St Austell and Newquay (UK Parliament constituency)
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St Austell and Newquay | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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![]() Boundary of St Austell and Newquay in Cornwall for the 2010 general election.
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![]() Location of Cornwall within England.
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County | Cornwall |
Electorate | 75,974 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | St Austell, Newquay |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of parliament | Steve Double (Conservative Party) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | North Cornwall South East Cornwall Truro & St Austell |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | South West England |
St Austell and Newquay is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Steve Double, a Conservative.[n 2]
Contents
History
- 2010 election
The seat on creation in 2010 had, based on complex forecasts involving its three constitutive seats, factoring in to different degrees the recent local election results, a widely varying notional Liberal Democrat majority (see results below). In analysis, one forecast suggested that the seat would prove to be a safe seat whereas another suggested an extremely marginal seat. The majority achieved was lower than an average of the two forecasts but by no means the most slender of majorities achieved in that election.
- Other parties
In 2010, the Labour Party candidate polled in line with results of the recent decades in the forerunner seats, with 7.2% of the vote. Mebyon Kernow, the Cornish independence party, achieved its highest share of the vote in any constituency but narrowly lost its deposit by not reaching the 5% threshold.
Boundaries
The constituency was created for the 2010 general election, following a review of parliamentary representation by the Boundary Commission, which increased the number of seats in the county from five to six.[2] It has the same boundaries as the former Borough of Restormel, with the exception of the ward of Lostwithiel, which remains in the South East Cornwall constituency. Previously, the historic area was divided between the North Cornwall, South East Cornwall and Truro and St Austell seats.[3]
The seat has electoral wards:
- Bethel, Crinnis, Edgcumbe: North and South wards, Fowey and Tywardreath, Gannel, Gover, Mevagissey, Mount Charles, Poltair, Rialton, Rock, St Blaise, St Columb, St Enoder, St Ewe, St Stephen, and Treverbyn in the unitary county of Cornwall[4]
Constituency profile
Workless claimants (registered jobseekers) were in November 2012 higher than the national average of 3.8%, at 4.2% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[5]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[6] | Party | |
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2010 | Steve Gilbert | Liberal Democrats | |
2015 | Steve Double | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Steve Double | 20,250 | 40.2 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Steve Gilbert | 12,077 | 24.0 | -18.8 | |
UKIP | David Mathews[9] | 8,503 | 16.9 | +13.2 | |
Labour | Deborah Hopkins | 5,150 | 10.2 | +3.1 | |
Green | Steve Slade | 2,318 | 4.6 | N/A | |
Mebyon Kernow | Dick Cole | 2,063 | 4.1 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 8,173 | 16.2 | |||
Turnout | 65.7 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrat | Steve Gilbert | 20,189 | 42.7 | -4.5 | |
Conservative | Caroline Righton | 18,877 | 40.0 | +5.1 | |
Labour | Lee Jameson | 3,386 | 7.2 | -6.6 | |
Mebyon Kernow | Dick Cole | 2,007 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
UKIP | Clive Medway | 1,757 | 3.7 | -0.4 | |
BNP | James Fitton | 1,022 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 1,312 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 47,238 | 61.9 | -3.0 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -4.8 |
Notional election result
The official Rallings & Thrasher notional results for the 2005 election gave the Liberal Democrats a notional majority of 5,723 votes (12.44%).
The alternative UKPollingReport estimates gave a much smaller notional Liberal Democrat majority of 630 in 2005.[12]
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
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- ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]
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- Parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall
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