Truro and St Austell Parliamentary election results 1950-2005

1950

Wilson	Conservative	18,910	41.8%
Brinton	Labour	15,617	34.5%
Whitmarsh	Liberal	10,746	23.7%
	turnout	83.3%

1951

Wilson	Conservative	24,883	55.8%
Newby	Labour	19,752	44.3%
	turnout	81.3%

1955

Wilson	Conservative	19,900	46.1%
Newby	Labour	15,183	35.2%
Seear	Liberal	8,056	18.7%
	turnout	78.7%

1959

Wilson	Conservative	19,544	44.2%
Blindell	Labour	15,057	34.0%
Seear	Liberal	9,637	21.8%
	turnout	80.2%

1964

Wilson	Conservative	18,328	40.6%
Grazier	Labour	14,224	31.5%
Hosking	Liberal	12,575	27.9%
	turnout	79.2%

1966

Wilson	Conservative	18,701	40.4%
Scott	Labour	17,093	37.0%
Hosking	Liberal	10,450	22.6%
	turnout	79.2%

1970

Dixon	Conservative	24,894	49.3%
Cuss	Labour	16,684	33.0%
Steed	Liberal	8,923	17.7%
	turnout	76.5%

1974 (Feb)

Dixon	Conservative	23,493	40.4%
Penhaligon	Liberal	20,932	36.0%
White	Labour	12,945	22.2%
Whetter	Mebyon Kernow	850	1.5%
	turnout	81.5%

1974 (Oct)

Penhaligon	Liberal	22,549	39.8%
Dixon	Conservative	22,085	39.0%
Long	Labour	11,606	20.5%
Whetter	Mebyon Kernow	384	0.7%
	turnout	78.7%

1979

Penhaligon	Liberal	33,571	52.8%
Brown	Conservative	24,863	39.1%
Tidy	Labour	4,689	7.4%
Whetter	Cornish Nationalist	227	0.4%
Hedger	National Front	182	0.3%
	turnout	82.9%

1983

Penhaligon	Liberal	31,279	57.3%
Buddell	Conservative	20,799	38.1%
Beecroft	Labour	2,479	4.5%
	turnout	79.6%

1987

Taylor	Liberal	28,368	49.0%
St Aubyn	Conservative	23,615	40.8%
King	Labour	5,882	10.2%
	turnout	79.9%

1992

Taylor	Liberal Democrat	31,230	50.5%
St Aubyn	Conservative	23,660	38.3%
Geach	Labour	6,078	9.8%
Keating	Green	569	0.9%
Tankard	Liberal	208	0.3%
Hartley	Natural Law	108	0.2%
	turnout	82.4%

1997

Taylor	Liberal Democrat	27,502	48.5%
Badcock	Conservative	15,001	26.4%
Dooley	Labour	8,697	15.3%
Hearn	Referendum	3,682	6.5%
Haithwaite	UK Independence	576	1.0%
Robinson	Green	482	0.9%
Hicks	Mebyon Kernow	450	0.8%
Yelland	Independent	240	0.4%
Boland	Natural Law	117	0.2%
	turnout	74.1%

2001

Taylor	Liberal Democrat	24,296	48.3%
Bonner	Conservative	16,231	32.3%
Phillips	Labour	6,889	13.7%
Wonnacott	UK Independence	1,664	3.3%
Jenkin	Mebyon Kernow	1,137	2.3%
Lee	Independent	78	0.2%
	turnout	63.5%

2005

Taylor	Liberal Democrat	24,089	46.7%
Kemp	Conservative	16,686	32.4%
Mackenzie	Labour	6,991	13.6%
Noakes	UK Independence	2,736	5.3%
Jenkin	Mebyon Kernow	1,062	2.1%
	turnout	64.0%

In the major boundary changes of 2010 Truro and St Austell was split three ways. Western parishes became part of the new Truro and Falmouth constituency and the eastern part went into the new St Austell and Newquay constituency. One ward – Mount Hawke – became part of the Camborne and Redruth constituency.

The 2010 result for St Austell and Newquay can be found here.

The 2010 result for Truro and Falmouth can be found here.

The 2010 result for Camborne and Redruth can be found here.