Saltash East (electoral division)

Saltash East (Cornish: Essa Est) was an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returned one member to sit on Cornwall Council between 2013 and 2021. It was abolished at the 2021 local elections, being succeeded by Saltash Tamar.

Saltash East
Former ward Cornwall Council.
Boundary of Saltash East in Cornwall from 2013-2021.
County	Cornwall
2013 (2013)–2021 (2021)
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	Saltash Tamar
Created from	Saltash Pill

Councillors

Election	Member		Party
2013		Derek Holley	Independent
2017
2021	Seat abolished

Extent

Saltash East represented the east of the town of Saltash, including Saltash station, the Tamar Bridge, and part of the suburb of South Pill (which was shared with the Saltash North division). The division covered 204 hectares in total.

Election results

2017 election

2017 election: Saltash East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Derek Holley	575	45.8	34.4
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Bickford	391	31.1	24.5
	Conservative	Peter Samuels	282	22.5	9.7
Majority			293	23.3	44.1
Rejected ballots			8	0.6	0.2
Turnout			1256	38.9	6.6
	Independent hold		Swing

2013 election

2013 election: Saltash East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Derek Holley	870	80.2
	Conservative	David Ward	139	12.8
	Liberal Democrats	James Shepherd	72	6.6
Majority			731	67.4
Rejected ballots			4	0.4
Turnout			1085	32.3
	Independent win (new seat)