St Blazey ( Cornish: ) is an

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in the

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which returns one member to sit on

Cornwall Council Cornwall Council ( ), known between 1889 and 2009 as Cornwall County Council (), is the local authority which governs the non-metropolitan county of Cornwall in South West England. Since 2009 it has been a Unitary authorities of England, unitary ...

. The current Councillor is Pauline Giles, a

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. The current division is distinct from the division of the same name used from 2013 to 2021; it is much larger than the former iteration, having absorbed most of the former Par and St Blazey Gate division as part of boundary changes at the 2021 election.

Councillors

2013-2021

2021-present

2021-present division

Extent

The current division represents

St Blazey St Blazey () is a small town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. St Blaise is the civil parishes in England, civil parish in which St Blazey is situated; the name St Blaise is also used by the town council. The village of Biscovey and the se ...

and Biscovey as well as the hamlet of

Bodelva Bodelva () is a hamlet in south Cornwall, England, UK, in the civil parish of St Blaise. It is about west of St Blazey.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' Bodelva is the location of the Eden Project, opened in 2001 ...

and the western part of

Par Par may refer to: Finance * Par value, stated value or face value in finance and accounting * Par yield or par rate, in finance Games * Par (score), the number of strokes a proficient golfer should require to complete a hole, round or tournament ...

. It also covers the site of the

Eden Project The Eden Project () is a visitor attraction in Cornwall, England. The project is located in a reclaimed china clay clay pit, pit.Ordnance Survey (2005). ''OS Explorer Map 107 – Fowey, Looe & Lostwithiel''. . The complex is dominated by two h ...

and

Tregrehan House Tregrehan is a country house near St. Blazey, Cornwall, designed by George Wightwick. It is described by Nikolaus Pevsner as "Late Georgian ... granite ... Ionic colonnade", lso"a pretty little lodge". Tregrehan has been home of the Carlyon fam ...

Election results

2021 election

2013-2021 division

Extent

The former division represented the town of

, and the hamlets of

Tywardreath Highway Originally a small mining hamlet, after expansion during the 20th century, Tywardreath Highway now directly adjoins St Blazey St Blazey () is a small town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. St Blaise is the civil parishes in England, ...

, Porcupine,

Penpillick Penpillick is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, UK. It is about two miles north of St Blazey St Blazey () is a small town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. St Blaise is the civil parishes in England, civil parish in which St Blazey is situa ...

. The hamlet of

was shared with the Par and St Blazey Gate division and the hamlet of

Kilhallon Kilhallon is a hamlet in the civil parish of Tywardreath and Par, Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Corni ...

was shared with the Fowey and Tywardreath division. The division covered 487 hectares in total.

Councillors

2013-2021

2021-present

2021-present division

Extent

Election results

2021 election

2013-2021 division

Extent

Election results

2017 election

2013 election

References