St Cleer (electoral division)

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

St Cleer (Cornish: Sen Kler)[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 St Cleer and Menheniot division.

Councillors

Election Member Party
2009 Derris Watson Liberal Democrat
2013
2017 Philip Eddy
2021 Seat abolished

Extent

St Cleer represented the villages of St Neot, Darite, Crow's Nest, St Cleer and the hamlets of Warleggan, Redgate, Common Moor, Higher Tremarcoombe, Tremar Coombe, Tremar and Rosecraddoc. The village of Mount was shared with the Lanivet and Blisland division.[2]

The division was nominally abolished during boundary changes at the 2013 election, but remained largely unaffected. Both before and after the boundary changes in 2013, it covered 10,686 hectares.[2][3]

Election results

2017 election

2017 election: St Cleer[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Philip Eddy 829 51.5 Increase 19.5
Conservative Clive Sargeant 520 32.3 Increase 12.4
Labour Martin Menear 140 8.7 New
UKIP David Lucas 117 7.3 Decrease 16.8
Majority 309 19.2 Increase 11.2
Rejected ballots 4 0.2 Decrease 0.1
Turnout 1610 44.2 Increase 4.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2013 election

2013 election: St Cleer[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Derris Watson 463 32.0 Decrease 13.0
UKIP David Lucas 348 24.1 Increase 3.8
Independent Len Clark 341 23.6 New
Conservative Lisa Sargeant 288 19.9 Decrease 14.1
Majority 115 8.0 Decrease 3.0
Rejected ballots 5 0.3 Decrease 0.3
Turnout 1445 39.7 Decrease 7.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2009 election

2009 election: St Cleer[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Derris Watson 774 45.0
Conservative Sharon Hancock 585 34.0
UKIP David Lucas 350 20.3
Majority 189 11.0
Rejected ballots 11 0.6
Turnout 1720 47.2
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "Henwyn Tyller A-Z". Akademi Kernewek. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "E05 Electoral Ward/Division St Cleer E05009249". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  3. ^ "E05 Electoral Ward/Division St Cleer E05008287". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Election results for St Cleer Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Election results for St Cleer Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 2nd May, 2013". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Election results for St Cleer Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th June, 2009". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 25 April 2021.