Editing St Ives, Cornwall (section)

==Politics and administration==
St Ives' local government administration has a two-tier structure, consisting of St Ives Town Council and [[Cornwall Council]], both elected statutory bodies.<ref name="SIC">{{cite web |title=The Council |url=https://stivestowncouncil-cornwall.gov.uk/ |website=St Ives Town Council |access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cornwall Council is committed to the principles of Localism and Devolution |url=https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/community-and-living/communities-and-devolution/devolution/ |website=Cornwall Council |access-date=22 June 2019 |date=4 April 2017}}</ref>

===St Ives Town Council===
[[File:St Ives Guildhall (6649).jpg|thumb|upright|[[St Ives Guildhall]]]]
The first tier of local government in St Ives is the Town Council, with a membership of 16 elected town councillors from three wards.<ref name="SIC" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Town Council ward maps |url=https://stivestowncouncil-cornwall.gov.uk/town-council-ward-maps/ |website=St Ives Town Council |access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref> The council is responsible for providing grant funding to local organisations, public footpaths, bus shelters, beach patrols, traffic control and allotments. It is a statutory body which is consulted regarding planning decisions in the town's area and makes recommendations to the planning authority, Cornwall Council. It is based at [[St Ives Guildhall]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://stivestowncouncil-cornwall.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/21.ag_.fac_.02-SEP-Web.pdf  |title=Facilities Committee Meeting|date=2 September 2021|publisher= St Ives Town Council| access-date=28 November 2021}}</ref>

Before 1974, St Ives Borough Council was the principal local authority for what now forms the civil parish of St Ives. Since the [[Local Government Act 1972|reform of local government in 1974]], St Ives has an elected town council.<ref name="SIC" /> The area overseen by the [[Town council|Town Council]] of St Ives includes [[Lelant]], [[Carbis Bay]], [[Halsetown]] and St Ives. The elected town council members also become charter trustees of the original borough charter (for the duration of their term in office) which dates back to 1639 entitling them to carry out various ceremonial functions such as appointing a Mayor, awarding [[Freedom of the Borough|freedom of the borough]] to individuals, representing the Borough at formal occasions such as [[Remembrance Sunday]] wearing [[Robes|formal ceremonial robes]] and using the [[Coat of arms|Coat of Arms]]. Typically, the Mayor of the Town of St Ives is also the Mayor of the Borough of St Ives. However, most of the other principal local authority functions for St Ives were undertaken by [[Penwith District Council]] and the [[Cornwall County Council]]. From 1 April 2009 Penwith and the other five Cornish district councils were replaced by a unified council, Cornwall Council.

===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>