South East Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)

South East Cornwall
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of South East Cornwall in Cornwall for the 2010 general election.
Location of Cornwall within England.
County	Cornwall
Electorate	71,851 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1983 (1983)
Member of Parliament	Sheryll Murray (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Bodmin
Overlaps
European Parliament 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.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Elections
4 See also
5 Notes and references

Boundaries

South East Cornwall constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the former seat of Bodmin. It formerly spanned the districts of Caradon and Restormel, abolished in 2009.

In the United Kingdom general election, 2010 there were some boundary changes with the Stoke Climsland ward being moved to North Cornwall and the Fowey & Tywardreath ward and the St Blazey ward becoming part of the new St Austell and Newquay Parliament constituency.^[2]

Members of Parliament

	Member ^[3]	Party
1983	Robert Hicks	Conservative
1997	Colin Breed	Liberal Democrat
2010	Sheryll Murray	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: South East Cornwall^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sheryll Murray	22,390	45.1	+10.1
	Liberal Democrat	Karen Gillard	19,170	38.6	-8.1
	Labour	Michael Sparling	3,507	7.1	-3.4
	UKIP	Stephanie McWilliam	3,083	6.2	+1.1
	Green	Roger Creagh-Osborne	826	1.7	+1.7
	Mebyon Kernow	Roger Holmes	641	1.3	-0.4
Majority			3,220	6.5
Turnout			49,617	68.7	+1.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	9.1

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: South East Cornwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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	N/A
Majority			6,507	12.2
Turnout			53,455	66.2	0.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+0.9

General Election 2001: South East Cornwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing	-0.5

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: South East Cornwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Breed	27,044	47.1	+9.0
	Conservative	W. M. Lightfoot	20,564	35.8	-15.1
	Labour	D. M. Kirk	7,358	12.8	+3.6
	UKIP	J. A. Wonnacott	1,428	2.5
	Mebyon Kernow	P. A. R. Dunbar	573	1.0
	Liberal	B. Weights	268	0.5
	Natural Law	M. K. F. Hartley	197	0.3
Majority			6,480	11.3
Turnout			57,400	75.7
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing	+12.0

General Election 1992: South East Cornwall^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Hicks	30,565	51.0	−0.6
	Liberal Democrat	R Teverson	22,861	38.1	−1.6
	Labour	Linda Gilroy	5,536	9.2	+0.6
	Liberal	Miss MH Cook	644	1.1	−38.7
	Anti-Federalist League	AOH Quick	227	0.4	N/A
	Natural Law	Miss R Allen	155	0.3	N/A
Majority			7,704	12.8	+1.0
Turnout			59,988	82.1	+2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.5

Notes and references

^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ Fifth periodical report - Volume 4 Mapping for the Non-Metropolitan Counties and the Unitary Authorities, The Stationery Office, 26 February 2007, ISBN 0101703228, http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm70/7032/7032_iv.asp
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
^ Lavery, Kevin (20 April 2010). "South East Cornwall statement of persons nominated and notice of poll" (MSWord). Acting Returning Officer. Cornwall Council. http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/idoc.ashx?docid=12350c7d-8837-4b51-9ea6-874dfbbbbf7c&version=-1. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

Constituencies in South West England (55)

Conservative (36)	Bournemouth East Bournemouth West Bridgwater and West Somerset Bristol North West Camborne and Redruth Central Devon Christchurch Devizes East Devon Filton and Bradley Stoke Forest of Dean Gloucester Kingswood Newton Abbot North Dorset North East Somerset North Somerset North Swindon North Wiltshire Plymouth Sutton and Devonport Poole Salisbury South Dorset South East Cornwall South Swindon South West Devon South West Wiltshire Stroud Tewkesbury The Cotswolds Tiverton and Honiton Torridge and West Devon Totnes Truro and Falmouth West Dorset Weston-super-Mare

Liberal Democrats (15)	Bath Bristol West Cheltenham Chippenham Mid Dorset and North Poole North Cornwall North Devon St Austell and Newquay St Ives Somerton and Frome Taunton Deane Thornbury and Yate Torbay Wells Yeovil

Labour (4)	Bristol East Bristol South Exeter Plymouth Moor View

South West England European constituency: Conservative (3) UKIP (2) Liberal Democrats (1)