Falmouth and Camborne (UK Parliament constituency)

Falmouth and Camborne
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Falmouth and Camborne in Cornwall for the 2005 general election.
Location of Cornwall within England.
County	Cornwall
Major settlements	Falmouth, Camborne, Redruth
1950 (1950)–2010 (2010)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Camborne and Redruth, Truro and Falmouth
Created from	Camborne, Penryn and Falmouth

Falmouth and Camborne was, from 1950 until 2010, a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

History

The Falmouth and Camborne seat was created in 1950, succeeding the former Camborne constituency. The seat had an industrial tradition, mostly in tin mining. The seat alternated between the Labour and Conservative parties until 2005, when it was won by Julia Goldsworthy of the Liberal Democrats.

The former gold medal-winning athlete Sebastian Coe represented this seat as a Conservative from 1992 until his defeat by Labour in 1997.

Boundaries

At the time of its abolition, the constituency contained wards from both the Carrick and Kerrier districts of Cornwall. As well as Falmouth and Camborne, it also included the town of Redruth.

Boundary changes

Following its review of parliamentary representation in Cornwall, the Boundary Commission for England abolished this constituency at the 2010 general election. The new Camborne and Redruth seat took most of the electoral wards from this seat, while the remaining wards form part of the new Truro and Falmouth constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Harold Hayman	Labour
	1966	John Dunwoody	Labour
	1970	David Mudd	Conservative
	1992	Sebastian Coe	Conservative
	1997	Candy Atherton	Labour
	2005	Julia Goldsworthy	Liberal Democrat
	2010	Constituency abolished: see Camborne and Redruth and Truro and Falmouth

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Falmouth and Camborne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Julia Goldsworthy	16,747	34.9	+10.4
	Labour	Candy Atherton	14,861	31.0	-8.6
	Conservative	Ashley Crossley	12,644	26.3	-3.6
	UKIP	Michael Mahon	1,820	3.8	+1.0
	Independent	David Mudd	961	2.0	+2.0
	Liberal	Paul Holmes	423	0.9	-0.5
	Mebyon Kernow	Hilda Wasley	370	0.8	-1.0
	Veritas	Peter Gifford	128	0.3	+0.3
	Removal Of Tetramasts In Cornwall	Richard Smith	61	0.1	+0.1
Majority			1,886	3.9
Turnout			48,015	67.1	2.8
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	9.5

General Election 2001: Falmouth and Camborne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Candy Atherton	18,532	39.6	+5.7
	Conservative	Nick Serpell	14,005	29.9	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Julian Brazil	11,453	24.5	-0.7
	UKIP	John Browne	1,328	2.8	+2.2
	Mebyon Kernow	Hilda Wasley	853	1.8	+1.4
	Liberal	Paul Holmes	649	1.4	+0.4
Majority			4,527	9.7
Turnout			46,820	64.3	-10.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Falmouth and Camborne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Candy Atherton	18,151	33.8
	Conservative	Sebastian Coe	15,463	28.8
	Liberal Democrat	Terrye Jones	13,512	25.2
	Referendum Party	Peter de Savary	3,534	6.6
	Independent Labour	John Geach	1,691	3.2
	Liberal	Paul Holmes	527	1.0
	UKIP	R Smith	355	0.7
	Mebyon Kernow	Ruth Lewarne	238	0.4
	Monster Raving Loony	G Glitter	161	0.3
Majority			2,688
Turnout			53,632	75.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1992: Falmouth and Camborne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sebastian Coe	21,150	36.9	−7.0
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs TL Jones	17,883	31.2	−3.4
	Labour	JD Cosgrove	16,732	29.2	+8.3
	Liberal	PT Holmes	730	1.3	+1.3
	Green	KJ Saunders	466	0.8	+0.8
	Monster Raving Loony	F Zapp	327	0.6	−0.1
	Natural Law	AJ Pringle	56	0.1	+0.1
Majority			3,267	5.7	−3.6
Turnout			57,344	81.1	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.8