St Just in Penwith (electoral division)

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St Just in Penwith
Former ward
Cornwall Council.
St Just in Penwith electoral division map 2013.svg
Boundary of St Just in Penwith in from 2013-2021.
County Cornwall
2013  ( 2013 )2021  ( 2021 )
Number of councillorsOne
Replaced by Land's End
Created fromSt Just in Penwith
2009  ( 2009 )2013  ( 2013 )
Number of councillorsOne
Replaced bySt Just in Penwith
Created fromCouncil created

St Just in Penwith (Cornish: Lannust) [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 Land's End division.

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Councillors

ElectionMemberParty
2009 Chris Goninan Independent
2013 Sue James Liberal Democrat
2017
2021 Seat abolished

Extent

The division represented the town of St Just, the villages of Pendeen, Boscaswell, Trewellard, and Botallack as well as the hamlets of Carnyorth, Higher Boscaswell, Tregeseal and Kelynack. The division also included Land's End Airport. [2]

The division was nominally abolished during boundary changes at the 2013 election. From 2009 to 2013, the division covered 3103 hectares in total; after the boundary changes in 2013, it covered 3093 hectares. [2] [3]

Election results

2017 election

2017 election: St Just in Penwith [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sue James 1,184 59.0 Increase2.svg 22.5
Conservative Kevin McFadden57928.8Increase2.svg 22.1
Labour Louise Paine22911.4Decrease2.svg 4.6
Majority60530.1Increase2.svg 14.7
Rejected ballots150.7Increase2.svg 0.4
Turnout 200752.9Increase2.svg 11.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2013 election

2013 election: St Just in Penwith [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sue James 574 36.5 Increase2.svg 4.1
Independent Kevin McFadden33221.1New
UKIP Adrian Smith30419.4New
Labour Kirsty Pritchard25116.0New
Conservative David Lenaghan1066.7Decrease2.svg 3.6
Majority24215.4N/A
Rejected ballots40.3Decrease2.svg 1.6
Turnout 157141.3Steady2.svg
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing

2009 election

2009 election: St Just in Penwith [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Chris Goninan 790 50.4
Liberal Democrats Sandy Angove50732.4
Conservative Ken Messenger16110.3
Independent Peter Beech805.1
Majority28318.1
Rejected ballots291.9
Turnout 156741.3
Independent win (new seat)

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