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Truro and Falmouth is a constituency[n 1] in Cornwall represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Jayne Kirkham of the Labour Party.[n 2] The seat had previously been held by Conservative MPs since its creation in 2010.[2]
| Truro and Falmouth | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Truro and Falmouth in Cornwall | |
 Location of Cornwall within England | |
| County | Cornwall |
| Electorate | 72,982 (2024)[1] |
| Major settlements | Truro, Falmouth, Penryn |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2010 |
| Member of Parliament | Jayne Kirkham (Labour) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Truro and St Austell, Falmouth and Camborne |
The constituency was created for the 2010 general election following a review by the Boundary Commission, which increased the number of seats in Cornwall from five to six. It replaced parts of the former seats of Truro and St Austell and Falmouth and Camborne. In 2010, the seat was very marginal between the Liberal Democrats (who had won both of its predecessor seats in 2005) and the Conservatives, who ultimately won the seat.
In the 2017 general election, the constituency was held by the Conservative candidate, although it experienced a 22.5% surge in the Labour vote (the third-largest in the UK). The 37.7% of the vote in the Truro and Falmouth constituency achieved by Labour marked their highest share of the vote in a seat incorporating Truro since 1970.[3] In the 2019 election, the Labour vote held up well compared to the national trend and they went on to capture the seat at the 2024 election.
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Map of current boundaries
2010–2024
The former District of Carrick wards of Arwenack, Boscawen, Boslowick, Carland, Feock and Kea, Kenwyn and Chacewater, Moresk, Mylor, Newlyn and Goonhavern, Penryn, Penwerris, Perranporth, Probus, Roseland, St Agnes, Tregolls, Trehaverne and Gloweth, Trescobeas.
Between 2010 and 2024, Truro and Falmouth constituency had the same boundaries as the former district of Carrick (with the exception of the ward of Mount Hawke, which was part of the Camborne and Redruth seat).[4]
2024–present
Further to the 2023 periodic 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):
- Falmouth Arwenack; Falmouth Boslowick; Falmouth Penwerris; Falmouth Trescobeas & Budock; Feock & Kea; Gloweth, Malabar & Shortlanesend; Mylor, Perranarworthal & Ponsanooth; Penryn; Probus & St Erme; St Goran, Tregony & the Roseland; St Newlyn East, Cubert & Goonhavern; Threemilestone & Chacewater; Truro Boscawen & Redannick; Truro Moresk & Trehaverne; Truro Tregolls.[5]
Minor changes to align with revised electoral division boundaries and bring the electorate within the permitted range, including the transfer of the villages of St Agnes and Perranporth to Camborne and Redruth.
The main settlements in the constituency are the city of Truro and the town of Falmouth, along with Penryn and St Mawes.[6]
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In November 2012, unemployed people and registered jobseekers in the constituency were 3.0% of the population, lower than the national average of 3.8%, based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[7]
| Election | Member[8] | Portrait | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Sarah Newton |  |
Conservative | |
| 2019 | Cherilyn Mackrory |  |
Conservative | |
| 2024 | Jayne Kirkham |  |
Labour | |
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Jayne Kirkham | 20,783 | 41.3 | +2.5 | |
| Conservative | Cherilyn Mackrory | 12,632 | 25.1 | –21.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ruth Gripper | 6,552 | 13.0 | +2.2 | |
| Reform UK | Steve Rubidge | 6,163 | 12.3 | N/A | |
| Green | Karen La Borde | 3,470 | 6.9 | +4.1 | |
| Independent | Peter Lawrence | 498 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Peter White | 166 | 0.3 | –0.4 | |
| Majority | 8,151 | 16.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 50,444 | 69.1 | –6.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 72,982 | ||||
| Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing |  12.2 |
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Elections in the 2010s
| 2019 notional result[10] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 25,842 | 46.8 | |
| Labour | 21,383 | 38.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 5,981 | 10.8 | |
| Green | 1,522 | 2.8 | |
| Others | 450 | 0.8 | |
| Turnout | 55,178 | 75.3 | |
| Electorate | 73,326 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Cherilyn Mackrory | 27,237 | 46.0 | +1.6 | |
| Labour | Jennifer Forbes | 22,676 | 38.3 | +0.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ruth Gripper | 7,150 | 12.1 | –2.8 | |
| Green | Tom Scott | 1,714 | 2.9 | +1.4 | |
| Liberal | Paul Nicholson | 413 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,561 | 7.7 | +1.0 | ||
| Turnout | 59,190 | 77.2 | +1.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sarah Newton | 25,123 | 44.4 | +0.4 | |
| Labour | Jayne Kirkham | 21,331 | 37.7 | +22.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rob Nolan | 8,465 | 14.9 | –1.9 | |
| UKIP | Duncan Odgers | 897 | 1.6 | –10.0 | |
| Green | Amanda Pennington | 831 | 1.5 | –7.2 | |
| Majority | 3,792 | 6.7 | –19.5 | ||
| Turnout | 56,647 | 75.8 | +5.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –11.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sarah Newton | 22,681 | 44.0 | +2.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Rix | 8,681 | 16.8 | –24.0 | |
| Labour | Stuart Roden | 7,814 | 15.2 | +5.6 | |
| UKIP | John Hyslop | 5,967 | 11.6 | +7.7 | |
| Green | Karen Westbrook | 4,483 | 8.7 | +6.9 | |
| Independent | Loic Rich | 792 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| Mebyon Kernow | Stephen Richardson | 563 | 1.1 | –1.0 | |
| NHA | Rik Evans | 526 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Principles of Politics | Stanley Guffogg | 37 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 14,000 | 27.2 | +26.3 | ||
| Turnout | 51,544 | 70.0 | +0.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +13.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sarah Newton | 20,349 | 41.7 | +10.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Terrye Teverson | 19,914 | 40.8 | −0.1 | |
| Labour | Charlotte MacKenzie | 4,697 | 9.6 | −9.4 | |
| UKIP | Harry Blakeley | 1,911 | 3.9 | −1.8 | |
| Mebyon Kernow | Loic Rich | 1,039 | 2.1 | −0.4 | |
| Green | Ian Wright | 858 | 1.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 435 | 0.9 | |||
| Turnout | 48,768 | 69.1 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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- A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- 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.
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