Four Lanes (electoral division)

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Four Lanes
Former ward
Cornwall Council
Four Lanes electoral division map 2013.svg
Boundary of Four Lanes in from 2013-2021.
County Cornwall
2013 (2013)–2021 (2021)
Number of councillorsOne
Replaced by Four Lanes, Beacon and Troon
Pool and Tehidy
Created from Carn Brea South

Four Lanes (Cornish: Peder Bownder) [1] was an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returned one member to sit on Cornwall Council between 2013 and 2021. It was abolished at the 2021 local elections, being succeeded by Four Lanes, Beacon and Troon and Pool and Tehidy.

Contents

Councillors

ElectionMemberParty
2013 Derek Elliot UKIP
2017 Robert Hendry Independent
2021 Seat abolished

Extent

Four Lanes covered the villages of Piece, Carnkie and Four Lanes and the hamlets of Tolskithy, Penhallick and Treskillard. The village of Illogan Highway was shared with the Pool and Tehidy division, the settlement of Blowinghouse was shared with the Redruth North division, the village of Brea was shared with the Camborne Treslothan division and parts of Carn Brea Village were covered by Redruth South division. The division covered 922 hectares in total. [2]

Election results

2017 election

2017 election: Four Lanes [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Robert Hendry 509 42.7
Liberal Democrats Florence Macdonald28023.5
Conservative Peter Sheppard23319.5
Mebyon Kernow Christopher Lawrence826.9
Liberal Paul Holmes776.5
Majority 22919.2
Rejected ballots121.0
Turnout 119334.2
Independent gain from UKIP Swing

2013 election

2013 election: Four Lanes [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Derek Elliot 239 28.5
Conservative Peter Sheppard17320.6
Labour Metthew Brown16920.1
Liberal Paul Holmes14317.0
Mebyon Kernow Christopher Lawrence11513.7
Majority 667.9
Rejected ballots00.0
Turnout 83924.5
UKIP win (new seat)

References

  1. "Henwyn Tyller A-Z". Akademi Kernewek . Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  2. "E05 Electoral Ward/Division Four Lanes". Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  3. "Election results for Four Lanes Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cornwall Council . Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  4. "Election results for Four Lanes Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 2nd May, 2013". Cornwall Council . Retrieved 19 April 2021.