St Austell Gover (electoral division)

St Austell Gover is an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom and returns one member to sit on Cornwall Council. The current Councillor is Sandra Heyward, an Independent.[1]

St Austell Gover
UK Parliament Constituency: St Austell and Newquay
Ceremonial county: Cornwall
Cornwall Councillors
Name Party Years
Sandra Heyward Independent 2013-
Jenny Mason Conservative 2009-2013

Extent

St Austell Gover covers the west side of St Austell and most of the town centre (some of which is covered by the Mount Charles division).[2] The division covers 152 hectares in total.[3]

Election results

2017 election
2017 election: St Austell Gover[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sandra Heyward 390 35.2
Conservative Sunny Krishnan 309 27.9
Liberal Democrats Tim Styles 144 13.0
Labour Joey Bishop 125 11.3
UKIP David Mathews 76 6.9
Green Greg Matthews 57 5.1
Majority 81 7.3
Rejected ballots 8 0.7
Turnout 1109 34.3
Independent hold Swing

2013 election
2013 election: St Austell Gover[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sandra Heyward 475 53.1
Conservative Jenny Stewart 290 32.4
Labour Ann Phillips 126 14.1
Majority 185 20.7
Rejected ballots 3 0.3
Turnout 894 26.2
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

2009 election
2009 election: St Austell Gover[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jenny Mason 569 48.1
Liberal Democrats Sandra Heyward 516 43.7
Labour Muriel Richardson 72 6.1
Majority 53 4.5
Rejected ballots 25 2.1
Turnout 1182 35.1
Conservative win (new seat)

References
  1. "Sandra Heyward". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  2. "Cornwall Council Interactive Map". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  3. "E05 Electoral Ward/Division St Austell Gover". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  4. "Election results for St Austell Gover Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  5. "Election results for St Austell Gover Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 2nd May, 2013". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  6. "Election results for St Austell Gover Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th June, 2009". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
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