St Cleer (electoral division)
| St Cleer | |
|---|---|
| Former ward Cornwall Council. | |
 Boundary of St Cleer in from 2013-2021. | |
| County | Cornwall |
| 2013–2021 | |
| Number of councillors | One |
| Replaced by | St Cleer and Menheniot |
| Created from | St Cleer |
| 2009–2013 | |
| Number of councillors | One |
| Replaced by | St Cleer |
| Created from | Council 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[edit]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Derris Watson | Liberal Democrat | |
| 2013 | |||
| 2017 | Philip Eddy | ||
| 2021 | Seat abolished | ||
Extent[edit]
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[edit]
2017 election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Eddy | 829 | 51.5 |  19.5
| |
| Conservative | Clive Sargeant | 520 | 32.3 | 12.4
| |
| Labour | Martin Menear | 140 | 8.7 | New | |
| UKIP | David Lucas | 117 | 7.3 |  16.8
| |
| Majority | 309 | 19.2 | 11.2
| ||
| Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.2 | 0.1
| ||
| Turnout | 1610 | 44.2 | 4.5
| ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
2013 election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Derris Watson | 463 | 32.0 | 13.0
| |
| UKIP | David Lucas | 348 | 24.1 | 3.8
| |
| Independent | Len Clark | 341 | 23.6 | New | |
| Conservative | Lisa Sargeant | 288 | 19.9 | 14.1
| |
| Majority | 115 | 8.0 | 3.0
| ||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.3 | 0.3
| ||
| Turnout | 1445 | 39.7 | 7.5
| ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
2009 election[edit]
| 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[edit]
- ^ "Henwyn Tyller A-Z". Akademi Kernewek. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ a b "E05 Electoral Ward/Division St Cleer E05009249". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ "E05 Electoral Ward/Division St Cleer E05008287". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "Election results for St Cleer Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ "Election results for St Cleer Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 2nd May, 2013". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ "Election results for St Cleer Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th June, 2009". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 25 April 2021.