Candy Atherton

Candy Atherton
Member of Parliament
for Falmouth and Camborne
In office
1 May 1997 – 11 April 2005
Preceded bySebastian Coe
Succeeded byJulia Goldsworthy
Personal details
Born
Candice Kathleen Atherton

(1955-09-21)21 September 1955
Surrey, England
Died30 October 2017(2017-10-30) (aged 62)
Luton, Bedfordshire, England
Political partyLabour
Alma materPolytechnic of North London
ProfessionFreelance 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.