UK Explained

Truro and Falmouth

Represented in Parliament by Jayne Kirkham (Labour (Co-op)). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Jayne Kirkham, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Truro and Falmouth compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 512 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £690£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 177 areas and lower than 471.

UK 3.9%This area 2.5%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Truro and Falmouth£6902.5%
Waveney Valley£6892.5%
South Suffolk£6822.4%
Torridge and Tavistock£6792.5%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Truro and Falmouth

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people94,88859,597,740 in total
Aged under 1615%18%3 points lower
Aged 65 and over24%19%5 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher37%34%3 points higher
Households that own their home66%62%4 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association13%17%4 points lower
Households renting privately21%20%about the same

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Jayne Kirkham

Labour

MAJORITY
8,151

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
69%

of people who could vote did

Jayne Kirkham won with 41% of the votes, and Cherilyn Mackrory (Conservative) came second with 25%.

Votes for each party

Labour41% · 20,783
Conservative25% · 12,632
Liberal Democrat13% · 6,552
Reform UK12% · 6,163
Green Party7% · 3,470
Independent1% · 498
Everyone else0% · 166
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jayne KirkhamLabour20,78341.3%
Cherilyn MackroryConservative12,63225.1%
Ruth GripperLiberal Democrat6,55213.0%
Steve RubidgeReform UK6,16312.3%
Karen La BordeGreen Party3,4706.9%
Peter LawrenceIndependent4981.0%
Peter WhiteLiberal1660.3%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£690 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.5%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026