Moresk (electoral division)

Moresk (later Truro Moresk; Cornish: Moresk) was an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom. Between 1979 and 2009, Moresk was a division of Carrick District Council, electing two councillors. After the district council was abolished in 2009, Truro Moresk was a division of the new unitary authority, Cornwall Council, covering 146 hectares of the north of Truro.^[1] It elected one member and was abolished in 2013, being absorbed by the Truro Boscawen and Ladock, St Clement and St Erme divisions.

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Moresk
UK Parliament Constituency:		Truro (until 1997) Truro and St Austell (1997-2010) Truro and Falmouth (2010-2013)
Ceremonial county:		Cornwall
European Parliament constituency:		Cornwall and Plymouth (until 1994) Cornwall and West Plymouth (1994-1999) South West England (1999-2013)

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Bert Biscoe	743	45.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ros Cox	387	23.6
	Conservative	Steve Chamberlain	354	21.6
	Mebyon Kernow	Conan Jenkin	70	4.3
	Labour	Robert Harrison	48	2.9
	Independent	Etienne Smuts	29	1.8
Majority			356	21.7
Rejected ballots			9	0.5
Turnout			1640	43.2
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	B. Biscoe	720	38.4
	Liberal Democrats	M. Vella	481	25.7
	Conservative	M. Bamber	366	19.5
	Mebyon Kernow	C. Jenkin	195	10.4
	Labour	V. Kelly	112	6.0
Majority			115	6.1
Total votes			1874
Turnout				37.8
	Independent hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	B. Biscoe	552	35.9
	Liberal Democrats	P. Sell	467	30.4
	Liberal Democrats	P. Vivian	345	22.4
	Mebyon Kernow	B. Andrew	102	6.6
	Labour	N. Roach	71	4.6
Majority			122	7.9
Total votes			1537
Turnout				34.8
	Independent hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	B. Biscoe	638	40.5
	Liberal Democrats	S. Shaw	464	29.4
	Liberal Democrats	L. Nethsingha	313	19.8
	Conservative	A. Hare	162	10.3
Majority			151	9.6
Total votes			1577
Turnout				39.4
	Independent hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Councillors

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	B. Biscoe	646	34.4
	Liberal Democrats	S. Shaw	566	30.1
	Liberal Democrats	C. Appleton	470	25.0
	Labour	G. Madams	198	10.5
Majority			96	5.1
Total votes			1880
Turnout				46.3
	Independent hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	S. Shaw	705	39.2
	Alliance	B. Bailey	627	34.9
	Independent	I. Churchill	375	20.8
	Labour	R. Cunningham	92	5.1
Majority			252	14.0
Total votes			1799
Turnout				45.7
	Alliance hold		Swing
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Smitherman	749	34.4
	Alliance	S. Shaw	725	33.3
	Independent	E. Carlyon	463	21.3
	Labour	V. Bennett	241	11.1
Majority			262	12.0
Total votes			2178
Turnout				60.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Alliance gain from Liberal		Swing