Cornwall Council election, 2009

Composition of Cornwall Council after the 2009 elections
  Conservative Party
  Liberal Democrats
  Independents
  Mebyon Kernow

Elections to Cornwall Council, the Unitary Authority for Cornwall took place on 4 June 2009, the same day as other United Kingdom local elections, 2009.

Cornwall had seen its district and county councils abolished, replaced by a single 123-member Cornish unitary authority, for which councillors were elected for a full term in June.

Results

Cornwall Council election, 2009
Party		Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	Candidates	Av. Votes	Av. Votes %
	Conservative	50	40.65%	33.8%	57,115	123	464	33.8%
	Liberal Democrat	38	30.89%	28.2%	47,701	119	401	29.2%
	Independent	32	26.02%	23.1%	39,093	106	369	26.8%
	Mebyon Kernow	3	2.44%	4.3%	7,290	33	221	16%
	UKIP	0	0%	3.8%	6,350	26	244	18%
	Labour	0	0%	3.4%	5,698	59	97	7.1%
	Green	0	0%	1.9%	3,139	16	196	14.6%
	Others	0	0%	0.6%	1,100	6	183	12.3%
	Liberal	0	0%	0.6%	945	9	105	8.2%
	BNP	0	0%	0.2%	363	4	91
	English Democrats	0	0%	0.1%	81	1	81

Councillors elected

Seat	Winner	Majority	Runner Up	Candidates
Altarnun	Phil Parsons, Conservative	80	Independent	3
Bodmin Central	Pat Rogerson, Liberal Democrat	232	Conservative	3
Bodmin East	Lance Kennedy, Conservative	33	Liberal Democrat	2
Bodmin West	Ann Kerridge, Liberal Democrat	333	Conservative	2
Breage	John Keeling, Independent	36	Conservative	4
Bude North and Stratton	Nathan Bale, Liberal Democrat	962	Conservative	2
Bude South	Liberal Democrat	361	Nigel Pearce, Independent	4
Bugle	Jackie Bull, Liberal Democrat	263	Conservative	4
Callington	Andrew Long, Mebyon Kernow	390	Conservative	3
Camborne Central	Jon Stoneman, Conservative	3	Liberal Democrat	4
Camborne North	Bill Jenkin, Conservative	164	Liberal Democrat	6
Camborne South	Stuart Cullimore, Mebyon Kernow	20	Conservative	5
Camborne West	David Biggs, Conservative	181	Mebyon Kernow	5
Camelford	Keith Goodenough, Conservative	71	Liberal Democrat	4
Carn Brea North	Sheppard, Conservative	118	Liberal Democrat	4
Carn Brea South	Kym Willoughby, Liberal Democrat	26	Independent	5
Chacewater and Kenwyn	John Dyer, Conservative	518	Liberal Democrat	3
Colan and Mawgan	John Fitter, Conservative	250	Independent	3
Constantine	Neil Hatton, Conservative	925	Liberal Democrat	3
Falmouth Arwenack	Steve Eva, Independent	13	Liberal Democrat	5
Falmouth Boslowick	Mike Varney, Independent	199	Liberal Democrat	4
Falmouth Gyllyngvase	Geoffrey Evans, Conservative	279	Independent	6
Falmouth Penwerris	Grenville Chappel, Independent	56	Liberal Democrat	5
Falmouth Trescobeas	David Saunby, Independent	269	Independent	5
Feock and Kea	Jim Currie, Conservative	109	Independent	5
Flexbury and Poughill	Paula Dolphin, Liberal Democrat	12	Independent	3
Fowey	Conservative	36	Independent	3
Gulval and Heamoor	Liberal Democrat	578	Conservative	7
Gunnislake	Conservative	188	Independent	6
Gwinear-Gwithian and St Erth	Conservative	65	Independent	4
Hayle North	Independent	348	Conservative	4
Hayle South	Independent	193	Independent	6
Helston Central	Independent	272	Conservative	3
Helston North	Conservative	244	Independent	4
Illogan	Conservative	89	Liberal Party	5
Kelly Bray	Conservative	262	Liberal Democrat	4
Ladock, St Clement and St Erme	Conservative	254	Independent	5
Lanivet	Conservative	220	Liberal Democrat	5
Launceston Central	Liberal Democrat	258	Conservative	2
Launceston North	Liberal Democrat	228	Conservative	2
Launceston South	Liberal Democrat	187	Conservative	3
Lelant and Carbis Bay	Conservative	318	Independent	3
Liskeard Central	Liberal Democrat	131	Conservative	2
Liskeard North	Conservative	100	Mebyon Kernow	3
Liskeard South and Dobwalls	Liberal Democrat	322	Conservative	3
Looe East	Conservative	778	UK Independence Party	4
Looe West and Lansallos	Liberal Democrat	42	Conservative	3
Lostwithiel	Conservative	121	Independent	6
Ludgvan	Independent	115	Conservative	5
Mabe	Conservative	80	Liberal Democrat	7
Marazion	Conservative	137	Independent	5
Menheniot	Conservative	313	Liberal Democrat	3
Mevagissey	Conservative	151	Liberal Democrat	4
Mount Charles	Liberal Democrat	18	Unspecified	3
Mount Hawke and Portreath	Liberal Democrat	101	Conservative	8
Mullion	Conservative	245	Liberal Democrat	3
Newlyn and Goonhavern	Conservative	227	Liberal Democrat	5
Newlyn and Mousehole	Conservative	581	Mebyon Kernow	5
Newquay Central	Liberal Democrat	54	Conservative	6
Newquay Pentire	Liberal Democrat	96	Conservative	5
Newquay Treloggan	Liberal Democrat	47	Conservative	4
Newquay Tretherras	Conservative	340	Liberal Democrat	5
Newquay Treviglas	Independent	28	Conservative	5
Padstow	Conservative	279	Liberal Democrat	5
Pelynt	Conservative	173	Liberal Democrat	3
Penryn East and Mylor	Conservative	174	Independent	5
Penryn West	Independent	18	Liberal Democrat	5
Penwithick	Liberal Democrat	78	Conservative	4
Penzance Central	Liberal Democrat	14	Conservative	5
Penzance East	Liberal Democrat	25	Labour	5
Penzance Promenade	Independent	134	Liberal Democrat	5
Perranporth	Independent	392	Conservative	5
Porthleven and Helston South	Independent	17	Liberal Democrat	4
Poundstock	Conservative	45	Liberal Democrat	5
Probus	Independent	63	Conservative	6
Rame	Conservative	129	Independent	5
Redruth Central	Conservative	8	Independent	7
Redruth North	Independent	88	Labour	4
Redruth South	Independent	501	Liberal Democrat	4
Roche	Independent	223	Liberal Democrat	3
Roseland	Independent	680	Conservative	3
Saltash Burraton	Liberal Democrat	182	Conservative	3
Saltash Essa	Liberal Democrat	242	Conservative	2
Saltash Pill	Independent	198	Conservative	3
Saltash St Stephens	Liberal Democrat	128	Conservative	2
St Agnes	Liberal Democrat	326	Conservative	3
St Austell Bay	Conservative	361	Liberal Democrat	3
St Austell Bethel	Liberal Democrat	18	Conservative	5
St Austell Gover	Conservative	53	Liberal Democrat	3
St Austell Poltair	Conservative	67	Liberal Democrat	4
St Blaise	Liberal Democrat	289	Conservative	3
St Buryan	Conservative	260	Liberal Democrat	3
St Cleer	Liberal Democrat	189	Conservative	3
St Columb	Independent	129	Independent	5
St Day and Lanner	Independent	566	Independent	6
St Dennis	Independent	545	Liberal Democrat	3
St Endellion	Conservative	193	Independent	4
St Enoder	Dick Cole, Mebyon Kernow	750	Conservative	3
St Germans	Conservative	397	Liberal Democrat	3
St Issey	Liberal Democrat	66	Conservative	2
St Ive	Liberal Democrat	36	Independent	4
St Ives North	Conservative	24	Green Party	6
St Ives South	Conservative	200	Green Party	5
St Just In Penwith	Independent	283	Liberal Democrat	4
St Keverne and Meneage	Independent	16	Conservative	6
St Mewan	Liberal Democrat	38	Conservative	3
St Stephen	Independent	460	Conservative	4
St Teath	Independent	445	Conservative	2
Stithians	Independent	302	Conservative	5
Stoke Climsland	Neil Burden, Independent	546	Liberal Democrat	3
Threemilestone and Gloweth	Liberal Democrat	72	Conservative	6
Tintagel	Liberal Democrat	267	Independent	3
Torpoint East	Liberal Democrat	126	Conservative	3
Torpoint West	Conservative	241	Liberal Democrat	3
Troon and Beacon	Conservative	41	Liberal Democrat, Mebyon Kernow	4
Truro Boscawen	Liberal Democrat	66	Conservative	5
Truro Moresk	Independent	356	Liberal Democrat	6
Truro Tregolls	Doris Ansari, Liberal Democrat	183	Conservative	5
Truro Trehaverne	Conservative	6	Independent	4
Tywardreath	Liberal Democrat	323	Conservative	3
Wadebridge East	Independent	145	Conservative	3
Wadebridge West	Conservative	439	Liberal Democrat	3
Wendron	Independent	194	Mebyon Kernow	7

External links

• [1] Election results at Cornwall Council website