Camborne_and_Redruth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
Camborne and Redruth (UK Parliament constituency)
UK Parliament constituency since 2010
Camborne and Redruth (/kæmbɔːrn ænd rɛdruːθ/) is a constituency[n 1] in Cornwall represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its creation for the 2010 general election by George Eustice, a Conservative who served as Environment Secretary between 2020 and 2022 under Prime Minister Boris Johnson.[n 2] The seat is on the South West Peninsula of England, bordered by both the Celtic Sea to the northwest and English Channel to the southeast.
| Camborne and Redruth | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Camborne and Redruth in Cornwall | |
Location of Cornwall within England | |
| County | Cornwall |
| Population | 85,436 (2011 census)[1] |
| Electorate | 66,534 (2018)[2] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2010 |
| Member of Parliament | George Eustice (Conservative) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Falmouth and Camborne, St Ives |
The constituency was created for the 2010 UK general election, primarily as the successor to Falmouth and Camborne, 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]
This is a large rural seat spanning both coasts of Cornwall where the Conservatives are strongest, but also the former mining towns of Hayle, Camborne and Redruth which are more Labour-leaning. Residents are less wealthy than the UK average.[4]
Current
The District of Kerrier wards of Camborne North, Camborne South, Camborne West, Constantine, Gweek and Mawnan, Illogan North, Illogan South, Mabe and Budock, Redruth North, Redruth South, St Day, Lanner and Carharrack, Stithians, and Wendron, the District of Penwith wards of Gwinear, Gwithian and Hayle East, Hayle North, and Hayle South, and the District of Carrick ward of Mount Hawke.
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 seat.
Proposed
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following electoral divisions of Cornwall (as they existed on 4th May 2021):
- Camborne Roskear & Tuckingmill; Camborne Trelowarren; Camborne West & Treswithian; Constantine, Mabe & Mawnan; Four Lanes, Beacon & Troon; Gwinear-Gwithian & Hayle East; Hayle West; Illogan & Portreath; Lanner, Stithians & Gwennap; Perranporth; Pool & Tehidy; Redruth Central, Carharrack & St Day; Redruth North; Redruth South; St Agnes.[5]
Minor changes to align with revised electoral division boundaries, including the addition of the villages of Perranporth and St Agnes from Truro and Falmouth.
| Election | Member[6] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | George Eustice | Conservative | |
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Connor Donnithorne[7] | ||||
| Green | Catherine Hayes[8] | ||||
| Labour | Perran Moon[9] | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Thalia Marrington[10] | ||||
| Reform UK | Roger Tarrant[11] | ||||
| SDP | Meiron Grimshaw[12] | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George Eustice | 26,764 | 53.2 | +5.7 | |
| Labour | Paul Farmer | 18,064 | 35.9 | –8.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Florence MacDonald | 3,504 | 7.0 | +0.9 | |
| Green | Karen La Borde | 1,359 | 2.7 | +0.5 | |
| Liberal | Paul Holmes | 676 | 1.3 | New | |
| Majority | 8,700 | 17.3 | +14.0 | ||
| Turnout | 50,277 | 71.7 | –0.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +7.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George Eustice | 23,001 | 47.5 | +7.3 | |
| Labour | Graham Winter | 21,424 | 44.2 | +19.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Geoff Williams | 2,979 | 6.1 | –6.3 | |
| Green | Geoff Garbett | 1,052 | 2.2 | –3.5 | |
| Majority | 1,577 | 3.3 | –12.0 | ||
| Turnout | 48,456 | 71.8 | +3.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –6.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George Eustice | 18,452 | 40.2 | +2.6 | |
| Labour | Michael Foster | 11,448 | 25.0 | +8.6 | |
| UKIP | Bob Smith | 6,776 | 14.8 | +9.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Julia Goldsworthy* | 5,687 | 12.4 | –25.0 | |
| Green | Geoff Garbett | 2,608 | 5.7 | +4.3 | |
| Mebyon Kernow | Loveday Jenkin | 897 | 2.0 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 7,004 | 15.2 | +15.0 | ||
| Turnout | 45,868 | 68.5 | +2.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –3.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George Eustice | 15,969 | 37.6 | +12.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 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 | New | |
| Socialist Labour | Robert Hawkins | 168 | 0.4 | New | |
| Majority | 66 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 42,493 | 66.4 | +3.2 | ||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +5.2 | |||
- * Served as the MP for Falmouth and Camborne from 2005, until its abolition in 2010
- A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- 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.
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