South East Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)

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South East Cornwall
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of South East Cornwall in Cornwall
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Location of Cornwall within England
County Cornwall
Electorate 72,654 (2024) [1]
Major settlements Liskeard, Saltash, Lostwithiel and Callington
Current constituency
Created 1983
Member of Parliament Anna Gelderd (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Bodmin, Cornwall North and Truro [2]
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Sketchmap of 2010 parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall - click to enlarge

South East Cornwall is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Anna Gelderd, a Labour politician. [n 2]

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Boundaries

South East Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current boundaries

1983–2010: The District of Caradon, the Borough of Restormel wards of Fowey, Lostwithiel, St Blaise, and Tywardreath, and the District of North Cornwall ward of Stoke Climsland.

2010–2024: The District of Caradon, and the Borough of Restormel ward of Lostwithiel.

2024–present: Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which became effective for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following electoral divisions of Cornwall (as they existed on 4 May 2021):

Very small change to align with revised electoral division boundaries.

The current constituency territory contains the location of several former borough constituencies which were abolished as 'rotten boroughs' by the Reform Act 1832:

History

The predecessor county division, Bodmin, serving the area from 1885 until 1983 had (during those 98 years) 15 members (two of whom had broken terms of office serving the area), seeing twelve shifts of preference between the Liberal, Liberal Unionist and Conservative parties, spread quite broadly throughout that period. Consistent with this, since 1983 the preference for an MP has alternated between Liberal Democrats and Conservatives. Having moved into second place in 2017 for the first time in the history of both constituencies, this trend ceased with the Labour Party capturing the seat at the 2024 general election.

Constituency profile

The villages and towns in the South East of Cornwall often serve as a commuter base to the city of Plymouth, over the border in Devon. Farming and tourism are important.

Workless claimants were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.5% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian . [4]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [5] Party
1983 Robert Hicks Conservative
1997 Colin Breed Liberal Democrat
2010 Sheryll Murray Conservative
2024 Anna Gelderd Labour

Elections

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Bodmin // South East Cornwall election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: South East Cornwall [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anna Gelderd 15,670 31.8 +11.5
Conservative Sheryll Murray 13,75927.9–31.1
Reform UK Paul Wadley9,31118.9N/A
Liberal Democrats Colin Martin8,28416.8+0.5
Green Martin Corney1,9994.1+1.4
Heritage Graham Cowdry2630.5N/A
Majority1,9113.9N/A
Turnout 49,28667.8–5.0
Registered electors 72,728
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg21.3

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [8]
PartyVote %
Conservative 30,83959.0
Labour 10,61420.3
Liberal Democrats 8,52016.3
Green 1,4052.7
Others8691.7
Turnout52,24772.8
Electorate71,734
General election 2019: South East Cornwall [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sheryll Murray 31,807 59.3 +3.9
Labour Gareth Derrick10,83620.2−2.4
Liberal Democrats Colin Martin8,65016.1−3.3
Green Martha Green1,4932.8+0.3
Liberal Jay Latham8691.6N/A
Majority20,97139.1+6.3
Turnout 53,65574.7+0.7
Conservative hold Swing +3.2
General election 2017: South East Cornwall [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sheryll Murray 29,493 55.4 +4.9
Labour Gareth Derrick12,05022.6+13.3
Liberal Democrats Phil Hutty10,34619.4+2.5
Green Martin Corney1,3352.5−2.9
Majority17,44332.8−0.8
Turnout 53,22474.0+2.9
Conservative hold Swing -4.2
General election 2015: South East Cornwall [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sheryll Murray 25,516 50.5 +5.4
Liberal Democrats Phil Hutty8,52116.9−21.7
UKIP Bradley Monk7,69815.2+9.0
Labour Declan Lloyd4,6929.3+2.2
Green Martin Corney2,7185.4+3.7
Mebyon Kernow Andrew Long1,0032.0+0.7
Independent George Trubody3500.7N/A
Majority16,99533.6+28.1
Turnout 50,49871.1+2.4
Conservative hold Swing +13.6
General election 2010: South East Cornwall [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sheryll Murray 22,390 45.1 +10.1
Liberal Democrats Karen Gillard19,17038.6−8.1
Labour Michael Sparling3,5077.1−3.4
UKIP Stephanie McWilliam3,0836.2+1.1
Green Roger Creagh-Osborne8261.7N/A
Mebyon Kernow Roger Holmes6411.3−0.4
Majority3,2206.5N/A
Turnout 49,61768.7+1.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +9.1

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: South East Cornwall [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Colin Breed 24,986 46.7 +0.8
Conservative Ashley Gray18,47934.6−0.9
Labour Colin Binley6,06911.4−1.0
UKIP David Lucas2,6935.0+1.2
Mebyon Kernow Graham Sandercock7691.4−0.9
Veritas Anne Assheton-Salton4590.9N/A
Majority6,50712.1+1.7
Turnout 53,45566.2+0.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +0.9
General election 2001: South East Cornwall [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Colin Breed 23,756 45.9 −1.2
Conservative Ashley Gray18,38135.5−0.3
Labour William Stevens6,42912.4−0.4
UKIP Graham Palmer1,9783.8+1.3
Mebyon Kernow Kenneth George1,2092.3+1.3
Majority5,37510.4−0.9
Turnout 51,75365.4−10.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing −0.5

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: South East Cornwall [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Colin Breed 27,044 47.1 +9.0
Conservative Warwick Lightfoot 20,56435.8−15.1
Labour Dorothy M. Kirk7,35812.8+3.6
UKIP James Wonnacott1,4282.5N/A
Mebyon Kernow Paul Dunbar5731.0N/A
Liberal Bill Weights2680.5−0.6
Natural Law Margot Hartley1970.30.0
Majority6,48011.3N/A
Turnout 57,40075.7−6.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +12.0
General election 1992: South East Cornwall [18] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Hicks 30,565 51.0 −0.6
Liberal Democrats Robin Teverson 22,86138.1−1.6
Labour Co-op Linda Gilroy 5,5369.2+0.5
Liberal Maureen Cook6441.1N/A
Anti-Federalist League Anthony Quick2270.4N/A
Natural Law Rosaleen Allen1550.3N/A
Majority7,70412.9+1.0
Turnout 59,98882.1+2.6
Conservative hold Swing +0.5

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: South East Cornwall [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Hicks 28,818 51.6 −3.7
Liberal Ian Tunbridge22,21139.7+0.8
Labour Paul Clark4,8478.7+3.8
Majority6,60711.9−4.5
Turnout 55.87679.5+0.9
Conservative hold Swing −2.3
General election 1983: South East Cornwall [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Hicks 28,326 55.3
Liberal David Blunt19,97238.9
Labour Andrew Bebb2,5074.9
Ecology John Chadwick3370.7
Independent Joy Dent940.2
Majority8,35416.4
Turnout 51,23678.6
Conservative win (new seat)

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.

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