Liskeard South and Dobwalls (electoral division)

Liskeard South and Dobwalls
ward Cornwall Council.
Boundary of Liskeard South and Dobwalls in Cornwall from 2021-present.
County	Cornwall
Current ward
Created	2021 (2021)
Councillor	Jane Pascoe (Conservative)
Number of councillors	One
Created from	Liskeard West and Dobwalls Trelawny Menheniot
2009 (2009)–2013 (2013)
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	Liskeard West and Dobwalls
Created from	Council established

Liskeard South and Dobwalls (Cornish: Lyskerrys Soth ha Fosow Dobb) is an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom and elects one member to sit on Cornwall Council. The current councillor is Jane Pascoe, a member of the Conservative Party.^[1]

Liskeard South and Dobwalls was also the name of a smaller electoral division on Cornwall Council between 2009 and 2013, when it was replaced with Liskeard West and Dobwalls.^[2]

Councillors

2009-2013

Election	Member		Party
2009		Mike George	Liberal Democrat
2013	Seat abolished

2021-present

Election	Member		Party
2021		Jane Pascoe	Conservative

2021-present division

Extent

The division covers the settlements of East Taphouse, Doublebois, St Pinnock, Dobwalls, Herodsfoot, St Keyne, Duloe, Treninnick, Looe and southwestern Liskeard. It borders St Cleer & Menheniot to the north and east, Liskeard Central and Looe East & Deviock to the east, Looe West, Pelynt, Lansallos & Lanteglos to the south, as well as Lostwithiel & Lanreath to the west.^[3]

Election results

2021 election

2021 election: Liskeard South and Dobwalls^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Pascoe	1,442	60.61	New
	Liberal Democrats	Jesse Foot	538	22.61	New
	Labour	Simon Cassidy	265	11.14	New
	Green	Simon Cassidy	134	5.63	New
Majority			904	38.00
Rejected ballots			15	0.63
	Conservative win (new seat)

2009-2013 division

Extent

The 2009 division was much smaller than the current division.^[5] It covered the south west of Liskeard, including the suburb of Moorswater, and the village of Dobwalls.^[5] The Liskeard West and Dobwalls division that replaced it was very similar in size.^[2]

Election results

2009 election

2009 election: Liskeard South and Dobwalls^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike George	832	56.5	New
	Conservative	Sue James-Smith	510	34.6	New
	BNP	Alan Cook	115	7.8	New
Majority			322	21.9
Rejected ballots			16	1.1
Turnout			1473	44.0
Registered electors			3,348
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

1. "Councillor details - Jane Pascoe". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
2. "Map referred to in the Cornwall (Electoral Changes) Order 2011 Sheet 16 of 20". UK Government Web Archive. 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
3. "Cornwall Council Interactive Map". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
4. "Election results for Liskeard South & Dobwalls, 6 May 2021". Cornwall Council. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
5. "Liskeard & Looe Community Network Area & Electoral Divisions". Cornwall Council. Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
6. "Election results for Liskeard South and Dobwalls Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th June, 2009". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 19 August 2023.