Falmouth Arwenack | |
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ward Cornwall Council. | |
County | Cornwall |
Current ward | |
Created | 2021 |
Councillor | Laurie Magowan (Labour) |
Number of councillors | One |
Created from | Falmouth Arwenack Falmouth Smithick |
2013 –2021 | |
Number of councillors | One |
Replaced by | Falmouth Arwenack |
Created from | Falmouth Arwenack |
2009 –2013 | |
Number of councillors | One |
Replaced by | Falmouth Arwenack |
Created from | Council created |
Falmouth Arwenack (Cornish: Aberfala Arwynnek) [1] is an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom and returns one member to sit on Cornwall Council. The current Councillor is Laurie Magowan, a Labour member. [2] The current division is distinct from those of the same name used from 2009 to 2013 and from 2013 to 2021, after boundary changes at the 2013 and 2021 local elections.
Election | Member | Party | |
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2009 | Steve Eva | Independent | |
2013 | Geoffrey Evans | Conservative | |
2017 | |||
2021 | Seat abolished |
Election | Member | Party | |
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2021 | Laurie Magowan | Labour |
The current division represents the east of the town of Falmouth, including Swanpool, Gyllyngvase, Falmouth Docks and Pendennis Point. [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Laurie Magowan | 814 | 37.3 | ||
Conservative | Geoffrey Evans [note 1] | 695 | 31.8 | ||
Green | Tom Scott | 255 | 11.7 | ||
Mebyon Kernow | Sean Stratton | 234 | 10.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Finian McCormick | 185 | 8.5 | ||
Majority | 119 | 5.5 | |||
Rejected ballots | 25 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 2208 | 47.1 | |||
Registered electors | 4690 [5] | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Falmouth Arwenack represented part of the town of Falmouth, including Swanpool, Gyllyngvase, Falmouth Docks, the Falmouth campus of Falmouth University, and Pendennis Castle. [6] The division was nominally abolished and recreated at the 2013 election but this had only minor effects on the ward. From 2009 to 2013, the division covered 71 hecatres in total; after the boundary changes, it covered 195 hectares. [6] [7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Geoffrey Evans | 668 | 53.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tony Parker | 309 | 24.6 | ||
Labour | Kate Thomas | 270 | 21.5 | ||
Majority | 359 | 28.6 | |||
Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 1255 | 43.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Geoffrey Evans | 624 | 68.0 | ||
Labour | Robin Johnson | 180 | 19.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Thornhill | 102 | 11.1 | ||
Majority | 444 | 48.4 | |||
Rejected ballots | 12 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 918 | 31.3 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Steve Eva | 272 | 24.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jeff Muir | 259 | 23.0 | ||
Conservative | Marie Ryan | 241 | 21.4 | ||
Mebyon Kernow | Pete Dudley | 192 | 17.0 | ||
Labour | Ingrid Heseltine | 156 | 13.8 | ||
Majority | 13 | 1.2 | |||
Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 1127 | 32.0 | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
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