St Teath and St Breward (electoral division)

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St Teath and St Breward
Former ward
Cornwall Council.
Outline map
Boundary of St Teath and St Breward in from 2013-2021.
CountyCornwall
2013 (2013)2021 (2021)
Number of councillorsOne
Replaced bySt Teath and Tintagel
Created fromSt Teath[1][2]

St Teath and St Breward (Cornish: Eglostedha ha Sen Bruwerd)[3] was an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returned one member to sit on Cornwall Council between 2013 and 2021. It was abolished at the 2021 local elections, being succeeded by St Teath and Tintagel.

Councillors[edit]

Election Member Party
2013 John Lugg Independent
2016 by-election Dominic Fairman Liberal Democrats
2017
2021 Seat abolished

Extent[edit]

St Teath and St Breward represented the villages of Delabole, St Teath, Treveighan, Michaelstow, and St Breward, and the hamlets of Treligga, Westdowns, Treburgett, Knightsmill, Wenfordbridge, Penpont, Lank, Tresinney, and Watergate. The hamlet of Newhall Green was shared with the Camelford division. The division covered 8,527 hectares in total.[4]

Election results[edit]

2017 election[edit]

2017 election: St Teath and St Breward[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Dominic Fairman 994 69.7 Increase 24.9
Conservative John Phillips 348 24.4 Increase 9.8
Labour David Garrigan 81 5.7 Increase 0.9
Majority 646 45.3 Increase 18.0
Rejected ballots 4 0.3 Increase 0.3
Turnout 1427 44.9 Increase 2.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2016 by-election[edit]

The 2016 by-election was called after the resignation of John Lugg.[6]

2016 by-election: St Teath and St Breward[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Dominic Fairman 620 44.8 Increase 13.4
Independent William Kitto 242 17.5 New
Conservative Jeremy Stanford-Davis 202 14.6 Decrease 1.9
Independent Susan Theobald 181 13.1 New
Independent Edward Jones 73 5.3 New
Labour David Garrigan 66 4.8 New
Majority 378 27.3 N/A
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 Decrease 1.1
Turnout 1384 42.8 Increase 4.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing

2013 election[edit]

2013 election: St Teath and St Breward[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Lugg 628 50.9
Liberal Democrats Eddie Jones 388 31.4
Conservative Henry Hine 204 16.5
Majority 240 19.4
Rejected ballots 14 1.1
Turnout 1234 38.1
Independent win (new seat)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Electoral Review of Cornwall Sheet 1 of 20" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. December 2008. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Electoral Review of Cornwall Sheet 1 of 20" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. December 2009. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Henwyn Tyller A-Z". Akademi Kernewek. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  4. ^ "E05 Electoral Ward/Division St Teath and St Breward". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Election results for St Teath and St Breward. Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Liberal Democrat Dominic Fairman takes St Teath and St Breward Ward in by-election". Bude & Stratton Post. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  7. ^ "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL" (PDF). Cornwall Council. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Election results for St Teath and St Breward. Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 2nd May, 2013". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 10 March 2021.