St Buryan (electoral division)
# St Buryan (electoral division)

St Buryan (Cornish: Eglosveryan) was an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returned one member to sit on Cornwall Council between 2009 and 2021. It was abolished at the 2021 local elections, being succeeded by Land's End, Ludgvan, Madron, Gulval and Heamoor, and Mousehole, Newlyn and St Buryan.

## Councillors

| Election | Member | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2009 | | Bill Maddern | Conservative |
| 2013 | | Bill Maddern | Conservative |
| 2017 | | Helen Hawkins | Liberal Democrat |
| 2021 | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished |

## Extent

St Buryan represented the villages of Madron, Sancreed, Drift, Lamorna, St Buryan, Penberth, Treen, Porthgwarra, Porthcurno, Sennen and Sennen Cove, and the hamlets of Great Bosullow, Little Bosullow, Lower Bodinnar, Newbridge, Grumbla, Tregavarah, Brane, Crows-an-Wra, Kerris, Castallack, Tregadgwith, Trevorgans, Bottoms, St Levan, Trethewey, Trebehor, Trevescan, Mayon, Carn Towan and Escalls.

The division was nominally abolished during boundary changes at the 2013 election. From 2009 to 2013, the division covered 9,518 hectares in total; after the boundary changes in 2013, it covered 8,998 hectares.

## Election results

### 2017 election

2017 election: St Buryan :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helen Hawkins | 604 | 33.6 | 26.3 |
| | Conservative | Adrian Semmens | 555 | 30.9 | 9.5 |
| | Independent | Bill Maddern | 338 | 18.8 | New |
| | Labour | Jane Dunsmuir | 211 | 11.7 | 2.0 |
| | UKIP | Mary Smith | 82 | 4.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 49 | 2.7 | N/A |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1796 | 50.6 | 9.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### 2013 election

2013 election: St Buryan :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Bill Maddern | 608 | 40.4 | 6.8 |
| | Independent | Norman Bliss | 429 | 28.5 | New |
| | Labour | Juliet Eavis | 206 | 13.7 | New |
| | Green | Peter Hardy | 150 | 10.0 | 10.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frank Blewett | 110 | 7.3 | 24.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 179 | 11.9 | 3.2 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1506 | 41.0 | 5.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 2009 election

2009 election: St Buryan :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Bill Maddern | 814 | 47.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sharon Brolly | 554 | 32.1 | |
| | Green | Rob Pickering | 347 | 20.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 260 | 15.1 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1725 | 46.7 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
