Calstock (electoral division)

Calstock
ward
Cornwall Council.
Outline map
Boundary of Calstock in Cornwall from 2021.
CountyCornwall
Current ward
Created2021 (2021)
CouncillorDorothy Kirk (Labour)
Number of councillorsOne
Created fromGunnislake and Calstock
St Dominick, Harrowbarrow and Kelly Bray

Calstock is an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returns one member to sit on Cornwall Council. It was created at the 2021 local elections, being created from the former divisions of Gunnislake and Calstock and St Dominick, Harrowbarrow and Kelly Bray. The current councillor is Dorothy Kirk, a member of the Labour Party.[1]

Boundaries

Calstock is coterminous with the parish of Calstock, which includes the settlements of Calstock, Albaston, Chilsworthy, Gunnislake, Harrowbarrow, Latchley, Metherell, Coxpark, Dimson, Drakewalls, Norris Green, Rising Sun and St Ann's Chapel. It is bordered to the east by the River Tamar, to the west by the division of Altarnun & Stoke Climsland, and to the west and south by the division of Callington and St Dominic.[2]

Election results

2021 election

2021 Cornwall Council election: Calstock[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dorothy Kirk[note 1] 1,061 39.1 N/A
Conservative Jim Flashman[note 2] 763 28.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Theo Brown 703 25.9 N/A
Green Sophie Westwood 189 7.0 N/A
Majority 298 11.0 N/A
Rejected ballots 27 1.0 N/A
Turnout 2,716 50 N/A
Labour win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ^ Incumbent councillor, formerly representing Gunnislake and Calstock
  2. ^ Incumbent councillor, formerly representing St Dominick, Harrowbarrow and Kelly Bray

References

  1. ^ "Dorothy Kirk". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Cornwall Council Interactive Map". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Election results for Calstock Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 6th May, 2021". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
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