title: St Austell Bay (electoral division)
text: # St Austell Bay (electoral division)
  
  St Austell Bay (Cornish: Baya Ti war Dreth) 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 Mevagissey and St Austell Bay.
  
  ## Councillors
  
  | Election | Member | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2009 | | Richard Stewart | Conservative |
  | 2013 | | Tom French | Conservative |
  | 2017 | | Tom French | Conservative |
  | 2021 | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished |
  
  ## Extent
  
  St Austell Bay represented the south east of the town of St Austell, including Carlyon Bay, the suburb of Holmbush and part of the suburb of Sandy Bottom (which was shared with the Mount Charles division), as well as the villages of Higher Porthpean and Charlestown, and the hamlets of Lower Porthpean, Trenarren and Tregrehan Mills. Duporth was shared with the Mevagissey division. The division was affected by boundary changes at the 2013 election. From 2009 to 2013, the division covered 610 hectares in total; after the boundary changes in 2013, it covered 881 hectares.
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 2017 election
  
  2017 election: St Austell Bay :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Tom French | 958 | 58.1 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Nicky Oxenham | 423 | 25.7 |
  | | Independent | Tim Jones | 178 | 10.8 |
  | | UKIP | Kevin Solly | 84 | 5.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 535 | 32.5 |
  | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1648 | 44.0 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### 2013 election
  
  2013 election: St Austell Bay :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Tom French | 582 | 45.8 |
  | | Independent | Anne Langley | 546 | 43.0 |
  | | Labour | Maggi Pitches | 129 | 10.2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 36 | 2.8 |
  | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 13 | 1.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1270 | 34.4 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### 2009 election
  
  2009 election: St Austell Bay :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Richard Stewart | 829 | 58.5 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Terry Ralph | 468 | 33.1 | |
  | | Labour | Ann Phillips | 98 | 6.9 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 361 | 25.5 | |
  | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 21 | 1.5 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1416 | 43.9 | |
  | | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
  