# Falmouth and Camborne (UK Parliament constituency)

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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, and parts of the Rural Districts of Kerrier, Truro, and West Penwith.
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

| Election | Member | 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 | constituency abolished |

## Elections
### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Falmouth & Camborne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Harold Hayman | 18,988 | 43.16 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Agnew | 16,997 | 38.63 | |
| | Liberal | Gilbert Granville Sharp | 8,013 | 18.21 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,991 | 4.53 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,998 | 82.63 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
General election 1951: Falmouth & Camborne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Harold Hayman | 20,850 | 46.29 | +3.13 |
| | Conservative | Nigel Nicolson | 19,847 | 44.07 | +5.44 |
| | Liberal | Stuart Townend | 4,343 | 9.64 | −8.57 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,003 | 2.22 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,040 | 83.61 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.155% | |
General election 1955: Falmouth & Camborne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Harold Hayman | 21,587 | 51.24 | +9.45 |
| | Conservative | Percy P. King | 20,540 | 48.76 | +4.69 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,047 | 2.48 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,127 | 78.32 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.38% | |
General election 1959: Falmouth & Camborne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Harold Hayman | 20,083 | 45.79 | −5.45 |
| | Conservative | Alison Margaret Tennant | 15,886 | 36.22 | −12.54 |
| | Liberal | Alan Gibson | 7,890 | 17.99 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,197 | 9.57 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,859 | 81.58 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.545 | |

### Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Falmouth and Camborne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Harold Hayman | 18,847 | 44.53 |
| | Conservative | Robert Boscawen | 15,921 | 37.61 |
| | Liberal | Edmund Henry Hambly | 7,559 | 17.86 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,926 | 6.92 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,327 | 77.57 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
General election 1966: Falmouth and Camborne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Dunwoody | 21,394 | 46.85 |
| | Conservative | Robert Boscawen | 18,131 | 39.70 |
| | Liberal | Manuela Sykes | 6,144 | 13.45 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,263 | 7.15 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,669 | 82.55 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Falmouth and Camborne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Mudd | 21,477 | 44.53 | |
| | Labour | John Dunwoody | 19,954 | 41.37 | |
| | Liberal | Alfred George Sherman T Davey | 5,843 | 12.11 | |
| | Mebyon Kernow | Richard Jenkin | 960 | 1.99 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,523 | 3.16 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,234 | 77.74 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
General election February 1974: Falmouth and Camborne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Mudd | 22,500 | 41.87 |
| | Labour | Michael George Dalling | 18,236 | 33.94 |
| | Liberal | Alfred George Sherman Davey | 13,000 | 24.19 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,264 | 7.94 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,736 | 80.91 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election October 1974: Falmouth and Camborne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | 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 Davey | 2,246 | 4.43 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,856 | 11.54 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,718 | 75.79 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1979: Falmouth and Camborne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | 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 | New |
| | National Front | M. Swingler | 280 | 0.52 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,600 | 30.83 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,852 | 77.26 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Falmouth and Camborne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Mudd | 24,614 | 50.00 |
| | SDP | David Fieldsend | 13,589 | 27.60 |
| | Labour | Anthony Bunt | 10,446 | 21.22 |
| | Mebyon Kernow | Richard Jenkin | 582 | 1.18 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,025 | 22.40 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,649 | 75.02 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election 1987: Falmouth and Camborne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Mudd | 23,725 | 43.89 | |
| | SDP | Jonathan Marks | 18,686 | 34.57 | |
| | Labour | John Cosgrove | 11,271 | 20.85 | |
| | Monster Raving Loony | Frederick Zapp | 373 | 0.69 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,039 | 9.32 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,055 | 78.78 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Falmouth and Camborne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sebastian Coe | 21,150 | 36.9 | −7.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terrye Jones | 17,883 | 31.2 | −3.4 |
| | Labour | John Cosgrove | 16,732 | 29.2 | +8.4 |
| | Liberal | Paul T. Holmes | 730 | 1.3 | New |
| | Green | Kevin J. Saunders | 466 | 0.8 | New |
| | Monster Raving Loony | Frederick Zapp | 327 | 0.6 | −0.1 |
| | Natural Law | Andrew J. Pringle | 56 | 0.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,267 | 5.7 | −3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,344 | 81.1 | +2.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −1.8 | |
General election 1997: Falmouth and Camborne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Candy Atherton | 18,151 | 33.8 | +4.6 |
| | Conservative | Sebastian Coe | 15,463 | 28.8 | −8.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terrye Jones | 13,512 | 25.2 | −6.0 |
| | Referendum | Peter de Savary | 3,534 | 6.6 | New |
| | Independent Labour | John Geach | 1,691 | 3.2 | New |
| | Liberal | Paul Holmes | 527 | 1.0 | −0.3 |
| | UKIP | Robert Smith | 355 | 0.7 | New |
| | Mebyon Kernow | Ruth Lewarne | 238 | 0.4 | New |
| | Monster Raving Loony | Gary Glitter | 161 | 0.3 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,688 | 5.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,632 | 75.1 | −6.0 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Falmouth and Camborne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Candy Atherton | 18,532 | 39.6 | +5.8 |
| | Conservative | Nick Serpell | 14,005 | 29.9 | +1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julian Brazil | 11,453 | 24.5 | −0.7 |
| | UKIP | John Browne | 1,328 | 2.8 | +2.1 |
| | Mebyon Kernow | Hilda Wasley | 853 | 1.8 | +1.4 |
| | Liberal | Paul T Holmes | 649 | 1.4 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,527 | 9.7 | +4.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,820 | 64.3 | −10.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 2005: Falmouth and Camborne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julia Goldsworthy | 16,747 | 34.9 | +10.4 |
| | Labour | Candy 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 | David Mudd | 961 | 2.0 | New |
| | Liberal | Paul T Holmes | 423 | 0.9 | −0.5 |
| | Mebyon Kernow | Hilda Wasley | 370 | 0.8 | −1.0 |
| | Veritas | Peter Gifford | 128 | 0.3 | New |
| | Removal Of Tetramasts In Cornwall | Richard Smith | 61 | 0.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,886 | 3.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,015 | 67.1 | +2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +9.5 | |