St Austell Poltair (electoral division)

St Austell Poltair
Former ward Cornwall Council
Boundary of St Austell Poltair in from 2013-2021.
County	Cornwall
2013 (2013)–2021 (2021)
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	St Austell Poltair and Mount Charles
Created from	St Austell Poltair
2009 (2009)–2013 (2013)
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	St Austell Poltair
Created from	Council created

St Austell Poltair (Cornish: Sen Austel Polltir) ^{[1] [2]} 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 St Austell Poltair and Mount Charles.

Councillors

Election	Member		Party
2009		Steve Double	Conservative
2013		Jackie Bull	Liberal Democrat
2017
2021	Seat abolished

Extent

St Austell Poltair represented the north-west of St Austell, including Poltair School and a small part of Boscoppa (which was mostly covered by the Penwithick and Boscoppa division). ^[3]

The division was nominally abolished during boundary changes at the 2013 election, but this had little effect on the ward. Both before and after the boundary changes in 2013, it covered 174 hectares. ^{[3] [4]}

Election results

2017 election

2017 election: St Austell Poltair ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Bull	509	40.7	5.2
	Conservative	Mike Thompson	322	25.7	0.4
	Labour Co-op	Andrea Lanxon	268	21.4	3.1
	UKIP	Glyn Stephens	130	10.4	New
Majority			187	14.9	4.7
Rejected ballots			24	1.9	1.5
Turnout			1252	37.2	9.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2013 election

2013 election: St Austell Poltair ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Bull	325	35.5	6.8
	Conservative	Adam Harris	232	25.3	9.6
	Mebyon Kernow	Derek Collins	187	20.4	New
	Labour Co-op	Andrea Lanxon	168	18.3	9.9
Majority			93	10.2	N/A
Rejected ballots			4	0.4	1.1
Turnout			916	27.7	5.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

2009 election

2009 election: St Austell Poltair ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Double	379	34.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Stocker	312	28.7
	Independent	Steven Honey	289	26.6
	Labour	Andrea Lanxon	91	8.4
Majority			67	6.2
Rejected ballots			16	1.5
Turnout			1087	33.3
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

• Cornwall portal

1. "Henwyn Tyller A-Z". Akademi Kernewek . Retrieved 22 July 2021.
2. "Henwyn Tyller A-Z". Akademi Kernewek . Retrieved 22 July 2021.
3. "E05 Electoral Ward/Division St Austell Poltair E05009246". Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 22 July 2021.
4. "E05 Electoral Ward/Division St Austell Poltair E05008284". Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 22 July 2021.
5. "Election results for St Austell Poltair Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cornwall Council . Retrieved 22 December 2020.
6. "Election results for St Austell Poltair Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 2nd May, 2013". Cornwall Council . Retrieved 22 December 2020.
7. "Election results for St Austell Poltair Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th June, 2009". Cornwall Council . Retrieved 22 December 2020.