St Just in Penwith (electoral division)

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.

St Just in Penwith
Former ward
Cornwall Council.
Outline map
Boundary of St Just in Penwith in from 2013-2021.
CountyCornwall
2013 (2013)2021 (2021)
Number of councillorsOne
Replaced byLand's End
Created fromSt Just in Penwith
2009 (2009)2013 (2013)
Number of councillorsOne
Replaced bySt Just in Penwith
Created fromCouncil created

Councillors

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Election Member Party
2009 Chris Goninan Independent
2013 Sue James Liberal Democrat
2017
2021 Seat abolished

Extent

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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

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2017 election: St Just in Penwith[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sue James 1,184 59.0   22.5
Conservative Kevin McFadden 579 28.8   22.1
Labour Louise Paine 229 11.4   4.6
Majority 605 30.1   14.7
Rejected ballots 15 0.7   0.4
Turnout 2007 52.9   11.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
2013 election: St Just in Penwith[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sue James 574 36.5   4.1
Independent Kevin McFadden 332 21.1 New
UKIP Adrian Smith 304 19.4 New
Labour Kirsty Pritchard 251 16.0 New
Conservative David Lenaghan 106 6.7   3.6
Majority 242 15.4 N/A
Rejected ballots 4 0.3   1.6
Turnout 1571 41.3  
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing
2009 election: St Just in Penwith[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Chris Goninan 790 50.4
Liberal Democrats Sandy Angove 507 32.4
Conservative Ken Messenger 161 10.3
Independent Peter Beech 80 5.1
Majority 283 18.1
Rejected ballots 29 1.9
Turnout 1567 41.3
Independent win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ "Henwyn Tyller A-Z". Akademi Kernewek. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "E05 Electoral Ward/Division St Just In Penwith E05009258". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  3. ^ "E05 Electoral Ward/Division St Just in Penwith E05008298". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Election results for St Just In Penwith Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cornwall Council. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Election results for St Just In Penwith Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 2nd May, 2013". Cornwall Council. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Election results for St Just In Penwith Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th June, 2009". Cornwall Council. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.