Camborne and Redruth (UK Parliament constituency)

Camborne and Redruth (/kæmbɔːrn ænd rɛdruːθ/) is a constituency^{[n 1]} in Cornwall represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Perran Moon of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]} The seat is on the South West Peninsula of England, bordered by both the Celtic Sea to the northwest and English Channel to the southeast.

Camborne and Redruth
County constituency for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Boundary of Camborne and Redruth in South West England
County	Cornwall
Population	85,436 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate	74,382 (2024)[2]
Major settlements	Camborne, Redruth and Hayle
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of Parliament	Perran Moon (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Falmouth and Camborne, St Ives

History

The constituency was created for the 2010 general election, primarily as the successor to Falmouth and Camborne, following a review of parliamentary representation in Cornwall by the Boundary Commission which increased the number of seats in the county from five to six.^[3]

The seat's first MP was George Eustice of the Conservative Party, who served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs between 2020 and 2022. He held the seat until he stood down for the 2024 general election, which was won by Perran Moon of the Labour Party.

Constituency profile

This is a large rural seat spanning both coasts of Cornwall where the Conservatives are strongest, but also the former mining towns of Hayle, Camborne and Redruth which are more Labour-leaning. Residents are less wealthy than the UK average.^[4]

Boundaries

Map of boundaries 2010–2024

2010–2024

The District of Kerrier wards of Camborne North, Camborne South, Camborne West, Constantine, Gweek and Mawnan, Illogan North, Illogan South, Mabe and Budock, Redruth North, Redruth South, St Day, Lanner and Carharrack, Stithians, and Wendron, the District of Penwith wards of Gwinear, Gwithian and Hayle East, Hayle North, and Hayle South, and the District of Carrick ward of Mount Hawke.

In addition to the towns of Camborne and Redruth, which were both previously in the Falmouth and Camborne seat, this seat has the village of Mount Hawke from the former Truro and St Austell seat and the western town of Hayle, transferred from the St Ives seat.

2024–present

Further to the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies which became effective for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following electoral divisions of Cornwall (as they existed on 4 May 2021):

• Camborne Roskear & Tuckingmill; Camborne Trelowarren; Camborne West & Treswithian; Constantine, Mabe & Mawnan; Four Lanes, Beacon & Troon; Gwinear-Gwithian & Hayle East; Hayle West; Illogan & Portreath; Lanner, Stithians & Gwennap; Perranporth; Pool & Tehidy; Redruth Central, Carharrack & St Day; Redruth North; Redruth South; St Agnes.^[5]

Minor changes to align with revised electoral division boundaries, including the addition of the villages of Perranporth and St Agnes from Truro and Falmouth.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[6]	Party
	2010	George Eustice	Conservative
	2024	Perran Moon	Labour Party

Elections

Camborne electoral history

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Camborne and Redruth^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Perran Moon	19,360	40.5	+6.3
	Conservative	Connor Donnithorne	11,554	24.2	−29.1
	Reform UK	Roger Tarrant	8,952	18.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Thalia Marrington	4,113	8.6	+0.1
	Green	Catherine Hayes	2,840	5.9	+3.1
	Liberal	Paul Holmes	624	1.3	±0.0
	Socialist Labour	Robert Hawkins	342	0.7	N/A
Majority			7,806	16.3	+2.3
Turnout			47,785	64.2	–5.9
Registered electors			74,402
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	17.7

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[8]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	27,471	53.3
	Labour	17,623	34.2
	Liberal Democrats	4,370	8.5
	Green	1,441	2.8
	Others	676	1.3
Turnout		51,581	70.1
Electorate		73,568

General election 2019: Camborne and Redruth^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Eustice	26,764	53.2	+5.7
	Labour	Paul Farmer	18,064	35.9	–8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Florence MacDonald	3,504	7.0	+0.9
	Green	Karen La Borde	1,359	2.7	+0.5
	Liberal	Paul Holmes	676	1.3	New
Majority			8,700	17.3	+14.0
Turnout			50,277	71.7	–0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.0

General election 2017: Camborne and Redruth^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Eustice	23,001	47.5	+7.3
	Labour	Graham Winter	21,424	44.2	+19.2
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Williams	2,979	6.1	–6.3
	Green	Geoff Garbett	1,052	2.2	–3.5
Majority			1,577	3.3	–12.0
Turnout			48,456	71.8	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	–6.0

See also: Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15 § Camborne and Redruth

General election 2015: Camborne and Redruth^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Eustice	18,452	40.2	+2.6
	Labour	Michael Foster	11,448	25.0	+8.6
	UKIP	Bob Smith	6,776	14.8	+9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Goldsworthy*	5,687	12.4	–25.0
	Green	Geoff Garbett	2,608	5.7	+4.3
	Mebyon Kernow	Loveday Jenkin	897	2.0	+0.2
Majority			7,004	15.2	+15.0
Turnout			45,868	68.5	+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	–3.0

General election 2010: Camborne and Redruth^[11][12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Eustice	15,969	37.6	+12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Goldsworthy*	15,903	37.4	+1.6
	Labour	Jude Robinson	6,945	16.3	–12.4
	UKIP	Derek Elliot	2,152	5.1	+0.3
	Mebyon Kernow	Loveday Jenkin	775	1.8	+0.9
	Green	Euan McPhee	581	1.4	New
	Socialist Labour	Robert Hawkins	168	0.4	New
Majority			66	0.2	N/A
Turnout			42,493	66.4	+3.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+5.2

* Served as the MP for Falmouth and Camborne from 2005, until its abolition in 2010

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall
• List of constituencies in South West England

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.