Roche (electoral division)

Roche
Former ward Cornwall Council.
Boundary of Roche in Cornwall from 2013-2021.
County	Cornwall
2013 (2013)–2021 (2021)
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	Roche and Bugle
Created from	Roche
2009 (2009)–2013 (2013)
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	Roche
Created from	Council created

Roche (Cornish: Tregarrek) 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 Roche and Bugle.

Councillors

Election	Member		Party
2009		John Wood	Independent
2013
2017
2021	Seat abolished

Extent

Roche represented the villages of Whitemoor, Roche, Belowda and Bilberry, and the hamlets of Trezaise, Carbis, Tregoss and Victoria. The division was affected by boundary changes at the 2013 election. From 2009 to 2013, the division covered 3081 hectares in total; from 2013 to 2021, it covered 3,177 hectares.

Election results

2017 election

2017 election: Roche

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Wood	601	46.7	5.9
	Mebyon Kernow	Brian Higman	369	28.7	10.8
	Conservative	Andrew Hannan	140	10.9	3.0
	UKIP	Zachary Bishop	100	7.8	New
	Liberal Democrats	George Taylor	72	5.6	New
Majority			232	18.0	4.8
Rejected ballots			4	0.3	0.3
Turnout			1286	41.2	13.4
	Independent hold		Swing

2013 election

2013 election: Roche

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Wood	448	52.6	0.2
	Mebyon Kernow	Brian Higman	336	39.5	New
	Conservative	Derek Walker	67	7.9	5.4
Majority			112	13.2	6.4
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	0.7
Turnout			851	27.8	11.9
	Independent hold		Swing

2009 election

2009 election: Roche

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Wood	601	52.8
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Higman	378	33.2
	Conservative	Rachel Beadle	151	13.3
Majority			223	19.6
Rejected ballots			8	0.7
Turnout			1138	39.7
	Independent win (new seat)