Truro and Falmouth


Truro and Falmouth is a constituency in Cornwall represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Jayne Kirkham of the Labour Party. The seat had previously been held by Conservative MPs since its creation in 2010.

History

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 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 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. 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.

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.

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 :
  • 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.
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.

Constituency profile

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.