# Bude (electoral division)

Bude (Cornish: Porthbud) is an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom.
From 2013 to 2021, it returned two members to sit on Cornwall Council, making it the only division to elect more than one Councillor. After boundary changes at the 2021 election, it now returns only one member. The current councillor is Peter La Broy, who was elected as a Liberal Democrat, but now sits as an Independent after leaving the Liberal Democrats in June 2021.

## Councillors
### 2013-2021

| Election | First member | First member | First member party | Second member | Second member | Second member party |
| 2013 | | David Parsons | Liberal Democrat | | Nigel Pearce | Liberal Democrat |
| 2017 | | Peter La Broy | Liberal Democrat | | Nigel Pearce | Liberal Democrat |
| 2018 by-election (seat 1) | | David Parsons | Liberal Democrat | | Nigel Pearce | Liberal Democrat |
| 2021 | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished |

### 2021–present

| Election | Member | Member | Party |
| May 2021 | | Peter La Broy | Liberal Democrat |
| June 2021 | | Peter La Broy | Independent |

## Extent
### 2013–2021

The former division represented the town of Bude, the villages of Flexbury and Poughill, and the hamlets of Lynstone, Upton, and Crooklets. The hamlet of Bush was shared with the Grenville and Stratton division. It covered 1,139 hectares in total.

### 2021–present

Bude division represents the town of Bude and the hamlets of Lynstone and Upton. The village of Flexbury is shared with the Stratton, Kilkhampton and Morwenstow division.

## Election results
### 2021–present
#### 2021 election

2021 election: Bude :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter La Broy | 754 | 36.9 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Smith | 543 | 26.6 | |
| | Independent | Tom O'Sullivan | 517 | 25.3 | |
| | Green | Philippa Purchase | 207 | 10.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 211 | 10.3 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 21 | 1.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2042 | 43 | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |

### 2013–2021
#### 2018 by-election

2018 by-election: Bude :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Parsons | 1,010 | 53.1 |
| | Independent | Bob Willingham | 475 | 25.0 |
| | Conservative | Alex Dart | 264 | 13.9 |
| | Labour | Ray Shemilt | 148 | 7.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 535 | 28.1 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1901 | 30.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

#### 2017 election

2017 election: Bude :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Pearce | 1,395 | 28.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter La Broy | 1,272 | 26.1 |
| | Conservative | Bob Willingham | 1006 | 20.7 |
| | Conservative | Lea Deely | 938 | 19.3 |
| | Labour | Fred Richens | 248 | 5.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 266 | 5.5 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4870 | 76.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

#### 2013 election

2013 election: Bude :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Parsons | 1,413 | 44.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Pearce | 1,281 | 40.3 | |
| | Conservative | Louise Emo | 460 | 14.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 821 | 25.8 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 26 | 0.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3180 | 50.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |