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

2021 Cornwall Council election
6 May 2021
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
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 1† 14† 25†
Popular vote 63,851 26,462 31,201
Percentage 37.9% 16.3% 18.5%
Swing 2.7pp 4.0pp 11.3pp
  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 0† 1† 1†
Popular vote 18,985 8,897 15,385
Percentage 11.3% 5.3% 9.1%
Swing 3.3pp 2.0pp 7.1pp
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

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