Mebyon Kernow – The Party for Cornwall is a Cornish nationalist, centre-left political party in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It primarily campaigns for devolution to Cornwall in the form of a Cornish Assembly . It has representatives in local government (see main article), but has never succeeded in national elections.
Year
Votes
Share of votes
Seats
1977
1,736
2.7%
0 / 79
1981
3,331
3.4%
0 / 79
1985
2,134
2.0%
1 / 79
1989
1,809
1.3%
1 / 79
1993
2,528
1.9%
1 / 79
1997
6,890
2.6%
2 / 79
2001
8,405
3.5%
0 / 79
2005
9,421
3.7%
0 / 82
Year
Candidates
Votes
Share of votes
Seats
2009
33
7,290
4.3%
3 / 123
2013
26
6,824
4.8%
4 / 123
2017
19
5,344
4.0%
4 / 123
2021
19
8,897
5.0%
5 / 87
Elections to the House of Commons
Election
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
1970
Falmouth & Camborne
Richard Jenkin
960
2.0
February 1974
Truro
James Whetter
850
1.5
October 1974
Truro
James Whetter
384
0.7
1979
Falmouth & Camborne
Leonard Truran
1,637
3.0
St Ives
Colin Murley
1,662
4.0
1983
Falmouth & Camborne
Richard Jenkin
582
1.2
St Ives
Pedyr Prior
569
1.2
1997
Cornwall, N
John Bolitho
645
1.1
Cornwall, SE
Paul Dunbar
573
1.0
Falmouth & Camborne
Ruth Lewarne
238
0.4
Truro & St Austell
Davyth Hicks
450
0.8
2001
Cornwall, SE
Kenneth John George
1,209
2.3
Falmouth & Camborne
Hilda Wasley
853
1.8
Truro & St Austell
Conan Jenkin
1,137
2.3
2005
Cornwall, N
Dick Cole
1,351
2.4
Cornwall, SE
Graham Sandercock
769
1.4
Falmouth & Camborne
Hilda Wasley
370
0.8
Truro & St Austell
Conan Jenkin
1,062
2.1
2010
Camborne & Redruth
Loveday Jenkin
775
1.8
Cornwall, N
Joanie Willet
530
1.1
Cornwall, SE
Roger Holmes
641
1.3
St Austell & Newquay
Dick Cole
2,007
4.2
St Ives
Simon John Reed
387
0.8
Truro & Falmouth
Loic Rich
1,039
2.1
2015
Camborne & Redruth
Loveday Jenkin
897
2.0
Cornwall, N
Jeremy Jefferies
631
1.3
Cornwall, SE
Andrew Long
1,003
2.0
St Austell & Newquay
Dick Cole
2,063
4.1
St Ives
Rob Simmons
518
1.1
Truro & Falmouth
Stephen Richardson
563
1.1
2019
St Austell & Newquay
Dick Cole
1,660
3.0
Elections to the European Parliament
References
Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "LOCAL ELECTIONS HANDBOOK 2001" (PDF).
"Local Elections Archive Project - 2005 - Cornwall" . www.andrewteale.me.uk . Retrieved 3 April 2023.
"Election results by party, 4 June 2009" . democracy.cornwall.gov.uk . 4 June 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
"Election results by party, 2 May 2013" . democracy.cornwall.gov.uk . 2 May 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
"Election results by party, 4 May 2017" . democracy.cornwall.gov.uk . 4 May 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
"Election results by party, 6 May 2021" . democracy.cornwall.gov.uk . 6 May 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ FWS Craig, British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973
Deacon, Bernard ; Cole, Dick ; Tregidga, Garry (2003). Mebyon Kernow and Cornish Nationalism . Wales: Welsh Academic Press. p. 104. ISBN 1860570755 .
BBC News - Election 2010 Results: Camborne & Redruth , Cornwall North , Cornwall South East , St Austell & Newquay , St Ives and Truro & Falmouth
BBC News - Election 2015 Results: Camborne & Redruth , Cornwall North , Cornwall South East , St Austell & Newquay , St Ives and Truro & Falmouth
BBC News - Election 2019 Results: St Austell and Newquay
^ "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-94: England (part 1)" . www.election.demon.co.uk . Retrieved 28 June 2018.
"European Election 2009: South West" . BBC News . 8 June 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
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