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Truro Tregolls (electoral division)

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Truro Tregolls
ward
Cornwall Council.
Outline map
Boundary of Truro Tregolls in Cornwall from 2021.
CountyCornwall
Population6,555
Electorate4,802
Current ward
Created2021 (2021)
CouncillorLoic Rich (Independent)
Number of councillorsOne
Created fromTruro Tregolls
UK Parliament constituencyTruro and Falmouth

Truro Tregolls (Cornish: Truru Tregollas) is an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom and returns one member to sit on Cornwall Council. The current Councillor is Loic Rich, an Independent.[1]

Background

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The division covers the east of Truro including Penair and Truro schools.[2][3] The ward is home to 6,555 residents, and an electorate of 4,784.

Within the ward, 907 people (13.8% of the residents) specified a Cornish only identity and 79 (1.2%) Cornish in combination with British - this is consistent with the rest of Cornwall (14% and 1.6% respectively).[4]

Councillors

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Election Member Party
2009 Doris Ansari Liberal Democrat
2013 Loic Rich Independent
2017
2021[note 1]

Election results

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2021 election: Truro Tregolls
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Loic Rich* 1,423 74.1 −1.2
Conservative Richard Ambler 291 15.1 −2.0
Green Martha Green 106 5.5 New
Labour Dianne Seale 101 5.3 New
Turnout 1,921 40 −0.9
Independent hold
Majority
1,132 58.9 -0.9
2017 election: Truro Tregolls[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Loic Rich 1,116 75.3 +34.5
Conservative Karlene Stokes 253 17.1 +1.0
Liberal Democrats Scott Bennett 109 7.3 −11.9
Majority 863 58.2 +36.6
Rejected ballots 5 0.3
Turnout 1483 40.9 +9.7
Independent hold Swing +36.6
2013 election: Truro Tregolls[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Loic Rich 461 40.8
Liberal Democrats Ros Cox 217 19.2
Conservative Judy Cresswell 182 16.1
UKIP James Minahan 169 14.9
Labour Margaret George 68 6.0
Green Godfrey Allen 29 2.6
Majority 244 21.6
Rejected ballots 5 0.4
Turnout 1131 31.2
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
2009 election: Truro Tregolls[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Doris Ansari 531 41.2
Conservative Jacqui Butler 348 27.0
Mebyon Kernow Loic Rich 293 22.7
Green Lindsay Southcombe 108 8.4
Majority 183 14.2
Majority 10 0.8
Turnout 1290 33.2
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Notes

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  1. ^ Election contested under new ward boundaries

References

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  1. ^ "Loic Rich". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Cornwall Council Interactive Map". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 31 October 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. ^ "Truro Tregolls: National identity (detailed)". censusdata.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Election results for Truro Tregolls Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Election results for Truro Tregolls Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 2nd May, 2013". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Election results for Truro Tregolls Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th June, 2009". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 31 October 2020.