Gwinear-Gwithian and St Erth (electoral division)

Gwinear-Gwithian and St Erth is an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom and returns one member to sit on Cornwall Council. The current Councillor is Lionel Pascoe, a Conservative.[1]

Extent

Gwinear-Gwithian and St Erth covers the towns of St Erth, the villages of Fraddam, Gwithian, Connor Downs and Gwinear, and the hamlets of St Erth Praze, Reawla, Wall, Carnhell Green, Upton Towans and Calloose. It also covers the area of Godrevy (including, nominally, Godrevy Lighthouse), parts of the hamlets of Rose-an-Grouse and Canon's Town (both shared with Ludgvan division), the village of Leedstown (shared with Crowan and Wendron division), and most of the hamlet of Roseworthy (shared with Camborne Treswithian and, to a lesser extent, Camborne Pendarves).[2]

2017 election: Gwinear-Gwithian and St Erth[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lionel Pascoe	690	45.8
	Independent	Angelo Spencer-Smith	396	26.3
	Independent	Michael Smith	245	16.3
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Blewett	171	11.3
Majority			294	19.5
Rejected ballots			5	0.3
Turnout			1507	40.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

2013 election: Gwinear-Gwithian and St Erth[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lionel Pascoe	414	30.0
	UKIP	Peter Channon	311	22.5
	Independent	Angelo Spencer-Smith	248	17.9
	Independent	Michael Roberts	183	13.2
	Labour	Michael Smith	118	8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Bates	61	4.4
	Green	Theresa Byrne	42	3.0
Majority			103	7.5
Rejected ballots			5	0.4
Turnout			1382	37.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

2009 election: Gwinear-Gwithian and St Erth[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ray Tovey	612	37.9
	Independent	Sheila Furneaux	547	33.9
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Leverton	356	22.1
	Labour	David Hughes	90	5.6
Majority			65	4.0
Rejected ballots			8	0.5
Turnout			1613	44.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

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