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]

Council elections

Non-metropolitan county elections

Control following each election from 1973 to 2005

Year with link to article	Control		Notes
1973		Independent
1977		Independent
1981		Independent
1985		No overall control	(boundary changes increased the number of seats by 4)[3]
1989		No overall control
1993		Liberal Democrats
1997		No overall control
2001		No overall control
2005		Liberal Democrats	(boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 8)[4]

Result maps

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  2005 results map

Unitary authority elections

Year	Reform UK	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Labour	Mebyon Kernow	UKIP	Green	Independent	Council control after election
2009[5]	Did Not Exist	50	38	0	3	0	0	32		No overall control
2013[a][7]	Did Not Exist	31	36	8	4	6	1	37		No overall control
2017[8]	Did Not Exist	46	37	5	4	0	0	30		No overall control
2021[b][10]	0	47	13	5	5	0	1	16		Conservative
2025[11]	28	7	26	4	3	0	3	16		No overall control

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
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  2025 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^[12]

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^[13]

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^[14]

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^[15]

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^[16]

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^[17]

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^[18]

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^[19]

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^[20]

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^[21]

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^[22]

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^[23]

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^[24]

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^[25]

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^[26]

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^[27]

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^[28]

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^[29]

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^[30]

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^[31]

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^[32]

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^[33]

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

^[34]

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

^[35]

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^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jayne Kirkham	643	60.2	+19.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Spagro	184	17.2	−1.7
	Conservative	Richard Cunningham	184	17.2	−7.2
	Green	Tom 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 2018^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark 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

Bude by-election 23 August 2018^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Parsons	1,010	53.2	+0.5
	Independent	Bob Willingham	475	25.0	+25.0
	Conservative	Alex Dart	264	13.9	−24.1
	Labour	Ray Shemilt	148	7.8	−1.6
Majority			535	28.2
Turnout			1,897
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bob Willingham contested the ward for the Conservative Party in 2017, receiving 20.7%.

Wadebridge West by-election 7 November 2019^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robin Moorcroft	552	38.5	+38.5
	Conservative	Philip Mitchell	494	34.5	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Fletcher	250	17.5	−31.6
	Green	Amanda Pennington	123	8.6	+0.8
	Independent	Robyn Harris	13	0.9	+0.9
Majority			58	4.1
Turnout			1,432
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2021-2025

Long Rock, Marazion and St Erth by-election 16 February 2023^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Martin	811	45.4	+22.0
	Conservative	Will Elliott	503	28.1	−8.3
	Green	Catherine Hayes	244	13.6	+2.5
	Labour	Nastassia Player	230	12.9	+1.2
Majority			308	17.2
Turnout			1,788
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Looe West, Pelynt, Lansallos and Lanteglos by-election 4 April 2024^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Candy	604	44.8	−16.6
	Conservative	Richard Dorling	414	30.7	+0.4
	Labour	Amy Ladd	254	18.9	+10.6
	Green	Paul Clark	75	5.6	+5.6
Majority			190	14.1
Turnout			1,347
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Falmouth Penwerris by-election 19 September 2024^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Rowe	337	44.7	−19.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Spargo	228	30.2	+25.5
	Green	Jackie Walkden	189	25.1	+16.7
Majority			109	14.5
Turnout			754
	Labour hold		Swing

Notes

1. Boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same.^[6]
2. Boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 36.^[9]