St Teath and St Breward (electoral division)

St Teath and St Breward
Former ward Cornwall Council.
Boundary of St Teath and St Breward in from 2013-2021.
County	Cornwall
2013 (2013)–2021 (2021)
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	St Teath and Tintagel
Created from	St 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

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

Extent

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

2017 election

2017 election: St Teath and St Breward[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Fairman	994	69.7	24.9
	Conservative	John Phillips	348	24.4	9.8
	Labour	David Garrigan	81	5.7	0.9
Majority			646	45.3	18.0
Rejected ballots			4	0.3	0.3
Turnout			1427	44.9	2.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2016 by-election

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	13.4
	Independent	William Kitto	242	17.5	New
	Conservative	Jeremy Stanford-Davis	202	14.6	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	1.1
Turnout			1384	42.8	4.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

2013 election

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

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.