Four Lanes (electoral division)

Four Lanes (Cornish: Peder Bownder)[1] 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 Four Lanes, Beacon and Troon and Pool and Tehidy.

Four Lanes
Former ward
Cornwall Council.
Outline map
Boundary of Four Lanes in from 2013-2021.
CountyCornwall
2013 (2013)2021 (2021)
Number of councillorsOne
Replaced byFour Lanes, Beacon and Troon
Pool and Tehidy
Created fromCarn Brea South

Councillors

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Election Member Party
2013 Derek Elliot UKIP
2017 Robert Hendry Independent
2021 Seat abolished

Extent

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Four Lanes covered the villages of Piece, Carnkie and Four Lanes and the hamlets of Tolskithy, Penhallick and Treskillard. The village of Illogan Highway was shared with the Pool and Tehidy division, the settlement of Blowinghouse was shared with the Redruth North division, the village of Brea was shared with the Camborne Treslothan division and parts of Carn Brea Village were covered by Redruth South division. The division covered 922 hectares in total.[2]

Election results

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2017 election: Four Lanes[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Robert Hendry 509 42.7
Liberal Democrats Florence Macdonald 280 23.5
Conservative Peter Sheppard 233 19.5
Mebyon Kernow Christopher Lawrence 82 6.9
Liberal Paul Holmes 77 6.5
Majority 229 19.2
Rejected ballots 12 1.0
Turnout 1193 34.2
Independent gain from UKIP Swing
2013 election: Four Lanes[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Derek Elliot 239 28.5
Conservative Peter Sheppard 173 20.6
Labour Metthew Brown 169 20.1
Liberal Paul Holmes 143 17.0
Mebyon Kernow Christopher Lawrence 115 13.7
Majority 66 7.9
Rejected ballots 0 0.0
Turnout 839 24.5
UKIP win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ "Henwyn Tyller A-Z". Akademi Kernewek. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  2. ^ "E05 Electoral Ward/Division Four Lanes". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Election results for Four Lanes Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Election results for Four Lanes Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 2nd May, 2013". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 19 April 2021.