St Just in Penwith (electoral division)

This article is about the former Cornish electoral division. For the Cornish town, see St Just in Penwith.

St Just in Penwith
Former ward Cornwall Council.
Boundary of St Just in Penwith in from 2013-2021.
County	Cornwall
2013 (2013)–2021 (2021)
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	Land's End
Created from	St Just in Penwith
2009 (2009)–2013 (2013)
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	St Just in Penwith
Created from	Council created

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.

Councillors

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

Extent

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

2017 election

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

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

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. "Henwyn Tyller A-Z". Akademi Kernewek. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
2. "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.