Truro Boscawen (electoral division)

Truro Boscawen is an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom and returns one member to sit on Cornwall Council. The current Councillor is Bert Biscoe, an Independent.[1]

Truro Boscawen
UK Parliament Constituency: Truro and Falmouth
Ceremonial county: Cornwall
Cornwall Councillors
Name Party Years
Bert Biscoe Independent 2013-
Rob Nolan Lib Dem 2009-13

Extent

Truro Boscawen covers almost the whole of the centre of Truro, including Truro Cathedral and the Royal Cornwall Museum, as well as the north of the city, including Tregurra, Moresk and most of Daubuz Moors (a small part of which is covered by the Truro Trehaverne division). Despite its name, it does not cover Boscawen Park which is entirely within the neighbouring Truro Tregolls division.[2] The division covers 164 hectares in total.[3]

Election results

2017 election
2017 election: Truro Boscawen[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Bert Biscoe 444 29.0
Conservative Jacqui Butler 413 26.9
Liberal Democrats Maurice Vella 362 23.6
Labour Chay Morris 155 10.1
Green Lindsay Southcombe 152 9.9
Majority 31 2.0
Rejected ballots 7 0.5
Turnout 1533 38.0
Independent hold Swing

2013 election
2013 election: Truro Boscawen[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Bert Biscoe 680 52.4
Conservative Noel Krishnan 226 17.4
Green Lindsay Southcombe 135 10.4
Liberal Democrats Maurice Vella 127 9.8
Labour Susan Street 125 9.6
Majority 454 35.0
Majority 5 0.4
Turnout 1298 31.1
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2009 election
2009 election: Truro Boscawen[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rob Nolan 578 39.2
Conservative Lorrie Eathorne-Gibbons 512 34.8
Green Howard Newlove 155 10.5
Mebyon Kernow Joanie Willett 149 10.1
Labour Alan Ogden 65 4.4
Majority 66 4.5
Rejected ballots 14 1.0
Turnout 1473 41.2
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References
  1. "Bert Biscoe". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  2. "Cornwall Council Interactive Map". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  3. "ONS Geography Linked Data | Truro Boscawen". statistics.data.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  4. "Election results for Truro Boscawen Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  5. "Election results for Truro Boscawen Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 2nd May, 2013". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  6. "Election results for Truro Boscawen Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th June, 2009". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
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