St Austell Poltair (electoral division)

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

St Austell Poltair (Cornish: Sen Austel Polltir)[1][2] 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 St Austell Poltair and Mount Charles.

Councillors

Election Member Party
2009 Steve Double Conservative
2013 Jackie Bull Liberal Democrat
2017
2021 Seat abolished

Extent

St Austell Poltair represented the north-west of St Austell, including Poltair School and a small part of Boscoppa (which was mostly covered by the Penwithick and Boscoppa division).[3]

The division was nominally abolished during boundary changes at the 2013 election, but this had little effect on the ward. Both before and after the boundary changes in 2013, it covered 174 hectares.[3][4]

Election results

2017 election: St Austell Poltair[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jackie Bull 509 40.7 Increase 5.2
Conservative Mike Thompson 322 25.7 Increase 0.4
Labour Co-op Andrea Lanxon 268 21.4 Increase 3.1
UKIP Glyn Stephens 130 10.4 New
Majority 187 14.9 Increase 4.7
Rejected ballots 24 1.9 Increase 1.5
Turnout 1252 37.2 Increase 9.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
2013 election: St Austell Poltair[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jackie Bull 325 35.5 Increase 6.8
Conservative Adam Harris 232 25.3 Decrease 9.6
Mebyon Kernow Derek Collins 187 20.4 New
Labour Co-op Andrea Lanxon 168 18.3 Increase 9.9
Majority 93 10.2 N/A
Rejected ballots 4 0.4 Decrease 1.1
Turnout 916 27.7 Decrease 5.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
2009 election: St Austell Poltair[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steve Double 379 34.9
Liberal Democrats John Stocker 312 28.7
Independent Steven Honey 289 26.6
Labour Andrea Lanxon 91 8.4
Majority 67 6.2
Rejected ballots 16 1.5
Turnout 1087 33.3
Conservative win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "Henwyn Tyller A-Z". Akademi Kernewek. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Henwyn Tyller A-Z". Akademi Kernewek. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b "E05 Electoral Ward/Division St Austell Poltair E05009246". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  4. ^ "E05 Electoral Ward/Division St Austell Poltair E05008284". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Election results for St Austell Poltair Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Election results for St Austell Poltair Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 2nd May, 2013". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Election results for St Austell Poltair Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th June, 2009". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 22 December 2020.