Truro and Falmouth is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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. It elects one Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The constituency was created for the 2010 general election, following a review of parliamentary representation in Cornwall

Cornwall

Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

 by the Boundary Commission for England, which has increased the number of seats in the county from five to six. It replaces parts of the former Truro and St Austell

Truro and St Austell (UK Parliament constituency)

Truro and St Austell was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...

 and Falmouth and Camborne seats.

Boundaries

The Truro and Falmouth has the same boundaries as the former district of Carrick

Carrick, Cornwall

Carrick was a local government district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Its council was based in Truro. The main centres of population, industry and commerce were the city of Truro and the towns of Falmouth/Penryn....

, with the exception of the ward of Mount Hawke

Mount Hawke

Mount Hawke is a village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately seven miles west-northwest of Truro, three miles northeast of Redruth, and two miles south of St Agnes....

, which is part of the Camborne and Redruth seat. The main towns in the constituency are Truro

Truro

Truro is a city and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The city is the centre for administration, leisure and retail in Cornwall, with a population recorded in the 2001 census of 17,431. Truro urban statistical area, which includes parts of surrounding parishes, has a 2001 census...

 and Falmouth

Falmouth, Cornwall

Falmouth is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a total resident population of 21,635.Falmouth is the terminus of the A39, which begins some 200 miles away in Bath, Somerset....

, after which it is named. Other settlements include Penryn

Penryn, Cornwall

Penryn is a civil parish and town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the Penryn River about one mile northwest of Falmouth...

, Perranporth

Perranporth

Perranporth is a small seaside resort on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is southwest of Newquay and northwest of Truro. Perranporth and its long beach face the Atlantic Ocean....

, St Agnes

St Agnes, Cornwall

St Agnes is a civil parish and a large village on the north coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village is situated approximately five miles north of Redruth and ten miles southwest of Newquay....

 and St Mawes

St Mawes

St Mawes is a small town opposite Falmouth, on the Roseland Peninsula on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies on the east bank of the Carrick Roads, a large waterway created after the Ice Age from an ancient valley which flooded as the melt waters caused the sea level to...

.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2010	Sarah Newton Sarah Newton Sarah Louise Newton FRSA née Hick is a British Conservative Party politician, who was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament for Truro and Falmouth.-Early life:...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

Elections in the 2010s