Truro and Newquay (proposed UK Parliament constituency)
Truro and Newquay was a proposed parliamentary constituency in Cornwall.[1] 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.[2][3] Electoral Calculus predicted that the new seat would have been a fairly safe Conservative win, with 51.3% of the predicted vote.[4] It was predicted to have 74,228 constituents.[5] 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.[6][7]
Changes
editThe proposed boundaries excluded Falmouth which would have joined the current constituency of Camborne and Redruth to make Falmouth, Camborne and Redruth.[8] To make up for this, the constituency would have included the town of Newquay.[9]
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.[10] It was expected that the electoral division of St Columb Major and Colan would have been included within the new boundaries.[11]
Boundaries
editIt was proposed that the constituency roughly encompassed Truro and Newquay. More specifically, it would have included the following wards:[12]
See also
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- List of parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall
- Devonwall (possible UK Parliament constituency) - a constituency also proposed in the 2018 review
References
edit- ^ Sandhu, Serina (10 September 2018). "Boundary changes: Full list of parliamentary constituencies proposed in the Boundary Commission review". i News. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ "The 2018 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries Volume one: Report" (PDF). Boundary Commission for England. September 2018. p. 18. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ "Cornwall Council Polling Districts & Polling Places Review 2018/19 Gloweth, Malabar and Shortlanesend Electoral Division" (PDF). Cornwall Council. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ "Truro and Newquay: New Boundaries 2018 Calculation". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ "Boundary Commission for England South West Region Revised Proposals" (PDF). Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ Clark, Daniel (27 March 2020). "'Devonwall' parliamentary constituency idea ditched". Falmouth Packet. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "'Devonwall' parliamentary constituency proposal scrapped". BBC. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The 2018 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries Volume one: Report" (PDF). Boundary Commission for England. September 2018. p. 156. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Cornwall Council Polling District & Polling Places Review 2018/19 St Columb Minor And Colan Electoral Division" (PDF). Cornwall Council. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ "Initial proposals for new Parliamentary constituency boundaries in the South West" (PDF). Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 26 February 2020.