Candy Atherton | |
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| Member of Parliament for Falmouth and Camborne | |
| In office 1 May 1997 – 11 April 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Sebastian Coe |
| Succeeded by | Julia Goldsworthy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Candice Kathleen Atherton 21 September 1955 Surrey, England |
| Died | 30 October 2017 (aged 62) Luton, Bedfordshire, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Polytechnic of North London |
| Profession | Freelance journalist (postfeminism) |
Candice Kathleen Atherton (21 September 1955 – 30 October 2017) was a British Labour politician and journalist. After serving as a councillor in Islington, where she was mayor, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Falmouth and Camborne from 1997 to 2005. In her later life she lived in Cornwall and was a member of Cornwall Council.