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Truro and Newquay (proposed UK Parliament constituency)

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Truro and Newquay was a proposed parliamentary constituency in Cornwall. It was planned to take effect from the election in May 2022 before the 2019 general election but the Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill was not passed. Electoral Calculus predicted that the new seat would have been a fairly safe Conservative win, with 51.3% of the predicted vote. It was predicted to have 74,228 constituents. The seat was scrapped after the government halted the re-drawing in 2020, saying that the "change in policy" had been brought about due to the UK's exit from the EU.

Changes

The proposed boundaries excluded Falmouth which would have joined the current constituency of Camborne and Redruth to make Falmouth, Camborne and Redruth. To make up for this, the constituency would have included the town of Newquay.

Councillor Malcolm Brown argued that St Columb Major should also be in the Truro and Newquay constituency, rather than in the planned Bodmin and St Austell. It was expected that the electoral division of St Columb Major and Colan would have been included within the new boundaries.

Boundaries

It was proposed that the constituency roughly encompassed Truro and Newquay. More specifically, it would have included the following wards:

See also

References

  1. Sandhu, Serina (10 September 2018). "Boundary changes: Full list of parliamentary constituencies proposed in the Boundary Commission review". i News. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  2. "The 2018 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries Volume one: Report" (PDF). Boundary Commission for England. September 2018. p. 18. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  3. "Cornwall Council Polling Districts & Polling Places Review 2018/19 Gloweth, Malabar and Shortlanesend Electoral Division" (PDF). Cornwall Council. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  4. "Truro and Newquay: New Boundaries 2018 Calculation". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  5. "Boundary Commission for England South West Region Revised Proposals" (PDF). Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  6. Clark, Daniel (27 March 2020). "'Devonwall' parliamentary constituency idea ditched". Falmouth Packet. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  7. "'Devonwall' parliamentary constituency proposal scrapped". BBC. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  8. "SALTASH TOWN COUNCIL Minutes of a Meeting of Saltash Town Council held in The Guildhall on Thursday 6th October 2016 at 7.00 p.m." (PDF). Saltash Town Council. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  9. "The 2018 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries Volume one: Report" (PDF). Boundary Commission for England. September 2018. p. 156. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  10. "Revised proposals fornew constituency boundaries in the South West" (PDF). Stroud District Council. Boundary Commission for England. December 2017. p. 24. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  11. "Cornwall Council Polling District & Polling Places Review 2018/19 St Columb Minor And Colan Electoral Division" (PDF). Cornwall Council. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  12. "Initial proposals for new Parliamentary constituency boundaries in the South West" (PDF). Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
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