Padstow | |
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ward Cornwall Council. | |
County | Cornwall |
Major settlements | Padstow, Flexbury (part) |
Current ward | |
Created | 2021 |
Councillor | Stephen Rushworth (Conservative) |
Number of councillors | One |
Created from | Padstow |
2013 | –2021|
Number of councillors | One |
Replaced by | Padstow |
Created from | Padstow |
2009 | –2013|
Number of councillors | One |
Replaced by | Padstow |
Created from | Council created |
Padstow (Cornish: Lannwedhenek) [1] is an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom. The current Councillor is Stephen Rushworth, a Conservative. [2]
Election | Member | Party | |
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2009 | Stephen Rushworth | Conservative | |
2013 | Richard Buscombe | Liberal Democrats | |
2017 | |||
2021 | Seat abolished |
Election | Member | Party | |
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2021 | Stephen Rushworth | Conservative |
The former division represented the town of Padstow, the villages of Trevone, St Merryn, Constantine Bay, and the hamlets of Crugmeer, Treator and Treyarnon as well as parts of Porthcothan (which was shared with the St Issey and St Tudy division). [3] [4] The division was affected by boundary changes at the 2013 election. From 2009 to 2013, the division covered 2955 hectares; from 2013 to its abolition in 2021, the division covered 2960 hectares. [4] [5]
The current division represents the town of Padstow, the villages of Trevone, Harlyn, Constantine Bay, St Merryn, Porthcothan, St Issey and Little Petherick, and the hamlets of Crugmeer, Treator, Towan, Treyarnon, Engollan, Penrose, St Eval, St Ervan, Rumford, St Jidgey, Trevance, Tregonce, Trevorrick and Highlanes. [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stephen Rushworth [note 1] | 908 | 43.4 | ||
Independent | Alec Rickard | 871 | 41.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jacquie Gammon [note 2] | 180 | 8.6 | ||
Independent | Richard Clark | 111 | 5.3 | ||
Majority | 37 | 1.8 | |||
Rejected ballots | 20 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 2090 | 40.9 | |||
Registered electors | 5107 [8] | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Richard Buscombe | 755 | 55.5 | 3.1 | |
Conservative | Nick Morris | 493 | 36.3 | 9.3 | |
Green | Richard Clerk | 108 | 7.9 | New | |
Majority | 262 | 19.3 | 12.6 | ||
Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.3 | 1.7 | ||
Turnout | 1360 | 42.3 | 3.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Richard Buscombe | 676 | 52.4 | 28.6 | |
Conservative | Stephen Rushworth | 589 | 45.6 | 4.0 | |
Majority | 87 | 6.7 | N/A | ||
Rejected ballots | 26 | 2.0 | 1.2 | ||
Turnout | 1291 | 39.3 | 5.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stephen Rushworth | 652 | 41.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Townrow | 373 | 23.8 | ||
Mebyon Kernow | Ron Brown | 363 | 23.2 | ||
BNP | Bob Smart | 86 | 5.5 | ||
Green | Katherine Spear | 82 | 5.2 | ||
Majority | 279 | 17.8 | |||
Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 1568 | 45.1 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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