Camborne and Redruth (UK Parliament constituency)

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Camborne and Redruth
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Camborne and Redruth in Cornwall.
Outline map
Location of Cornwall within England.
County Cornwall
Population 85,436 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate 64,798 (December 2010)[2]
Current constituency
Created 2010
Member of parliament George Eustice (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from Falmouth and Camborne
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency South West England
Sketchmap of 2010 parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall - click to enlarge

Camborne and Redruth /kæmbɔːrn ænd rɛdruːθ/ is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by George Eustice of the Conservative Party.[n 2]

History

The constituency was created for the 2010 general election, following a review of parliamentary representation in Cornwall by the Boundary Commission, which increased the number of seats in the county from five to six.,[3] primarily as the successor to Falmouth and Camborne.

Boundaries

In addition to the towns of Camborne and Redruth, which were both previously in the Falmouth and Camborne seat, this seat has the village of Mount Hawke from the former Truro and St Austell seat and the western town of Hayle, transferred from the St Ives constituency.

As the Boundary Commission review was conducted before their abolition, the constituency is formed from wards.[n 3][4]

Members of Parliament

Election Member[5] Party
2010 George Eustice Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

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See also: Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15 § Camborne and Redruth
General Election 2015: Camborne and Redruth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Eustice [6] 18,452 40.2 +2.6
Labour Michael Foster [6] 11,448 25.0 +8.6
UKIP Bob Smith 6,776 14.8 +9.7
Liberal Democrat Julia Goldsworthy* [6] 5,687 12.4 -25.0
Green Geoff Garbett [6] 2,608 5.7 +4.3
Mebyon Kernow Loveday Jenkin [6] 897 2.0 +0.1
Majority 7,004 15.3 +15.1
Turnout 45,868 68.5 +2.1
Conservative hold Swing -3.0
General Election 2010: Camborne and Redruth[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Eustice 15,969 37.6 +12.0
Liberal Democrat Julia Goldsworthy* 15,903 37.4 +1.6
Labour Jude Robinson 6,945 16.3 -12.4
UKIP Derek Elliot 2,152 5.1 +0.3
Mebyon Kernow Loveday Jenkin 775 1.8 +0.9
Green Euan McPhee 581 1.4 +1.4
Socialist Labour Robert Hawkins 168 0.4 +0.4
Majority 66 0.2
Turnout 42,493 66.4 +3.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing +5.2
* Served as the MP for Falmouth and Camborne from 2005, until its abolition in 2010

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
  3. ↑ From the former districts of Kerrier, Penwith and Carrick,
  4. ↑ From Carrick
  5. ↑ From Kerrier
  6. ↑ From Penwith

References

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  5. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]
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  8. ↑ General Election 2010 - Camborne & Redruth BBC News

External links

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