Coordinates: 50°18′58″N 4°54′54″W / 50.316°N 4.915°W
| Truro and St Austell County constituency |
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| Truro and St Austell shown within Cornwall, and Cornwall shown within England | |
| Created: | 1997 |
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| Party: | Liberal Democrat |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Cornwall |
| EP constituency: | South West England |
Truro and St Austell 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.
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Boundaries
The constituency is centred on the former district of Carrick, which contains the city of Truro and the former borough of Restormel which contains the town of St Austell.
Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Cornwall, the Boundary Commission for England have created an extra seat for the county which means consequential changes for the existing seats. Truro and St Austell is disbanded, and is partly succeeded by St Austell and Newquay.
The city of Truro forms part of the newly drawn Truro and Falmouth constituency.
History
The constituency has existed in a number of different forms. The Truro constituency, up until 1885 elected two members to parliament; this was reduced to one. In 1918 the constituency was abolished but it was recreated again in 1950.
In 1997, in spite of the fact that no changes in boundaries were made at point to Truro, the Boundary Commission nonetheless saw fit to change its name to Truro and St. Austell, reflecting the fact that St Austell has a larger population than Truro. The Truro seat became a safe Liberal seat due to the popularity of its former MP, David Penhaligon. His death in a car crash in 1986, aged 42, robbed the House of Commons of one of its most independent-minded and pragmatic members.[citation needed] His successor,
Members of Parliament
| 1997 | name changed to Truro & St. Austell | ||
| 1997 | Liberal Democrat | ||
Election results
2005
| General Election 2005: Truro and St Austell | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 24,089 | 46.7 | -1.6 | ||
| Conservative | Fiona Kemp | 16,686 | 32.4 | +0.1 | |
| Labour | Charlotte Mackenzie | 6,991 | 13.6 | -0.1 | |
| UKIP | David Noakes | 2,736 | 5.3 | +2.0 | |
| Mebyon Kernow | Conan Jenkin | 1,062 | 2.1 | -0.2 | |
| Majority | 7,403 | 14.4 | |||
| Turnout | 51,564 | 64.2 | 0.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -0.8 | |||
2001
| General Election 2001: Truro and St Austell | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 24,296 | 48.3 | -0.2 | ||
| Conservative | Tim Bonner | 16,231 | 32.3 | +5.8 | |
| Labour | David Phillips | 6,889 | 13.7 | -1.6 | |
| UKIP | James Wonnacott | 1,664 | 3.3 | +2.3 | |
| Mebyon Kernow | Conan Jenkin | 1,137 | 2.3 | +1.5 | |
| Independent (politician) | John Lee | 78 | 0.2 | -0.3 | |
| Majority | 8,065 | 16.0 | |||
| Turnout | 50,295 | 63.5 | -10.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
1997
| General Election 1997: Truro and St Austell | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 27,502 | 48.5 | |||
| Conservative | Neil Badcock | 15,001 | 26.4 | ||
| Labour | Michael Dooley | 8,697 | 15.3 | ||
| Referendum Party | Carl Hearn | 3,682 | 6.5 | ||
| UKIP | Alan Haithwaite | 576 | 1.0 | ||
| Green | Dorienne Robinson | 482 | 0.8 | ||
| Mebyon Kernow | Davyth Hicks | 450 | 0.8 | ||
| Independent (politician) | Lorna Yelland | 240 | 0.4 | ||
| Natural Law | Peter Bolland | 117 | 0.2 | ||
| Majority | 12,501 | 22.0 | |||
| Turnout | 56,747 | 74.0 | |||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
For elections before 1997, see Truro (UK Parliament constituency)
References
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [1]
See also
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