St Austell and Newquay (UK Parliament constituency)

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St Austell and Newquay County constituency
Image:Constituency.svg
St Austell and Newquay shown within Cornwall, and Cornwall shown within England
Created:	for 2009 or 2010 election
MP:	[[]]
Party:	[[]]
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Cornwall
EP constituency:	South West England

St Austell and Newquay will be a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It will elect one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Candidates 3 References 4 Notional Election Result 5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Cornwall, the Boundary Commission for England have awarded the county one extra constituency, which means consequential changes for existing seats. St Austell and Newquay and Truro and Falmouth split the existing Truro and St Austell seat.

The electoral wards used to create St Austell and Newquay are entirely from the borough of Restormel

• Bethel, Crinnis, Edgcumbe North, Edgcumbe South, Fowey and Tywardreath, Gannel, Gover, Mevagissey, Mount Charles, Poltair, Rialton, Rock, St Blaise, St Columb, St Enoder, St Ewe, St Stephen, Treverbyn.

[edit] Candidates

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Mebyon Kernow	Dick Cole
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Gilbert
	Labour	Jude Robinson
	UK Independence	Clive Medway
	Conservative	Caroline Righton

[edit] References

1. ^ St Austell and Newquay, UKPollingReport

[edit] Notional Election Result

This new constituency will be fought at the 2009 or 2010 UK general election. It has a notional Liberal Democrat majority around 600, although this is vague given the nature of the boundary reorganisation. It is the most marginal seat under the new structure of Cornish constituiencies, and is a high prioirty target seat for the Conservative Party.

[edit] See also

• Constituencies in the next United Kingdom general election
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall

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