Feock and Playing Place (electoral division)

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Feock and Playing Place
Former ward
Cornwall Council.
Feock and Playing Place electoral division map 2013.svg
Boundary of Feock and Playing Place in from 2013-2021.
County Cornwall
2013  ( 2013 )2021  ( 2021 )
Number of councillorsOne
Replaced by Feock and Kea
Created from Feock and Kea
Chacewater and Kenwyn [1] [2]

Feock and Playing Place (Cornish: Lannfyek ha Plen an Gwari) [3] was an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returned one member to sit on Cornwall Council from 2013 to 2021. It was abolished at the 2021 local elections, being succeeded by Feock and Kea.

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Councillors

ElectionMemberParty
2013 Steve Chamberlain Conservative
2017 Martyn Alvey
2021 Seat abolished

Extent

Feock and Playing Place represented the villages of Carnon Downs, Devoran, Feock, Coombe and Playing Place, and the hamlets of Ringwell, Penpol, Harcourt, Goonpiper, Penelewey, Trelissick, Cowlands and Calenick. The division covered 1997 hectares in total. [4]

Election results

2017 election

2017 election: Feock and Playing Place [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martyn Alvey 894 46.5
Independent Bob Richards61732.1
Liberal Democrats Ian Macdonald40220.9
Majority27714.4
Rejected ballots90.5
Turnout 192250.1
Conservative hold Swing

2013 election

2013 election: Feock and Playing Place [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Chamberlain 801 69.3
Liberal Democrats Christine Ryall18315.8
Labour Jayne Kirkham13811.9
Majority61853.5
Rejected ballots342.9
Turnout 115629.7
Conservative win (new seat)

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References

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