Gunnislake (electoral division)

Gunnislake was an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom. As a division of Cornwall Council, it returned one member from 2009 to 2013 before being redistricted into Gunnislake and Calstock. As a division of Caradon District Council, it returned one member from 1973 to 2003, when seats were rearranged.

Councillors

Cornwall Council

Election	Member		Party
2009		Russell Bartlett	Conservative
2013	Seat abolished; replaced by Gunnislake and Calstock

Caradon District Council

Election	Member		Party
1973		I. Standing	Independent
1976		L. Rodda
1979		T. Smale	Labour
1983
1987
1991
1995
1999
2003	Seat abolished

Cornwall Council division

Gunnislake
Former ward Cornwall Council.
County	Cornwall
2009 (2009)–2013 (2013)
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	Gunnislake and Calstock
Created from	Council created

Election results

2009 election

2009 election: Gunnislake^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell Bartlett	512	29.7
	Independent	Dorothy Kirk	324	18.8
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Waterworth	323	18.7
	UKIP	Sam Gardner	288	16.7
	Green	Nigel Miles	209	12.1
	Independent	Sharon Daw	67	38.9
Majority			188	10.9
Turnout			1723	48.1
	Conservative win (new seat)

Caradon District Council division

Gunnislake
Former ward Caradon District Council.
County	Cornwall
1973 (1973)–2003 (2003)
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	Calstock[2]
Created from	Council created

Election results

1999 election

1999 election: Gunnislake^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Smale	457	67.4
	Liberal Democrats	A. Darby	221	32.6
Majority			236	34.8
Turnout			678	47.8
	Labour hold		Swing

1995 election

1995 election: Gunnislake^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Smale	Unopposed
Majority			N/A
Turnout			N/A
	Labour hold		Swing

1991 election

1991 election: Gunnislake^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Smale	Unopposed
Majority			N/A
Turnout			N/A
	Labour hold		Swing

1987 election

1987 election: Gunnislake^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Smale[note 1]	Unopposed
Majority			N/A
Turnout			N/A
	Labour hold		Swing

1. Although the source has the candidate at this election recorded as "G. Smale", it is assumed that this is an error

1983 election

1983 election: Gunnislake^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Smale	Uncontested
Majority			N/A
Turnout			N/A
	Labour hold		Swing

1979 election

1979 election: Gunnislake^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Smale	407	51.6
	Independent	G. Southcott	382	48.4
Majority			25	3.2
Turnout			789	78.0
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

1976 election

1976 election: Gunnislake^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	L. Rodda	215	39.2
	Independent	A. Knott	208	37.9
	Labour	T. Smale	126	23.0
Majority			7
Turnout			549	57.1
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

1973 election

1979 election: Gunnislake^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	I. Standing	271	70.9
	Independent	M. Hunt	87	22.8
	Independent	T. Kerslake	24	6.3
Majority			184	48.2
Turnout			382	38.0
	Independent win (new seat)

See also

• Politics of Cornwall
• Caradon

References

1. "Election results for Gunnislake Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th June, 2009". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
2. "The District of Caradon (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 - SCHEDULE NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
3. "Caradon District Council Election Results 1973-2007" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 31 December 2020.