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The 2025 Cornwall Council election will be held on Thursday 1 May 2025 to elect all 87 councillors to Cornwall Council in England. It will take place on the same day as other council elections in the United Kingdom. [1]
Cornwall Council is currently held by the Conservatives, who won the previous Council election in 2021. [2]
Cornwall Council is a unitary authority which has held elections every four years since its creation in 2009. [3] In the previous election in 2021, the Conservative Party won a majority of seats, taking over governance of the council [4] from the previous Liberal Democrat coalition with independent councillors. [5]
Cornwall Council has sought a devolution agreement from the Westminster Government. In 2022 a Level Three Devolution deal, similar to English combined authorities, was offered. This deal would have required a transition from the Leader/Cabinet model, to a Directly-Elected Mayor/Cabinet system. [6] Following decision not to pursue a level three deal, due in part to opposition to a Directly elected mayor for Cornwall, a level two deal was negotiated and passed in late 2023. [7] This deal agreed to devolved powers and additional funding over Adult Education, Green Energy, and Cornish Cultural activities. [8]
In January 2023, Paul Willis, Independent Councillor for the St Columb Major, St Mawgan & St Wenn ward, aligned himself to the Conservative group. [9] [10]
During December 2023, Cllr. Steve Arthur, who represents Perranporth, resigned from the Conservative group. [11] Cllr Arthur, who now sits non-aligned as "Stand Alone Conservative", [12] stated complaints with the strategic planning committee over the approval of a solar farm within his ward. [13]
Following the resignation of Conservative councillor Tara Sherfield-Wong, due to health concerns, a by-election was called on 16th of February 2023. [14] [15]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 17.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,788 | 32.4 | -10.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +15.1 | |||
Following the death of Liberal Democrat councillor Edwina Hannaford, due to "an aggressive form of cancer", [16] a by-election was called on 27th of February 2024. The poll took place on Thursday 4 April 2024. [17] The seat was retained by the Liberal Democrats with reduced vote share, securing 44.8% of the vote. [18]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jim Candy | 604 | 44.8 | -16.6 | |
Conservative | Richard Dorling | 414 | 30.7 | +0.5 | |
Labour | Amy Ladd | 254 | 18.9 | +10.5 | |
Green | Paul Clark | 75 | 5.6 | New | |
Majority | 210 | 15.5 | |||
Turnout | 1353 | 28.28 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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