St Buryan (electoral division)

St Buryan
Former ward Cornwall Council.
Boundary of St Buryan in from 2013-2021.
County	Cornwall
2013 (2013)–2021 (2021)
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	Land's End Ludgvan, Madron, Gulval and Heamoor Mousehole, Newlyn and St Buryan
Created from	St Buryan
2009 (2009)–2013 (2013)
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	St Buryan
Created from	Council created

St Buryan (Cornish: Eglosveryan)^[1] was an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returned one member to sit on Cornwall Council between 2009 and 2021. It was abolished at the 2021 local elections, being succeeded by Land's End, Ludgvan, Madron, Gulval and Heamoor, and Mousehole, Newlyn and St Buryan.

Councillors

Election	Member		Party
2009		Bill Maddern	Conservative
2013
2017		Helen Hawkins	Liberal Democrat
2021	Seat abolished

Extent

St Buryan represented the villages of Madron, Sancreed, Drift, Lamorna, St Buryan, Penberth, Treen, Porthgwarra, Porthcurno, Sennen and Sennen Cove, and the hamlets of Great Bosullow, Little Bosullow, Lower Bodinnar, Newbridge, Grumbla, Tregavarah, Brane, Crows-an-Wra, Kerris, Castallack, Tregadgwith, Trevorgans, Bottoms, St Levan, Trethewey, Trebehor, Trevescan, Mayon, Carn Towan and Escalls.^[2]

The division was nominally abolished during boundary changes at the 2013 election. From 2009 to 2013, the division covered 9,518 hectares in total; after the boundary changes in 2013, it covered 8,998 hectares.^[2][3]

Election results

2017 election

2017 election: St Buryan^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Hawkins	604	33.6	26.3
	Conservative	Adrian Semmens	555	30.9	9.5
	Independent	Bill Maddern	338	18.8	New
	Labour	Jane Dunsmuir	211	11.7	2.0
	UKIP	Mary Smith	82	4.6	New
Majority			49	2.7	N/A
Rejected ballots			6	0.3	0.1
Turnout			1796	50.6	9.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

2013 election

2013 election: St Buryan^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Maddern	608	40.4	6.8
	Independent	Norman Bliss	429	28.5	New
	Labour	Juliet Eavis	206	13.7	New
	Green	Peter Hardy	150	10.0	10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Blewett	110	7.3	24.8
Majority			179	11.9	3.2
Rejected ballots			3	0.2	0.4
Turnout			1506	41.0	5.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

2009 election

2009 election: St Buryan^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Maddern	814	47.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Brolly	554	32.1
	Green	Rob Pickering	347	20.1
Majority			260	15.1
Rejected ballots			10	0.6
Turnout			1725	46.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

1. "Henwyn Tyller A-Z". Akademi Kernewek. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
2. "E05 Electoral Ward/Division St Buryan E05009248". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
3. "E05 Electoral Ward/Division St Buryan E05008286". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
4. "Election results for St Buryan Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
5. "Election results for St Buryan Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 2nd May, 2013". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
6. "Election results for St Buryan Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th June, 2009". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 5 May 2021.