South East Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of South East Cornwall in Cornwall for the 2010 general election.
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Location of Cornwall within England.
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| County | Cornwall |
| Electorate | 71,851 (December 2010) |
| Major settlements | Saltash, Torpoint, Liskeard and Looe |
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| Created | 1983 |
| Member of parliament | Sheryll Murray (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Bodmin, Cornwall North and Truro |
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| European Parliament constituency | South West England |
Coordinates: 50°24′50″N 4°31′12″W / 50.414°N 4.520°W
South East Cornwall is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Sheryll Murray, a Conservative.
1983-2010: The District of Caradon, the Borough of Restormel wards of Fowey, Lostwithiel, St Blaise, and Tywardreath, and the District of North Cornwall ward of Stokeclimsland.
2010-present: The District of Caradon, and the Borough of Restormel ward of Lostwithiel.
The predecessor county division, Bodmin, serving the area from 1885 until 1983 had (during those 98 years) 15 members (two of whom had broken terms of office serving the area), seeing twelve shifts of preference between the Liberal, Liberal Unionist and Conservative parties, spread quite broadly throughout that period. Consistent with this, since 1983 the preference for an MP has alternated between Liberal Democrats and Conservatives.
The current constituency territory contains the location of several former borough constituencies which were abolished as 'rotten boroughs' by the Great Reform Act, 1832:
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