2021 Cornwall Council election

2021 Cornwall Council election

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All 87 seats in the Cornwall Council
44 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Linda Taylor N/A Malcolm Brown[1]
Party Conservative Independent Liberal Democrats
Last election 46 seats, 37.4% 30 seats, 24.4% 38 seats, 30.9%
Seats won 47 16 13
Seat change Increase1 Decrease14† Decrease25†
Popular vote 63,851 26,462 31,201
Percentage 37.9% 16.3% 18.5%
Swing Increase2.7pp Decrease4.0pp Decrease11.3pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Stephen Barnes Dick Cole
Party Labour Mebyon Kernow Green
Last election 5 seats, 4.1% 4 seats, 3.3% 0 seats, 2.0%
Seats won 5 5 1
Seat change Steady0† Increase1† Increase1†
Popular vote 18,985 8,897 15,385
Percentage 11.3% 5.3% 9.1%
Swing Increase3.3pp Increase2.0pp Increase7.1pp

Map showing the composition of Cornwall Council following the 2021 election.
  • owing to electoral boundaries changing, this figure is notional

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

Conservative

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 the Conservative Party, who took an overall majority of seats.

  1. ^ Richard Whitehouse (15 March 2021). "New leader of Cornwall Council Lib Dems after Adam Paynter suspension". Falmouth Packet. Retrieved 23 February 2022.