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]

Political control

Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]^[3]

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-present

Council elections

Non-metropolitan county elections

Cornwall County Council election, 1973
Cornwall County Council election, 1977
Cornwall County Council election, 1981
Cornwall County Council election, 1985
Cornwall County Council election, 1989
Cornwall County Council election, 1993
Cornwall County Council election, 1997
Cornwall County Council election, 2001
Cornwall County Council election, 2005

Unitary authority elections

County result maps

2013 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 Democrat		236	17.9	-29.1
	Labour		116	8.8	-15.2
Majority			232	17.6
Turnout			1,316
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrat		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 Democrat		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 Democrat		871	63.0
	Conservative		351	25.3
	Mebyon Kernow		161	11.5
Majority			520	37.7
Turnout			1,383	35.0
	Liberal Democrat 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 Democrat		435	23.0	-37.0
	Independent		413	21.8	+21.8
Majority			142	7.5
Turnout			1,894	39.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Marazion By-Election 6 May 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		824	50.6	+12.0
	Conservative		803	49.4	+9.0
Majority			21	1.2
Turnout			1,627	37.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Callington By-Election 29 July 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		767	58.5	+58.5
	Liberal Democrat		471	35.9	-34.5
	Mebyon Kernow		74	5.6	-8.7
Majority			296	22.6
Turnout			1,312
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Roche By-Election 28 October 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		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 Democrat hold		Swing

St Day & Lanner By-Election 13 April 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		432	36.9	+36.9
	Liberal Democrat		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 Democrat		Swing

Poltair By-Election 1 June 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		429	39.5	+12.4
	Liberal Democrat		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 Democrat		Swing

Hayle North By-Election 20 July 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		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 Democrat hold		Swing

2001-2005

Illogan North By-Election 7 February 2002^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat gain from Liberal		Swing

Looe By-Election 10 July 2003^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Armand Toms	848	48.2	+17.4
	Liberal Democrat	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^[6]
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^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		298	29.7	-12.0
	Independent		227	22.6	+22.6
	Conservative		205	20.4	-1.0
	Liberal Democrat		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^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Holmes	324	29.6	+10.6
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing

2009-2013

St Austell Bay By-Election 26 November 2009^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Camborne North By-Election 13 January 2011^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jude Robinson	230	32.4	+21.7
	Conservative	Dennis Pascoe	203	28.6	-8.3
	Liberal Democrat	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^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing	-4.4

Wendron By-Election 24 November 2011^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Mebyon Kernow	Loveday Jenkin	427	36.4	+16.5
	Liberal Democrat	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^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Sanger	585	55.3	+21.0
	Liberal Democrat	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^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat gain from Independent		Swing	+0.5

Illogan By-Election 10 July 2014^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing	+10.2

Mabe, Perranarworthal and St Gluvias By-Election 17 July 2014^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Williams	406	32.6	+4.2
	Liberal Democrat	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^[17]
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 Democrat	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

References

↑ Cornwall Council June 2009 Electoral divisions
↑ "Cornwall". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
↑ "Local election results: Cornwall". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
↑ "Lib Dem surge in local byelections". London: guardian.co.uk. 2002-02-08. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
↑ "Byelection upset for independents". London: guardian.co.uk. 2003-07-11. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
↑ "Independents triumph in local byelections". London: guardian.co.uk. 2003-11-07. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
↑ "Tories keep even score in byelections". London: guardian.co.uk. 2004-03-12. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
↑ "Lib Dems take ground from the Tories". London: guardian.co.uk. 2005-11-25. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
↑ "Lib Dem elected to St Austell Bay". BBC News Online. 2009-11-27. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
↑ Thomas, David (14 January 2011). "Labour sees massive swing to triumph in Camborne North election for Cornwall Council". Falmouth Packet. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll - Bude North and Stratton". Cornwall Council. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll - Wendron". Cornwall Council. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
↑ "Election results for St Keverne and Meneage". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
↑ "Election results for Wadebridge East". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
↑ "Election results for Illogan". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
↑ "Election results for Mabe, Perranarworthal and St Gluvias". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
↑ "Election results for Mevagissey". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 14 December 2014.

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North Cornwall District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

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Restormel Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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