Bodmin St Petroc (electoral division)

This article is about electoral division of Cornwall Council from 2013 to 2021. For electoral division of Cornwall Council from 2021, see Bodmin St Petroc's (electoral division).

Bodmin St Petroc
Former ward Cornwall Council.
Boundary of Bodmin St Petroc in Cornwall from 2013-2021.
County	Cornwall
2013 (2013)–2021 (2021)
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	Bodmin St Petroc's
Created from	Bodmin Central Bodmin East
Number of councillors	One

Bodmin St Petroc 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 the larger Bodmin St Petroc's.

Extent

Bodmin St Petroc represented the east side of Bodmin, the hamlet of Cooksland, and parts of the hamlet of Fletchersbridge (which was shared with Lanivet and Blisland). The division covered 752 hectares in total.[1]

Election results

2017 election

2017 election: Bodmin St Petroc[2][3][note 1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Leigh Frost	1,047	39.0
	Conservative	Sylvia Berry	914	34.1
	Labour	Marc Thorne	463	17.3
	Mebyon Kernow	John Gibbs	231	8.6
Majority			133	5.0
Rejected ballots			27	1.0
Turnout			2682	67.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

1. Although originally scheduled to take place on the same day as other elections to Cornwall Council (4 May 2017), the death of incumbent and Liberal Democrat candidate Steve Rogerson on 16 April meant the election was countermanded to a later date. The election for a new councillor was held on 8 June.[4]

2013 election

2013 election: Bodmin St Petroc[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Rogerson	649	55.3
	UKIP	John Masters	188	16.0
	Independent	Lance Kennedy	181	15.4
	Mebyon Kernow	John Gibbs	139	11.8
Majority			461	39.3
Rejected ballots			16	1.4
Turnout			1173	30.0
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

1. "E05 Electoral Ward/Division Bodmin St Petroc". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
2. "Election results for Bodmin St Petroc Bodmin St Petroc By-election - Thursday, 8th June, 2017". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
3. "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL" (PDF). Cornwall Council. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
4. "Cornwall Council and Parish and Town Council Elections - 4 May 2017". Cornwall Council. 8 May 2017. Archived from the original on 24 June 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
5. "Election results for Bodmin St Petroc Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 2nd May, 2013". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 12 January 2021.