Cornwall Council Cornwall Council ( kw, Konsel Kernow) is the unitary authority for Cornwall in the United Kingdom, not including the Isles of Scilly, which has its own unitary council. The council, and its predecessor Cornwall County Council, has a traditio ...

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, UK, was established in 2009 and is elected every four years. From 1973 to 2005 elections were for

Cornwall County Council Cornwall County Council ( kw, Konteth Konsel Kernow) was the county council of the non-metropolitan county of Cornwall in south west England. It came into its powers on 1 April 1889 and was abolished on 1 April 2009. History Cornwall County Counc ...

, with the first election for the new

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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 Caradon was a local government district in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It contained five towns: Callington, Liskeard, Looe, Saltash and Torpoint, and over 80 villages and hamlets within 41 civil parishes. Its District Council was based in ...

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Kerrier Kerrier ( kw, Keryer) was a local government district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It was the most southerly district in the United Kingdom, other than the Isles of Scilly. Its council was based in Camborne (). Other towns in the dis ...

North Cornwall North Cornwall ( kw, An Tiredh Uhel) is an area of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is also the name of a former local government district, which was administered from Bodmin and Wadebridge . Other towns in the area are Launceston, Bude, P ...

Penwith Penwith (; kw, Pennwydh) is an area of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, located on the peninsula of the same name. It is also the name of a former local government district, whose council was based in Penzance. The area is named after one ...

, and

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). In June 2013 the

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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

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, 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 Unitary authority

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 2005 have been:

Council elections

Non-metropolitan county elections

1973 Cornwall County Council election Elections to Cornwall County Council were held on 12 April 1973. This was on the same day as other UK county council elections. The whole council of 79 members was up for election and the council fell under the control of Independents. Results ...

1977 Cornwall County Council election Elections to Cornwall County Council were held on 5 May 1977. The whole council of seventy-nine members was up for election and the result was that the Independents, despite losing nine seats, comfortably retained control, winning sixty-four s ...

1981 Cornwall County Council election Elections to Cornwall County Council were held on 7 May 1981. Results References Cornwall 1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau be ...

1985 Cornwall County Council election The 1985 Cornwall County Council election for the Cornwall County Council were held on 2 May 1985, as part of the wider 1985 local elections. Results References Cornwall 1985 The year 1985 was designated as the Inte ...

(boundary changes increased the number of seats by 4) *

1989 Cornwall County Council election The 1989 Cornwall County Council election to the Cornwall County Council was held on 4 May 1989, as part of the wider 1989 local elections. Results References Cornwall 1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: ...

1993 Cornwall County Council election Elections to Cornwall County Council were held on 6 May 1993, as part of the wider 1993 local elections. The Liberal Democrats gained control of the council, which had previously been under no overall control. Results References ...

1997 Cornwall County Council election The 1997 Cornwall County Council election, was an election for all 79 seats on the council. Cornwall County Council was a county council that covered the majority of the ceremonial county of Cornwall, with the exception of the Isles of Scilly whi ...

2001 Cornwall County Council election The 2001 Cornwall County Council election, was an election for all 79 seats on the council. Cornwall County Council was a county council that covered the majority of the ceremonial county of Cornwall, with the exception of the Isles of Scilly wh ...

2005 Cornwall County Council election The 2005 Cornwall County Council election took place on 5 May 2005, concurrently with other local elections across England and Wales. It was the first election to take place under new ward boundaries, which increased the number of seats from 79 ...

(boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 8)

Unitary authority elections

2009 Cornwall Council election The Cornwall Council election, 2009, was an election for all 123 seats on the council. Cornwall Council is a unitary authority that covers the majority of the ceremonial county of Cornwall, with the exception of the Isles of Scilly which have a ...

2013 Cornwall Council election The Cornwall Council election, 2013, was an election for all 123 seats on the council. Cornwall Council is a unitary authority that covers the majority of the ceremonial county of Cornwall, with the exception of the Isles of Scilly which have a ...

(boundary changes took place) *

2017 Cornwall Council election The 2017 Cornwall Council election was held on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. 122 councillors were elected from the 121 electoral divisions of Cornwall Council, which returned either one or two councillo ...

2021 Cornwall Council election The 2021 Cornwall Council election took place on 6 May 2021 as part of the 2021 United Kingdom local elections. It was contested under new division boundaries as the number of seats on the council falls from 123 to 87. The election was won by t ...

(boundary changes took place; seats on council reduced from 123 to 87)

County result maps

File:Cornwall UK local election 2009 map.svg, 2009 results map File:Cornwall UK local election 2013 map.svg, 2013 results map File:Cornwall Council political divisions May 2017 map.svg, 2017 results map File:Cornwall Council political divisions May 2021 map.svg, 2021 results map

By-election results

1997-2001

2001-2005

2005-2009

2009-2013

2013-2017

2017-2021

References

By-election results

External links

Cornwall Council
{{Cornish elections Unitary authority elections in England Council elections in Cornwall