Mount Hawke and Portreath (electoral division)

Mount Hawke and Portreath is an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom and returns one member to sit on Cornwall Council. The current Councillor is Joyce Duffin, the deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats on the council.[1]

Mount Hawke and Portreath
UK Parliament Constituency:		Camborne and Redruth
Ceremonial county:		Cornwall
Cornwall Councillors
Name	Party		Years
Joyce Duffin		Liberal Democrats	2009-

Extent

The division covers the villages of Portreath, Porthtowan and Mount Hawke as well as the hamlets of Menagissey, Cambrose and Banns. Parts of Mawla and Wheal Rose are also included, with both being split between the divisions of Mount Hawke & Portreath and Redruth North.[2][3]

Election results

2017 election

2017 election: Mount Hawke and Portreath[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Duffin	896	58.0
	Conservative	John Morgan	469	30.4
	Labour	Linda Moore	173	11.2
Majority			427	27.7
Rejected ballots			6	0.4
Turnout			1544	41.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2013 election

2013 election: Mount Hawke and Portreath[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Duffin	808	66.3
	UKIP	Eileen Lewis	281	23.1
	Labour	Phillip Knight	123	10.1
Majority			527	43.2
Rejected ballots			7	0.6
Turnout			1219	33.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2009 election

2009 election: Mount Hawke and Portreath[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Duffin	518	36.2
	Conservative	Eugene Hope	417	29.2
	Independent	Rose Woodward	130	9.1
	Mebyon Kernow	Ray Chubb	123	8.6
	Liberal	Lindsay Richards	78	5.5
	Labour	David Acton	57	4.0
	Independent	Ian Newby	56	3.9
	Independent	Dennis Howland	35	2.4
Majority			101	7.1
Rejected ballots			16	1.1
Turnout			1430	41.2
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

1. "Joyce Duffin". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
2. "Cornwall Council Interactive Map". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
3. "Final recommendations published for Cornwall Council". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
4. "Election results for Mount Hawke and Portreath Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
5. "Election results for Mount Hawke and Portreath Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 2nd May, 2013". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
6. "Election results for Mount Hawke and Portreath Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th June, 2009". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 13 November 2020.