Poundstock (electoral division)

This article is about the Cornwall Council electoral division. For the hamlet which it represents, see Poundstock.

Poundstock
ward Cornwall Council.
Boundary of Poundstock in Cornwall from 2021.
County	Cornwall
Current ward
Created	2021 (2021)
Councillor	Nicky Chopak (Liberal Democrat)
Number of councillors	One
Created from	Poundstock
2013 (2013)–2021 (2021)
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	Poundstock
Created from	Poundstock
2009 (2009)–2013 (2013)
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	Poundstock
Created from	Council created

Poundstock (Cornish: Korlan) is an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom and returns one member to sit on Cornwall Council. The current Councillor is Nicky Chopak, a Liberal Democrat.

Councillors

2009-2021

Election	Member		Party
2009		Phil Tucker	Conservative
2013		Nicky Chopak	Liberal Democrats
2017
2021	Seat abolished

2021-present

Election	Member		Party
2021		Nicky Chopak	Liberal Democrats

Extent

2013-2021 division boundaries shown within Cornwall

2009-2021

Poundstock represented the villages of Crackington Haven, Widemouth Bay, Marhamchurch, Week St Mary, Jacobstow, Whitstone and North Tamerton, and the hamlets of Pencuke, Rosecare, St Gennys, Coxford, Wainhouse Corner, Trewint, Tregole, Treskinnick Cross, Poundstock, Box's Shop, Titson and Broad Langdon. The hamlets of Canworthy Water and Tresparrett Posts were shared with the Tintagel division. The division was affected by boundary changes at the 2013 election. From 2009 to 2013, the division covered 12,419 hectares; from 2013 to its abolition in 2021, the division covered 13,516 hectares.

2021-present

The current division, created from the 2021 boundary changes (when the Council went from 123 seats to 87), represents the villages of Crackington Haven, Widemouth Bay, Marhamchurch, Week St Mary, Jacobstow, Whitstone, North Tamerton and Grimscott, and the hamlets of St Gennys, Pencuke, Rosecare, Coxford, Wainhouse Corner, Trewint, Tregole, Treskinnick Cross, Poundstock, Box's Shop, Titson, Broad Langdon, Red Post and Hersham. The hamlet of Tresparrett Posts is shared with the Camelford and Boscastle division and the division also covers a small part of the edge of the town of Stratton.

Election results

2021 election

2021 election: Poundstock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nicky Chopak	945	45.0
	Conservative	Aaron Lynch	592	28.2
	Independent	Bill Harper	392	18.6
	Green	Anthony Manfredi	160	7.6
Majority			353	16.8
Rejected ballots			13	0.6
Turnout			2102	47.0
Registered electors			4469
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

2017 election

2017 election: Poundstock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nicky Chopak	999	59.5
	Conservative	Alex Dart	664	39.5
Majority			335	19.9
Rejected ballots			17	1.0
Turnout			1680	45.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2013 election

2013 election: Poundstock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nicky Chopak	487	36.7
	Conservative	Andrew Ades	449	33.8
	Mebyon Kernow	Paul Sousek	206	15.5
	Independent	Rupert Powell	171	12.9
Majority			38	2.9
Rejected ballots			14	1.1
Turnout			1327	36.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

2009 election

2009 election: Poundstock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil Tucker	668	40.5
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Booker	623	37.8
	UKIP	Rupert Powell	184	11.2
	Mebyon Kernow	Paul Sousek	88	5.3
	Independent	Barry Jordan	82	5.0
Majority			45	2.7
Rejected ballots			5	0.3
Turnout			1650	53.4
	Conservative win (new seat)