Falmouth Smithick | |
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Former ward Cornwall Council. | |
County | Cornwall |
2013 – 2021 | |
Number of councillors | One |
Replaced by |
Falmouth Arwenack Falmouth Penwerris |
Created from | Porthleven and Helston South |
Falmouth Smithick ( Cornish: Aberfala Trengov) [1] was an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returned one member to sit on Cornwall Council between 2013 and 2021. It was abolished at the 2021 local elections, being absorbed by Falmouth Arwenack and Falmouth Penwerris.
Election | Member | Party | |
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2013 | Candy Atherton | Labour | |
2017 | Labour and Co-operative | ||
2018 | Jayne Kirkham | Labour | |
2021 | Seat abolished |
Falmouth Smithick represented the centre of the town of Falmouth, including Kimberley Park. The division covered 70 hectares in total. [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jayne Kirkham | 643 | 60.1 | ||
Conservative | Richard Cunningham | 184 | 17.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Spargo | 184 | 17.2 | ||
Green | Tom Scott | 57 | 5.3 | ||
Majority | 459 | 42.9 | |||
Rejected ballots | 1 | 0.1 | |||
Turnout | 1069 | 31.1 | |||
Labour gain from Labour Co-op | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Candy Atherton | 480 | 40.2 | ||
Conservative | Wendy Frost | 291 | 24.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Spargo | 225 | 18.8 | ||
Green | Tom Scott | 195 | 16.3 | ||
Majority | 189 | 15.8 | |||
Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.3 | |||
Turnout | 1195 | 35.7 | |||
Labour Co-op gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Candy Atherton | 316 | 33.0 | ||
Independent | Diana Merrett | 156 | 16.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kenny Edwards | 154 | 16.1 | ||
Conservative | Liz Ashcroft | 130 | 13.6 | ||
Independent | Christopher Smith | 115 | 12.0 | ||
Independent | Tony Canton | 74 | 7.7 | ||
Majority | 160 | 16.7 | |||
Rejected ballots | 12 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 957 | 27.7 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |