United Kingdom general election, 2010 (Cornwall)
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All 6 Cornish seats to the House of Commons |
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300px Constituency map of Cornwall, coloured by winning party
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The results of the 2010 United Kingdom general election in Cornwall were all announced on Friday 7 May 2010. Cornwall received one new constituency for this election, bringing the total to six, after boundary changes issued by the Boundary Commission for England.
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Overall results
Party | MPs | +/- | Votes | % | +/-% | |
Liberal Democrats | 3 | -3 | 117,307 | 41.8 | -2.6 | |
Conservative Party | 3 | +3 | 115,016 | 40.9 | +9.1 | |
Labour Party | 0 | 24,257 | 8.6 | -7.3 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 13,763 | 4.9 | -0.1 | ||
Mebyon Kernow | 0 | 5,379 | 1.9 | +0.5 | ||
Green Party | 0 | 3,573 | 1.3 | +0.6 | ||
British National Party | 0 | 1,022 | 0.4 | +0.4 | ||
Cornish Democrats | 0 | 396 | 0.1 | +0.1 | ||
Socialist Labour Party | 0 | 168 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
Seat by seat
As a result of the creation of three new constituencies in Cornwall and boundary changes of the remaining three since the 2005 general election, notional results are used to estimate the previous party MP.[2]
Constituency | Party | MP | Majority | Result | Swing | |
Camborne & Redruth | Conservative | George Eustice | 66 | Conservative gain from Lib Dem | 5.2% from Liberal Democrats to Conservative | |
North Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Dan Rogerson | 2,981 | Lib Dem hold | 0.3% from Liberal Democrats to Conservative | |
South East Cornwall | Conservative | Sheryll Murray | 3,220 | Conservative gain from Lib Dem | 9.1% from Liberal Democrats to Conservative | |
St Austell & Newquay | Liberal Democrat | Steve Gilbert | 1,312 | Lib Dem hold | 4.8% from Liberal Democrats to Conservative | |
St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Andrew George | 1,719 | Lib Dem hold | 10.4% from Liberal Democrats to Conservative | |
Truro & Falmouth | Conservative | Sarah Newton | 435 | Conservative gain from Lib Dem | 5.0% from Liberal Democrats to Conservative |
Results by constituency
St Ives
Truro & Falmouth
South East Cornwall
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Camborne & Redruth
St Austell & Newquay
North Cornwall
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See also
References
- ↑ Election 2010 United Kingdom - National Results BBC News
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ BBC News - Election 2010 Results - St Ives
- ↑ BBC News - Election 2010 Results - Truro & Falmouth
- ↑ BBC News - Election 2010 Results - Cornwall South East
- ↑ BBC News - Election 2010 Results - Camborne & Redruth
- ↑ BBC News - Election 2010 Results - St Austell & Newquay
- ↑ BBC News - Election 2010 Results - Cornwall North