St Mewan (electoral division)

St Mewan
Former ward Cornwall Council.
Boundary of St Mewan in from 2013-2021.
County	Cornwall
2013 (2013)–2021 (2021)
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	St Mewan and Grampound
Created from	St Mewan
2009 (2009)–2013 (2013)
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	St Mewan
Created from	Council created

St Mewan was an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returned one member to sit on Cornwall Council from 2009 to 2021. The seat was vacant from February 2020 to May 2021, after the Conservative councillor Cherilyn Mackrory (née Williams) was elected as MP for Truro and Falmouth in the 2019 general election.[1][2] The coronavirus pandemic meant that a by-election could not be held and so the seat remained vacant until it was abolished at the 2021 local elections,[3] being replaced by St Mewan and Grampound.

Councillors

Election	Member		Party
2009		Robin Teverson	Liberal Democrat
2013		Malcolm Harris	Independent
2017		Cherilyn Williams	Conservative
2020		Vacant
2021	Seat abolished

Extent

St Mewan represented the villages of St Ewe, Sticker, Polgooth, St Mewan, Trewoon and the hamlets of Polmassick, Kestle, Hewas Water, Trelowth. Although the division was nominally abolished during boundary changes at the 2013 elections, this had little effect on the ward. Both before and after boundary changes, the division covered 3,319 hectares in total.[4][5]

Election results

2017 election

2017 election: St Mewan[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cherilyn Williams	713	56.6
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Teverson	543	43.1
Majority			170	13.5
Rejected ballots			3	0.2
Turnout			1259	41.3
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

2013 election

2013 election: St Mewan[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Malcolm Harris	367	36.2
	Conservative	John Kneller	323	31.8
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Lockyer	312	30.7
Majority			44	4.3
Rejected ballots			13	1.3
Turnout			1015	33.1
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2009 election

2009 election: St Mewan[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Teverson	496	38.8
	Conservative	Steve Serevena	458	35.9
	Independent	Chris Dodwell	318	24.9
Majority			38	3.0
Rejected ballots			5	0.4
Turnout			1277	42.0
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

1. "Cherilyn Williams". Cornwall Council. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
2. Richard Whitehouse (26 February 2020). "MP Cherilyn Mackrory resigns as member of Cornwall Council". Cornwall Live. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
3. "Elections called off". Cornish Stuff. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
4. "E05 Electoral Ward/Division St Mewan". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
5. "E05 Electoral Ward/Division St Mewan". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
6. "Election results for St Mewan Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
7. "Election results for St Mewan Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 2nd May, 2013". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
8. "Election results for St Mewan Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th June, 2009". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 6 May 2021.