St Just in Penwith (electoral division)

St Just in Penwith is an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom and returns one member to sit on Cornwall Council. The current Councillor is Sue James, a Liberal Democrat.[1]

This article is about the Cornish electoral division. For the Cornish town, see St Just in Penwith.
St Just in Penwith
UK Parliament Constituency: St Ives
Ceremonial county: Cornwall
Cornwall Councillors
Name Party Years
Sue James Liberal Democrats 2013-
Chris Goninan Independent 2009-2013

Extent

The division covers 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 includes Land's End Airport.[2][3]

Election results

2017 election
2017 election: St Just in Penwith[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sue James 1,184 59.0
Conservative Kevin McFadden 579 28.8
Labour Louise Paine 229 11.4
Majority 605 30.1
Rejected ballots 15 0.7
Turnout 2007 52.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2013 election
2013 election: St Just in Penwith[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sue James 574 36.5
Independent Kevin McFadden 332 21.1
UKIP Adrian Smith 304 19.4
Labour Kirsty Pritchard 251 16.0
Conservative David Lenaghan 106 6.7
Majority 242 15.4
Rejected ballots 4 0.3
Turnout 1571 41.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing

2009 election
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
  1. "Sue James". Cornwall Council. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  2. "Cornwall Council Interactive Map". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  3. "Final recommendations published for Cornwall Council". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  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.
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