UK Polling History: Election of 5 May 2005 – Falmouth and Camborne
Result summary
| Parties | ||||
| Liberal Democrat |
Labour | Conservative | Other | |
| Votes | 16,747 | 14,861 | 12,644 | 3,763 |
| Votes gained | +5,294 | -3,671 | -1,361 | +933 |
| Share of votes | 34.9% | 31.0% | 26.3% | 7.8% |
| Share of eligible voters | 23.3% | 20.7% | 17.6% | 5.2% |
| Gain in share of votes | +10.4% | -8.6% | -3.6% | +1.8% |
| Gain in share of eligible voters | +7.6% | -4.8% | -1.6% | +1.4% |
| Total votes: | 48,015 | |
| Electorate: | 71,840 | |
| Turnout: | 66.8% | |
| Outcome: | Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | |
| Swing: | 9.5% | Liberal Democrat from Labour |
Polling history
List of contests
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Constituency formed from Camborne, Penryn and Falmouth 23 February 1950 |
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Constituency succeeded by Camborne and Redruth, Truro and Falmouth 6 May 2010 |
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| Date | Type | Parties | |||||
| Conservative | Labour | Liberal | Liberal Democrat |
Alliance | Other | ||
| Date | Type | Parties | |||||
| Conservative | Labour | Liberal | Liberal Democrat |
Alliance | Other | ||
| 5 May 2005 | General Election | 12,644 | 14,861 | 16,747 | 3,763 | ||
| 7 June 2001 | General Election | 14,005 | 18,532 | 11,453 | 2,830 | ||
| 1 May 1997 | General Election | 15,463 | 18,151 | 13,512 | 6,506 | ||
| 9 April 1992 | General Election | 21,150 | 16,732 | 17,883 | 1,523 | ||
| 11 June 1987 | General Election | 23,725 | 11,271 | 18,686 | 373 | ||
| 9 June 1983 | General Election | 24,614 | 10,446 | 13,589 | 582 | ||
| 3 May 1979 | General Election | 30,523 | 13,923 | 7,489 | 1,917 | ||
| 10 October 1974 | General Election | 23,950 | 18,094 | 6,428 | 2,246 | ||
| 28 February 1974 | General Election | 22,500 | 18,236 | 13,000 | |||
| 18 June 1970 | General Election | 21,477 | 19,954 | 5,843 | 960 | ||
| 31 March 1966 | General Election | 18,131 | 21,394 | 6,144 | |||
| 15 October 1964 | General Election | 15,921 | 18,847 | 7,559 | |||
| 8 October 1959 | General Election | 15,886 | 20,083 | 7,890 | |||
| 26 May 1955 | General Election | 20,540 | 21,587 | ||||
| 25 October 1951 | General Election | 19,847 | 20,850 | 4,343 | |||
| 23 February 1950 | General Election | 16,997 | 18,958 | 8,013 | |||