Helston South (electoral division)
# Helston South (electoral division)

Helston South (Cornish: Hellys Soth) 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 Helston North and Helston South and Meneage.

## Councillors

| Election | Member | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2013 | | Judith Haycock | Independent |
| 2017 | | John Martin | Liberal Democrat |
| 2021 | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished |

## Extent

Helston South represented the centre of the town of Helston as well as parts of Culdrose. The division covered 360 hectares in total.

## Election results

### 2017 election

2017 election: Helston South :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Martin | 455 | 39.6 |
| | Conservative | David Adams | 371 | 32.3 |
| | Independent | James Buchanan | 131 | 11.4 |
| | Mebyon Kernow | Alice Waddoups | 109 | 9.5 |
| | UKIP | Thomas Maher | 79 | 6.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 84 | 7.3 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1150 | 29.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | |

### 2013 election

2013 election: Helston South :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Independent | Judith Haycock | 427 | 38.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Martin | 215 | 19.5 | |
| | UKIP | Scott Blandford | 210 | 19.0 | |
| | Conservative | Tanya Dyer | 141 | 12.8 | |
| | Independent | James Buchanan | 94 | 8.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 212 | 19.2 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 18 | 1.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1105 | 27.7 | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
