Councillor dossier
Attendance
61%
present at meetings
Rank
85
of 87 councillors
Active red flags
1
open accountability flags
Conduct cases
0
no recorded cases
Attended 4 of 8 Together for Families Overview and Scrutiny Committee meetings (50%), below the 60% threshold.
1 of the apologies were covered by a substitute; also observed 1 meeting of committees they do not sit on (not counted above).
| Committee | Held | Attended | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall Council | 10 | 7 | 70% |
| Together for Families Overview and Scrutiny Committee | 8 | 4 | 50% |
Cornwall Council doesn’t publish how individual councillors vote. Its minutes record each decision, not who voted which way.
Based on the 2025 results, the councillor holds a majority of 172 votes (9.76%), with a swing of just 4.88% needed to unseat them. The margin narrowed by 3.3 percentage points from the previous election, and turnout dropped to 33.52%, while the number of candidates increased from two to four, which can make vote shares more unpredictable. Overall, this is considered a competitive seat, with the councillor facing moderate electoral vulnerability.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karen Glasson | Conservative | 743 | 42.2% | ✓ |
| Jacqueline F Wall | Reform UK | 571 | 32.4% | |
| David Thomas Deadman | Liberal Democrat | 282 | 16.0% | |
| Cameron Jarmain | Labour | 166 | 9.4% |
Turnout: 33.5% (1,762 of 5,257 electors) · 6 spoilt votes
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karen Glasson | Conservative | 988 | 56.5% | ✓ |
| Karen Westbrook | Green Party | 760 | 43.5% |
| Financial Year | Basic | SRA | Travel | Subsistence | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | £18,367.80 | £5,097.12 | £120.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £23,584.92 |
| 2023-24 | £17,496.00 | £4,855.13 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £22,351.13 |
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No media coverage recorded.
Daily-brief items naming Karen Glasson (last 90 days)
Red flag · 11 Oct 2026
Red flag · 16 Aug 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.
cornwalllive.com
Cornwall planning: Solar farm haters say 'don't flood Cornwall with solar' - Cornwall Live
An appeal is underway against Cornwall Council's decision to refuse Cornwall's largest proposed solar farm in Hendra valley.
cornwalllive.com
Cornwall planning: Residents resume battle to stop Cornwall's largest solar farm - Cornwall Live
Residents continue fighting Cornwall's proposed largest solar farm after developers appealed the planning committee's rejection to the Planning Inspectorate.
cornwalllive.com
New Tory leader on Cornwall election disaster and where it all went wrong - Cornwall Live
Cornwall Council's Conservative group dropped from 47 seats to just 7 in recent elections, with Connor Donnithorne becoming their new leader.
cornwalllive.com
Cornwall goes to the polls in 2025 - everything you need to know about the elections - Cornwall Live
Cornwall Council elections scheduled for May 1, 2025, with Conservatives currently holding narrow majority by one seat.
Coverage from cornwalllive.com, devonlive.com, plymouthherald.co.uk. May not be exhaustive.
Karen Glasson represents the Probus & St Erme ward as a Conservative councillor. Her meeting attendance over the period covered was 11 out of 18 sessions (61%), and she had no conduct cases recorded against her.
Her expenses totalled £18,367.80 in basic allowance and £120.00 in travel costs. The data records zero media mentions and one active red flag, specifically for low attendance.
According to the election data, Glasson holds a majority of 172 votes (9.76%) based on the 2025 results, meaning a swing of 4.88% would be needed to unseat her. The margin narrowed by 3.3 percentage points from the previous election, and her election vulnerability score is listed at 64 out of 100.
Generated by AI from public data. May contain errors.
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