Camborne Treswithian (electoral division)

Camborne Treswithian
Former ward Cornwall Council.
Boundary of Camborne Treswithian in Cornwall from 2013-2021.
County	Cornwall
2013 (2013)–2021 (2021)
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	Camborne West and Treswithian
Created from	Camborne West[1][2]

Camborne Treswithian (Cornish: Kammbronn Trevaswedhen)[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 Camborne West and Treswithian.

Councillors

Election	Member		Party
2013		Viv Lewis	UKIP
2017		David Biggs	Conservative
2021	Seat abolished

Extent

Camborne Treswithian represented the west of the town of Camborne, including the suburb of Treswithian, as well as the hamlets of Reskadinnick and Kehelland. The division covered 1239 hectares in total.[4]

Election results

2017 election

2017 election: Camborne Treswithian[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Biggs	451	44.7
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Pascoe	237	23.5
	Labour	Dave Wilkins	215	21.3
	Independent	Michael Champion	53	5.3
	Green	Jacqueline Merrick	49	4.9
Majority			214	21.2
Rejected ballots			4	0.4
Turnout			1009	33.9
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

2013 election

2013 election: Camborne Treswithian[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Viv Lewis	232	26.5
	Labour	Steve Richards	220	25.1
	Conservative	Jeff Collins	216	24.7
	Mebyon Kernow	Mike Champion	204	23.3
Majority			12	1.4
Rejected ballots			3	0.3
Turnout			875	28.6
	UKIP win (new seat)

References

1. "Electoral Review of Cornwall - Sheet 5, Map 5 - Proposed Electoral Divisions in Camborne and Illogan" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. December 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
2. "Map referred to in the Cornwall (Electoral Changes) Order 2011 - Sheet 5, Map 5 - Electoral Divisions in Camborne and Illogan" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
3. "Henwyn Tyller A-Z". Akademi Kernewek. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
4. "E05 Electoral Ward/Division Camborne Treswithian". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
5. "Election results for Camborne Treswithian Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
6. "Election results for Camborne Treswithian Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 2nd May, 2013". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 5 April 2021.