Rame Peninsula (electoral division)

This article is about the former Cornwall Council electoral division. For the geographical feature in Cornwall, see Rame Peninsula.

Rame Peninsula
Former ward Cornwall Council.
Boundary of Rame Peninsula in from 2013-2021.
County	Cornwall
2013 (2013)–2021 (2021)
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	Rame Peninsula and St Germans
Created from	Rame

Rame Peninsula (Cornish: Gorenys an Ros) was an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returned one member to sit on Cornwall Council from 2013 to 2021. It was abolished at the 2021 local elections, being succeeded by Rame Peninsula and St Germans.

Councillors

Election	Member		Party
2013		George Trubody	Independent
2017
2021	Seat abolished

Extent

Rame Peninsula represented the villages of Portwrinkle, Crafthole, Wilcove, Antony, St John, Millbrook, Cremyll, Forder, Kingsand and Cawsand and the hamlets of Sheviock, Maryfield, Freathy and Rame. The division covered 3692 hectares in total.

Election results

2017 election

2017 election: Rame Peninsula

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	George Trubody	1,431	67.9	39.8
	Conservative	John Tivnan	469	22.2	5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Marian Candy	202	9.6	6.7
Majority			962	45.6	45.4
Rejected ballots			7	0.3	0.1
Turnout			2109	55.7	6.8
	Independent hold		Swing

2013 election

2013 election: Rame Peninsula

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	George Trubody	536	28.1	N/A
	Conservative	Chris Wilton	533	27.9	N/A
	UKIP	Peter McLaren	524	27.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Becky Lingard	312	16.3	N/A
Majority			3	0.2	N/A
Rejected ballots			4	0.2	N/A
Turnout			1909	48.9	N/A
	Independent win (new seat)