St Mewan (electoral division)

St Mewan was an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returned one member to sit on Cornwall Council from 2009 to 2021. The seat was vacant from February 2020 to May 2021, after the Conservative councillor Cherilyn Mackrory (née Williams) was elected as MP for Truro and Falmouth in the 2019 general election.[1][2] The coronavirus pandemic meant that a by-election could not be held and so the seat remained vacant until it was abolished at the 2021 local elections,[3] being replaced by St Mewan and Grampound.

St Mewan
Former ward
Cornwall Council.
Outline map
Boundary of St Mewan in from 2013-2021.
CountyCornwall
2013 (2013)–2021 (2021)
Number of councillorsOne
Replaced bySt Mewan and Grampound
Created fromSt Mewan
2009 (2009)–2013 (2013)
Number of councillorsOne
Replaced bySt Mewan
Created fromCouncil created

Councillors
ElectionMemberParty
2009 Robin TeversonLiberal Democrat
2013 Malcolm HarrisIndependent
2017 Cherilyn WilliamsConservative
2020 Vacant
2021 Seat abolished

Extent

St Mewan represented the villages of St Ewe, Sticker, Polgooth, St Mewan, Trewoon and the hamlets of Polmassick, Kestle, Hewas Water, Trelowth. Although the division was nominally abolished during boundary changes at the 2013 elections, this had little effect on the ward. Both before and after boundary changes, the division covered 3,319 hectares in total.[4][5]

Election results

2017 election
2017 election: St Mewan[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cherilyn Williams 713 56.6
Liberal Democrats Robin Teverson 543 43.1
Majority 170 13.5
Rejected ballots 3 0.2
Turnout 1259 41.3
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

    2013 election
    2013 election: St Mewan[7]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Independent Malcolm Harris 367 36.2
    Conservative John Kneller 323 31.8
    Liberal Democrats Janet Lockyer 312 30.7
    Majority 44 4.3
    Rejected ballots 13 1.3
    Turnout 1015 33.1
    Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

    2009 election
    2009 election: St Mewan[8]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Liberal Democrats Robin Teverson 496 38.8
    Conservative Steve Serevena 458 35.9
    Independent Chris Dodwell 318 24.9
    Majority 38 3.0
    Rejected ballots 5 0.4
    Turnout 1277 42.0
    Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

    References
    1. "Cherilyn Williams". Cornwall Council. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
    2. Richard Whitehouse (26 February 2020). "MP Cherilyn Mackrory resigns as member of Cornwall Council". Cornwall Live. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
    3. "Elections called off". Cornish Stuff. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
    4. "E05 Electoral Ward/Division St Mewan". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
    5. "E05 Electoral Ward/Division St Mewan". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
    6. "Election results for St Mewan Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
    7. "Election results for St Mewan Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 2nd May, 2013". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
    8. "Election results for St Mewan Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th June, 2009". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 6 May 2021.


    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.