South East Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)

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South East Cornwall County constituency
South East Cornwall shown within Cornwall, and Cornwall shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Colin Breed
Party:	Liberal Democrat
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Cornwall
EP constituency:	South West England

South East Cornwall is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

South East Cornwall spans the districts of Caradon and Restormel.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1983)

Year		Member	Party
	1983	Robert Hicks	Conservative
	1997	Colin Breed	Liberal Democrat

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: South East Cornwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Breed	24,986	46.7	+0.8
	Conservative	Ashley Gray	18,479	34.6	-0.9
	Labour	Colin Binley	6,069	11.4	-1.0
	UKIP	David Lucas	2,693	5.0	+1.2
	Mebyon Kernow	Graham Sandercock	769	1.4	-0.9
	Veritas	Anne Assheton-Salton	459	0.9	+0.9
Majority			6,507	12.2
Turnout			53,455	66.2	0.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-0.9

General Election 2001: South East Cornwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Breed	23,756	45.9	-1.2
	Conservative	Ashley Gray	18,381	35.5	-0.3
	Labour	Bill Stevens	6,429	12.4	-0.4
	UKIP	Graham Palmer	1,978	3.8	+1.3
	Mebyon Kernow	Kenneth George	1,209	2.3	+1.3
Majority			5,375	10.4
Turnout			51,753	65.4	-10.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall

Constituencies in South West England
Conservative	Bournemouth East | Bournemouth West | Bridgwater | Christchurch | Cotswold | Devizes | East Devon | Forest of Dean | North Dorset | North Wiltshire | Poole | Salisbury | South West Devon | Tewkesbury | Tiverton and Honiton | Torridge and West Devon | Totnes | Wells | West Dorset | Westbury | Weston-super-Mare | Woodspring
Liberal Democrat	Bath | Bristol West | Cheltenham | Falmouth and Camborne | Mid Dorset and North Poole | North Cornwall | North Devon | Northavon | Somerton and Frome | South East Cornwall | St Ives | Taunton | Teignbridge | Torbay | Truro and St Austell | Yeovil
Labour	Bristol East | Bristol North West | Bristol South | Exeter | Gloucester | Kingswood | North Swindon | Plymouth Devonport | Plymouth Sutton | South Dorset | South Swindon | Stroud | Wansdyke
South West European constituency: Conservative (3) | UKIP (2) | Liberal Democrats (1) | Labour (1)