# Pool and Tehidy (electoral division)

Pool and Tehidy (Cornish: Poll ha Tihydin) is an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returns one member to sit on Cornwall Council. The current councillor is Conservative Philip Desmonde.
The current division is distinct from the division of the same name created in 2013, which was abolished at the 2021 local elections.

## Councillors
### 2013-2021

| Election | Member | Member | Party |
| 2013 | | Malcolm Moyle | Labour |
| 2017 | | Philip Desmonde | Conservative |
| 2021 | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished |

### 2021-present

| Election | Member | Member | Party |
| 2021 | | Philip Desmonde | Conservative |

## 2021-present division
### Extent

The current Pool and Tehidy division represents the villages of Pool and Illogan Highway, and the hamlets of South Tehidy, Roscroggan, Tolskithy, and Trevenson. The Tehidy manor is also included in the division, but much of the estate is part of the neighbouring Illogan and Portreath division. The hamlet of Penhallick is shared with the Four Lanes, Beacon and Troon division.

### Election results
#### 2021 election

2021 election: Pool and Tehidy :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Philip Desmonde | 557 | 42.4 | |
| | Labour | Malcolm Moyle | 350 | 26.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Florence Macdonald | 241 | 18.3 | |
| | Green | Jasmin Appleby | 85 | 6.5 | |
| | Mebyon Kernow | Christopher Lawrence | 69 | 5.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 207 | 15.7 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 13 | 1.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1315 | 25.6 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5129 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

## 2013-2021 division
### Extent

Pool and Tehidy represented the village of Pool, and the hamlets of South Tehidy, Roscroggan, and Trevenson. The Tehidy manor was also included in the division, but much of the estate was part of the neighbouring Illogan division. The division covered 697 hectares in total.

### Election results
#### 2017 election

2017 election: Pool and Tehidy :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Philip Desmonde | 424 | 40.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tom Goldring | 246 | 23.6 |
| | Labour | Val Kelynack | 225 | 21.6 |
| | UKIP | Michael Pascoe | 141 | 13.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 178 | 17.1 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1043 | 30.6 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |

#### 2013 election

2013 election: Pool and Tehidy :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Malcolm Moyle | 344 | 41.0 | |
| | Conservative | Clive Bramley | 244 | 29.0 | |
| | UKIP | Brenda Blakeley | 242 | 28.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 100 | 11.9 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 10 | 1.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 840 | 25.9 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |