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.

Contents

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

Election 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

See also

Notes and references