St Columb Major (electoral division)

St Columb Major
Former ward Cornwall Council
Boundary of St Columb Major in Cornwall from 2013-2021.
County	Cornwall
2013 (2013)–2021 (2021)
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	St Columb Major, St Mawgan and St Wenn
Created from	St Columb

St Columb Major (Cornish: Sen Kolom Veur) ^[1] was an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returned one member to sit on Cornwall Council from 2013 to 2021. It was abolished at the 2021 local elections, being succeeded by St Columb Major, St Mawgan and St Wenn.

Councillors

Election	Member		Party
2013		Pat Harvey	Independent
2017		Paul Wills	Independent
2021	Seat abolished

Extent

St Columb Major covered the town of St Columb Major, the villages of Ruthvoes, Talskiddy, Tregonetha and St Wenn, and the hamlets of Trebudannon, Tregaswith, Trekenning, Tregatillian, Gluvian, Winnard's Perch and Rosenannon. The hamlet of Black Cross was shared with the St Enoder division. The division covered 6350 hectares in total. ^[2]

Election results

2017 election

2017 election: St Columb Major ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Wills	862	64.6
	Conservative	John Bell	365	27.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Dixon	100	7.5
Majority			497	37.2
Rejected ballots			8	0.6
Turnout			1335	36.2
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

2013 election

2013 election: St Columb Major ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Pat Harvey	586	55.0
	Conservative	John Bell	204	19.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alvin Martin	193	18.1
	Labour	Debbie Hopkins	77	7.2
Majority			382	35.9
Rejected ballots			5	0.5
Turnout			1065	28.4
	Independent win (new seat)

References

• Cornwall portal

1. "Henwyn Tyller A-Z". Akademi Kernewek . Retrieved 6 May 2021.
2. "E05 Electoral Ward/Division St Columb Major". Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 6 May 2021.
3. "Election results for St Columb Major Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cornwall Council . Retrieved 6 May 2021.
4. "Election results for St Columb Major Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 2nd May, 2013". Cornwall Council . Retrieved 6 May 2021.