Falmouth and Camborne (UK Parliament constituency)

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Falmouth and Camborne County constituency
Falmouth and Camborne shown within Cornwall, and Cornwall shown within England
Created:	1950
MP:	Julia Goldsworthy
Party:	Liberal Democrat
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Cornwall
EP constituency:	South West England

Falmouth and Camborne 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 1.1 Boundary review 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency is in both the Carrick and Kerrier districts of Cornwall. The main towns within the constituency are, as the name suggests, Falmouth and Camborne. The seat has an industrial tradition, mostly in tin-mining, and has some surprisingly deprived areas, not like Cornwall's usual tourist image of the seaside postcard. It usually alternated between Tory and Labour representation, but in 2005, the Liberal Democrats leapt from a fairly distant third place in 2001 to win the seat from Labour on a large swing, which now means Cornwall is the only county in the UK to be served by a full slate of Lib-Dem MPs.

[edit] Boundary review

Following its review of parliamentary representation in Cornwall, the Boundary Commission for England has created a new constituency of Camborne and Redruth, which takes many electoral wards from this seat.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1950)
• 1950 — 1966: Frank Hayman, Labour
• 1966 — 1970: John Dunwoody, Labour
• 1970 — 1992: David Mudd, Conservative
• 1992 — 1997: Sebastian Coe, Conservative
• 1997 — 2005: Candy Atherton, Labour
• 2005 — present: Julia Goldsworthy, Liberal Democrat

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Falmouth and Camborne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Julia Goldsworthy	16,747	34.9	+10.4
	Labour	Candy Atherton	14,861	31.0	-8.6
	Conservative	Ashley Crossley	12,644	26.3	-3.6
	UK Independence	Michael Mahon	1,820	3.8	+1.0
	Independent (politician)	David Mudd	961	2.0	+2.0
	Liberal	Paul Holmes	423	0.9	-0.5
	Mebyon Kernow	Hilda Wasley	370	0.8	-1.0
	Veritas	Peter Gifford	128	0.3	+0.3
	Removal Of Tetramasts In Cornwall	Richard Smith	61	0.1	+0.1
Majority			1,886	3.9
Turnout			48,015	67.1	2.8
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	9.5

General Election 2001: Falmouth and Camborne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Candy Atherton	18,532	39.6	+5.7
	Conservative	Nick Serpell	14,005	29.9	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Julian Brazil	11,453	24.5	-0.7
	UK Independence	John Browne	1,328	2.8	+2.2
	Mebyon Kernow	Hilda Wasley	853	1.8	+1.4
	Liberal	Paul Holmes	649	1.4	+0.4
Majority			4,527	9.7
Turnout			46,820	64.3	-10.8
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall

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