Cornwall Council in England

England

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, is elected every four years. From 1973 to 2005 elections were for Cornwall County Council

County council

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, with the first election for the new unitary

Unitary authority

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 Cornwall Council held in June 2009. This election saw 123 members elected, replacing the previous 82 councillors on Cornwall County Council and the 249 on the six district councils.

Political control

Since 1973 political control of the county council, from 1973 to 2009, and then the unitary council after 2009, has been held by the following parties: Independent

Independent (politician)

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Party in control	Years
1973 - 1985
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	1985 - 1993
Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...	1993 - 1997
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	1997 - 2005
Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...	2005 - 2009
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	2009 - present

County Council elections

Cornwall County Council election, 2001

Cornwall County Council election, 2005

1997-2001

2001-2005

2005-2009

2009-2013