St Mewan (electoral division)
Electoral division of Cornwall in the UK
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St Mewan was an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returned one member to sit on Cornwall Council from 2009 to 2021. The seat was vacant from February 2020 to May 2021, after the Conservative councillor Cherilyn Mackrory (née Williams) was elected as MP for Truro and Falmouth in the 2019 general election.[1][2] The coronavirus pandemic meant that a by-election could not be held and so the seat remained vacant until it was abolished at the 2021 local elections,[3] being replaced by St Mewan and Grampound.
| St Mewan | |
|---|---|
| Former ward Cornwall Council | |
Boundary of St Mewan in from 2013-2021. | |
| County | Cornwall |
| 2013–2021 | |
| Number of councillors | One |
| Replaced by | St Mewan and Grampound |
| Created from | St Mewan |
| 2009–2013 | |
| Number of councillors | One |
| Replaced by | St Mewan |
| Created from | Council created |
Councillors
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Robin Teverson | Liberal Democrat | |
| 2013 | Malcolm Harris | Independent | |
| 2017 | Cherilyn Williams | Conservative | |
| 2020 | Vacant | ||
| 2021 | Seat abolished | ||
Extent
St Mewan represented the villages of St Ewe, Sticker, Polgooth, St Mewan, Trewoon and the hamlets of Polmassick, Kestle, Hewas Water, Trelowth. Although the division was nominally abolished during boundary changes at the 2013 elections, this had little effect on the ward. Both before and after boundary changes, the division covered 3,319 hectares in total.[4][5]
Election results
2017 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Cherilyn Williams | 713 | 56.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Teverson | 543 | 43.1 | ||
| Majority | 170 | 13.5 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1259 | 41.3 | |||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
2013 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Malcolm Harris | 367 | 36.2 | ||
| Conservative | John Kneller | 323 | 31.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Janet Lockyer | 312 | 30.7 | ||
| Majority | 44 | 4.3 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 13 | 1.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1015 | 33.1 | |||
| Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
2009 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Teverson | 496 | 38.8 | ||
| Conservative | Steve Serevena | 458 | 35.9 | ||
| Independent | Chris Dodwell | 318 | 24.9 | ||
| Majority | 38 | 3.0 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1277 | 42.0 | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
