Falmouth and Camborne (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox
Name = Falmouth and Camborne
Map1 = FalmouthCamborne
Map2 = Cornwall
Type = County
Year = 1950
Entity = Cornwall
County = Cornwall
EP = South West England
MP = Julia Goldsworthy
Party = Liberal Democrat

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.

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.

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.

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

Election results

Election box begin
title=General Election 2005: Falmouth and CamborneElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Julia Goldsworthy
votes = 16,747
percentage = 34.9
change = +10.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Candy Atherton
votes = 14,861
percentage = 31.0
change = -8.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ashley Crossley
votes = 12,644
percentage = 26.3
change = -3.6Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Michael Mahon
votes = 1,820
percentage = 3.8
change = +1.0Election box candidate
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = David Mudd
votes = 961
percentage = 2.0
change = +2.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
candidate = Paul Holmes
votes = 423
percentage = 0.9
change = -0.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Mebyon Kernow
candidate = Hilda Wasley
votes = 370
percentage = 0.8
change = -1.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Veritas (political party)
candidate = Peter Gifford
votes = 128
percentage = 0.3
change = +0.3Election box candidate
party = Removal Of Tetramasts In Cornwall
candidate = Richard Smith
votes = 61
percentage = 0.1
change = +0.1Election box majority
votes = 1,886
percentage = 3.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 48,015
percentage = 67.1
change = 2.8Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = 9.5

Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: Falmouth and CamborneElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Candy Atherton
votes = 18,532
percentage = 39.6
change = +5.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nick Serpell
votes = 14,005
percentage = 29.9
change = +1.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Julian Brazil
votes = 11,453
percentage = 24.5
change = -0.7Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = John Browne
votes = 1,328
percentage = 2.8
change = +2.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Mebyon Kernow
candidate = Hilda Wasley
votes = 853
percentage = 1.8
change = +1.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
candidate = Paul Holmes
votes = 649
percentage = 1.4
change = +0.4Election box majority
votes = 4,527
percentage = 9.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 46,820
percentage = 64.3
change = -10.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

ee also

*List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall