Gunnislake and Calstock (electoral division)

Gunnislake and Calstock (Cornish: Dowrgonna ha Kalstok)^[3][4] 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 succeeded by Calstock.

Gunnislake and Calstock
Former ward Cornwall Council
Boundary of Gunnislake and Calstock in from 2013-2021.
County	Cornwall
2013 (2013)–2021 (2021)
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	Calstock
Created from	Gunnislake[1][2]

Councillors

Election	Member		Party
2013		Dorothy Kirk	Labour
2017
2021	Seat abolished

Extent

Gunnislake and Calstock represented the villages of Calstock, Dimson, Gunnislake and Drakewalls, and the hamlets of Albaston and St Ann's Chapel. It was bordered to the east by the River Tamar and to the west by the division of St Dominick, Harrowbarrow and Kelly Bray, and covered a total area of 1120 hectares.^[5]

Election results

2017 election

2017 election: Gunnislake and Calstock^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Kirk	800	44.4	10.1
	Conservative	Sydney Booth	660	36.7	6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Theo Brown	340	18.9	8.0
Majority			140	7.8	3.6
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	0.3
Turnout			1800	50.0	12.3
	Labour hold		Swing

2013 election

2013 election: Gunnislake and Calstock^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Kirk	477	34.3
	Conservative	Russell Bartlett	418	30.0
	UKIP	Sam Gardner	341	24.5
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Emery	152	10.9
Majority			59	4.2
Rejected ballots			4	0.3
Turnout			1392	37.7
	Labour win (new seat)