Helston South | |
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Former ward Cornwall Council. | |
County | Cornwall |
2013 –2021 | |
Number of councillors | One |
Replaced by | Helston North Helston South and Meneage |
Created from | Porthleven and Helston South |
Helston South (Cornish: Hellys Soth) [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 Helston North and Helston South and Meneage.
Election | Member | Party | |
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2013 | Judith Haycock | Independent | |
2017 | John Martin | Liberal Democrat | |
2021 | Seat abolished |
Helston South represented the centre of the town of Helston as well as parts of Culdrose. The division covered 360 hectares in total. [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | John Martin | 455 | 39.6 | ||
Conservative | David Adams | 371 | 32.3 | ||
Independent | James Buchanan | 131 | 11.4 | ||
Mebyon Kernow | Alice Waddoups | 109 | 9.5 | ||
UKIP | Thomas Maher | 79 | 6.9 | ||
Majority | 84 | 7.3 | |||
Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 1150 | 29.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Judith Haycock | 427 | 38.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Martin | 215 | 19.5 | ||
UKIP | Scott Blandford | 210 | 19.0 | ||
Conservative | Tanya Dyer | 141 | 12.8 | ||
Independent | James Buchanan | 94 | 8.5 | ||
Majority | 212 | 19.2 | |||
Rejected ballots | 18 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 1105 | 27.7 | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
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