St Austell and Newquay (UK Parliament constituency)

St Austell and Newquay
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of St Austell and Newquay in Cornwall for the 2010 general election.
Location of Cornwall within England.
County	Cornwall
Electorate	75,974 (December 2010)
Major settlements	St Austell, Newquay
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of parliament	Steve Double (Conservative Party)
Number of members	One
Created from	North Cornwall South East Cornwall Truro & St Austell
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South West England

Coordinates: 50°22′30″N 4°55′34″W / 50.375°N 4.926°W / 50.375; -4.926

St Austell and Newquay is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Steve Double, a Conservative.

The seat on creation in 2010 had, based on complex forecasts involving its three constitutive seats, factoring in to different degrees the recent local election results, a widely varying notional Liberal Democrat majority (see results below). In analysis, one forecast suggested that the seat would prove to be a safe seat whereas another suggested an extremely marginal seat. The majority achieved was lower than an average of the two forecasts but by no means the most slender of majorities achieved in that election.

In 2010, the Labour Party candidate polled in line with results of the recent decades in the forerunner seats, with 7.2% of the vote. Mebyon Kernow, the Cornish independence party, achieved its highest share of the vote in any constituency but narrowly lost its deposit by not reaching the 5% threshold.