2021 Cornwall Council election

The 2021 Cornwall Council election is scheduled to take place in May 2021.[6] It will be contested under new ward boundaries as the number of seats on the Council goes from 123 (in 2017) to 87.[7][8]

2021 Cornwall Council election

May 2021

87 seats to Cornwall Council
44 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Con
LD
Ind
Leader Linda Taylor[1] Malcolm Brown[2] Carolyn Rule[3]
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent
Leader's seat Lelant and Carbis Bay St Austell Bethel Mullion and Grade-Ruan
Last election 46 seats, 37.4% 38 seats, 30.9% 30 seats, 24.4%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Lab
MK
Leader Stephen Barnes[4] Dick Cole[5]
Party Labour Mebyon Kernow
Leader's seat Redruth North St Endoer
Last election 5 seats, 4.1% 4 seats, 3.3%

Council control before election

No Overall Control

Council control after election

TBD

References

  1. "Linda Taylor". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  2. "Malcolm Brown". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  3. "Carolyn Rule". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  4. "Stephen Barnes". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  5. "Dick Cole". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  6. "Election Timetable in England" (PDF). GOV.UK. p. 10. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  7. "36 councillors could be cut from Cornwall Council in 2021". ITV. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  8. Whitehouse, Richard (2 May 2019). "Why there are no local elections in Cornwall in May 2019". Cornwall Live. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
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