2010 United Kingdom general election result in Cornwall

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United Kingdom general election, 2010^[1]

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All 6 Cornish seats to the House of Commons

	First party	Second party

Leader	Nick Clegg	David Cameron
Party	Liberal Democrat	Conservative
Leader since	18 December 2007	6 December 2005
Last election	5 Seats	0 Seats
Seats before	5	0
Seats won	3	3
Seat change	-2	+3
Popular vote	117,307	115,016
Percentage	41.8%	40.9%

Constituency map of Cornwall, coloured by winning party

Prime Minister before election

Gordon Brown
Labour

Subsequent Prime Minister

David Cameron
Conservative

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.

Contents

1 Overall results
- 1.1 Seat by seat
- 1.2 Results by constituency
2 See also
3 References

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

Constituency map of Cornwall, showing constituency names

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

Party		Candidate	Votes^[3]	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew George	19,619	42.7	-9.1
	Conservative	Derek Thomas	17,900	39.0	+11.7
	Labour	Philippa Latimer	3,751	8.2	-4.4
	UKIP	Mick Faulkner	2,560	5.6	+1.3
	Green	Tim Andrewes	1,308	2.8	-1.1
	Cornish Democrat	Jonathan Rogers	396	0.9	+0.9
	Mebyon Kernow	Simon Reed	387	0.8	+0.8
Majority			1,719	3.7
Turnout			45,921	68.6	+0.8

Truro & Falmouth

Party		Candidate	Votes^[4]	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Newton	20,349	41.7	+10.0
	Liberal Democrat	Terrye Teverson	19,914	40.8	-0.1
	Labour	Charlotte MacKenzie	4,697	9.6	-9.4
	UKIP	Harry Blakely	1,911	3.9	-1.8
	Mebyon Kernow	Loic Rich	1,039	2.1	-0.4
	Green	Ian Wright	858	1.8	+1.8
Majority			435	0.9
Turnout			48,768	69.1	+4.0

South East Cornwall

Party		Candidate	Votes^[5]	%	±%
	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

Camborne & Redruth

Party		Candidate	Votes^[6]	%	±%
	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	+4.0

St Austell & Newquay

Party		Candidate	Votes^[7]	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Gilbert	20,189	42.7	-4.5
	Conservative	Caroline Righton	18,877	40.0	+5.1
	Labour	Lee Jameson	3,386	7.2	-6.6
	Mebyon Kernow	Dick Cole	2,007	4.2	+4.2
	UKIP	Clive Medway	1,757	3.7	-0.4
	British National Party	James Fitton	1,022	2.2	+2.2
Majority			1,312	2.8
Turnout			47,238	61.9	-3.0

North Cornwall

Party		Candidate	Votes^[8]	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Dan Rogerson	22,512	48.1	+5.7
	Conservative	Sian Flynn	19,531	41.7	+6.3
	UKIP	Miriel O'Connor	2,300	4.9	-0.8
	Labour	Janet Hulme	1,971	4.2	-8.3
	Mebyon Kernow	Joanie Willett	530	1.1	-2.1
Majority			2,981	6.4
Turnout			46,844	68.2	+3.7

References

v · d · eUnited Kingdom general election, 2010

Boundary changes · Constituencies · Debates · MPs elected · MPs standing down · Newspaper endorsements · Opinion polling · Parties · Results breakdown · Results by constituency Incumbent Prime Minister: Gordon Brown (Labour) · Subsequent Prime Minister: David Cameron (Conservative)

Parties elected to the House of Commons	Conservative · Labour · Liberal Democrats · Democratic Unionist Party · Scottish National Party · Sinn Féin · Plaid Cymru · Social Democratic and Labour Party · Green Party of England and Wales · Alliance Party of Northern Ireland · Independent

Leaders	David Cameron · Gordon Brown · Nick Clegg · Peter Robinson · Alex Salmond · Gerry Adams · Ieuan Wyn Jones · Margaret Ritchie · Caroline Lucas · David Ford · Sylvia Hermon

Parties represented in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, London, or Europe	British National Party · Green Party in Northern Ireland · Progressive Unionist Party · Scottish Green Party · Ulster Unionist Party · United Kingdom Independence Party

Leaders	Nick Griffin · Mark Bailey/Karly Greene · Dawn Purvis · Eleanor Scott/Patrick Harvie · Sir Reg Empey · Lord Pearson

Results by area	Cornwall · East Sussex · Glasgow · Lancashire · Surrey · Scotland · Wales · England

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