Perranporth (electoral division)

Perranporth (Cornish: Porth Peran)^[1] is an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom that returns one member to sit on Cornwall Council. The current Councillor is Steve Arthur, a Conservative.^[2]

A ward of the same name returned one member to Cornwall County Council between 1973 and 2009, when the council was abolished.^[3]

Perranporth
ward Cornwall Council
Boundary of Perranporth in Cornwall from 2021.
County	Cornwall
Current ward
Created	2021 (2021)
Councillor	Steve Arthur (Conservative)
Number of councillors	One
Created from	Perranporth Mount Hawke and Portreath
2013 (2013)–2021 (2021)
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	Perranporth
Created from	Perranporth
2009 (2009)–2013 (2013)
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	Perranporth
Created from	Council created

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Steve Arthur	626	33.4
	Independent	Michael Callan	361	19.2
	Labour	Lin Scoffin	324	17.3
	Liberal Democrats	Guy Mitchell	251	13.4
	Green	Joel Ashton	165	8.8
	Independent	Rob Norrington	137	7.3
Majority			265	14.1
Rejected ballots			13	0.7
Turnout			1877	38.4
Registered electors			4890^[7]
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Michael Callan	778	50.1
	Conservative	William Rogers	599	38.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Neale	172	11.1
Majority			179	11.5
Rejected ballots			5	0.3
Turnout			1554	41.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Michael Callan	832	63.8
	Mebyon Kernow	Paul Dunbar	171	13.1
	Conservative	Lisa Marshall	143	11.0
	Independent	Mark Langdon	75	5.8
	Labour	Simon Coley	61	4.7
Majority			661	50.7
Rejected ballots			22	1.7
Turnout			1304	34.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Cornwall Council division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Michael Callan	743	47.0
	Conservative	Rob Thomas	351	22.2
	Independent	David Hancock	285	18.0
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Swain	150	9.5
	Labour	David Breacker	44	2.8
Majority			392	24.8
Rejected ballots			9	0.6
Turnout			1582	43.3
	Independent win (new seat)

Perranporth
Former ward Cornwall County Council
County	Cornwall
1973 (1973)–2009 (2009)
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	Council abolished
Created from	Council established

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	K. Yeo	1,631	50.3
	Independent	J. Grant	792	24.4
	Labour	A. Basnett	430	13.3
	Mebyon Kernow	C. Mann	388	12.0
Majority			839	25.9
Turnout			3241	61.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	K. Yeo	1,566	40.2
	Conservative	A. Herd	1282	32.9
	Mebyon Kernow	E. Carter	594	15.2
	Labour	D. Hughes	455	11.7
Majority			284	7.3
Turnout			3897	61.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	K. Yeo	1,849	42.1
	Independent	D. Hancock	1313	29.9
	Conservative	A. Herd	1228	28.0
Majority			536	12.2
Turnout			4390	70.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	K. Yeo	1,444	61.9
	Conservative	S. Money	889	38.1
Majority			555	23.8
Turnout			2333	38.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A. Tonkin	1,393	51.9
	Conservative	J. Sweet	1289	48.1
Majority			104	3.9
Turnout			2682	43.3
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	W. Rowse	Unopposed
	Independent hold