St_Just_in_Penwith_(electoral_division)
St Just in Penwith (electoral division)
Former electoral division of Cornwall in the UK
St Just in Penwith (Cornish: Lannust)[1] was an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returned one member to sit on Cornwall Council between 2009 and 2021. It was abolished at the 2021 local elections, being succeeded by the Land's End division.
| St Just in Penwith | |
|---|---|
| Former ward Cornwall Council. | |
Boundary of St Just in Penwith in from 2013-2021. | |
| County | Cornwall |
| 2013 (2013)–2021 (2021) | |
| Number of councillors | One |
| Replaced by | Land's End |
| Created from | St Just in Penwith |
| 2009 (2009)–2013 (2013) | |
| Number of councillors | One |
| Replaced by | St Just in Penwith |
| Created from | Council created |
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Chris Goninan | Independent | |
| 2013 | Sue James | Liberal Democrat | |
| 2017 | |||
| 2021 | Seat abolished | ||
The division represented the town of St Just, the villages of Pendeen, Boscaswell, Trewellard, and Botallack as well as the hamlets of Carnyorth, Higher Boscaswell, Tregeseal and Kelynack. The division also included Land's End Airport.[2]
The division was nominally abolished during boundary changes at the 2013 election. From 2009 to 2013, the division covered 3103 hectares in total; after the boundary changes in 2013, it covered 3093 hectares.[2][3]
2017 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sue James | 1,184 | 59.0 |  22.5 | |
| Conservative | Kevin McFadden | 579 | 28.8 | 22.1 | |
| Labour | Louise Paine | 229 | 11.4 |  4.6 | |
| Majority | 605 | 30.1 | 14.7 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 15 | 0.7 | 0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2007 | 52.9 | 11.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
2013 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sue James | 574 | 36.5 | 4.1 | |
| Independent | Kevin McFadden | 332 | 21.1 | New | |
| UKIP | Adrian Smith | 304 | 19.4 | New | |
| Labour | Kirsty Pritchard | 251 | 16.0 | New | |
| Conservative | David Lenaghan | 106 | 6.7 | 3.6 | |
| Majority | 242 | 15.4 | N/A | ||
| Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.3 | 1.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1571 | 41.3 |  | ||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
2009 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Chris Goninan | 790 | 50.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sandy Angove | 507 | 32.4 | ||
| Conservative | Ken Messenger | 161 | 10.3 | ||
| Independent | Peter Beech | 80 | 5.1 | ||
| Majority | 283 | 18.1 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 29 | 1.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1567 | 41.3 | |||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
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- "Election results for St Just In Penwith Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cornwall Council. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- "Election results for St Just In Penwith Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 2nd May, 2013". Cornwall Council. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- "Election results for St Just In Penwith Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th June, 2009". Cornwall Council. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
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