Wadebridge_East_(electoral_division)
Wadebridge East (electoral division)
Former electoral division of Cornwall in the UK
Wadebridge East was an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returned one member to sit on Cornwall Council from 2009 to 2021. It was abolished at the 2021 local elections, being succeeded by Wadebridge East and St Minver.
| Wadebridge East | |
|---|---|
| Former ward Cornwall Council. | |
Boundary of Wadebridge East in from 2013-2021. | |
| County | Cornwall |
| 2013 (2013)–2021 (2021) | |
| Number of councillors | One |
| Replaced by | Wadebridge East and St Minver |
| Created from | Wadebridge East |
| 2009 (2009)–2013 (2013) | |
| Number of councillors | One |
| Replaced by | Wadebridge East |
| Created from | Council created |
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Collin Brewer | Independent | |
| 2013 | |||
| 2013 by-election | Steve Knightley | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2017 | |||
| 2021 | Seat abolished | ||
Wadebridge East represented the east of the town of Wadebridge, the villages of St Kew, Chapel Amble, Bodieve, Egloshayle and Sladesbridge, and the hamlets of Trelill, Trequite, Trewethern, St Kew Highway, Trewornan, Kelly and Ball. Although the division was nominally abolished in boundary changes at the 2013 elections, this had little effect on the ward. Before the boundary changes, the division covered 3651 hectares; after, it covered 3,650 hectares.[1][2]
2017 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Steve Knightley | 586 | 45.8 | ||
| Conservative | Hugh Saunders | 501 | 39.2 | ||
| Labour Co-op | Adrian Jones | 191 | 14.9 | ||
| Majority | 85 | 6.6 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1279 | 39.9 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
2013 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Steve Knightley | 408 | 31.8 | ||
| Independent | Tony Rush | 399 | 31.1 | ||
| Conservative | Stephen Rushworth | 217 | 16.9 | ||
| UKIP | Roderick Harrison | 202 | 15.7 | ||
| Labour | Adrian Jones | 58 | 4.5 | ||
| Majority | 9 | 0.7 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 1 | 0.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1285 | 40.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
2013 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Collin Brewer | 335 | 25.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Steve Knightley | 331 | 24.7 | ||
| UKIP | Roderick Harrison | 208 | 15.5 | ||
| Labour | Adrian Jones | 161 | 12.0 | ||
| Conservative | Brian Bennetts | 150 | 11.2 | ||
| Independent | Sarah Maguire | 146 | 10.9 | ||
| Majority | 4 | 0.3 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1342 | 42.3 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
2009 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Collin Brewer | 591 | 43.8 | ||
| Conservative | Andrew Williams | 446 | 33.1 | ||
| Independent | Peter Meredith | 302 | 22.4 | ||
| Majority | 145 | 10.7 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1349 | 43.3 | |||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
- "E05 Electoral Ward/Division Wadebridge East". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- "E05 Electoral Ward/Division Wadebridge East". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
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