Candy Atherton

Candy Atherton
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 (1955-09-21)21 September 1955 Surrey, England
Died	30 October 2017(2017-10-30) (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.