Lanner and Stithians (electoral division)

Lanner and Stithians
Former ward Cornwall Council
Boundary of Lanner and Stithians in Cornwall from 2013-2021.
County	Cornwall
2013 (2013)–2021 (2021)
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	Lanner, Stithians and Gwennap
Created from	Stithians St Day and Lanner [1] [2]

Lanner and Stithians (Cornish: Lannergh ha Stedhyan) ^[3] 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 Lanner, Stithians and Gwennap.

Councillors

Election	Member		Party
2013		John Thomas	Independent
2017
2021	Seat abolished

Extent

Lanner and Stithians represented the villages of Longdowns, Stithians and Lanner, and the hamlets of Herniss, Hendra, Tresevern Croft, Penhalurick. The hamlet of Treviskey was shared with the Carharrack, Gwennap and St Day division. The division covered 2,340 hectares in total. ^[4]

Election results

2017 election

2017 election: Lanner and Stithians ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Thomas	547	40.2
	Independent	James Biscoe	263	19.3
	Conservative	Oliver Mas	255	18.7
	Labour	Laura Eyre	134	9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Prescott	83	6.1
	Mebyon Kernow	Matt Blewett	73	5.4
Majority			284	20.9
Rejected ballots			7	0.5
Turnout			1362	36.0
	Independent hold		Swing

2013 election

2013 election: Lanner and Stithians ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Thomas	441	34.9
	Independent	Neil Plummer	399	31.6
	Independent	James Biscoe	195	15.4
	UKIP	Bob Mims	140	11.1
	Labour	Laura Eyre	85	6.7
Majority			42	3.3
Rejected ballots			4	0.3
Turnout			1264	32.6
	Independent win (new seat)

References

• Cornwall portal

1. "Map referred to in the Cornwall (Electoral Changes) Order 2011 Sheet 1 of 20" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England . 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
2. "Electoral Review of Cornwall - Draft Recommendations for Electoral Division Boundaries in the Unitary Authority of Cornwall December 2008 - Sheet 1 of 20" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England . December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
3. "Henwyn Tyller A-Z". Akademi Kernewek . Retrieved 1 May 2021.
4. "E05 Electoral Ward/Division Lanner and Stithians E05009196". Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 1 May 2021.
5. "Election results for Lanner and Stithians Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cornwall Council . Retrieved 1 May 2021.
6. "Election results for Lanner and Stithians Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 2nd May, 2013". Cornwall Council . Retrieved 1 May 2021.