| St Columb Minor and Colan | |
|---|---|
| ward Cornwall Council | |
 Boundary of St Columb Minor and Colan in Cornwall from 2021. | |
| County | Cornwall |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2021 |
| Councillor | Christine Parsonage (Reform UK) |
| Number of councillors | One |
St Columb Minor and Colan is an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returns one member to sit on Cornwall Council. It was created at the 2021 local elections and since 2025 has been represented by Christine Parsonage, a member of Reform UK. [1]
The division includes the villages of St Columb Minor, Colan and Quintrell Downs, as well as the hamlets of Whipsiderry, Lane, Mountjoy, Trebarber. The division also includes most of the hamlets of Tregurrian and White Cross, which are shared with St Columb Major, St Mawgan and St Wenn and St Dennis and St Enoder respectively. [2] [3]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | John Fitter | Independent | |
| 2025 | Christine Parsonage | Reform UK | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Fitter | 662 | 51.1 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Mark Formosa | 622 | 48.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 40 | 3.1 | N/A | ||
| Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,295 | ||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | Christine Parsonage | 507 | 35.8 | New | |
| Independent | John Fitter | 414 | 29.3 | −21.8 | |
| Conservative | Mark Formosa | 238 | 16.8 | −31.2 | |
| Labour | Nicola Tettmar | 120 | 8.5 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Pauline Avery | 118 | 8.3 | New | |
| Independent | Nigel May | 15 | 1.1 | New | |
| Majority | 93 | 6.6 | +3.5 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.2 | -0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1415 | 30.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,686 | ||||
| Reform UK gain from Independent | |||||
Parsonage, who lives in Torpoint, 40 miles (64 km) from her division, was a paper candidate for Reform UK and did not expect to be elected. [6] This led to criticism from independent councillors about her ability to represent the division; Parsonage said that living outside of the division "means I don't have any conflict of interest, so I can speak unencumbered". [7] In August 2025, Newquay Town Council, which covers part of the division, wrote to Parsonage asking her to attend town council meetings due to members' concerns about her "continued absence". [8] Parsonage responded that due to her work as a nurse, she could not attend town council meetings in Newquay but highlighted that she attended Cornwall Council meetings and answered correspondence. [8]
