2021 Cornwall Council election
The 2021 Cornwall Council election is scheduled to take place in May 2021 as part of the 2021 United Kingdom local elections. It will be contested under new ward boundaries as the number of seats on the Council goes from 123 (in 2017) to 87.
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Background
Cornwall Council is a unitary authority which has held elections every four years since its creation in 2009.[6] In the previous election in 2017, the Conservative Party won the most seats but short of a majority. The Liberal Democrats continued to govern the council in coalition with independent councillors.
Following a review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, the number of councillors to be elected has been reduced for this election from 123 in previous elections to 87.[7][8]
References
- "Linda Taylor". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- "Malcolm Brown". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- "Carolyn Rule". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- "Stephen Barnes". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- "Dick Cole". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- "Election Timetable in England" (PDF). GOV.UK. p. 10. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- "36 councillors could be cut from Cornwall Council in 2021". ITV. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- Whitehouse, Richard (2 May 2019). "Why there are no local elections in Cornwall in May 2019". Cornwall Live. Retrieved 14 March 2020.