# Liskeard (UK Parliament constituency)

Liskeard was a parliamentary borough in Cornwall, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1885. The constituency was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.

## History

The parliamentary borough was based upon the community of Liskeard in the south-eastern part of Cornwall.
Sedgwick estimated the electorate at 30 in 1740. Namier and Brooke considered it was about 50 in the 1754–1790 period. The right of election before 1832 was in the freemen of the borough. This constituency was under the patronage of the Eliot family, which acquired the predominant interest by 1722.
There were no contested elections between at least 1715 and 1802. In the early 19th century the Whigs attempted to expand the electorate to include householders. During the 1802 general election, 48 householders claimed the right to vote but their ballots were rejected by the Mayor (see the note to the 1802 election result below). The Eliot family continued to control the borough in the Tory interest, for another thirty years.
The Reform Act 1832 augmented the freemen voters (who retained their ancient right votes), with the beneficiaries of a new householder franchise. The number of voters registered in 1832 was 218. The political effect of the change was that a Whig was elected unopposed to the one remaining seat in 1832, whereas the two Tory candidates had been elected unopposed at the previous seven general elections. Only Whig or Liberal candidates were returned from 1832 until the constituency was abolished.
The Reform Act 1867 preserved the borough constituency but slightly expanded the electorate (from 434 in 1865 to 881 in 1868). Liskeard was one of the smallest boroughs to retain individual representation in the 1868–1885 period. However the constituency was finally abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when the borough became part of the Bodmin or South East division of Cornwall.

## Members of Parliament
### 1295–1629

* Constituency created (1295)
| Parliament | First member | Second member |
| 1355 | John Hamely | |
| 1386 | John Bodilly | Stephen Bant |
| 1388 (Feb) | Simon Lowys | John Helligan |
| 1388 (Sep) | Simon Lowys | Walter Bloyowe |
| 1390 (Jan) | Simon Lowys | John Cokeworthy I |
| 1390 (Nov) | | |
| 1391 | Robert Brewys | John Goly |
| 1393 | Simon Lowys | Robert Combe |
| 1394 | | |
| 1395 | Ralph Cokeworthy | Ralph Trenewith II |
| 1397 (Jan) | Simon Lowys | John Tregoose |
| 1397 (Sep) | John Gryk | Robert Syteston |
| 1399 | Walter Gosham | Thomas Forster |
| 1401 | | |
| 1402 | Simon Lowys | John Price |
| 1404 (Jan) | | |
| 1404 (Oct) | | |
| 1406 | John Treffridowe | Williard Hamond |
| 1407 | William Aston | Thomas Gybbe |
| 1410 | Simon (Lowys) | John Clink (MP for Liskeard) |
| 1411 | Simon Lowys | John Penrose |
| 1413 (Feb) | | |
| 1413 (May) | Simon Lowys | Walter Lowys |
| 1414 (Apr) | | |
| 1414 (Nov) | Simon Lowys | William Bodrugan |
| 1415 | | |
| 1416 (Mar) | Oto Trenewith | John Trewoofe |
| 1416 (Oct) | | |
| 1417 | John But | Robert Treage |
| 1419 | Philip Motty | John Calwe |
| 1420 | John Fursdon | John Cork |
| 1421 (May) | Nicholas Aysshton | Richard Tredinney |
| 1421 (Dec) | John Trelawny III | Robert Trenerth |
| 1510–1523 | No names known | No names known |
| 1529 | James Trewynnard | Henry Pyne |
| 1536 | ? | |
| 1539 | ? | |
| 1542 | ? | |
| 1545 | John Roscarrock | Richard Halfacre |
| 1547 | Robert Becket | Ambrose Gilberd |
| First Parliament of 1553 | John Trelawny | John Gayer |
| Second Parliament of 1553 | William Morice | Thomas Roscarrock |
| First Parliament of 1554 | James Kemp | Francis Roscarrock |
| Second Parliament of 1554 | John Connock | John Pethbridge |
| Parliament of 1555 | John Cruys | William Lower (MP for Liskeard) |
| Parliament of 1558 | William Coryton | John Gayer |
| Parliament of 1559 | George Bromley | Renald Muschamp |
| Parliament of 1563–1567 | George Bromley | Reginald Mohun |
| Parliament of 1571 | John Connock | Basil Johnson |
| Parliament of 1572–1581 | Henry Macwilliam | Paul Wentworth |
| Parliament of 1584–1585 | Peter Edgcumbe | Edward Denny |
| Parliament of 1586–1587 | Richard Edgecumbe | Jonathan Trelawny |
| Parliament of 1588–1589 | John Jackson | Jonathan Trelawny |
| Parliament of 1593 | George Wray | Jonathan Trelawny |
| Parliament of 1597–1598 | Henry Neville | Edward Trelawny |
| Parliament of 1601 | Thomas Edmunds | Sampson Lennard |
| Parliament of 1604–1611 | Sir William Killigrew | Reginald Nicholas |
| Addled Parliament (1614) | Richard Connock | John Glanville |
| Parliament of 1621–1622 | Sir Edward Coke | Nicholas Hele |
| Happy Parliament (1624–1625) | William Wrey (later 2nd Wrey Baronet) | Nicholas Hele |
| Useless Parliament (1625) | William Coryton | Nicholas Hele |
| Parliament of 1625–1626 | Sir Francis Steward | Joseph Jane |
| Parliament of 1628–1629 | Sir Francis Steward | John Harris |
| No Parliament summoned 1629–1640 |||

### 1640–1832

| Year | First member | First member | First party | Second member | Second member | Second party |
| April 1640 | | John Harris | Royalist | | George Kekewich | Parliamentarian |
| November 1640 | | John Harris | Royalist | | Joseph Jane | Royalist |
| January 1644 | Harris and Jane disabled from sitting – both seats vacant | Harris and Jane disabled from sitting – both seats vacant | Harris and Jane disabled from sitting – both seats vacant | Harris and Jane disabled from sitting – both seats vacant | Harris and Jane disabled from sitting – both seats vacant | Harris and Jane disabled from sitting – both seats vacant |
| 1647 | | Thomas Povey | Non-partisan | | George Kekewich | Parliamentarian |
| December 1648 | Povey and Kekewich excluded in Pride's Purge – both seats vacant | Povey and Kekewich excluded in Pride's Purge – both seats vacant | Povey and Kekewich excluded in Pride's Purge – both seats vacant | Povey and Kekewich excluded in Pride's Purge – both seats vacant | Povey and Kekewich excluded in Pride's Purge – both seats vacant | Povey and Kekewich excluded in Pride's Purge – both seats vacant |
| 1653 | Liskeard was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Liskeard was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Liskeard was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Liskeard was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Liskeard was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Liskeard was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate |
| January 1659 | | Thomas Noell | | | Hunt Greenwood | |
| May 1659 | Not represented in the restored Rump | Not represented in the restored Rump | Not represented in the restored Rump | Not represented in the restored Rump | Not represented in the restored Rump | Not represented in the restored Rump |
| April 1660 | | John Connock | | | John Robinson | |
| April 1661 | | John Harris | | | Peter Prideaux | |
| May 1661 | | John Harris | | | Bernard Granville | |
| 1678 | | Sir Bourchier Wrey | | | Bernard Granville | |
| February 1679 | | John Connock | | | John Buller | |
| August 1679 | | Sir Jonathan Trelawny | | | John Buller | |
| 1685 | | Chichester Wrey | | | John Connock | |
| 1689 | | Sir Bourchier Wrey | | | John Buller | |
| 1690 | | Sir Bourchier Wrey | | | Emanuel Pyper | |
| 1695 | | Sir Bourchier Wrey | | | William Bridges | |
| 1696 | | Henry Darell | | | William Bridges | |
| 1701 | | Thomas Dodson | | | William Bridges | |
| 1707 | | John Dolben | | | William Bridges | |
| 1710 | | Philip Rashleigh | Tory | | William Bridges | |
| 1715 | | Philip Rashleigh | Tory | | Sir John Trelawny | |
| April 1722 | | Edward Eliot | | | John Lansdell | |
| November 1722 | | Thomas Clutterbuck | | | John Lansdell | |
| 1727 | | Thomas Clutterbuck | | | Sir John Cope | |
| 1734 | | Richard Eliot | | | George Dennis | |
| 1740 | | Richard Eliot | | | Charles Trelawny | |
| 1747 | | Sir George Lee | | | Charles Trelawny | |
| 1754 | | Edmund Nugent | | | Philip Stanhope | |
| 1759 | | Philip Stephens | | | Philip Stanhope | |
| 1761 | | Philip Stephens | | | Anthony Champion | |
| 1768 | | Edward Eliot | | | Samuel Salt | |
| 1774 | | Edward Gibbon | Whig | | Samuel Salt | |
| 1780 | | Wilbraham Tollemache | | | Samuel Salt | |
| 1784 | | Edward James Eliot | | | John Eliot | Tory |
| 1797 | | The Earl of Inchiquin | | | John Eliot | Tory |
| 1800 | | Lord Fincastle | | | John Eliot | Tory |
| 1802 | | William Eliot | Tory | | John Eliot | Tory |
| 1804 | | William Eliot | Tory | | William Huskisson | Tory |
| 1807 | | William Eliot | Tory | | Viscount Hamilton | Tory |
| 1812 | | William Eliot | Tory | | Charles Philip Yorke | Tory |
| 1818 | | William Eliot | Tory | | Sir William Pringle | Tory |
| 1824 | | Lord Eliot | Tory | | Sir William Pringle | Tory |
| 1832 | Representation reduced to one Member | Representation reduced to one Member | Representation reduced to one Member | Representation reduced to one Member | Representation reduced to one Member | Representation reduced to one Member |

### 1832–1885

| Year | Member | Member | Party |
| 1832 | | Charles Buller | Radical |
| 1849 | | Richard Crowder | Radical |
| 1854 | | Ralph Grey | Whig |
| 1859 | | Ralph Bernal Osborne | Liberal |
| 1865 | | Sir Arthur Buller | Liberal |
| 1869 | | Edward Horsman | Liberal |
| 1876 | | Leonard Courtney | Liberal |
| 1885 | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished |

## Election results

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. From 1832 the principal source was Craig, with additional or different information from Stooks Smith included. Candidates classified by Craig as Liberal before 1859, are labeled as Whig or Radical (following Stooks Smith) or Liberal if their exact allegiance is uncertain. Similarly candidates classified by Craig as Conservative but by Stooks Smith as Tory are listed below as Tory.
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 for a party, in one or both successive contested elections for the same number of seats, then change is calculated on the individual candidates percentage vote.
Note on party allegiance of candidates: A party label is only used when the source used quotes one. Other candidates are labelled Non Partisan, but may have associated themselves with a tendency or faction in Parliament.

### Elections before 1715

Dates of Parliaments 1660–1715
| Summoned | Elected | Opened | Dismissed |
| 16 March 1660 | 1660 | 25 April 1660 | 29 December 1660 |
| 18 February 1661 | 1661 | 8 May 1661 | 24 January 1679 |
| 25 January 1679 | 1679 | 6 March 1679 | 12 July 1679 |
| 24 July 1679 | 1679–1680 | 21 October 1680 | 18 January 1681 |
| 20 January 1681 | 1681 | 21 March 1681 | 28 March 1681 |
| 14 February 1685 | 1685 | 19 May 1685 | 2 July 1687 |
| 29 December 1688 | 1688–1689 | 22 January 1689 | 6 February 1690 |
| 6 February 1690 | 1690 | 20 March 1690 | 11 October 1695 |
| 12 October 1695 | 1695 | 22 November 1695 | 6 July 1698 |
| 13 July 1698 | 1698 | 24 August 1698 | 19 December 1700 |
| 26 December 1700 | 1700–1701 | 6 February 1701 | 11 November 1701 |
| 3 November 1701 | 1701 | 30 December 1701 | 2 July 1702 |
| 2 July 1702 | 1702 | 20 August 1702 | 5 April 1705 |
| 1705 | 7 May – 6 June 1705 | 14 June 1705 | see Note |
| 1707 | see Note | 23 October 1707 | 3 April 1708 |
| 1708 | 30 April – 7 July 1708 | 8 July 1708 | 21 September 1710 |
| 1710 | 2 October – 16 November 1710 | 25 November 1710 | 8 August 1713 |
| 1713 | 22 August – 12 November 1713 | 12 November 1713 | 15 January 1715 |
Note:-
* The MPs of the Parliament of England (elected 1705) and 45 members co-opted from the former Parliament of Scotland, became the House of Commons of the 1st Parliament of Great Britain in 1707.

### Elections in the 1710s

General election 29 January 1715: Liskeard (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | John Trelawny | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory | Philip Rashleigh | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |

### Elections in the 1720s

* Trelawny became a Baronet in 1721
General election 12 April 1722: Liskeard (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | Edward Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan | John Lansdell | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
* Death of Eliot
By-Election 2 November 1722: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | Thomas Clutterbuck | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 25 August 1727: Liskeard (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | Thomas Clutterbuck | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan | John Cope | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |

### Elections in the 1730s

* Seat vacated on Clutterbuck being appointed a Lord of the Admiralty
By-Election 15 June 1732: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | Thomas Clutterbuck | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |
* Death of Dennis
By-Election 25 March 1739: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | Charles Trelawny | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1740s

General election 11 May 1741: Liskeard (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | Richard Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan | Charles Trelawny | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
General election 1 July 1747: Liskeard (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | Charles Trelawny | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan | George Lee | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |

### Elections in the 1750s

* Seat vacated on the appointment of Trelawny as Assay-Master of Tin for the Duchy of Cornwall
By-Election 2 July 1751: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | Charles Trelawny | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 17 April 1754: Liskeard (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | Edmund Nugent | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan | Philip Stanhope | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
* Seat vacated on the appointment of Nugent to an office
By-Election 1 December 1759: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | Philip Stephens | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1760s

General election 30 March 1761: Liskeard (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | Philip Stephens | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan | Anthony Champion | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
General election 22 March 1768: Liskeard (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | Edward Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan | Samuel Salt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |

### Elections in the 1770s

General election 11 October 1774: Liskeard (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | Edward Gibbon | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan | Samuel Salt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
* Seat vacated on the appointment of Gibbon to an office
By-Election 12 July 1779: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | Philip Stephens | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1780s

General election 9 September 1780: Liskeard (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | Wilbraham Tollemache | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan | Samuel Salt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
General election 5 April 1784: Liskeard (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | Edward James Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan | John Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
* Seat vacated on the appointment of E.J. Eliot as Remembrancer of the Court of Exchequer
By-Election 6 February 1786: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | Edward James Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1790s

General election 1790: Liskeard (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | Edward James Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan | John Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
* Seat vacated on the appointment of E.J. Eliot as a Commissioner for India
By-Election 1793: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | Edward James Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1796: Liskeard (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | Edward James Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan | John Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
* Death of E.J. Eliot
By-Election 1797: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | Murrough O'Brien | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |
* Inchiquin was a peer of Ireland

### Elections in the 1800s

* Resignation of Inchiquin
By-Election 1800: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | George Murray | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold |
* Note (1800): Stooks Smith recorded that William Huskisson was returned unopposed at this by-election, but this appears to be an error.
General election 1802: Liskeard (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Tory | John Eliot | 27 | 48.21 | N/A |
| | Tory | William Eliot | 27 | 48.21 | N/A |
| | Whig | Thomas Sheridan | 1 | 1.79 | N/A |
| | Whig | William Ogilvie | 1 | 1.79 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56 | N/A | N/A |
* Note (1802): 48 householders claimed the right to vote. The ballots they tendered were rejected by the Mayor. 44 wanted to vote for Sheridan and Ogilvie, 3 for the Eliots and 1 for John Eliot and Sheridan.
* Succession of John Eliot as the 2nd Lord Eliot
By-Election March 1804: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Tory | William Huskisson | 21 | 87.50 | −8.92 |
| | Whig | Thomas Sheridan | 3 | 12.50 | +8.92 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18 | 75.00 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24 | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory hold | Tory hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1806: Liskeard (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Tory | William Eliot | Elected | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory | William Huskisson | Elected | N/A | N/A |
| | Whig | Nicholas Tomlinson | 6 | N/A | N/A |
| | Whig | Alexander Nowell | 1 | N/A | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56 | N/A | N/A |
* Note (1806): Stooks Smith does not give the votes for the elected candidates.
General election 1807: Liskeard (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Tory | William Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory | James Hamilton | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |

### Elections in the 1810s

General election 1812: Liskeard (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Tory | William Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory | Charles Philip Yorke | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
General election 1818: Liskeard (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Tory | William Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory | William Henry Pringle | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |

### Elections in the 1820s

General election 1820: Liskeard (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Tory | William Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory | William Henry Pringle | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
General election 1826: Liskeard (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Tory | William Henry Pringle | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory | Edward Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |

### Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Liskeard (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Tory | William Henry Pringle | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Tory | Edward Eliot | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold |
| Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold |
General election 1831: Liskeard (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Tory | William Henry Pringle | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Tory | Edward Eliot | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 51 | |
| | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold |
| | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold |
* Electorate expanded and constituency reduced to one seat, by the Reform Act 1832
General election 1832: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Radical | Charles Buller | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 218 | |
| | Radical gain from Tory | Radical gain from Tory | Radical gain from Tory | Radical gain from Tory |
General election 1835: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Radical | Charles Buller | 114 | 64.0 |
| | Conservative | Samuel Trehawke Kekewich | 64 | 36.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 50 | 28.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 178 | 82.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 216 | |
| | Radical hold | Radical hold | Radical hold | Radical hold |
* Note (1835): Stooks Smith recorded 211 registered electors, but the turnout is calculated on Craig's figure above
General election 1837: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Radical | Charles Buller | 113 | 54.3 | −9.7 |
| | Conservative | Samuel Trehawke Kekewich | 95 | 45.7 | +9.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18 | 8.6 | −19.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 208 | 83.9 | +1.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 248 | | |
| | Radical hold | Radical hold | Swing | −9.7 | |
* Note (1837): Stooks Smith recorded 250 registered electors, but the turnout is calculated on Craig's figure above

### Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Radical | Charles Buller | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 296 | | |
| | Radical hold | Radical hold | Radical hold | Radical hold | Radical hold |
* Note (1841): Stooks Smith recorded 285 registered electors, but the turnout is calculated on Craig's figure above
* Seat vacated on the appointment of Buller as Judge-Advocate General
By-election, 15 July 1846: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Radical | Charles Buller | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Radical hold | Radical hold | Radical hold | Radical hold | Radical hold |
General election 1847: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Radical | Charles Buller | 170 | 59.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | William Curteis | 117 | 40.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 53 | 18.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 287 | 82.2 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 349 | | |
| | Radical hold | Radical hold | Swing | N/A | |
* Note (1847): Stooks Smith recorded 333 registered electors, but the turnout is calculated on Craig's figure above
* Seat vacated on the appointment of Buller as President of the Poor Law Board
By-election, 14 December 1847: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Radical | Charles Buller | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Radical hold | Radical hold | Radical hold | Radical hold | Radical hold |
* Death of Buller
By-election, 3 January 1849: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Radical | Richard Crowder | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Radical hold | Radical hold | Radical hold | Radical hold | Radical hold |

### Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Radical | Richard Crowder | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 343 | | |
| | Radical hold | Radical hold | Radical hold | Radical hold | Radical hold |
* Seat vacated on the appointment of Crowder as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
By-Election 29 March 1854: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Ralph Grey | 138 | 51.5 | New |
| | Radical | John Salusbury-Trelawny | 119 | 44.4 | N/A |
| | Whig | Joseph Haythorne Reed | 11 | 4.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19 | 7.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 268 | 76.1 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 352 | | |
| | Whig gain from Radical | Whig gain from Radical | Whig gain from Radical | Whig gain from Radical | Whig gain from Radical |
General election 1857: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Ralph Grey | 174 | 58.4 | N/A |
| | Peelite | Arthur Hamilton-Gordon | 124 | 41.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 50 | 16.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 298 | 79.9 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 373 | | |
| | Whig gain from Radical | Whig gain from Radical | Whig gain from Radical | Whig gain from Radical | Whig gain from Radical |
General election 1859: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Ralph Grey | 164 | 50.6 | −7.8 |
| | Conservative | William Pole-Carew | 160 | 49.4 | +7.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4 | 1.2 | −15.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 324 | 82.0 | +2.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 395 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | −7.8 | |
* The Whig Party is regarded as having merged into a new Liberal Party, which was formed at a meeting of the supporters of Lord Palmerston on 6 July 1859; although Whigs and Radicals had been informally referred to collectively as Liberals for decades.
* Seat vacated on the appointment of Grey as a Collector of Customs
By-Election 19 August 1859: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Ralph Bernal Osborne | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

### Elections in the 1860s

* Resignation of Osborne
By-election, 21 June 1865: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Arthur William Buller | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
General election 1865: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Arthur William Buller | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 434 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
* Electorate expanded by the Reform Act 1867
General election 1868: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Arthur William Buller | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 881 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
* Death of Buller
By-Election 11 May 1869: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Edward Horsman | 368 | 56.4 | N/A |
| | Liberal | Francis Lycett | 285 | 43.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 83 | 12.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 653 | 74.1 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 881 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Edward Horsman | 334 | 50.4 | N/A |
| | Liberal | Leonard Courtney | 329 | 49.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5 | 0.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 663 | 81.8 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 811 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |
* Death of Horsman
By-Election 22 December 1876: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Leonard Courtney | 388 | 58.0 | +8.4 |
| | Conservative | John Burton Sterling | 281 | 42.0 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 107 | 16.0 | +15.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 669 | 86.1 | +4.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 777 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Liskeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Leonard Courtney | 370 | 55.1 | +5.5 |
| | Liberal | Edward Pleydell-Bouverie | 301 | 44.9 | −5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 69 | 10.2 | +9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 671 | 91.2 | +9.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 736 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +5.5 | |
* Electorate expanded by the Representation of the People Act 1884, but the constituency was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 with effect from the 1885 United Kingdom general election.