Cornwall Council elections
Cornwall Council in England, UK, was established in 2009 and is elected every four years. From 1973 to 2005 elections were for Cornwall County Council, with the first election for the new unitary Cornwall Council held in June 2009. This election saw 123 members elected, replacing the previous 82 councillors on Cornwall County Council and the 249 on the six district and borough councils (Caradon, Carrick, Kerrier, North Cornwall, Penwith, and Restormel). In June 2013 the Local Government Boundary Commission for England announced a public consultation on its proposal that Cornwall Council should have 87 councillors in future.
Political control
Cornwall County Council was first created in 1889. Its powers and responsibilities were significantly reformed under the Local Government Act 1972, with a new council elected in 1973 to act as a shadow authority ahead of the new powers coming into force in 1974. Since 1973, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:
Non-metropolitan county
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Independent | 1973–1985 | |
No overall control | 1985–1993 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1993–1997 | |
No overall control | 1997–2005 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2005–2009 |
Unitary authority
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
No overall control | 2009–2021 | |
Conservative | 2021–present |
Leadership
The leaders of the council since 2005 have been:
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
David Whalley | Liberal Democrats | May 2005 | 4 Jun 2009 | |
Alec Robertson | Conservative | 23 Jun 2009 | 16 Oct 2012 | |
Jim Currie | Conservative | 16 Oct 2012 | 5 May 2013 | |
John Pollard | Independent | 21 May 2013 | 23 May 2017 | |
Adam Paynter | Liberal Democrats | 23 May 2017 | 21 May 2019 | |
Julian German | Independent | 21 May 2019 | 25 May 2021 | |
Linda Taylor | Conservative | 25 May 2021 |
Council elections
Non-metropolitan county elections
- 1973 Cornwall County Council election
- 1977 Cornwall County Council election
- 1981 Cornwall County Council election
- 1985 Cornwall County Council election (boundary changes increased the number of seats by 4)
- 1989 Cornwall County Council election
- 1993 Cornwall County Council election
- 1997 Cornwall County Council election
- 2001 Cornwall County Council election
- 2005 Cornwall County Council election (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 8)
Unitary authority elections
- 2009 Cornwall Council election
- 2013 Cornwall Council election (boundary changes took place)
- 2017 Cornwall Council election
- 2021 Cornwall Council election (boundary changes took place; seats on council reduced from 123 to 87)
County result maps
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2009 results map
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2013 results map
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2017 results map
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2021 results map
By-election results
1997-2001
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | 598 | 45.4 | +45.4 | ||
Conservative | 366 | 27.8 | -1.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 236 | 17.9 | -29.1 | ||
Labour | 116 | 8.8 | -15.2 | ||
Majority | 232 | 17.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,316 | ||||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 438 | 38.5 | +16.8 | ||
Independent | 359 | 31.6 | -19.7 | ||
Labour | 177 | 15.6 | +15.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 163 | 14.3 | -12.7 | ||
Majority | 79 | 6.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,137 | 26.6 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 871 | 63.0 | |||
Conservative | 351 | 25.3 | |||
Mebyon Kernow | 161 | 11.5 | |||
Majority | 520 | 37.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,383 | 35.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 594 | 31.4 | +9.4 | ||
Independent | 452 | 23.9 | +23.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 435 | 23.0 | -37.0 | ||
Independent | 413 | 21.8 | +21.8 | ||
Majority | 142 | 7.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,894 | 39.3 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 824 | 50.6 | +12.0 | ||
Conservative | 803 | 49.4 | +9.0 | ||
Majority | 21 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,627 | 37.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | 767 | 58.5 | +58.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 471 | 35.9 | -34.5 | ||
Mebyon Kernow | 74 | 5.6 | -8.7 | ||
Majority | 296 | 22.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,312 | ||||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 650 | 47.0 | -10.4 | ||
Independent | 291 | 21.0 | +21.0 | ||
Conservative | 237 | 17.1 | +2.6 | ||
Labour | 153 | 11.1 | -17.0 | ||
Mebyon Kernow | 52 | 3.8 | +3.8 | ||
Majority | 359 | 26.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,383 | 28.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | 432 | 36.9 | +36.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 306 | 26.1 | -23.8 | ||
Conservative | 248 | 21.2 | +2.2 | ||
Labour | 186 | 15.9 | -11.8 | ||
Majority | 126 | 10.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,172 | 27.6 | |||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | 429 | 39.5 | +12.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 408 | 37.6 | -4.7 | ||
Conservative | 203 | 18.7 | +18.7 | ||
Mebyon Kernow | 46 | 4.2 | +4.2 | ||
Majority | 21 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,086 | 20.8 | |||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 544 | 39.2 | +8.2 | ||
Conservative | 533 | 38.4 | +38.4 | ||
Independent | 201 | 14.5 | -12.8 | ||
Independent | 53 | 3.8 | -15.7 | ||
UKIP | 49 | 3.5 | +3.5 | ||
Independent | 7 | 0.5 | +0.5 | ||
Majority | 11 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,387 | 26.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
2001-2005
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Terence Rowe | 792 | 40.5 | +12.9 | |
Liberal | 785 | 40.1 | +12.5 | ||
Independent | 234 | 12.0 | +12.0 | ||
Labour | 145 | 7.4 | -15.3 | ||
Majority | 7 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,956 | 35.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Armand Toms | 848 | 48.2 | +17.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Walter ThomasScarah | 716 | 40.7 | +11.8 | |
Independent | Donald Webb | 165 | 9.4 | -30.9 | |
Labour | Graham McGrath | 30 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 132 | 7.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,759 | 40.3 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Curnow | 512 | 75.5 | +13.0 | |
Conservative | Fiona Kemp | 116 | 17.1 | +17.1 | |
Independent | George Dyer | 50 | 7.4 | +7.4 | |
Majority | 396 | 58.4 | |||
Turnout | 678 | 17.1 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 298 | 29.7 | -12.0 | ||
Independent | 227 | 22.6 | +22.6 | ||
Conservative | 205 | 20.4 | -1.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 176 | 17.5 | -0.9 | ||
Independent | 68 | 6.8 | -4.8 | ||
Mebyon Kernow | 16 | 1.6 | +1.6 | ||
Liberal | 14 | 1.4 | -5.5 | ||
Majority | 71 | 7.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,004 | 21.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
2005-2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Paul Holmes | 324 | 29.6 | +10.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Ekinsmyth | 268 | 24.5 | +5.1 | |
Independent | Thomas Bray | 216 | 19.7 | -3.3 | |
Conservative | Mary Anson | 202 | 18.5 | +0.5 | |
Labour | Anthony Bunt | 84 | 7.7 | -8.6 | |
Majority | 56 | 5.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,094 | 20.5 | |||
Liberal gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Cait Hutchings | 456 | 38.6 | +4.3 | |
Independent | Mary May | 360 | 30.5 | +8.6 | |
Conservative | Gill Grant | 207 | 17.5 | +6.0 | |
Labour | Charlotte MacKenzie | 94 | 8.0 | -12.7 | |
Independent | Georgina Fryer | 63 | 5.3 | +5.3 | |
Majority | 96 | 8.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,180 | 24.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
2009-2013
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Oxenham | 690 | 48.2 | +14.7 | |
Conservative | Bob Davidson | 675 | 47.2 | -12.3 | |
Labour | Margaret Pitches | 66 | 4.6 | -2.4 | |
Majority | 15 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,431 | 41.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jude Robinson | 230 | 32.4 | +21.7 | |
Conservative | Dennis Pascoe | 203 | 28.6 | -8.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anna Pascoe | 152 | 21.4 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | Paul Holmes | 61 | 8.6 | +6.4 | |
Mebyon Kernow | Mike Champion | 32 | 4.5 | -10.2 | |
Green | Jacqui Merrick | 31 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 27 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 709 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Parsons | 958 | 61.2 | -11.2 | |
Conservative | Trevor Macey | 395 | 25.2 | -2.4 | |
Labour | Adrian Jones | 120 | 7.7 | +7.7 | |
Independent | Louise Emo | 93 | 5.9 | +5.9 | |
Majority | 563 | 36.0 | |||
Turnout | 1570 | 29.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mebyon Kernow | Loveday Jenkin | 427 | 36.4 | +16.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Martin | 262 | 22.3 | +12.3 | |
Conservative | Linda Taylor | 227 | 19.4 | +3.8 | |
Independent | Philip Martin | 177 | 15.1 | -16.6 | |
Labour | Robert Webber | 80 | 6.8 | +3.8 | |
Majority | 165 | 14.1 | |||
Turnout | 1175 | 27.8 | |||
Mebyon Kernow gain from Independent | Swing | +16.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter Sanger | 585 | 55.3 | +21.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Driver | 279 | 26.4 | +19.8 | |
UKIP | Sandy Martin | 141 | 13.3 | +13.3 | |
Labour | Steven Richards | 52 | 4.9 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 306 | 28.9 | +28.1 | ||
Turnout | 1057 | 28.6 | -23.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
2013-2017
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Steve Knightley | 408 | 31.8 | +6.9 | |
Independent | Tony Rush | 399 | 31.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Stephen Rushworth | 217 | 16.9 | +5.6 | |
UKIP | Roderick Harrison | 202 | 15.7 | +0.1 | |
Labour | Adrian Darrell Jones | 58 | 4.5 | -7.6 | |
Majority | 9 | 0.7 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 1285 | 40.5 | -1.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | +0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Raymond Ekinsmyth | 277 | 23.8 | +10.1 | |
Mebyon Kernow | Stephen Richardson | 217 | 18.6 | -6.6 | |
Conservative | Adam Desmonde | 215 | 18.5 | -10.3 | |
UKIP | Clive Polkinghorne | 156 | 13.4 | -9.1 | |
Labour | Trevor Chalker | 129 | 11.1 | +1.3 | |
Liberal | Paul Holmes | 121 | 10.4 | N/A | |
Green | Jacqueline Merrick | 50 | 4.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 60 | 5.2 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,165 | 32.4 | +2.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +10.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Williams | 406 | 32.6 | +4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Ault | 405 | 32.5 | +9.6 | |
UKIP | Peter Tisdale | 271 | 21.7 | -6.9 | |
Labour | Linda Hitchcox | 107 | 8.6 | -0.3 | |
Mebyon Kernow | Karen Sumser-Lupson | 58 | 4.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 1 | 0.1 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,247 | 28.5 | -11.2 | ||
Conservative gain from UKIP | Swing | +5.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Michael Mustoe | 348 | 32.2 | +8.2 | |
UKIP | Michael Williams | 281 | 26.0 | -1.6 | |
Labour | Charmain Nicholas | 204 | 18.9 | -10.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Maynard | 197 | 18.2 | +4.2 | |
Green | Katherine Moseley | 50 | 4.6 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 67 | 6.2 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,080 | 32.5 | -8.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +9.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Bastin | 1,431 | 47.6 | –9.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rowland Abram | 434 | 14.4 | N/A | |
UKIP | Chris Kinder | 416 | 13.8 | –15.2 | |
Labour | Adam Crickett | 384 | 12.8 | –0.8 | |
Mebyon Kernow | Charlotte Evans | 340 | 11.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 997 | ||||
Turnout | 3,005 | 76.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jude Robinson | 538 | 29.3 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | David Biggs | 530 | 28.9 | +4.1 | |
UKIP | Peter Tisdale | 321 | 17.5 | -9.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anna Pascoe | 268 | 14.6 | N/A | |
Mebyon Kernow | Zoe Fox | 180 | 9.8 | -13.6 | |
Majority | 8 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,837 | 60.1 | +31.6 | ||
Labour gain from UKIP | Swing | +4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Herd | 325 | 30.3 | +0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nathan Billings | 311 | 29.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Val Dalley | 220 | 20.5 | +1.8 | |
UKIP | Michael Pascoe | 89 | 8.3 | –23.5 | |
Mebyon Kernow | Deborah Zoe Fox | 85 | 7.9 | –11.8 | |
Green | Jacqueline Merrick | 31 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Peter Channon | 13 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 14 | ||||
Turnout | 1,074 | 32.8 | |||
Conservative gain from UKIP | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Gemma Massey | 515 | 63.0 | –7.8 | |
Conservative | Val Bugden-Cawsey | 226 | 27.6 | +10.4 | |
Green | Roger Michael Creagh-Osborne | 65 | 7.6 | N/A | |
CPA | John Allman | 12 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 289 | ||||
Turnout | 818 | 31.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Phil Seeva | 532 | 40.5 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Robert Boney | 472 | 35.9 | +11.6 | |
UKIP | Duncan Charles Odgers | 177 | 13.5 | –17.7 | |
Labour | Martin Thomas Menear | 67 | 5.1 | N/A | |
Green | Richard John Sedgley | 65 | 5.0 | –1.5 | |
Majority | 60 | ||||
Turnout | 1,313 | 42.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Karen McHugh | 604 | 43.5 | +19.2 | |
Conservative | Sally Marie Dunn | 356 | 25.6 | –39.3 | |
Labour | Adrian Darrell Jones | 222 | 16.0 | +5.8 | |
Independent | Helen Hyland | 111 | 8.0 | N/A | |
Green | Amanda Pennington | 95 | 6.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 248 | ||||
Turnout | 1,388 | 47.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Summers | 486 | 57.8 | +32.9 | |
Conservative | Carl Leadbetter | 210 | 25.0 | –2.1 | |
Labour | Julian Grover | 87 | 10.3 | –7.4 | |
Independent | Roy George Edwards | 58 | 6.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 276 | ||||
Turnout | 841 | 28.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Dominic Fairman | 620 | 44.8 | +13.0 | |
Independent | William Kitto | 242 | 17.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Jeremy Stanford-Davis | 202 | 14.6 | –2.1 | |
Independent | Susan Theobald | 181 | 13.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Edward Jones | 73 | 5.3 | N/A | |
Labour | David Garrigan | 66 | 4.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 378 | ||||
Turnout | 1,384 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Maggie Vale | 247 | 24.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Paul William Charlesworth | 234 | 23.1 | –23.0 | |
Independent | Kenneth Yeo | 163 | 16.1 | N/A | |
Mebyon Kernow | Rod Toms | 161 | 15.9 | -28.1 | |
Labour | Vicky Crowther | 77 | 7.6 | -2.2 | |
Independent | James Tucker | 75 | 7.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Rob Thomas | 54 | 5.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 13 | ||||
Turnout | 1,011 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Nathan Billings | 300 | 34.7 | N/A | |
Independent | Bernard Webb | 144 | 16.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Peter Sheppard | 128 | 14.8 | –5.8 | |
Labour | Peter Williams | 125 | 14.5 | -5.7 | |
Mebyon Kernow | Christopher Lawrence | 111 | 12.8 | -0.9 | |
UKIP | Dan Hall | 57 | 6.6 | -21.9 | |
Majority | 156 | 18.1 | |||
Turnout | 865 | 24.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP | Swing |
2017-2021
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jayne Susannah Kirkham | 643 | 60.2 | +19.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Martin Spagro | 184 | 17.2 | -1.7 | |
Conservative | Richard David Cunningham | 184 | 17.2 | -7.2 | |
Green | Tom Martin Scott | 57 | 5.3 | -11.1 | |
Majority | 459 | 43.0 | +27.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,068 | 31.1 | -4.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +13.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Anthony Formosa | 363 | 45.4 | +13.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steven Daniell | 306 | 38.3 | -29.9 | |
Labour | Brod Ross | 131 | 16.4 | +16.4 | |
Majority | 57 | 7.1 | +21.8 | ||
Turnout | 800 | 25.7 | -9.3 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +13.6 |