Mousehole, Newlyn and St Buryan (electoral division)

Mousehole, Newlyn and St Buryan is an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returns one member to sit on Cornwall Council. It was created at the 2021 local elections, being formed from the former divisions of Newlyn and Mousehole and St Buryan, as well as parts of Penzance Promenade. The current councillor is Thalia Marrington, a Liberal Democrat.^[1]

Mousehole, Newlyn and St Buryan
ward Cornwall Council.
Boundary of Mousehole, Newlyn and St Buryan in Cornwall from 2021.
County	Cornwall
Current ward
Created	2021 (2021)
Councillor	Thalia Marrington (Liberal Democrat)
Number of councillors	One
Created from	Newlyn and Mousehole St Buryan Penzance Promenade

Extent

The division represents the town of Newlyn, the villages of St Buryan, Mousehole, Paul and Lamorna, and the hamlets of Tredavoe, Sheffield, Kerris, Castallack, Tregadgwith and Crows-an-Wra. The hamlet of Bottoms and the Penberth valley is shared with the Land's End division.^[2]

Election results

2021 election

Jon Lansman was reported to be standing as the Labour Party candidate for the 2021 elections,^[3][4] and was listed on St Ives Labour Party's website,^[5] but was never nominated as a candidate for the ward.^[6] He was reported to have withdrawn for personal reasons and was not replaced by the local party.^[7]

2021 election: Mousehole, Newlyn and St Buryan^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Thalia Marrington	1,008	44.1
	Conservative	William Bolitho	945	41.4
	Green	Ian Flindall	307	13.4
Majority			63	2.8
Rejected ballots			24	1.1
Turnout			2284	46.4
Registered electors			4927[9]
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

• Cornwall portal

1. "Thalia Marrington". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
2. "Cornwall Council Interactive Map". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
3. "Lansman plots his Cornish comeback". The Spectator. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
4. Aaron Greenaway (16 February 2021). "Man who got Jeremy Corbyn to power now wants to be a Cornwall councillor". Cornwall Live. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
5. "Jon Lansman Cornwall Council – Mousehole, Newlyn & St Buryan". St Ives Labour Party. Archived from the original on 26 March 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
6. "Statement of Persons Nominated - Election of a Councillor for Mousehole, Newlyn and St Buryan ED" (PDF). Cornwall Council. 9 April 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
7. Steerpike (11 April 2021). "Lansman's council bid loses Momentum". The Spectator. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
8. "Election results for Mousehole, Newlyn & St Buryan Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 6th May, 2021". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
9. Returning Officer, Cornwall (13 May 2021). Election of COUNCILLORS for the Electoral Divisions of Cornwall Council Summary of Results. Truro: Cornwall Council. p. 11.