Falmouth and Camborne (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 50°11′42″N 5°10′48″W / 50.195°N 5.180°W / 50.195; -5.180

Falmouth and Camborne
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Falmouth and Camborne in Cornwall for the 2005 general election.
Location of Cornwall within England.
County	Cornwall
Major settlements	Falmouth, Camborne, Redruth
1950–2010
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Camborne and Redruth, Truro and Falmouth
Created from	Camborne, Penryn and Falmouth

Falmouth and Camborne was, from 1950 until 2010, a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

History

The Falmouth and Camborne seat was created in 1950, succeeding the former Camborne constituency. The seat had an industrial tradition, mostly in tin mining. The seat alternated between the Labour and Conservative parties until 2005, when it was won by Julia Goldsworthy of the Liberal Democrats.

The former gold medal-winning athlete Sebastian Coe represented this seat as a Conservative from 1992 until his defeat by Labour in 1997.

Boundaries

1950-1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Falmouth and Penryn, the Urban District of Camborne-Redruth, in the Rural District of Kerrier the civil parishes of Budock, Constantine, Crowan, Mabe, Mawnan, St Gluvias, Stithians, and Wendron, in the Rural District of West Penwith the civil parishes of Gwinear-Gwithian and Hayle, and in the Rural District of Truro the civil parish of Gwennap.

1983-1997: The District of Kerrier wards of Camborne North, Camborne South, Camborne West, Constantine, Illogan North, Illogan South, Mabe and St Gluvias, Mawnan and Budock, Redruth North, Redruth South, St Day and Lanner, and Stithians, and the District of Carrick wards of Arwenack, Mylor, Penryn, Penwerris, Smithick, and Trevethan.

1997-2010: The District of Kerrier wards of Camborne North, Camborne South, Camborne West, Constantine and Gweek, Illogan North, Illogan South, Mabe and St Gluvias, Mawnan and Budock, Redruth North, Redruth South, St Day and Lanner, and Stithians, and the District of Carrick wards of Arwenack, Mylor, Penryn, Penwerris, Smithick, and Trevethan.

Boundary changes

Following its review of parliamentary representation in Cornwall, the Boundary Commission for England abolished this constituency at the 2010 general election. The new Camborne and Redruth seat took most of the electoral wards from this seat, while the remaining wards form part of the new Truro and Falmouth constituency.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[1]	Party
1950	Harold Hayman	Labour
1966	John Dunwoody	Labour
1970	David Mudd	Conservative
1992	Sebastian Coe	Conservative
1997	Candy Atherton	Labour
2005	Julia Goldsworthy	Liberal Democrat
2010	constituency abolished: see Camborne and Redruth & Truro and Falmouth

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Falmouth & Camborne ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Harold Hayman	18,988	43.16	n/a
	Conservative	Peter Garnett Agnew	16,997	38.63	n/a
	Liberal	Gilbert Granville Sharp	8,013	18.21	n/a
Majority			1,991	4.53	n/a
Turnout				82.63
	Labour win

General Election 1951: Falmouth & Camborne ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Harold Hayman	20,850	46.29
	Conservative	Nigel Nicolson	19,847	44.07
	Liberal	Henry Stuart Townend	4,343	9.64
Majority			1,003	2.23
Turnout				83.61
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Falmouth & Camborne ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Harold Hayman	21,587	51.24
	Conservative	Percy P. King	20,540	48.76
Majority			1,047	2.49
Turnout				78.32
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Falmouth & Camborne ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Harold Hayman	20,083	45.79
	Conservative	Alison Margaret Tennant	15,886	36.22
	Liberal	Norman Alan Stewart Gibson	7,890	17.99
Majority			4,197	9.57
Turnout				81.58
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Falmouth and Camborne ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Harold Hayman	18,847	44.53
	Conservative	Robert Thomas Boscawen	15,921	37.61
	Liberal	Edmund Henry Hambly	7,559	17.86
Majority			2,926	6.91
Turnout				77.57
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Falmouth and Camborne ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Elliot Orr Dunwoody	21,394	46.85
	Conservative	Robert Thomas Boscawen	18,131	39.70
	Liberal	Manuela Sykes	6,144	13.45
Majority			3,263	7.14
Turnout				82.55
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Falmouth and Camborne ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William David Mudd	21,477	44.53
	Labour	John Elliot Orr Dunwoody	19,954	41.37
	Liberal	Alfred George Sherman T Davey	5,843	12.11
	Mebyon Kernow	Richard Jenkin	960	1.99
Majority			1,523	3.16
Turnout				77.74
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election February 1974: Falmouth and Camborne ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William David Mudd	22,500	41.87
	Labour	Michael George Dalling	18,236	33.94
	Liberal	Alfred George Sherman T Davey	13,000	24.19
Majority			4,264	7.94
Turnout				80.91
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Falmouth and Camborne ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William David Mudd	23,950	47.22
	Labour	Michael George Dalling	18,094	35.68
	Liberal	Edmund Thomas Sara	6,428	12.67
	Independent Liberal	Alfred George Sherman T Davey	2,246	4.43
Majority			5,856	11.55
Turnout				75.79
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Falmouth and Camborne ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William David Mudd	30,523	56.68
	Labour	Peter M Tebbutt	13,923	25.85
	Liberal	J Hall-Say	7,489	13.91
	Mebyon Kernow	L Truran	1,637	3.04
	National Front	M. Swingler	280	0.52
Majority			16,600	30.83
Turnout				77.26
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: Falmouth and Camborne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William David Mudd	24,614	50.00
	Social Democratic	D. Fieldsend	13,589	27.60
	Labour	A. Bunt	10,446	21.22
	Mebyon Kernow	Richard Jenkin	582	1.18
Majority			11,025	22.39
Turnout				75.02
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Falmouth and Camborne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William David Mudd	23,725	43.89
	Social Democratic	Jonathan Clive Marks	18,686	34.57
	Labour	John Digby Cosgrove	11,271	20.85
	Monster Raving Loony	Frederick Allen Zapp	373	0.69
Majority			5,039	9.32
Turnout				78.78
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Falmouth and Camborne^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sebastian Newbold Coe	21,150	36.9	−7.0
	Liberal Democrat	Terrye Lynn Jones	17,883	31.2	−3.4
	Labour	John Digby Cosgrove	16,732	29.2	+8.3
	Liberal	Paul T. Holmes	730	1.3	+1.3
	Green	Kevin J. Saunders	466	0.8	+0.8
	Monster Raving Loony	Frederick Allen Zapp	327	0.6	−0.1
	Natural Law	Andrew J. Pringle	56	0.1	+0.1
Majority			3,267	5.7	−3.6
Turnout			57,344	81.1	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.8

General Election 1997: Falmouth and Camborne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Candice Kathleen Atherton	18,151	33.8
	Conservative	Sebastian Newbold Coe	15,463	28.8
	Liberal Democrat	Terrye Lynn Jones	13,512	25.2
	Referendum	Peter John de Savary	3,534	6.6
	Independent Labour	John Geach	1,691	3.2
	Liberal	Paul T. Holmes	527	1.0
	UKIP	Robert Smith	355	0.7
	Mebyon Kernow	Ruth Lewarne	238	0.4
	Monster Raving Loony	Gary Glitter	161	0.3
Majority			2,688	5.0
Turnout			53,632	75.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2001: Falmouth and Camborne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Candice Kathleen Atherton	18,532	39.6	+5.7
	Conservative	Nick Serpell	14,005	29.9	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Julian Brazil	11,453	24.5	-0.7
	UKIP	John Ernest Douglas Delavalette Browne	1,328	2.8	+2.2
	Mebyon Kernow	Hilda Wasley	853	1.8	+1.4
	Liberal	Paul T Holmes	649	1.4	+0.4
Majority			4,527	9.7
Turnout			46,820	64.3	-10.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2005: Falmouth and Camborne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Julia Anne Goldsworthy	16,747	34.9	+10.4
	Labour	Candice Kathleen Atherton	14,861	31.0	-8.6
	Conservative	Ashley Crossley	12,644	26.3	-3.6
	UKIP	Michael Mahon	1,820	3.8	+1.0
	Independent	William David Mudd	961	2.0	+2.0
	Liberal	Paul T Holmes	423	0.9	-0.5
	Mebyon Kernow	Hilda Wasley	370	0.8	-1.0
	Veritas	Peter Gifford	128	0.3	+0.3
	Removal Of Tetramasts In Cornwall	Richard Smith	61	0.1	+0.1
Majority			1,886	3.9
Turnout			48,015	67.1	2.8
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	9.5

References

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
↑ British parliamentary election results 1950-1973, Craig, F. W. S.
↑ British parliamentary election results 1950-1973, Craig, F. W. S.
↑ British parliamentary election results 1950-1973, Craig, F. W. S.
↑ British parliamentary election results 1950-1973, Craig, F. W. S.
↑ British parliamentary election results 1950-1973, Craig, F. W. S.
↑ British parliamentary election results 1950-1973, Craig, F. W. S.
↑ British parliamentary election results 1950-1973, Craig, F. W. S.
↑ British parliamentary election results 1974-1983, Craig, F. W. S.
↑ British parliamentary election results 1974-1983, Craig, F. W. S.
↑ British parliamentary election results 1974-1983, Craig, F. W. S.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.

Constituencies in South West England (55)

Conservative (51)	Bath Bournemouth East Bournemouth West Bridgwater and West Somerset Bristol North West Camborne and Redruth Central Devon Cheltenham Chippenham Christchurch Devizes East Devon Filton and Bradley Stoke Forest of Dean Gloucester Kingswood Mid Dorset and North Poole Newton Abbot North Cornwall North Devon North Dorset North East Somerset North Somerset North Swindon North Wiltshire Plymouth Moor View Plymouth Sutton and Devonport Poole Salisbury Somerton and Frome South Dorset South East Cornwall South Swindon South West Devon South West Wiltshire St Austell and Newquay St Ives Stroud Taunton Deane Tewkesbury The Cotswolds Thornbury and Yate Tiverton and Honiton Torbay Torridge and West Devon Totnes Truro and Falmouth Wells West Dorset Weston-super-Mare Yeovil

Labour (4)	Bristol East Bristol South Bristol West Exeter

South West England European constituency: Conservative (2) Green (1) Labour (1) UKIP (2)

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