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Use £1 million second homes tax to give kids proper homes, Cornwall Council told - Cornwall Live
Cornwall Council will be asked to transfer £1 million from second homes council tax to speed up repairs on empty council homes.
Councillor dossier

Data last refreshed:
Attendance
95%
present at meetings
Rank
19
of 88 councillors
Active red flags
1
open accountability flags
Conduct cases
0
no recorded cases
Won with a majority of just 35 votes (2.05%), making this one of Cornwall's most marginal seats.
| Committee | Held | Attended | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appeals Committee | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| Cabinet | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Cornwall Council | 8 | 8 | 100% |
| Corporate Finance and Performance Overview and Scrutiny Committee | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Individual Decision Day | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Licensing Act Committee | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Licensing Act Sub Committee | 12 | 12 | 100% |
| Pensions Committee | 6 | 5 | 83% |
| Strategic Planning Committee | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Street Trading and Pavement Licensing Sub Committee | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Sustainable Growth and Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee | 3 | 3 | 100% |
No recorded votes.
Debra Clegg won the 2025 election with a 35‑vote majority, equivalent to a 2.05 % lead over the Reform UK candidate, and would seat would become marginal with a swing of only 1.02 % (the “swing needed to unseat” figure). The turnout was low at 35.34 %, and the margin narrowed by 4.6 percentage points compared with the previous election, where the Conservative incumbent held the seat by a larger margin. With a vulnerability score of 72 out of 100, the seat is classified as “Vulnerable.”
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debra Ellen Clegg | Labour & Cooperative Party | 529 | 31.0% | ✓ |
| Myles Riley | Reform UK | 494 | 28.9% | |
| Alan Jewell | Conservative | 392 | 23.0% | |
| Jonathan Francis James Taylor | Liberal Democrat | 171 | 10.0% | |
| Samuel Robert Carmichael | Mebyon Kernow | 122 | 7.1% |
Turnout: 35.3% (1,708 of 4,833 electors) · 11 spoilt votes
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Jewell | Conservative | 693 | 40.3% | ✓ |
| Sinead Hanks | Labour | 578 | 33.6% | |
| Dean Evans | Green Party | 318 | 18.5% | |
| Richard Benton | Liberal Democrat | 132 | 7.7% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Jewell | Conservative | 489 | 32.1% | ✓ |
| Roger Bonney | Independent | 339 | 22.2% | |
| Nicholas Jemmett | Labour | 302 | 19.8% | |
| Steve Eva. | Liberal Democrat | 271 | 17.8% | |
| Patricia Ann Minson | Unspecified | 79 | 5.2% | |
| Jenny Booth | Mebyon Kernow | 45 | 3.0% |
Turnout: 39.6% (1,525 of 3,847 electors) · 13 spoilt votes
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No media coverage recorded.
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Use £1 million second homes tax to give kids proper homes, Cornwall Council told - Cornwall Live
Cornwall Council will be asked to transfer £1 million from second homes council tax to speed up repairs on empty council homes.
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Antisocial behaviour fears rejected by 'not a problem' pub in Cornwall town - Cornwall Live
Cornwall Council approved extended opening hours for The Grapes Inn pub in Falmouth despite town council objections about antisocial behaviour concerns.
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Cornwall distillery denies it will add to crime in 'really problematic area' - Cornwall Live
A Cornwall distillery faced town council objections for its proposed tasting room over concerns about adding to alcohol-fuelled crime.
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Cornwall town and parish councils holding elections on May 6 - Cornwall Live
Cornwall town and parish councils with more candidates than seats will hold elections on May 6.
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Debra Clegg serves as a Labour & Cooperative Party councillor for the Falmouth Boslowick ward on Cornwall Council. In her role she sits on a broad range of committees, including the Appeals Committee, Audit Committee, Budget Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Central Sub‑Area Planning Committee, Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Licensing Act Committee and its Sub‑Committee, Pensions Committee, Strategic Planning Committee, Street Trading and Pavement Licensing Sub‑Committee, Sustainable Growth and Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee, and the Together for Families Overview and Scrutiny Committee. She is also a member of the Cornwall Council itself.
Clegg’s attendance record for the reporting period shows she was present at 41 of 42 meetings, equating to a 97.6 % attendance rate. The council’s conduct register records zero conduct cases involving her, and there is no expense data reported for the period. An active red‑flag indicator is noted as “slim_majority,” suggesting a narrow majority in her electoral support.
In the most recent election, Clegg retained her seat with a 35‑vote majority (2.05 % lead) over the Reform UK candidate, making the ward marginal; a swing of just 1.02 % would be required to change the outcome. No media mentions have been recorded for her during the period covered.
Generated by AI from public data. May contain errors.
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