# Hayle South (electoral division)

Hayle South (Cornish: Heyl Soth) 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 Gwinear-Gwithian and Hayle East and Hayle West.
A ward of the same name returned one member to Cornwall County Council between 1985 and 2005, when it was merged into the Hayle-Gwinear-Gwithian division.

## Cornwall Council division
### Councillors

| Election | Member | Member | Party |
| 2009 | | John Coombe | Independent |
| 2013 | | John Coombe | Independent |
| 2017 | | Graham Coad | Independent |
| 2021 | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished |

### Extent

Hayle South covered the south of the town of Hayle, bordering the Hayle Estuary, and included the suburb of Foundry, part of the suburb of Copperhouse (most of which was covered by the Hayle North division), and the village of Angarrack. The division was minorly affected by boundary changes at the 2013 election. Before boundary changes, the division covered 860 hectares in total; after, it covered 861 hectares.

### Election results
#### 2017 election

2017 election: Hayle South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Graham Coad | 569 | 53.3 |
| | Conservative | Peter Channon | 356 | 33.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Victoria Hatton | 136 | 12.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 213 | 20.0 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1067 | 32.5 |
| | Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent | Swing | |

#### 2013 election

2013 election: Hayle South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | John Coombe | 503 | 44.3 |
| | UKIP | Clive Polkinghorne | 328 | 28.9 |
| | Labour | Anne-Marie Rance | 181 | 15.9 |
| | Independent | Graham Coad | 114 | 10.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 175 | 15.4 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1136 | 34.2 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |

#### 2009 election

2009 election: Hayle South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | John Coombe | 494 | 36.2 | |
| | Independent | John Bennett | 301 | 22.1 | |
| | Conservative | Doe Harry | 223 | 16.4 | |
| | UKIP | Derek Elliott | 189 | 13.9 | |
| | Labour | Tony Phillips | 87 | 6.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adi Viney | 60 | 4.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 193 | 14.2 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1363 | 40.8 | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |

## Cornwall County Council division
### Councillors

| Election | Member | Member | Party |
| 1985 | | T. Laity | Independent |
| 1989 | | T. Laity | Independent |
| 1993 | | T. Laity | Independent |
| 1997 | | R. Lello | Liberal Democrats |
| 2001 | | S. Oliver | Independent |
| 2005 | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished |

### Election results
#### 2001 election

2001 election: Hayle South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | S. Oliver | 1,537 | 45.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | R. Lello | 1257 | 37.5 | |
| | Labour | M. Smith | 557 | 16.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 280 | 8.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3351 | 64.5 | |
| | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats |

#### 1997 election

1997 election: Hayle South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | R. Lello | 1,653 | 45.4 | |
| | Independent | S. Menadue | 1059 | 29.1 | |
| | Labour | R. Gregory | 660 | 18.1 | |
| | Mebyon Kernow | R. Lewarne | 269 | 7.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 594 | 16.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3641 | 71.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent |

#### 1993 election

1993 election: Hayle South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | T. Laity | 1,143 | 74.7 | |
| | Conservative | L. Prior | 387 | 25.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 756 | 49.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1530 | 31.4 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

#### 1989 election

1989 election: Hayle South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | T. Laity | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

#### 1985 election

1985 election: Hayle South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | T. Laity | 585 | | |
| | Independent | W. Cock | 429 | 43.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 136 | 13.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1034 | 28.0 | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |