The placeConstituency · South West · Electorate 72,654 · 2023 boundaries

South East Cornwall.

Labour Party MP Anna Gelderd holds the seat on 31.8% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentAnna Gelderd · Labour Party
CouncilCornwall
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001486
Electorate · 2024
72.7k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
31.8%
Labour Party · +3.9pp over Con
Settlements
18
Largest: Rural & dispersed
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
11.9
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
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.

31.8%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
14
Wards · 14 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.14 wards · 14 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Callington St Dominic Andrew John Long844Cornwall LDMay 2025
Calstock Angus Black Crocker720Cornwall LDMay 2025
Liskeard Central Nick Craker858Cornwall LDMay 2021
Liskeard South Dobwalls Jane Pascoe939Cornwall LDMay 2025
Looe East Deviock Mark Gibbons752Cornwall LDMay 2025
Looe West Pelynt Lansallos Lanteglos Jim Candy697Cornwall LDMay 2025
Lostwithiel Lanreath Sarah Preece1,034Cornwall LDMay 2025
Lynher Jim Gale777Cornwall LDMay 2025
Rame Peninsula St Germans Kate Ewert1,348Cornwall LDMay 2025
Saltash Essa Hilary Anne Frank989Cornwall LDMay 2025
Saltash Tamar Keith Andrew Johnson596Cornwall LDMay 2025
Saltash Trematon Landrake Paul Anthony Cador477Cornwall LDMay 2025
St Cleer Menheniot Phil Seeva820Cornwall LDMay 2021
Torpoint Rob Parsonage785Cornwall LDMay 2025

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.18 named places

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.

town 64,591village 26,766

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Rural & dispersed24,275town
Saltash16,285town
Liskeard10,901town
Torpoint7,444town
Looe5,686town
Callington3,836village
Showing 6 of 18·All 18 settlements
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate52.1%57.1%-9%
Owner-occupied70.5%63.1%+12%
Private rented17.5%20.0%-12%
Social rented11.9%16.8%-29%

Ethnicity.

White97.8%
Asian0.5%
Black0.1%
Mixed0.9%
Other0.7%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 48.7% Female 51.4% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£25,900
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£32,000
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
3,850
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
54
43 primary · 5 secondary
GCSE pass
56.8%
Attainment 8: 41.4

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£179m
Taxpayers44,000
Median per taxpayer£2,360
Mean per taxpayer£4,090

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
11.9
-43% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
4.0
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
51% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences6.1
Criminal damage & arson1.3
Anti-social behaviour0.9
Other theft0.8
Public order0.6
Shoplifting0.6
Other crime0.4

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 14·All 14 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.5 contests · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Anna GelderdWONLab15,67031.8
Sheryll MurrayCon13,75927.9
Paul WadleyRef9,31118.9
Colin MartinLD8,28416.8
Martin CorneyGrn1,9994.1
Graham CowdryInd2630.5

Turnout 49,286

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Sheryll MurrayCon59.3
2017Sheryll MurrayCon55.4
2015Sheryll MurrayCon50.5
2010Murray, SheryllCon45.1
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission