Editing St Ives, Cornwall (section)

===Cornwall Council===
Like St Ives Town Council, Cornwall Council is a statutory body incorporated by Act of Parliament. Cornwall Council is the second tier of local government in the area and is a unitary authority with a far wider range of powers. The Council deals with roads, street lighting, highways, social services, children and family care, schools and public libraries.<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome |url=https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/ |website=Cornwall.gov.uk |access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref> From 2009 to 2021, St Ives parish was covered by three divisions, so electing three of the 123 councillors on the council. Between 2009 and 2013, the parish was represented by the [[St Ives North (electoral division)|St Ives North]], [[St Ives South (electoral division)|St Ives South]] and [[Lelant and Carbis Bay (electoral division)|Lelant and Carbis Bay]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Your Councillors by Electoral Division |url=https://democracy.cornwall.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0 |website=[[Cornwall Council]] |access-date=14 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003085008/https://democracy.cornwall.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0 |archive-date=3 October 2011}}</ref> From 2013 to 2021, it was covered by the [[St Ives East (electoral division)|St Ives East]], [[St Ives West (electoral division)|St Ives West]] and [[Lelant and Carbis Bay (electoral division)|Lelant and Carbis Bay]] divisions.<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact your councillor |url=https://stivestowncouncil-cornwall.gov.uk/contact/contact-your-councillor-2/ |website=St Ives Town Council |access-date=14 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224165700/https://stivestowncouncil-cornwall.gov.uk/contact/contact-your-councillor-2/ |archive-date=24 December 2019}}</ref>

At the [[2021 Cornwall Council election|2021 local elections]], the number of councillors on Cornwall Council was decreased from 123 to 87.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Richard Whitehouse |title=Cornwall Council elections see key figures and big names booted out |url=https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cornwall-council-elections-see-key-5397398 |website=Cornwall Live |access-date=14 July 2021 |date=10 May 2021}}</ref> St Ives parish is currently covered by two of these divisions, [[St Ives West and Towednack (electoral division)|St Ives West and Towednack]] and [[St Ives East, Lelant and Carbis Bay (electoral division)|St Ives East, Lelant and Carbis Bay]]. Both divisions elect one councillor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Councillors by Electoral Division |url=https://democracy.cornwall.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0 |website=[[Cornwall Council]] |access-date=14 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714113447/https://democracy.cornwall.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0 |archive-date=14 July 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>