# Newport (Cornwall) (UK Parliament constituency)

Newport was a rotten borough situated in Cornwall. It is now the suburb of Newport within the town of Launceston, which was itself also a parliamentary borough at the same period. It is also referred to as Newport iuxta Launceston, to distinguish it from other constituencies named Newport.

## History

From 1529 until it was abolished by the Reform Act 1832, Newport returned two Members of Parliament. Until the early 18th century, the right to vote was held by all inhabitants paying scot and lot, but subsequently it was converted to a burgage franchise, meaning that the right to vote was tied to ownership of certain properties within the borough, which could be bought and sold at will. This reduced the number of qualified voters: under the scot and lot qualification around 70 people had had the right to vote, but by 1831 the number was only about 12.
The borough had a population of 595 in 1831. The Lord of the Manor, owning extensive property within the borough and with the effective power of choosing both members of parliament, was the Duke of Northumberland.
By the Reform Act 1832, Newport was abolished as a separate borough, but the boundaries of Launceston were extended to include Newport. As Launceston's representation was halved by the same measure, the combined borough was thereafter represented by a single MP whereas previously there had been four members.

## Members of Parliament
### 1529–1629

* Constituency created 1529
| Parliament | First member | Second member |
| Parliament of 1529 | Simon Mountford | William Harris |
| Parliament of 1536 | ? | |
| Parliament of 1539 | ? | |
| Parliament of 1542 | ? | |
| Parliament of 1545 | Richard Grenville | Walter Skinner |
| Parliament of 1547 | Reginald Mohun | James Trewynnard |
| First Parliament of 1553 | Henry Killigrew | Francis Roscarrock |
| Second Parliament of 1553 | William Smith | John Gayer |
| Parliament of Apr 1554 | Roger Tavernor | Thomas Prideaux |
| Parliament of Nov 1554 | Robert Monson | Robert Browne |
| Parliament of 1554/5 | William Stourton | Robert Monson |
| Parliament of 1558 | Thomas Hungate | Thomas Roper |
| Parliament of 1559 | (Richard) Grenville | Thomas Hickes |
| Parliament of 1563-1567 | George Basset | Ayshton Ayleworth |
| Parliament of 1571 | Edward Holte | Robert Colshill |
| Parliament of 1572-1581 | George Basset | William Marbury |
| Parliament of 1584-1585 | Robert Mordaunt | Walter Covert |
| Parliament of 1586-1587 | John Osborne | Edward Winter |
| Parliament of 1588-1589 | William Cavendish | Daniel Rogers |
| Parliament of 1593 | Richard Stephens | Emanuel Chamond |
| Parliament of 1597-1598 | Morgan Coleman | Edward Lewknor |
| Parliament of 1601 | Tobie Matthew | Sir John Leigh |
| Parliament of 1604-1611 | Sir Robert Killigrew | Sir Edward Seymour |
| Addled Parliament (1614) | Thomas Trevor | Sir Thomas Cheek |
| Parliament of 1621-1622 | Sir Robert Killigrew | Sir Edward Barrett |
| Happy Parliament (1624-1625) | Sir John Eliot | Richard Estcourt |
| Useless Parliament (1625) | Sir John Eliot | Ralph Speccot |
| Parliament of 1625-1626 | Sir Henry Hungate | Thomas Williams, junior |
| Parliament of 1628-1629 | Piers Edgcumbe | Sir William Killigrew Nicholas Trefusis |
| No Parliament summoned 1629-1640 |||

### 1640–1832

| Year | First member | First member | First party | Second member | Second member | Second party |
| April 1640 | | Nicholas Trefusis | Parliamentarian | | John Maynard | Parliamentarian |
| 1640 | | Nicholas Trefusis | Parliamentarian | | Paul Speccot | |
| November 1640 | | Richard Edgcumbe | Royalist | | John Maynard | Parliamentarian |
| December 1640 | | Richard Edgcumbe | Royalist | Seat left vacant after Maynard chose to sit for Totnes | Seat left vacant after Maynard chose to sit for Totnes | Seat left vacant after Maynard chose to sit for Totnes |
| January 1644 | Edgcumbe disabled from sitting - seat vacant | Edgcumbe disabled from sitting - seat vacant | Edgcumbe disabled from sitting - seat vacant | | | Seat left vacant after Maynard chose to sit for Totnes | Seat left vacant after Maynard chose to sit for Totnes | Seat left vacant after Maynard chose to sit for Totnes |
| 1647 | | Sir Philip Perceval (died November 1647) | | | Nicholas Leach (died May 1647) | |
| 1648 | | William Prynne | | | Alexander Pym | |
| December 1648 | Prynne excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant | Prynne excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant | Prynne excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant | Pym not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge | Pym not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge | Pym not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge |
| 1653 | Newport was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Newport was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Newport was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Newport was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Newport was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Newport was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate |
| January 1659 | | Sir John Glanville | | | William Morice | |
| 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 | | Sir Francis Drake | | | William Morice | |
| August 1660 | | Sir Francis Drake | | | Hon. Laurence Hyde | |
| 1661 | | Sir Francis Drake | | | John Speccot | |
| 1662 | | Piers Edgcumbe | | | John Speccot | |
| 1667 | | Nicholas Morice | | | John Speccot | |
| 1678 | | Nicholas Morice | | | Ambrose Manaton | |
| February 1679 | | John Coryton | | | Ambrose Manaton | |
| September 1679 | | William Coryton | | | Ambrose Manaton | |
| 1681 | | William Morice | | | Ambrose Manaton | |
| 1685 | | William Morice | | | John Speccot | |
| 1689 | | Sir William Morice | | | John Speccot | |
| February 1690 | | The Viscount Newhaven | | | John Speccot | |
| December 1690 | | John Morice | | | John Speccot | |
| 1695 | | John Morice | | | The Viscount Newhaven | |
| 1698 | | John Morice | | | John Granville | |
| 1699 | | Francis Stratford | | | John Granville | |
| January 1701 | | Francis Stratford | | | John Prideaux | |
| December 1701 | | William Pole | | | John Spark | |
| 1702 | | Sir Nicholas Morice | | | John Spark | |
| 1707 | | Sir Nicholas Morice | | | Sir John Pole | |
| 1708 | | Sir Nicholas Morice | | | Sir William Pole | |
| 1710 | | Sir Nicholas Morice | | | George Courtenay | |
| 1713 | | Sir Nicholas Morice | | | Humphry Morice | Whig |
| April 1722 | | Sir Nicholas Morice | | | Sir William Pole | |
| December 1722 | | Sir Nicholas Morice | | | John Morice | |
| 1726 | | Thomas Herbert | | | John Morice | |
| 1727 | | Thomas Herbert | | | Sir William Morice | |
| 1734 | | Thomas Herbert | | | Sir John Molesworth | |
| 1740 | | Nicholas Herbert | | | Sir John Molesworth | |
| 1741 | | Nicholas Herbert | | | Thomas Bury | |
| 1754 | | John Lee | | | Edward Bacon | |
| 1756 | | John Lee | | | Richard Bull | |
| 1761 | | William de Grey | | | Richard Bull | |
| 1770 | | Richard Henry Alexander Bennet | | | Richard Bull | |
| October 1774 | | Humphry Morice | Whig | | Richard Bull | |
| December 1774 | | John Frederick | | | Richard Bull | |
| 1780 | | Viscount Maitland | Whig | | John Coghill | Tory |
| 1784 | | Sir John Riggs-Miller | | | John Coghill | Tory |
| 1785 | | Sir John Riggs-Miller | | | William Mitford | Tory |
| 1790 | | Viscount Feilding | | | Charles Rainsford | |
| 1796 | | William Northey | Tory | | Joseph Richardson | |
| 1803 | | William Northey | Tory | | Edward Morris | Whig |
| 1812 | | William Northey | Tory | | Jonathan Raine | Tory |
| 1826 | | Lord Charles Greatheed Bertie Percy | Tory | | Jonathan Raine | Tory |
| 1829 | | William Vesey-Fitzgerald | Tory | | Jonathan Raine | Tory |
| July 1830 | | John Doherty | Tory | | Jonathan Raine | Tory |
| December 1830 | | Sir Henry Hardinge | Tory | | Jonathan Raine | Tory |
| 1831 | | Sir Henry Hardinge | Tory | | Viscount Grimston | Tory |
| 1832 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished | constituency abolished | constituency abolished | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |