Councillor dossier
Attendance
87%
present at meetings
Rank
60
of 88 councillors
Active red flags
1
open accountability flags
Conduct cases
0
no recorded cases
Travel expenses of £250.00 are in the top 10% of all councillors for 2024-25 (median: £63.50).
| Committee | Held | Attended | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budget Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee | 5 | 4 | 80% |
| Cabinet | 6 | 6 | 100% |
| Constitution and Governance Committee | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Cornwall Council | 9 | 7 | 78% |
| Corporate Finance and Performance Overview and Scrutiny Committee | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Sustainable Growth and Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee | 8 | 7 | 88% |
| Together for Families Overview and Scrutiny Committee | 1 | 1 | 100% |
No recorded votes.
The councillor holds a majority of 280 votes (14.63%), with a swing of 7.31% needed to lose the seat, and the margin narrowed by 12.3 percentage points from the previous result. Turnout was 39.06% across five candidates. The reduced majority and trend of a shrinking margin indicate a competitive level of electoral vulnerability.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Donnithorne | Conservative | 842 | 44.0% | ✓ |
| Jason Johnston | Reform UK | 562 | 29.4% | |
| Will Tremayne | Labour | 244 | 12.7% | |
| Kevan John Cook | Liberal Democrat | 151 | 7.9% | |
| Donte Lavelle Ragan | Mebyon Kernow | 115 | 6.0% |
Turnout: 39.1% (1,914 of 4,900 electors) · 3 spoilt votes
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Donnithorne | Conservative | 1,036 | 50.3% | ✓ |
| Mark Kaczmarek | Independent | 481 | 23.4% | |
| Matthew Mcevoy | Labour | 312 | 15.2% | |
| Geoffrey Garbett | Green Party | 118 | 5.7% | |
| Deborah Reeve | Independent | 111 | 5.4% |
| Financial Year | Basic | SRA | Travel | Subsistence | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | £18,367.80 | £20,653.25 | £250.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £39,271.05 |
| 2023-24 | £17,496.00 | £22,642.54 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £40,138.54 |
21 Jul 2026
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No media coverage recorded.
Daily-brief items naming Connor Donnithorne (last 90 days)
cornwalllive.com · 26 Jun 2026
cornwalllive.com
Tories slam Cornwall MPs over puberty blockers for children vote - Cornwall Live
Cornwall's two Liberal Democrat MPs abstained during a Westminster vote on puberty blockers, drawing criticism from Cornwall Council's Conservative group leader.
cornwalllive.com
Cornwall Council reluctantly agrees 'horrific budget' - Cornwall Live
Cornwall Council approved a budget with nearly 5% council tax increase after politicians criticized Labour government's removal of rurality funding factor.
plymouthherald.co.uk
Cornwall Council scraps daily flights from Cornwall to London - Cornwall Live
Cornwall Council terminated public subsidized flights from Newquay to London due to failed procurement attempts.
cornwalllive.com
Three chippies in Cornwall voted among best in UK - Cornwall Live
Three Cornwall fish and chip shops earned spots on the UK's best chippies list for 2026.
plymouthherald.co.uk
Business rate increases will be 'disastrous' for Cornwall pubs - Cornwall Live
Cornwall Council will consider a motion highlighting business rate increases affecting pubs, with some rates rising from £5,900 to £10,000 and £29,500 to £67,000.
Coverage from cornwalllive.com, devonlive.com, plymouthherald.co.uk. May not be exhaustive.
Connor Donnithorne represents Redruth Central, Carharrack & St Day as a Conservative councillor. His meeting attendance was 27 out of 31 meetings, or 87.1%. He has no recorded conduct cases.
His total expenses were £18,617.80, consisting of £18,367.80 in basic allowance and £250.00 in travel. The data flags his expenses as an outlier. He had no media mentions in the data reviewed.
Election data shows he holds a majority of 280 votes (14.63%), with a swing of 7.31% needed to lose the seat. The margin narrowed by 12.3 percentage points from the previous result, and turnout was 39.06%.
Generated by AI from public data. May contain errors.
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