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 | |
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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] |
Election | Member | Party | |
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2013 | Dorothy Kirk | Labour | |
2017 | |||
2021 | Seat abolished |
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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dorothy Kirk | 800 | 44.4 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Sydney Booth | 660 | 36.7 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Theo Brown | 340 | 18.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 140 | 7.8 | ![]() | ||
Rejected ballots | 0 | 0.0 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1800 | 50.0 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |
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