St Mawgan and Colan (electoral division)

St Mawgan and Colan
Former ward Cornwall Council.
Boundary of St Mawgan and Colan in from 2013-2021.
County	Cornwall
2013 (2013)–2021 (2021)
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	St Columb Minor and Colan St Columb Major, St Mawgan and St Wenn
Created from	Colan and Mawgan

St Mawgan and Colan (Cornish: Lannhernow ha Kolan)^[1][2] was an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returned one member to sit on Cornwall Council from 2013 to 2021. It was abolished at the 2021 local elections, being succeeded by St Columb Minor and Colan and St Columb Major, St Mawgan and St Wenn.

Councillors

Election	Member		Party
2013		John Fitter	Conservative
2017
2020			Independent[note 1]
2021	Seat abolished

Extent

St Mawgan and Colan covered the villages of Quintrell Downs, St Mawgan, Colan and the hamlets of Mountjoy, Chapel, Trebarber, Tregurrian, Mawgan Porth. The division covered 4,835 hectares in total.^[3]

Election results

2017 election

2017 election: St Mawgan and Colan^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Fitter[note 1]	728	61.1
	Independent	William Corbett	277	23.2
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Chappell	181	15.2
Majority			451	37.8
Rejected ballots			6	0.5
Turnout			1192	36.4
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

2013 election

2013 election: St Mawgan and Colan^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Fitter	588	75.5
	Mebyon Kernow	Rob Poole	185	23.7
Majority			403	51.7
Rejected ballots			6	0.8
Turnout			779	28.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes

1. Fitter quit the Conservatives in August 2020 after they did not select him as a candidate for the 2021 elections where the number of seats on the council was decreasing from 123 to 87.^[5]

References

1. "Henwyn Tyller A-Z". Akademi Kernewek. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
2. "Henwyn Tyller A-Z". Akademi Kernewek. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
3. "E05 Electoral Ward/Division St Mawgan and Colan". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
4. "Election results for St Mawgan and Colan Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
5. "Councillor John Fitter quits Conservatives as shrinking council forces scramble for seats". Cornwall Reports. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
6. "Election results for St Mawgan and Colan Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 2nd May, 2013". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 6 May 2021.