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St Ives (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885 onwards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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St Ives is a parliamentary constituency covering the western end of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.[n 1] The constituency has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Andrew George, a Lib Dem MP; George previously represented the constituency from 1997 to 2015.[n 2]
St Ives | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of St Ives in Cornwall | |
![]() Location of Cornwall within England | |
County | Cornwall |
Electorate | 69,978 (2024) [1] |
Major settlements | St Ives Penzance |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of Parliament | Andrew George (Lib Dem) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Helston, St Ives and West Cornwall |
1558–1885 | |
Seats | 1558–1832: two 1832–1885: one |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Replaced by | St Ives, Penzance and Helston |
The area's voters produced the 22nd closest result in the 2017 general election;[2] a winning margin of 312 votes. Since 1992, the same locally leading two parties' candidates who were fielded (varying at different times) have won at least 23.4% of the vote each; the candidate of the Labour Party has fluctuated between 5.8% and 15.2% of share of the vote, coming in third in every election until 2024, when their candidate was passed in vote share by that of Reform UK.