# Menheniot (electoral division)

Menheniot (Cornish: Mahynyet) 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 split between the new divisions of Lynher, St Cleer and Menheniot, Looe East and Deviock, and Liskeard South and Dobwalls.

## Councillors

| Election | Member | Member | Party |
| 2009 | | Bernie Ellis | Conservative |
| 2013 | | Bernie Ellis | Conservative |
| 2016 by-election | | Phil Seeva | Conservative |
| 2017 | | Phil Seeva | Conservative |
| 2021 | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished |

## Extent

Menheniot represented the villages of East Taphouse, Doublebois, St Keyne, Merrymeet, Menheniot and Quethiock, and the hamlets of Redpost, Treburgie Water, Trevelmond, St Pinnock, Trewidland, Horningtops, Pengover Green, Lower Clicker, Doddycross, Trehunist and Blunts. The village of Herodsfoot was shared with the Trelawny division.
The division was nominally abolished during boundary changes at the 2013 election, but this had little effect on the ward. Both before and after the boundary changes, the division covered 8,644 hectares in total.

## Election results
### 2017 election

2017 election: Menheniot :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Phil Seeva | 834 | 53.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles Boney | 701 | 45.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 133 | 8.6 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1546 | 48.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### 2016 by-election

2016 by-election: Menheniot :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Phil Seeva | 532 | 40.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles Boney | 472 | 35.9 |
| | UKIP | Duncan Odgers | 177 | 13.5 |
| | Labour | Martin Menear | 67 | 5.1 |
| | Green | Richard Sedgley | 65 | 4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 60 | 4.6 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1 | 0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1314 | 42.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### 2013 election

2013 election: Menheniot :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Bernie Ellis | 549 | 37.7 |
| | UKIP | David Clue | 450 | 30.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles Boney | 352 | 24.1 |
| | Green | Richard Sedgley | 93 | 6.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 99 | 6.8 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 14 | 1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1458 | 46.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### 2009 election

2009 election: Menheniot :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Bernie Ellis | 746 | 47.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Francis | 433 | 27.4 | |
| | UKIP | David Clue | 389 | 24.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 313 | 19.8 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 15 | 0.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1583 | 50.6 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |