Mevagissey (electoral division)

Mevagissey
Former ward Cornwall Council.
Boundary of Mevagissey in Cornwall from 2013-2021.
County	Cornwall
2013  ( 2013 )–2021  ( 2021 )
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	Mevagissey and St Austell Bay St Goran, Tregony and the Roseland St Mewan and Grampound
Created from	Mevagissey
2009  ( 2009 )–2013  ( 2013 )
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	Mevagissey
Created from	Council created

Mevagissey (Cornish: Lannvorek) ^[1] was an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returned one member to sit on Cornwall Council between 2009 and 2021. It was abolished at the 2021 local elections, being succeeded by Mevagissey and St Austell Bay, St Goran, Tregony and the Roseland, and St Mewan and Grampound.

Councillors

Election	Member		Party
2009		Denise Mutton	Conservative
2013		Michael Bunney	Labour
2014 by-election		James Mustoe	Conservative
2017
2021	Seat abolished

Extent

Mevagissey division represented the villages of Mevagissey, London Apprentice, Pentewan, Portmellon, Boswinger, Gorran Churchtown and Gorran Haven, and the hamlets of Tregorrick, Levalsa Meor, Trevarrick, Rescassa, Treveor and Penare. It also covered some of Duporth (most of which was represented by the St Austell Bay division). ^[2]

The division was affected by boundary changes at the 2013 election. From 2009 to 2013, the division covered 4011 hectares in total; after the boundary changes in 2013, it covered 3737 hectares. ^{[2] [3]}

Election results

2017 election

2017 election: Mevagissey ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Mustoe	1,182	77.1	44.9
	Liberal Democrats	Garth Shephard	347	22.6	4.4
Majority			835	54.4	48.2
Rejected ballots			5	0.3	0.3
Turnout			1534	47.4	14.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

2014 by-election

2014 by-election: Mevagissey ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Mustoe	348	32.2	8.2
	UKIP	Michael Williams	281	26.0	1.5
	Labour	Charmain Nicholas	204	18.9	10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Maynard	197	18.2	4.3
	Green	Katherine Moseley	50	4.6	0.1
Majority			67	6.2	N/A
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	0.2
Turnout			1080	32.5	8.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

2013 election

2013 election: Mevagissey ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Bunney	391	29.6	25.5
	UKIP	Michael Williams	363	27.5	New
	Conservative	James Mustoe	316	24.0	20.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ella Westland	184	13.9	27.3
	Green	Katherine Moseley	62	4.7	5.1
Majority			28	2.1	N/A
Rejected ballots			3	0.2	0.3
Turnout			1319	40.6	6.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2009 election

2009 election: Mevagissey ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Denise Mutton	731	44.3
	Liberal Democrats	Les Hunkin	680	41.2
	Green	Ian Wright	162	9.8
	Labour	Derek Tibble	68	4.1
Majority			51	3.1
Rejected ballots			8	0.5
Turnout			1649	47.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

• Cornwall portal

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2. "E05 Electoral Ward/Division Mevagissey E05009212". Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 15 January 2021.
3. "E05 Electoral Ward/Division Mevagissey E05008251". Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 26 July 2021.
4. "Election results for Mevagissey Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cornwall Council . Retrieved 15 January 2021.
5. "Election results for Mevagissey Mevagissey By-election - Thursday, 6th November, 2014". Cornwall Council . Retrieved 15 January 2021.
6. "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL" (PDF). Cornwall Council . 6 November 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
7. "Election results for Mevagissey Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 2nd May, 2013". Cornwall Council . Retrieved 15 January 2021.
8. "Election results for Mevagissey Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th June, 2009". Cornwall Council . Retrieved 15 January 2021.