South East Cornwall.
Labour Party MP Anna Gelderd holds the seat on 31.8% of the vote.
1 Jun 2026
A steady, loyal Labour backbencher, Anna Gelderd has been most visible recently through local advocacy rather than parliamentary rebellion. In South East Cornwall, she has championed a Cornish Language Bill, intervened in a planning dispute over a local restaurant, lobbied against toll fee increases, and publicised falling hospital waiting lists -- generating consistent coverage across Cornish local media. At Westminster, her recent votes have all followed the Labour line: supporting tighter asylum support rules, backing the government's reserve power over pension fund investments, and opposing the referral of the Prime Minister to the Privileges Committee.
Her voting participation of 68% sits below the Commons average, and she has not once broken with Labour across 349 recorded votes -- making her a 100% party-line voter to date. Her stance profile reflects the government's broader priorities: strongly aligned with workers' rights and progressive taxation, but rarely voting in ways that favour business or parliamentary scrutiny of the executive. Where she deviates from the Labour average, it is toward stronger positions on consumer protection, public health, and child welfare.
Her 86 parliamentary contributions span economy and jobs, environment, local government, and agriculture -- topics that map closely onto South East Cornwall's rural and coastal character. She holds no select committee seats, so her influence runs primarily through speeches and constituency casework. News coverage over the past 90 days is high in volume but mostly neutral in tone, dominated by culture, transport, and local economic issues. No significant negative coverage appears in the available data.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callington St Dominic | Andrew John Long | 844 | Cornwall LD | May 2025 |
| Calstock | Angus Black Crocker | 720 | Cornwall LD | May 2025 |
| Liskeard Central | Nick Craker | 858 | Cornwall LD | May 2021 |
| Liskeard South Dobwalls | Jane Pascoe | 939 | Cornwall LD | May 2025 |
| Looe East Deviock | Mark Gibbons | 752 | Cornwall LD | May 2025 |
| Looe West Pelynt Lansallos Lanteglos | Jim Candy | 697 | Cornwall LD | May 2025 |
| Lostwithiel Lanreath | Sarah Preece | 1,034 | Cornwall LD | May 2025 |
| Lynher | Jim Gale | 777 | Cornwall LD | May 2025 |
| Rame Peninsula St Germans | Kate Ewert | 1,348 | Cornwall LD | May 2025 |
| Saltash Essa | Hilary Anne Frank | 989 | Cornwall LD | May 2025 |
| Saltash Tamar | Keith Andrew Johnson | 596 | Cornwall LD | May 2025 |
| Saltash Trematon Landrake | Paul Anthony Cador | 477 | Cornwall LD | May 2025 |
| St Cleer Menheniot | Phil Seeva | 820 | Cornwall LD | May 2021 |
| Torpoint | Rob Parsonage | 785 | Cornwall LD | May 2025 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The seat’s population is concentrated in Rural & dispersed (24,275), with Saltash (16,285) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 91,357.
Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021
| Settlement | Pop. | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Rural & dispersed | 24,275 | town |
| Saltash | 16,285 | town |
| Liskeard | 10,901 | town |
| Torpoint | 7,444 | town |
| Looe | 5,686 | town |
| Callington | 3,836 | village |
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment rate | 52.1% | 57.1% | -9% |
| Owner-occupied | 70.5% | 63.1% | +12% |
| Private rented | 17.5% | 20.0% | -12% |
| Social rented | 11.9% | 16.8% | -29% |
Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £179m |
| Taxpayers | 44,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £2,360 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £4,090 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
This constituency is served by Cornwall. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.
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Headline rate.
By category.
Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop
2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anna GelderdWON | Lab | 15,670 | 31.8 |
| Sheryll Murray | Con | 13,759 | 27.9 |
| Paul Wadley | Ref | 9,311 | 18.9 |
| Colin Martin | LD | 8,284 | 16.8 |
| Martin Corney | Grn | 1,999 | 4.1 |
| Graham Cowdry | Ind | 263 | 0.5 |
Turnout 49,286
Prior contests.
| Year | Winner | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Sheryll Murray | Con | 59.3 |
| 2017 | Sheryll Murray | Con | 55.4 |
| 2015 | Sheryll Murray | Con | 50.5 |
| 2010 | Murray, Sheryll | Con | 45.1 |
Sources, methods & last update
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo