St Cleer (electoral division)

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St Cleer
Former ward
Cornwall Council
St Cleer electoral division map 2013.svg
Boundary of St Cleer in from 2013-2021.
County Cornwall
2013 (2013)–2021 (2021)
Number of councillorsOne
Replaced by St Cleer and Menheniot
Created fromSt Cleer
2009 (2009)–2013 (2013)
Number of councillorsOne
Replaced bySt Cleer
Created fromCouncil created

St Cleer (Cornish: Sen Kler) [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 the St Cleer and Menheniot division.

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Councillors

ElectionMemberParty
2009 Derris Watson Liberal Democrat
2013
2017 Philip Eddy
2021 Seat abolished

Extent

St Cleer represented the villages of St Neot, Darite, Crow's Nest, St Cleer and the hamlets of Warleggan, Redgate, Common Moor, Higher Tremarcoombe, Tremar Coombe, Tremar and Rosecraddoc. The village of Mount was shared with the Lanivet and Blisland division. [2]

The division was nominally abolished during boundary changes at the 2013 election, but remained largely unaffected. Both before and after the boundary changes in 2013, it covered 10,686 hectares. [2] [3]

Election results

2017 election

2017 election: St Cleer [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Philip Eddy 829 51.5 Increase2.svg 19.5
Conservative Clive Sargeant52032.3Increase2.svg 12.4
Labour Martin Menear1408.7New
UKIP David Lucas1177.3Decrease2.svg 16.8
Majority 30919.2Increase2.svg 11.2
Rejected ballots40.2Decrease2.svg 0.1
Turnout 161044.2Increase2.svg 4.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

    2013 election

    2013 election: St Cleer [5]
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Liberal Democrats Derris Watson 463 32.0 Decrease2.svg 13.0
    UKIP David Lucas34824.1Increase2.svg 3.8
    Independent Len Clark34123.6New
    Conservative Lisa Sargeant28819.9Decrease2.svg 14.1
    Majority 1158.0Decrease2.svg 3.0
    Rejected ballots50.3Decrease2.svg 0.3
    Turnout 144539.7Decrease2.svg 7.5
    Liberal Democrats hold Swing

    2009 election

    2009 election: St Cleer [6]
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Liberal Democrats Derris Watson 774 45.0
    Conservative Sharon Hancock58534.0
    UKIP David Lucas35020.3
    Majority 18911.0
    Rejected ballots110.6
    Turnout 172047.2
    Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

    References

    1. "Henwyn Tyller A-Z". Akademi Kernewek . Retrieved 25 April 2021.
    2. 1 2 "E05 Electoral Ward/Division St Cleer E05009249". Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 25 April 2021.
    3. "E05 Electoral Ward/Division St Cleer E05008287". Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 22 July 2021.
    4. "Election results for St Cleer Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cornwall Council . Retrieved 25 April 2021.
    5. "Election results for St Cleer Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 2nd May, 2013". Cornwall Council . Retrieved 25 April 2021.
    6. "Election results for St Cleer Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th June, 2009". Cornwall Council . Retrieved 25 April 2021.