Just, the Isles of Scilly, and parts of the Rural Districts of Kerrier and West Penwith. 1983–2010 : The District of Penwith, the District of Kerrier wards of Breage and Germoe, Crowan, Grade-Ruan and Landewednack, Helston North, Helston South, Meneage, Mullion, Porthleven, St Keverne and Wendron, and Sithney, and

817-538: The Isles of Scilly. 2010–2024 : The District of Penwith wards of Goldsithney, Gulval and Heamoor, Lelant and Carbis Bay , Ludgvan and Towednack, Madron and Zennor, Marazion and Perranuthnoe, Morvah, Pendeen and St Just, Penzance Central, Penzance East, Penzance Promenade, Penzance South, St Buryan, St Erth and St Hilary, St Ives North , and St Ives South, the District of Kerrier wards of Breage and Crowan, Grade-Ruan and Landewednack, Helston North, Helston South , Meneage, Mullion, Porthleven and Sithney, and St Keverne, and

860-549: The Isles of Scilly. Following the Boundary Commission ' Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies , Parliament increased the number of seats in the county from five to six for the 2010 general election , thus St Ives saw a loss of wards to the new Camborne and Redruth seat , including the St Ives Bay town of Hayle . Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which became effective for

903-410: The additional surname of Hampden. He died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the sixth Earl. He was a clergyman. In 1878 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Hampden. He was succeeded by his grandson, the seventh Earl. He was the second but only surviving son of Frederick John Hobart-Hampden, Lord Hobart, second son of the sixth Earl. Lord Buckinghamshire served briefly as

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946-599: The all-party National Coalition Government . Sir John Nott also held the most senior position in the Trade department before becoming Secretary of State for Defence , including during the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands and the ensuing Falklands War . His assertion that he was cutting the defence budget before the war was not capricious and he offered his resignation to Margaret Thatcher , however she kept him for

989-480: The area becoming contributory to a larger county division. Division of counties into single-member constituencies was effected in 1885: Cornwall having six. The westernmost of these, in which St Ives stood, was formally The Western or St Ives Division of Cornwall but was most often referred to simply as St Ives or as West Cornwall . This area included Penzance , Paul , Ludgvan and St Just , and stretched not only from Land's End to St Erth but also included

1032-590: The ballot boxes in overnight, but bad weather prevented this and the seat was the last to declare in the UK. 1885–1918 : The Boroughs of St Ives and Penzance, the Sessional Division of West Penwith (including the Isles of Scilly), and the parishes of St Erth and Uny-Lelant. 1918–1950 : The Boroughs of St Ives and Penzance, the Urban Districts of Ludgvan, Madron, Paul, and St Just, the Rural District of West Penwith,

1075-581: The competition in the 1990s. Having contested the seat in 1992 and reduced the Conservative majority to 2.8%, Andrew George captured the seat in 1997 for the Liberal Democrats after the retirement of the sitting Conservative MP, David Harris . George took over half the vote in both 2001 and 2005 , but his majority was reduced in 2010 , before he lost the seat to Conservative Derek Thomas in 2015 . Having unsuccessfully attempted to recapture

1118-521: The constituency in 2017 and 2019 , Andrew George won comfortably at the 2024 general election - the ninth time he had contested the seat over a period of 32 years. Walter Runciman held the most senior positions in Education, Agriculture and Trade taking together the period from 1908 until 1916 during the Asquith ministry . He was later re-appointed as the most senior minister in Trade from 1931 to 1937 in

1161-589: The convention, (Richard Ford, Dick Cole , David Fieldsend and Andrew Climo ) presented the declaration to 10 Downing Street on Wednesday 12 December 2001. According to the 2001 petition, "We, the People of Cornwall, must have a greater say in how we are governed. We need a Cornish Assembly that can set the right democratic priorities for Cornwall and provide a stronger voice for our communities in Britain, in Europe and throughout

1204-470: The duration of the conflict and he stood down in 1983. At general elections, the constituency is usually one of the last to declare a result - the delay in bringing the ballot boxes over from the Isles of Scilly means that counting does not begin until the following day. In the 2015 general election it was the last constituency in the United Kingdom to declare, because the ballot boxes were flown in from

1247-532: The election of his son. Later in the decade Stephens and the Earl once more began to work together, but were unable to prevent Humphrey Mackworth Praed from establishing sufficient influence to sway one of the two seats. By 1761 alliances coalesced, the Earl and Praed on one side nominating candidates against Stephens and the Duke of Bolton on the other. The by-election in 1763, when Buckinghamshire's brother-in-law Charles Hotham

1290-492: The end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected; General election 1914–15 : Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; Earl of Buckinghamshire Earl of Buckinghamshire

1333-602: The first time. For the next decade St Ives was a Conservative-Liberal marginal, changing hands four times in the 1920s. However, the formal split of National Liberals from the Liberals offered a popular compromise which suited the voters, so much so as to be a safe seat , and later for Conservatives when the National Liberals finally merged with them in the 1960s, until the formation of the Liberal Democrats re-invigorated

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1376-468: The former Penwith and Kerrier Districts. The main towns in the constituency are Penzance , St Ives and Helston . It also includes the Isles of Scilly , not shown on the map (having 1,700 electors out of a total of 63,000). The seat includes the Tate St Ives , St Michael's Mount (also an island) and Land's End . General election 1939–40 : Another general election was required to take place before

1419-408: The ninth Earl. He was the grandson of the Hon. Charles Edward Hobart-Hampden, fourth son of the sixth Earl. He was childless and was succeeded by his second cousin once removed, the tenth Earl and (As of 2010 ) present holder of the titles. He is the great-grandson of the Hon. George Augustus Hobart-Hampden, fifth son of the sixth Earl (and the eldest from his second marriage). Several other members of

1462-547: The third Earl. He represented St Ives and Bere Alston in the House of Commons. His eldest son, the fourth Earl, was a prominent politician. He served as Governor of Madras , as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies , as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster , as Joint Postmaster General and as President of the Board of Control . In 1797 he was summoned to the House of Lords through

1505-405: The titles passed to his only son, the eighth Earl. He was Deputy Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords and a Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords. In 1938 he assumed by Royal licence the surname of Mercer-Henderson only in lieu of Hobart-Hampden-Mercer-Henderson. He never married and on his death in 1963 the line of the second son of the sixth Earl failed. He was succeeded by his second cousin,

1548-480: The two St Ives seats to one. A new high of 584 voters qualified at the first reformed election, that of 1832 . On extension of the franchise in 1868 of the "second Reform Act", the electorate never passed 1,500, and had fallen to barely 1,000 by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 , the cornerstone of the third reform legislation, under which the "borough" for its parliamentary definition was abolished that year ,

1591-740: The voters assiduously. From the 17th century were three such families from the first: the Hobart family , the Praeds (at the time of Treventhoe manor), and the Dukes of Bolton (the Paulet family) – to which added by the mid 18th century the Stephens family. In 1751, however, John Stephens, who had previously allied himself with the Earl of Buckinghamshire (a Hobart) and managed the borough's elections on his behalf, "struck out on his own account" (defected independently) and secured

1634-667: The wider world." In this, the Cornish Constitutional Convention sits within the milieu of increased desire for greater autonomy by European regions. Given Cornwall's geographical peripherality, economic status, cultural and linguistic circumstances it is unsurprising that Cornwall has a devolutionary movement. Unlike the Scottish Constitutional Convention , which had the support of much of the political establishment of Scotland including formal membership of political parties, churches and civic groups,

1677-526: Was a frequent abuse in such boroughs. His side, as petitioners, failed to bring any evidence of criminal misconduct by the parish overseers so the committee decided they had no jurisdiction to interfere. In the end, the committee upheld Drummond's election and declared that neither Stephens nor Praed had been properly elected, thus a writ was issued for a by-election to fill the second seat. The cost of electioneering in St Ives seems eventually to have led to Buckinghamshire and Bolton withdrawing, and by 1784 Praed

1720-457: Was considered unchallenged as patron. Nevertheless, Stephens' influence was not extinguished, and it was recorded that the patrons at the time of the Reform Act were Samuel Stephens of Tregarron and Sir Christopher Hawkins of Trewithan (who had purchased the manor of Mr Praed). The Reform Act extended the boundaries, bringing in the neighbouring parishes of Lelant and Towednack and reduced

1763-642: Was equerry to King William III at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. He also represented Norfolk, King's Lynn and Bere Alston in Parliament. Hobart was killed in a duel in 1698. His son, the fifth Baronet, served as Treasurer of the Chamber , as Captain of the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners and as Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk . In 1728 he was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Baron Hobart , of Blickling in

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1806-685: Was re-elected after being appointed to a position in the Royal Household, cost the Earl £1,175 including 7 guineas each to 124 people, resulting in an uncontested election. There was a further bitterly contested election in 1774: allegations of bribery were investigated by a House of Commons committee, whose proceedings are recounted at length by the contemporary historian of electoral abuses, Thomas Oldfield. Samuel Stephens , defeated by 7 votes, accused William Praed and Adam Drummond (the Duke of Bolton's candidate) of benefiting from several types of corruption. Humphrey Mackworth Praed, William's father,

1849-411: Was said to have lent large sums to voters on the understanding that repayment would not be demanded if they voted for Praed and Drummond; but opposing counsel adduced evidence that Stephens had also resorted to bribery. However, it was alleged that many of Stephens' supporters had been prevented from voting, by rating them as not liable for scot and lot and so not eligible to vote; this disenfranchisement

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