Truro and St Austell | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Cornwall |
Major settlements | Truro and St Austell |
1997–2010 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Truro |
Replaced by | Truro and Falmouth, St Austell and Newquay |
Truro and St Austell was a county constituency in Cornwall represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from its 1997 creation to its 2010 abolition by Matthew Taylor of the Liberal Democrats, who was appointed a life peer in the House of Lords following his service as a Member of Parliament (MP). The constituency elected one MP by the first past the post system of election.