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The seat of Falmouth and Camborne has been held by the Tories and Labour in equal measure. It was the constituency of former Olympic athlete and Conservative Sebastian Coe from 1992, but Labour's Candy Atherton won in 1997.

Atherton retained the seat in 2001 with a 4,527 majority, but lost in 2005 after a 10.4% swing to the Liberal Democrats. This gave Julia Goldsworthy a majority of just under 2,000.

Boundary changes have created the new seat of Camborne and Redruth, comprising the old seat (with the exception of the Falmouth wards) and the northern four wards of St Ives including the town of Hayle. In addition the seat includes Mount Hawke ward from the west of Truro and St Austell. To find out what might have happened had this boundary change been in force at the last election, see a notional - or estimated - result below.

Camborne was once one of the richest tin mining areas in the world, and Redruth was the commercial capital of the mining industry. Since the decline of the mining industry, much of Cornwall's poverty has been concentrated in this seat. However the local economy might benefit from its mining roots, with the historic mining landscape of Cornwall and West Devon added to the World Heritage list in 2006. Camborne School of Mines is still a centre of excellence in its field.

There is great deal of rural land here, much of it uninhabited, but the population density in this constituency is one of the highest in the South West, with Camb

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BBC Profile:
The seat of Falmouth and Camborne has been held by the Tories and Labour in equal measure. It was the constituency of former Olympic athlete and Conservative Sebastian Coe from 1992, but Labour's Candy Atherton won in 1997.

Atherton retained the seat in 2001 with a 4,527 majority, but lost in 2005 after a 10.4% swing to the Liberal Democrats. This gave Julia Goldsworthy a majority of just under 2,000.

Boundary changes have created the new seat of Camborne and Redruth, comprising the old seat (with the exception of the Falmouth wards) and the northern four wards of St Ives including the town of Hayle. In addition the seat includes Mount Hawke ward from the west of Truro and St Austell. To find out what might have happened had this boundary change been in force at the last election, see a notional - or estimated - result below.

Camborne was once one of the richest tin mining areas in the world, and Redruth was the commercial capital of the mining industry. Since the decline of the mining industry, much of Cornwall's poverty has been concentrated in this seat. However the local economy might benefit from its mining roots, with the historic mining landscape of Cornwall and West Devon added to the World Heritage list in 2006. Camborne School of Mines is still a centre of excellence in its field.

There is great deal of rural land here, much of it uninhabited, but the population density in this constituency is one of the highest in the South West, with Camborne, Redruth, and Pool making the largest conurbation in Cornwall.

Rallings & Thrasher Notional:
LD 13,830 (35.85%)
Lab 11,097 (28.77%)
C 9,874 (25.60%)
Others 1,943 (5.04%)
UKIP 1,833 (4.75%)

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