Calstock (electoral division)

Calstock
ward Cornwall Council
Boundary of Calstock in Cornwall from 2021.
County	Cornwall
Current ward
Created	2021 (2021)
Councillor	Dorothy Kirk (Labour)
Number of councillors	One
Created from	Gunnislake and Calstock St Dominick, Harrowbarrow and Kelly Bray

Calstock is an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returns one member to sit on Cornwall Council. It was created at the 2021 local elections, being created from the former divisions of Gunnislake and Calstock, St Dominick, Harrowbarrow and Kelly Bray. The current councillor is Dorothy Kirk, a member of the Labour Party. ^[1]

Boundaries

Calstock is coterminous with the parish of Calstock, which includes the settlements of Calstock, Albaston, Chilsworthy, Gunnislake, Harrowbarrow, Latchley, Metherell, Coxpark, Dimson, Drakewalls, Norris Green, Rising Sun and St Ann's Chapel. It is bordered to the east by the River Tamar, to the west by the division of Altarnun & Stoke Climsland, and to the west and south by the division of Callington and St Dominic. ^[2]

Election results

2021 election

2021 Cornwall Council election: Calstock ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Kirk [note 1]	1,061	39.1	N/A
	Conservative	Jim Flashman [note 2]	763	28.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Theo Brown	703	25.9	N/A
	Green	Sophie Westwood	189	7.0	N/A
Majority			298	11.0	N/A
Rejected ballots			27	1.0	N/A
Turnout			2,716	50	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes

1. Incumbent councillor, formerly representing Gunnislake and Calstock
2. Incumbent councillor, formerly representing St Dominick, Harrowbarrow and Kelly Bray

References

• Cornwall portal

1. "Dorothy Kirk". Cornwall Council . Retrieved 18 June 2024.
2. "Cornwall Council Interactive Map". Cornwall Council . Retrieved 18 June 2024.
3. "Election results for Calstock Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 6th May, 2021". Cornwall Council . Retrieved 18 June 2024.