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).[1] 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.[2]

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:[3][4]

Non-metropolitan county

Party in controlYears
Independent1973–1985
No overall control1985–1993
Liberal Democrats1993–1997
No overall control1997–2005
Liberal Democrats2005–2009

Unitary authority

Party in controlYears
No overall control2009–2021
Conservative2021–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 2005 have been:[5]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
David Whalley[6] Liberal DemocratsMay 20054 Jun 2009
Alec Robertson Conservative23 Jun 200916 Oct 2012
Jim Currie Conservative16 Oct 20125 May 2013
John Pollard Independent21 May 201323 May 2017
Adam Paynter Liberal Democrats23 May 201721 May 2019
Julian German Independent21 May 201925 May 2021
Linda Taylor Conservative25 May 2021

Council elections

Non-metropolitan county elections

Unitary authority elections

County result maps
  • 2009 results map
    2009 results map
  • 2013 results map
    2013 results map
  • 2017 results map
    2017 results map
  • 2021 results map
    2021 results map

By-election results

1997-2001
Truro West By-Election 20 November 1997
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
St Ives South By-Election 5 February 1998
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
Tintagel By-Election 12 November 1998
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
Newquay North By-Election 26 November 1998
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
Marazion By-Election 6 May 1999
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
Callington By-Election 29 July 1999
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
Roche By-Election 28 October 1999
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
St Day & Lanner By-Election 13 April 2000
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
Poltair By-Election 1 June 2000
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
Hayle North By-Election 20 July 2000
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
Illogan North By-Election 7 February 2002[11]
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
Looe By-Election 10 July 2003[12]
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
Porthleven By-Election 6 November 2003[13]
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
Redruth North By-Election 11 March 2004[14]
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
Illogan & Portreath By-Election 24 November 2005[15]
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
Penryn By-Election 8 February 2007
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
St Austell Bay By-Election 26 November 2009[16]
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
Camborne North By-Election 13 January 2011[17]
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
Bude North and Stratton By-Election 27 October 2011[18]
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
Wendron By-Election 24 November 2011[19]
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
St Keverne and Meneage By-Election 20 September 2012[20]
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
Wadebridge East By-Election 5 September 2013[21]
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
Illogan By-Election 10 July 2014[22]
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
Mabe, Perranarworthal and St Gluvias By-Election 17 July 2014[23]
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
Mevagissey By-Election 6 November 2014[24]
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
Constantine, Mawnan & Budock By-Election 7 May 2015[25]
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
Camborne Treswithian By-Election 7 May 2015[26]
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
Camborne Pendarves By-Election 20 August 2015[27]
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
Launceston Central By-Election 14 January 2016[28]
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
Menheniot By-Election 14 April 2016[29]
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
Wadebridge West By-Election 14 April 2016[30]
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
Newquay Treviglas West By-Election 14 July 2016[31]
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
St Teath and St Breward West By-Election 14 July 2016[32]
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

[33]

Newlyn & Goonhavern by-election, 28 July 2016
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

[34]

Four Lanes by-election 1 September 2016
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
Falmouth Smithick by-election 1 February 2018[35]
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
Newquay Treviglas by-election 9 August 2019[36]
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

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