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Politics of Cornwall

January 01, 1970

Cornwall is administered as a county of South West England whose politics are influenced by a number of issues that make it distinct from the general political scene in the wider United Kingdom, and the political trends of neighbouring counties. Its position on the geographical periphery of the island of Great Britain is also a factor.

Cornwall shares some of the political issues of the other Celtic nations, in particular Wales, and a notable movement exists seeking greater powers of self-government within the UK, similar to that achieved in Wales. Cornish politics is also defined by its historical relationship between the Liberal Democrats (and formerly the Liberal Party), and the Conservative Party.

Cornwall's politics have partly been dictated by its geography and history. It sits on a peninsula in the South West of England, and its county town, Truro, is 230 miles (370 km) from the UK Parliament in London. Its main industries - fishing, farming, and various kinds of mining - have been in decline for a long time. In 2013, the gross value added of the county was the fourth lowest of any ceremonial county in England. However, Cornwall is attractive to tourists, and to people seeking to move into the area to live. There are therefore tensions in the housing market between the demands of inward migrants to the area and the needs of local people.[citation needed]

History edit

Historically, Cornwall was a Brittonic-speaking area separate from the rest of England until about the 10th century and retained much of its cultural distinctiveness in later centuries. Religious non-conformism was strong in Cornwall, and the Church of England was less well supported than some areas to the east.[citation needed] This has continued to inform later Cornish politics, in the form of Liberalism, now represented mainly by the Liberal Democrats can be traced to historical associations with Liberalism and non-conformist religion, particularly Methodism, in the 19th century and similarly land ownership and the Conservative party in the same period. The Conservative Party is also fairly strong in Cornwall, but for slightly different reasons. They suffered a particularly bad setback in the 1990s. However, they regained three of the six Cornish seats in the 2010 general election. The Labour Party is traditionally much weaker in Cornwall than many other parts of the UK, although it has had some representation locally. This may be partly because there is no major urban centre in Cornwall – Plymouth tends to fulfil that role. Cornwall also traditionally elects a number of independent councillors, and is a centre for the rump Liberal Party in the UK.

1986 saw the death of the MP David Penhaligon of the (then) Liberal Party. Penhaligon's career looked promising, with some tipping him as a future leader. In a speech he made in support of the Cornish miners at Camborne, he said:

You need more in an economy than just tourism, icecream, and deckchairs. Our mining industry is not a figment of the last decade or the last two decades. It has occupied Cornishmen and it has produced wealth for this century, the previous century and probably the last two thousand years; and what we’re asking the government to do is to recognise the great contribution we have made for the wealth of Britain, and in this time of great trial and tribulation to come to our assistance – that's what we’re asking our government to do.

Cornwall's distinctiveness as a national, as opposed to a regional, minority has been periodically recognised by major British papers. For example, a Guardian editorial in 1990 pointed to these differences, and warned that they should be constitutionally recognised:

"Smaller minorities also have equally proud visions of themselves as irreducibly Welsh, Irish, Manx or Cornish. These identities are distinctly national in ways which proud people from Yorkshire, much less proud people from Berkshire will never know. Any new constitutional settlement which ignores these factors will be built on uneven ground."[1]

The Cornish nationalist party Mebyon Kernow was formed in 1951, initially as a pressure group. Some of its members and supporters were politicians (councillors and MPs) from the three main British political parties, but later on, it became a party in its own right and members of other parties left. Its most famous supporter of the time was the novelist Daphne du Maurier. One of Mebyon Kernow's main campaigns is for a Cornish Assembly and in 2001 it presented a petition to 10 Downing Street with 50,000 signatures in favour of the Assembly.[2]

Growing dissatisfaction with European Union fishing policy including the Common Fisheries Policy led to a growth of support for United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) within fishing ports such as Newlyn. On 26 July 2007 the Conservative party-appointed Mark Prisk (Member of Parliament for Hertford and Stortford) "Shadow Minister for Cornwall". This appointment was called "the fictional minister for Cornwall," by a Liberal Democrat MP, as there was no government minister to shadow.[3] The post was not continued following the 2010 election, and no longer exists. This was to put the Duchy's concerns "at the heart of Conservative thinking", according to a party statement.[citation needed] Conservative Party leader David Cameron said he wholeheartedly endorsed the appointment and it would ensure that the voice of Cornwall is heard.[4] However, as the post has been discontinued, this concept remains unproven.

In the June 2016 EU referendum, Cornwall voted to leave the EU. 43.5 per cent (140,540) of Cornwall's voters wanted to remain in the EU, while 56.5 per cent (182,665) voted to leave.[5]

Parliamentary representation edit

 
From the 2010 general election, Cornwall has had six parliamentary constituencies

Following a review by the Boundary Commission for England taking effect at the 2010 general election, Cornwall is divided into six county constituencies to elect MPs to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

Before the 2010 boundary changes there were five constituencies in Cornwall. In the 2005 general election, all five seats were won by Liberal Democrats. However, at the 2010 general election Liberal Democrat candidates won three seats and Conservative candidates won three seats.[citation needed]

In the 2015 general election all Cornish seats were won by the Conservatives. All retained their seats in the 2017 general election.[citation needed]

Current Cornish MPs edit

General Election Results in Cornwall, 1945-Present
Year Conservative Labour Liberal/Liberal Democrat Others
No. % No. % No. % No. %
2019 173,117 53.75% 74,392 23.10% 62,169 19.30% 12,401 3.85%
2017 152,428 48.43% 83,968 26.68% 73,875 23.47% 4,438 1.41%
2015 127,079 43.10% 36,235 12.29% 66,056 22.40% 65,458 22.20%
2010 115,016 40.95% 24,257 8.64% 117,307 41.76% 24,301 8.65%
2005 82,543 31.82% 41,140 15.86% 115,241 44.42% 20,509 7.91%
2001 82,227 32.61% 43,674 17.32% 113,000 44.82% 13,216 5.24%
1997 85,077 30.36% 47,913 17.10% 123,124 43.94% 24,093 8.60%
1992 127,678 42.71% 41,593 13.91% 124,553 41.66% 5,133 1.72%
1987 131,194 47.26% 34,994 12.60% 111,064 40.01% 373 0.13%
1983 126,182 49.29% 22,838 8.92% 104,365 40.77% 2,604 1.02%
1979 130,149 50.63% 32,270 12.55% 87,994 34.23% 6,646 2.59%
Oct. 1974 101,501 43.64% 46,565 20.02% 81,766 35.15% 2,778 1.19%
Feb. 1974 101,495 41.81% 47,466 19.55% 92,747 38.21% 1,027 0.42%
1970 104,362 47.91% 53,642 24.62% 58,877 27.03% 960 0.44%
1966 84,217 41.38% 56,521 27.77% 62,791 30.85% 0 0%
1964 79,551 41.15% 50,005 25.87% 63,504 32.85% 265 0.14%
1959 84,684 43.80% 53,100 27.47% 55,549 28.73% 0 0%
1955 92,185 48.53% 58,267 30.68% 39,495 20.79% 0 0%
1951 101,653 50.49% 67,111 33.33% 32,573 16.18% 0 0%
1950 89,060 44.19% 59,678 29.61% 52,816 26.20% 0 0%
1945 73,249 41.85% 44,226 25.27% 56,935 32.53% 626 0.36%
European Parliament Election Results in Cornwall, 1999-2019
Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat UKIP/

Brexit

Others
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
2019 13,576 7.75% 10,831 6.18% 35,051 20.00% 71,919 41.03% 43,899[n 1] 25.05%
2014 37,835 25.65% 16,178 10.97% 17,918 12.15% 54,093 36.68% 21,465 14.55%
2009 46,868 27.86% 8,547 5.08% 29,608 17.60% 40,091 23.83% 43,121 25.63%
2004 36,253 25.55% 16,460 11.60% 31,088 21.91% 40,644 28.65% 17,420 12.28%
1999 39,399 35.05% 13,586 12.09% 28,290 25.17% 17,083 15.20% 14,038 12.49%

Local government edit

 
Composition of Cornwall County Council following the 2005 elections. Yellow = Liberal Democrats, grey = independents & MK, blue = Conservatives, red = Labour.
 
Cornwall Council Electoral Divisions Map

On 1 April 2009, most of the ceremonial county of Cornwall became a unitary authority, with the headquarters of Cornwall Council based in Truro. Before then, Cornwall was a non-metropolitan county that followed the three tier system typical of English shire counties, and had five districts: Penwith, Kerrier, Carrick, Caradon and North Cornwall, and one borough Restormel. Cornwall Council provides a wide range of services to more than half a million residents, has an annual budget of more than £1 billion, and is the biggest employer in Cornwall.[6]

The Isles of Scilly, which are part of the ceremonial county of Cornwall, are not part of the Cornwall unitary authority, as they have their own unitary council.

Cornwall Council election results, 4 June 2009 edit

Main article: Cornwall Council election, 2009

Elections for the new unitary Cornwall Council were held on 4 June 2009, and 123 members were elected, replacing the previous 82 councillors of Cornwall County Council and also another 249 (some of whom were also county councillors) on the six district councils.[7] At the 2009 elections, the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of Cornwall, with no single party gaining overall control of the new council. Although the Conservatives now have the largest number of elected members, they do not have a majority.[8] The Conservatives received 34% of the vote and won 50 seats, followed by the Liberal Democrats on 28% winning 38 seats, the Independents 23% and 32 seats, and Mebyon Kernow 4% and three seats. The turnout was 41%. Labour, the Green Party, UKIP and the BNP failed to secure any seats in Cornwall.[9][10]

Cornwall Council election results, May 2013 edit

Main article: Cornwall Council election, 2013

The council remained as "no overall control", with the Independent politicians becoming the largest grouping on the council through a modest gain of councillors from the previous election. The Liberal Democrats remained the second largest party after losing 2 councillors and the Conservatives slipped to third after losing over a third of their councillors. The Labour Party (+8), UKIP (+6), and the Green Party (+1) all gained seats, with UKIP and the Greens entering Cornwall Council for the first time. Mebyon Kernow had 6 councillors prior to the election, having added 2 since the 2009 election, their total following the election was reduced to 4.[11]

Cornwall Council election results, May 2017 edit

Main article: Cornwall Council election, 2017

The Conservative Party became the largest group on Cornwall Council, with 46 seats achieving 35% of the overall vote. The Liberal Democrats became the second largest party, with 37 seats, with the Independents in third place with 30. (Conservative46 seats (+18) Liberal Democrat 38 seats (-7) Independent 30 seats (-4) Labour 5 seats (-2) Mebyon Kernow 4 seats (NC) Green 0 seats (-1) UKIP 0 seats(-1) Other 0 seats (-5) )[12]

Cornwall Council election results, May 2021 edit

Main article: Cornwall Council election, 2021
 
2021 Cornwall Council election.

The number of seats on the council fell from 123 to 87.[13]

Cornish nationalism edit

Main articles: Cornish nationalism and Constitutional status of Cornwall

Two of the major factors in Cornish nationalism are the disputed position of Cornwall as separate constitutional entity within the UK and the rights of the Cornish people as a minority.[14] These issues affect all of those involved in Cornish politics, even those who are at odds with these ideas. Three UK political parties recognise the cause of Cornish self-determination, the Liberal Party, the Cornish section of the Green Party of England and Wales and the Communist Party of Britain.[citation needed] However, in the 2015 general election, the Liberal party in Cornwall withdrew its candidates, and encouraged its supporters to vote UKIP.[15]

An Gof have also expressed Cornish nationalism, though not in political ways as much as violent ones.

Cornish nationalist and/or regionalist organisations edit

Main article: Mebyon Kernow

The principal political party in the Cornish nationalist movement is Mebyon Kernow which labels itself as a 'centre-left, green and decentralist party'[citation needed] and has close association with its sister party Plaid Cymru in Wales. Mebyon Kernow's membership is calculated at around 1,000 members across Cornwall.[citation needed] In 1979, in the first elections to the European Parliament, Mebyon Kernow won almost 10% (over 10,000 votes) of the vote in the Cornwall seat. This reflected a decade of steady growth for the party. MK continues to contest parliamentary seats and also local government seats. In the 2015 general election, Mebyon Kernow fielded candidates in all of the constituencies in Cornwall.

Mebyon Kernow declined to stand candidates in the 2017 general election, stating; "The timing of this snap election, so close to the local polls, makes it impractical for a party with our level of resources to put together and finance a meaningful campaign for the General Election."[16]

In 2019, Mebyon Kernow fielded only one candidate (Dick Cole) in the Newquay and St Austell constituency.

In the district elections of 2007 seven Mebyon Kernow district councillors were elected. MK lost one district seat and gained two, a net gain of one. This gave them seven of the 249 seats (2.8% of seats) up for election. Mebyon Kernow got around 5 percent of the total vote in these district elections, putting the party in third position behind the Liberal Democrats and the Conservative Party and ahead of Labour in several seats including Kerrier, Restormel, North Cornwall and Caradon.[17]

Prior to the 2013 local elections Mebyon Kernow held six seats on the council, having gained two due to defections from other parties, and winning one in a by-election. Keeping the seat won in the by-election, and a gain of one seat elsewhere, left them with four in total. This dropped them to being the sixth largest group on the council, from the position of fourth largest prior to the election, being overtaken by UKIP and The Labour party.[18]

The Cornish Nationalist Party was founded as a splinter group from Mebyon Kernow in the 1970s following a split over the ideological path of the Cornish National Movement, the members of the Cornish Nationalist party favouring a more 'right of centre approach' to attracting support. Initially led by Dr James Whetter, the Cornish Nationalist Party are not a registered political party under the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998 and therefore cannot stand for local or Westminster elections.

In addition to political parties, other independent organisations promote the autonomy movement. The Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament was a human rights pressure group which claimed to be a revival of the mediaeval Stannary Parliaments, local legislative organisations in the mining regions. It was established in 1974 and had campaigned against the government of the United Kingdom's position on the constitutional status of Cornwall. The group has not been active since 2008.[19] Other groups include TGG (Tyr-Gwyr-Gweryn), Cornwall 2000, Cornish Solidarity who were constitutional and Cornish human rights groups, but are no longer active, and the Cornish Constitutional Convention which campaigns for a Cornish Assembly.

Other issues and lobby groups edit

Within Cornwall there are a growing number of pressure groups/lobbying groups devoted to Cornish issues other than the national question. Local environmental issues feature prominently, notably the Surfers against Sewage group, formed in this region, heavily dependent on the tourist industry. The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) has a local presence, with a branch in Penzance.[20] Some east Cornwall CND activists are members of the Plymouth branch. There is a Cornish branch of Greenpeace.[21] Amnesty International have a local branch.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Includes votes for the UK Independence Party.

See also edit

Other Cornish politicians edit

Elections and results edit

Parliamentary representation from Cornwall edit

Further information: Parliamentary representation from Cornwall

Historic Cornish Parliamentary constituencies edit

Constitutional status of Cornwall edit

References edit

  1. ^ The Guardian, editorial, 8 May 1990
  2. ^ 50,000 Assembly petition presented to 10 Downing Street
  3. ^ "The fictional minister for Cornwall".
  4. ^ Mark Prisk appointed Tory Shadow Minister for Cornwall
  5. ^ http://www.westbriton.co.uk/8203-we-got-there-dreckly-cornwall-s-out-vote-is-the-last-to-be-announced-in-eu-referendum/story-29439264-detail/story.html#sKK6H6jikMMIJAsJ.99[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ . Archived from the original on 11 May 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  7. ^ Cornwall Council June 2009 Electoral divisions
  8. ^ Lib Dems lose control of Cornwall in June 2009 Cornwall Council elections
  9. ^ Cornwall Council election results 5 June 2009
  10. ^ BBC Cornwall 2009 Cornwall Council election results
  11. ^ "Election results by party, 2 May 2013". 2 May 2013.
  12. ^ . Archived from the original on 11 May 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  13. ^ Whitehouse, Richard (8 April 2021). "Attempt to kick leader of Cornwall Council out is decided". CornwallLive. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  14. ^ . Archived from the original on 29 January 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2007.
  15. ^ . Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  16. ^ "Mebyon Kernow is not standing in the General Election".
  17. ^ BBC – 2007 Local Election results
  18. ^ "Election results by party, 2 May 2013". 2 May 2013.
  19. ^ . Archived from the original on 10 January 2007.
  20. ^ CND – Local Group Contacts[permanent dead link]
  21. ^ . Archived from the original on 10 February 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2007.
  22. ^ . Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2007.

External links edit

  • Cornwall County Council
  • The Cornish Stannary Parliament
  • Tories to appoint Cornwall Minister[permanent dead link]
  • YouTube – Mark Prisk

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Politics of Cornwall news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2009 Learn how and when to remove this message Cornwall is administered as a county of South West England whose politics are influenced by a number of issues that make it distinct from the general political scene in the wider United Kingdom and the political trends of neighbouring counties Its position on the geographical periphery of the island of Great Britain is also a factor Truro Redruth Falmouth Penzance St Ives Hayle Camborne Helston Newquay St Austell Bodmin Wadebridge Saltash Liskeard Launceston Bude Major settlements of Cornwall Cornwall shares some of the political issues of the other Celtic nations in particular Wales and a notable movement exists seeking greater powers of self government within the UK similar to that achieved in Wales Cornish politics is also defined by its historical relationship between the Liberal Democrats and formerly the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party Cornwall s politics have partly been dictated by its geography and history It sits on a peninsula in the South West of England and its county town Truro is 230 miles 370 km from the UK Parliament in London Its main industries fishing farming and various kinds of mining have been in decline for a long time In 2013 the gross value added of the county was the fourth lowest of any ceremonial county in England However Cornwall is attractive to tourists and to people seeking to move into the area to live There are therefore tensions in the housing market between the demands of inward migrants to the area and the needs of local people citation needed Contents 1 History 2 Parliamentary representation 2 1 Current Cornish MPs 3 Local government 3 1 Cornwall Council election results 4 June 2009 3 2 Cornwall Council election results May 2013 3 3 Cornwall Council election results May 2017 3 4 Cornwall Council election results May 2021 4 Cornish nationalism 4 1 Cornish nationalist and or regionalist organisations 5 Other issues and lobby groups 6 Notes 7 See also 7 1 Other Cornish politicians 7 2 Elections and results 7 3 Parliamentary representation from Cornwall 7 3 1 Historic Cornish Parliamentary constituencies 7 4 Constitutional status of Cornwall 8 References 9 External linksHistory editHistorically Cornwall was a Brittonic speaking area separate from the rest of England until about the 10th century and retained much of its cultural distinctiveness in later centuries Religious non conformism was strong in Cornwall and the Church of England was less well supported than some areas to the east citation needed This has continued to inform later Cornish politics in the form of Liberalism now represented mainly by the Liberal Democrats can be traced to historical associations with Liberalism and non conformist religion particularly Methodism in the 19th century and similarly land ownership and the Conservative party in the same period The Conservative Party is also fairly strong in Cornwall but for slightly different reasons They suffered a particularly bad setback in the 1990s However they regained three of the six Cornish seats in the 2010 general election The Labour Party is traditionally much weaker in Cornwall than many other parts of the UK although it has had some representation locally This may be partly because there is no major urban centre in Cornwall Plymouth tends to fulfil that role Cornwall also traditionally elects a number of independent councillors and is a centre for the rump Liberal Party in the UK 1986 saw the death of the MP David Penhaligon of the then Liberal Party Penhaligon s career looked promising with some tipping him as a future leader In a speech he made in support of the Cornish miners at Camborne he said You need more in an economy than just tourism icecream and deckchairs Our mining industry is not a figment of the last decade or the last two decades It has occupied Cornishmen and it has produced wealth for this century the previous century and probably the last two thousand years and what we re asking the government to do is to recognise the great contribution we have made for the wealth of Britain and in this time of great trial and tribulation to come to our assistance that s what we re asking our government to do Cornwall s distinctiveness as a national as opposed to a regional minority has been periodically recognised by major British papers For example a Guardian editorial in 1990 pointed to these differences and warned that they should be constitutionally recognised Smaller minorities also have equally proud visions of themselves as irreducibly Welsh Irish Manx or Cornish These identities aredistinctly nationalin ways whichproud people from Yorkshire much less proud people from Berkshire will never know Any new constitutional settlementwhich ignores these factorswill be built on uneven ground 1 The Cornish nationalist party Mebyon Kernow was formed in 1951 initially as a pressure group Some of its members and supporters were politicians councillors and MPs from the three main British political parties but later on it became a party in its own right and members of other parties left Its most famous supporter of the time was the novelist Daphne du Maurier One of Mebyon Kernow s main campaigns is for a Cornish Assembly and in 2001 it presented a petition to 10 Downing Street with 50 000 signatures in favour of the Assembly 2 Growing dissatisfaction with European Union fishing policy including the Common Fisheries Policy led to a growth of support for United Kingdom Independence Party UKIP within fishing ports such as Newlyn On 26 July 2007 the Conservative party appointed Mark Prisk Member of Parliament for Hertford and Stortford Shadow Minister for Cornwall This appointment was called the fictional minister for Cornwall by a Liberal Democrat MP as there was no government minister to shadow 3 The post was not continued following the 2010 election and no longer exists This was to put the Duchy s concerns at the heart of Conservative thinking according to a party statement citation needed Conservative Party leader David Cameron said he wholeheartedly endorsed the appointment and it would ensure that the voice of Cornwall is heard 4 However as the post has been discontinued this concept remains unproven In the June 2016 EU referendum Cornwall voted to leave the EU 43 5 per cent 140 540 of Cornwall s voters wanted to remain in the EU while 56 5 per cent 182 665 voted to leave 5 Parliamentary representation edit nbsp From the 2010 general election Cornwall has had six parliamentary constituencies Following a review by the Boundary Commission for England taking effect at the 2010 general election Cornwall is divided into six county constituencies to elect MPs to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Before the 2010 boundary changes there were five constituencies in Cornwall In the 2005 general election all five seats were won by Liberal Democrats However at the 2010 general election Liberal Democrat candidates won three seats and Conservative candidates won three seats citation needed In the 2015 general election all Cornish seats were won by the Conservatives All retained their seats in the 2017 general election citation needed Current Cornish MPs edit Camborne amp Redruth George Eustice Conservative North Cornwall Scott Mann Conservative South East Cornwall Sheryll Murray Conservative St Austell amp Newquay Steve Double Conservative St Ives Derek Thomas Conservative Truro amp Falmouth Cherilyn Mackrory Conservative General Election Results in Cornwall 1945 Present Year Conservative Labour Liberal Liberal Democrat Others No No No No 2019 173 117 53 75 74 392 23 10 62 169 19 30 12 401 3 85 2017 152 428 48 43 83 968 26 68 73 875 23 47 4 438 1 41 2015 127 079 43 10 36 235 12 29 66 056 22 40 65 458 22 20 2010 115 016 40 95 24 257 8 64 117 307 41 76 24 301 8 65 2005 82 543 31 82 41 140 15 86 115 241 44 42 20 509 7 91 2001 82 227 32 61 43 674 17 32 113 000 44 82 13 216 5 24 1997 85 077 30 36 47 913 17 10 123 124 43 94 24 093 8 60 1992 127 678 42 71 41 593 13 91 124 553 41 66 5 133 1 72 1987 131 194 47 26 34 994 12 60 111 064 40 01 373 0 13 1983 126 182 49 29 22 838 8 92 104 365 40 77 2 604 1 02 1979 130 149 50 63 32 270 12 55 87 994 34 23 6 646 2 59 Oct 1974 101 501 43 64 46 565 20 02 81 766 35 15 2 778 1 19 Feb 1974 101 495 41 81 47 466 19 55 92 747 38 21 1 027 0 42 1970 104 362 47 91 53 642 24 62 58 877 27 03 960 0 44 1966 84 217 41 38 56 521 27 77 62 791 30 85 0 0 1964 79 551 41 15 50 005 25 87 63 504 32 85 265 0 14 1959 84 684 43 80 53 100 27 47 55 549 28 73 0 0 1955 92 185 48 53 58 267 30 68 39 495 20 79 0 0 1951 101 653 50 49 67 111 33 33 32 573 16 18 0 0 1950 89 060 44 19 59 678 29 61 52 816 26 20 0 0 1945 73 249 41 85 44 226 25 27 56 935 32 53 626 0 36 European Parliament Election Results in Cornwall 1999 2019 Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat UKIP Brexit Others No No No No No 2019 13 576 7 75 10 831 6 18 35 051 20 00 71 919 41 03 43 899 n 1 25 05 2014 37 835 25 65 16 178 10 97 17 918 12 15 54 093 36 68 21 465 14 55 2009 46 868 27 86 8 547 5 08 29 608 17 60 40 091 23 83 43 121 25 63 2004 36 253 25 55 16 460 11 60 31 088 21 91 40 644 28 65 17 420 12 28 1999 39 399 35 05 13 586 12 09 28 290 25 17 17 083 15 20 14 038 12 49 Local government edit nbsp Composition of Cornwall County Council following the 2005 elections Yellow Liberal Democrats grey independents amp MK blue Conservatives red Labour nbsp Cornwall Council Electoral Divisions Map On 1 April 2009 most of the ceremonial county of Cornwall became a unitary authority with the headquarters of Cornwall Council based in Truro Before then Cornwall was a non metropolitan county that followed the three tier system typical of English shire counties and had five districts Penwith Kerrier Carrick Caradon and North Cornwall and one borough Restormel Cornwall Council provides a wide range of services to more than half a million residents has an annual budget of more than 1 billion and is the biggest employer in Cornwall 6 The Isles of Scilly which are part of the ceremonial county of Cornwall are not part of the Cornwall unitary authority as they have their own unitary council Cornwall Council election results 4 June 2009 edit Main article Cornwall Council election 2009 Elections for the new unitary Cornwall Council were held on 4 June 2009 and 123 members were elected replacing the previous 82 councillors of Cornwall County Council and also another 249 some of whom were also county councillors on the six district councils 7 At the 2009 elections the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of Cornwall with no single party gaining overall control of the new council Although the Conservatives now have the largest number of elected members they do not have a majority 8 The Conservatives received 34 of the vote and won 50 seats followed by the Liberal Democrats on 28 winning 38 seats the Independents 23 and 32 seats and Mebyon Kernow 4 and three seats The turnout was 41 Labour the Green Party UKIP and the BNP failed to secure any seats in Cornwall 9 10 Cornwall Council election results May 2013 edit Main article Cornwall Council election 2013 The council remained as no overall control with the Independent politicians becoming the largest grouping on the council through a modest gain of councillors from the previous election The Liberal Democrats remained the second largest party after losing 2 councillors and the Conservatives slipped to third after losing over a third of their councillors The Labour Party 8 UKIP 6 and the Green Party 1 all gained seats with UKIP and the Greens entering Cornwall Council for the first time Mebyon Kernow had 6 councillors prior to the election having added 2 since the 2009 election their total following the election was reduced to 4 11 Cornwall Council election results May 2017 edit Main article Cornwall Council election 2017 The Conservative Party became the largest group on Cornwall Council with 46 seats achieving 35 of the overall vote The Liberal Democrats became the second largest party with 37 seats with the Independents in third place with 30 Conservative46 seats 18 Liberal Democrat 38 seats 7 Independent 30 seats 4 Labour 5 seats 2 Mebyon Kernow 4 seats NC Green 0 seats 1 UKIP 0 seats 1 Other 0 seats 5 12 Cornwall Council election results May 2021 edit Main article Cornwall Council election 2021 nbsp 2021 Cornwall Council election The number of seats on the council fell from 123 to 87 13 Cornish nationalism editMain articles Cornish nationalism and Constitutional status of Cornwall Two of the major factors in Cornish nationalism are the disputed position of Cornwall as separate constitutional entity within the UK and the rights of the Cornish people as a minority 14 These issues affect all of those involved in Cornish politics even those who are at odds with these ideas Three UK political parties recognise the cause of Cornish self determination the Liberal Party the Cornish section of the Green Party of England and Wales and the Communist Party of Britain citation needed However in the 2015 general election the Liberal party in Cornwall withdrew its candidates and encouraged its supporters to vote UKIP 15 An Gof have also expressed Cornish nationalism though not in political ways as much as violent ones Cornish nationalist and or regionalist organisations edit Main article Mebyon Kernow The principal political party in the Cornish nationalist movement is Mebyon Kernow which labels itself as a centre left green and decentralist party citation needed and has close association with its sister party Plaid Cymru in Wales Mebyon Kernow s membership is calculated at around 1 000 members across Cornwall citation needed In 1979 in the first elections to the European Parliament Mebyon Kernow won almost 10 over 10 000 votes of the vote in the Cornwall seat This reflected a decade of steady growth for the party MK continues to contest parliamentary seats and also local government seats In the 2015 general election Mebyon Kernow fielded candidates in all of the constituencies in Cornwall Mebyon Kernow declined to stand candidates in the 2017 general election stating The timing of this snap election so close to the local polls makes it impractical for a party with our level of resources to put together and finance a meaningful campaign for the General Election 16 In 2019 Mebyon Kernow fielded only one candidate Dick Cole in the Newquay and St Austell constituency In the district elections of 2007 seven Mebyon Kernow district councillors were elected MK lost one district seat and gained two a net gain of one This gave them seven of the 249 seats 2 8 of seats up for election Mebyon Kernow got around 5 percent of the total vote in these district elections putting the party in third position behind the Liberal Democrats and the Conservative Party and ahead of Labour in several seats including Kerrier Restormel North Cornwall and Caradon 17 Prior to the 2013 local elections Mebyon Kernow held six seats on the council having gained two due to defections from other parties and winning one in a by election Keeping the seat won in the by election and a gain of one seat elsewhere left them with four in total This dropped them to being the sixth largest group on the council from the position of fourth largest prior to the election being overtaken by UKIP and The Labour party 18 The Cornish Nationalist Party was founded as a splinter group from Mebyon Kernow in the 1970s following a split over the ideological path of the Cornish National Movement the members of the Cornish Nationalist party favouring a more right of centre approach to attracting support Initially led by Dr James Whetter the Cornish Nationalist Party are not a registered political party under the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998 and therefore cannot stand for local or Westminster elections In addition to political parties other independent organisations promote the autonomy movement The Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament was a human rights pressure group which claimed to be a revival of the mediaeval Stannary Parliaments local legislative organisations in the mining regions It was established in 1974 and had campaigned against the government of the United Kingdom s position on the constitutional status of Cornwall The group has not been active since 2008 19 Other groups include TGG Tyr Gwyr Gweryn Cornwall 2000 Cornish Solidarity who were constitutional and Cornish human rights groups but are no longer active and the Cornish Constitutional Convention which campaigns for a Cornish Assembly Other issues and lobby groups editWithin Cornwall there are a growing number of pressure groups lobbying groups devoted to Cornish issues other than the national question Local environmental issues feature prominently notably the Surfers against Sewage group formed in this region heavily dependent on the tourist industry The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament CND has a local presence with a branch in Penzance 20 Some east Cornwall CND activists are members of the Plymouth branch There is a Cornish branch of Greenpeace 21 Amnesty International have a local branch Notes edit Includes votes for the UK Independence Party See also edit nbsp Cornwall portal Other Cornish politicians edit Doris Ansari Chairman Cornwall County Council 22 Dick Cole leader of Mebyon Kernow Loveday Jenkin deputy leader of Mebyon Kernow Mark Prisk former Shadow Minister for Cornwall amp MP Position discontinued 2010 Paul Tyler Liberal Democrats Life peer Elections and results edit 1987 Truro by election 2001 United Kingdom general election result in Cornwall 2005 United Kingdom general election result in Cornwall 2010 United Kingdom general election result in Cornwall Cornwall local elections 2009 Cornwall Council election Parliamentary representation from Cornwall edit Further information Parliamentary representation from Cornwall St Ives Camborne and Redruth Truro and Falmouth St Austell and Newquay North Cornwall South East Cornwall Historic Cornish Parliamentary constituencies edit Bodmin Bossiney Callington Camelford Cornwall East Cornwall West Cornwall East Looe East Looe and West Looe Falmouth and Camborne Fowey Grampound Helston Launceston Liskeard Lostwithiel Mitchell Newport Cornwall UK Parliament constituency Penryn Penryn and Falmouth St Austell St Germans St Mawes Saltash Tregony Truro Truro and St Austell West Looe Constitutional status of Cornwall edit Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament Cornwall Duchy of Cornwall Duke of Cornwall Royal Commission on the Constitution Constitutional status of Cornwall Stannary law Cornwall Commonwealth Games Association Cornish self government movement Mebyon Kernow Celtic League Cornish Assembly Cornish Nationalist Party Fry an SpyrysReferences edit The Guardian editorial 8 May 1990 50 000 Assembly petition presented to 10 Downing Street The fictional minister for Cornwall Mark Prisk appointed Tory Shadow Minister for Cornwall http www westbriton co uk 8203 we got there dreckly cornwall s out vote is the last to be announced in eu referendum story 29439264 detail story html sKK6H6jikMMIJAsJ 99 permanent dead link Cornwall Council 2009 elections Archived from the original on 11 May 2009 Retrieved 5 May 2009 Cornwall Council June 2009 Electoral divisions Lib Dems lose control of Cornwall in June 2009 Cornwall Council elections Cornwall Council election results 5 June 2009 BBC Cornwall 2009 Cornwall Council election results Election results by party 2 May 2013 2 May 2013 Cornwall local election results 2017 are in and here are the highlights Cornwall Live Archived from the original on 11 May 2017 Retrieved 2 July 2017 Whitehouse Richard 8 April 2021 Attempt to kick leader of Cornwall Council out is decided CornwallLive Retrieved 10 April 2021 Cornish demand recognition on the 2011 Census Archived from the original on 29 January 2010 Retrieved 30 January 2007 Liberal Party urges supporters to vote Ukip Western Morning News Archived from the original on 3 July 2015 Retrieved 2 June 2015 Mebyon Kernow is not standing in the General Election BBC 2007 Local Election results Election results by party 2 May 2013 2 May 2013 The Cornish Stannary Parliament Archived from the original on 10 January 2007 CND Local Group Contacts permanent dead link Greenpeace Active Supporters Archived from the original on 10 February 2007 Retrieved 4 October 2007 Members Details Archived from the original on 17 October 2007 Retrieved 3 October 2007 External links editCornwall County Council The Cornish Stannary Parliament Mebyon Kernow Tories to appoint Cornwall Minister permanent dead link TGG Tyr Gwyr Gweryn YouTube Mark Prisk Retrieved from https en 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