Illogan (electoral division)
# Illogan (electoral division)

Illogan (Cornish: Egloshalow) 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 Illogan and Portreath.

## Councillors

| Election | Member | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2009 | | Terry Wilkins | Conservative |
| 2013 | | Terry Wilkins | Conservative |
| 2014 by-election | | David Ekinsmyth | Liberal Democrat |
| 2017 | | David Ekinsmyth | Liberal Democrat |
| 2021 | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished |

## Extent

Illogan represented the villages of Illogan and West Tolgus, including much of Tehidy Woods. The division was nominally abolished and reconstituted in boundary changes at the 2013 elections, but this had little effect on the ward. Before boundary changes, the division covered 733 hectares in total; afterwards, it covered 793 hectares.

## Election results

### 2017 election

2017 election: Illogan :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Ekinsmyth | 558 | 42.6 |
| | Independent | Dave Crabtree | 359 | 27.4 |
| | Conservative | Dominic Lonsdale | 348 | 26.6 |
| | Liberal | Jean Pollock | 39 | 3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 199 | 15.2 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1310 | 35.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### 2014 by-election

2014 by-election: Illogan :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Ekinsmyth | 277 | 23.8 |
| | Mebyon Kernow | Stephen Richardson | 217 | 18.6 |
| | Conservative | Adam Desmonde | 215 | 18.4 |
| | UKIP | Clive Polkinghorne | 156 | 13.4 |
| | Labour | Trevor Chalker | 129 | 11.1 |
| | Liberal | Paul Holmes | 121 | 10.4 |
| | Green | Jacqueline Merrick | 50 | 4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 60 | 5.1 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1 | 0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1166 | 32.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### 2013 election

2013 election: Illogan :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Terry Wilkins | 331 | 28.7 |
| | Mebyon Kernow | Stephen Richardson | 290 | 25.1 |
| | UKIP | Don Armstrong | 259 | 22.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Ekinsmyth | 157 | 13.6 |
| | Labour | Linda Moore | 113 | 9.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 41 | 3.6 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1154 | 30.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### 2009 election

2009 election: Illogan :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Terry Wilkins | 407 | 32.5 | |
| | Liberal | Paul Holmes | 318 | 25.4 | |
| | Independent | Graham Ford | 312 | 24.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Amanda Mannion | 123 | 9.8 | |
| | Labour | Vanessa Fry | 81 | 6.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 89 | 7.1 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1252 | 37.7 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
