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 Cornwallfor the 2010 general election
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Location of Cornwall within England
County Cornwall
Electorate 70,599 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created 1983
Member of Parliament Sheryll Murray (Conservative)
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 2010 by Sheryll Murray, a Conservative. [n 2]

Contents

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

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):

Very small change to align with revised electoral division boundaries.

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.

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

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.

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

Elections

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Bodmin // South East Cornwall election results

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: South East Cornwall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Martin Corney [6]
Labour Anna Gelderd [7]
Liberal Democrats Colin Martin [8]
Conservative Sheryll Murray [9]
Reform UK Paul Wadley [10]
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
Swing

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: South East Cornwall [11]
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 Latham8691.6New
Majority20,97139.1+6.3
Turnout 53,65574.7+0.7
Conservative hold Swing +3.2
General election 2017: South East Cornwall [12]
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 [13] [14]
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 Trubody3500.7New
Majority16,99533.6+28.1
Turnout 50,49871.1+2.4
Conservative hold Swing +13.6
General election 2010: South East Cornwall [15] [16]
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-Osborne8261.7New
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 [17]
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-Salton4590.9New
Majority6,50712.1+1.7
Turnout 53,45566.2+0.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +0.9
General election 2001: South East Cornwall [18]
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 [19]
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 Wonnacott1,4282.5New
Mebyon Kernow Paul Dunbar5731.0New
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 [20] [21]
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 Cook6441.1New
Anti-Federalist League Anthony Quick2270.4New
Natural Law Rosaleen Allen1550.3New
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 [22]
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 [23]
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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  7. ↑ Anna Gelderd [@annagelderd] (11 April 2024). "I'm delighted to have been selected as @SECornwallclp's candidate at the next general election. The Tory's have let us down for too long, join us & let's fight to get our future back!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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