St Blazey (electoral division)

St Blazey
ward Cornwall Council
Boundary of St Blazey in Cornwall from 2021.
County	Cornwall
Current ward
Created	2021 (2021)
Councillor	Pauline Giles (Conservative)
Number of councillors	One
Created from	St Blazey Par and St Blazey Gate
2013 (2013)–2021 (2021)
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	St Blazey
Created from	St Blaise Fowey Tywardreath [1] [2]

St Blazey (Cornish: Lanndreth) ^[3] is an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returns one member to sit on Cornwall Council. The current Councillor is Pauline Giles, a Conservative. ^[4] The current division is distinct from the division of the same name used from 2013 to 2021; it is much larger than the former iteration, having absorbed most of the former Par and St Blazey Gate division as part of boundary changes at the 2021 election.

Councillors

2013-2021

Election	Member		Party
2013		Roy Taylor	Liberal Democrat
2017		Pauline Giles	Conservative
2021	Seat abolished

2021-present

Election	Member		Party
2021		Pauline Giles	Conservative

2021-present division

Extent

The current division represents St Blazey and Biscovey as well as the hamlet of Bodelva and the western part of Par. It also covers the site of the Eden Project and Tregrehan House. ^{[5] [6]}

Election results

2021 election

2021 election: St Blazey ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pauline Giles	989	60.9
	Labour	Ryan Chamberlain	393	24.2
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Taylor	134	8.2
	Green	Cathy Trodd	95	5.8
Majority			596	36.7
Rejected ballots			14	0.9
Turnout			1625	31.6
Registered electors			5142 [8]
	Conservative win (new seat)

2013-2021 division

Map of the 2013-2021 division shown within Cornwall (click to zoom in)

Extent

The former division represented the town of St Blazey, and the hamlets of Tywardreath Highway, Porcupine, Penpillick. The hamlet of Bodelva was shared with the Par and St Blazey Gate division and the hamlet of Kilhallon was shared with the Fowey and Tywardreath division. ^[9] The division covered 487 hectares in total. ^[10]

Election results

2017 election

2017 election: St Blazey ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pauline Giles	484	48.1
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Taylor	311	30.9
	Labour	Stuart Wheeler	207	20.6
Majority			173	17.2
Rejected ballots			4	0.4
Turnout			1006	32.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2013 election

2013 election: St Blazey ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Taylor	310	39.7
	Labour	Stuart Wheeler	186	23.8
	Independent	Liam Bellamy	172	22.1
	Conservative	Peter Sinclair	105	13.5
Majority			124	15.9
Rejected ballots			7	0.9
Turnout			780	24.2
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

• Cornwall portal

1. "Electoral Review of Cornwall Sheet 1 of 20" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England . December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
2. "Electoral Review of Cornwall Sheet 1 of 20" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England . December 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
3. "Henwyn Tyller A-Z". Akademi Kernewek . Retrieved 5 May 2021.
4. "Pauline Giles". Cornwall Council . Retrieved 5 May 2021.
5. "Cornwall Council Interactive Map". Cornwall Council . Retrieved 10 April 2023.
6. "E05 Electoral Ward/Division St Blazey E05013336". Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 10 April 2023.
7. "Election results for St Blazey Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 6th May, 2021". Cornwall Council . Retrieved 10 April 2023.
8. Election of COUNCILLORS for the Electoral Divisions of Cornwall Council Summary of Results. Truro: Returning Officer, Cornwall. 13 May 2021. p. 17.
9. "Administrative Boundary for 2020 Viewer Map". Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 10 April 2023.
10. "E05 Electoral Ward/Division St Blazey". Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 5 May 2021.
11. "Election results for St Blazey Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cornwall Council . Retrieved 5 May 2021.
12. "Election results for St Blazey Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 2nd May, 2013". Cornwall Council . Retrieved 5 May 2021.