St Just in Penwith (
Cornish: ) was an
electoral division
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other poli ...
of
Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...
in the
United Kingdom
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which returned one member to sit on
Cornwall Council
Cornwall Council ( kw, Konsel Kernow) is the unitary authority for Cornwall in the United Kingdom, not including the Isles of Scilly, which has its own unitary council. The council, and its predecessor Cornwall County Council, has a tradition o ...
between 2009 and 2021. It was abolished at the
2021 local elections, being succeeded by the
Land's End division.
Councillors
Extent
The division represented the town of
St Just, the villages of
Pendeen
Pendeen (from kw, Penn Din meaning "headland fort", previously known as kw, Boskaswal Wartha, meaning "Caswal's high dwelling") is a village and ecclesiastical parish on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is north-northea ...
,
Boscaswell
Boscaswell ( kw, Boscaswal) is a village in the extreme west of Cornwall, England, UK. It lies towards the cliffs from Pendeen, looking west across fields to the Atlantic Ocean. Boscaswell lies within the St Just in Penwith division of Cornw ...
,
Trewellard
Trewellard (from kw, Trewylard, meaning "Gwylard's settlement"; ) is a small village on the north coast road between St Just and St Ives in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies along the B3306 road which connects St Ives to the A30 roa ...
, and
Botallack
Botallack ( kw, Bostalek, meaning "Talek's dwelling") is a village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies along the B3306 road which connects St Ives in the east to the A30 road, near Land's End. The village is included in the St ...
as well as the hamlets of
Carnyorth
Carnyorth (from kw, Karnyorgh, meaning "crag of the roe deer") is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is approximately one mile (1.6 km) south of Pendeen and six miles (10 km) northwest of Penzance. It is in the civi ...
,
Higher Boscaswell,
Tregeseal and
Kelynack
Kelynack (from kw, Kelynek, meaning "abundant with holly") is a settlement in west Cornwall, England, UK.
Geography
Kelynack is on the Penwith peninsula approximately four miles (6 km) north north-east of Land's End and one mile (1.6 ...
. The division also included
Land's End Airport
Land's End Airport , situated near St Just in Penwith, west of Penzance, in Cornwall, is the most south westerly airport of mainland Britain. The airport is owned by the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company (ISSC). ISSC's subsidiary Land's End ...
.
The division was nominally abolished during boundary changes at the
2013 election. From 2009 to 2013, the division covered 3103 hectares in total; after the boundary changes in 2013, it covered 3093 hectares.
Election results
2017 election
2013 election
2009 election
References
Electoral divisions of Cornwall Council
St Just in Penwith
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