Councillor dossier
Attendance
92%
present at meetings
Rank
42
of 87 councillors
Active red flags
0
no current flags
Conduct cases
0
no recorded cases
also observed 4 meetings of committees they do not sit on (not counted above).
| Committee | Held | Attended | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budget Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| Cornwall Council | 10 | 10 | 100% |
| Together for Families Overview and Scrutiny Committee | 8 | 7 | 88% |
| Standards Committee(former member) | 2 | 1 | 50% |
Cornwall Council doesn’t publish how individual councillors vote. Its minutes record each decision, not who voted which way.
Councillor Keith Johnson won Saltash Tamar by a narrow 46-vote majority (2.51%) in a five-candidate field, with turnout at 36.08%. The margin narrowed by 1.9 percentage points from the previous election, and a swing of just 1.26% would be needed to unseat them, indicating a highly competitive seat.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Andrew Johnson | Reform UK | 596 | 32.5% | ✓ |
| Sarah Louise Martin | Liberal Democrat | 550 | 30.0% | |
| Sheila Lennox-Boyd | Conservative | 419 | 22.9% | |
| Jane Margaret Suter | Labour | 224 | 12.2% | |
| Beverly Rose Gordon | Independent | 43 | 2.3% |
Turnout: 36.1% (1,832 of 5,078 electors) · 5 spoilt votes
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheila Lennox-Boyd | Conservative | 802 | 38.6% | ✓ |
| Derek Holley | Independent | 710 | 34.1% | |
| Sarah Martin | Liberal Democrat | 318 | 15.3% | |
| Matt Griffiths | Labour | 250 | 12.0% |
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No media coverage recorded.
Daily-brief items naming Keith Johnson (last 90 days)
Red flag · 30 Aug 2026
cornwalllive.com
Reform UK councillor fails in bid to stop students standing on buses due to 'safety risk' - Cornwall Live
Reform UK councillor Sean Smith's motion to end over-subscription on Cornwall bus routes to prevent standing passengers failed at Cornwall Council.
cornwalllive.com
Green councillor says the rich should pay to improve Cornwall roads - Cornwall Live
Green councillor proposes wealthy residents should fund Cornwall road marking improvements during council meeting debate.
cornwalllive.com
Cornwall Council urged to act over faded road markings - Cornwall Live
Cornwall Council faces pressure to address £2 million backlog of faded road markings after Reform UK councillor calls for urgent countywide action.
cornwalllive.com
Public anger leads to extraordinary Tamar crossings meeting - Cornwall Live
Cornwall and Plymouth councils will hold an extraordinary joint meeting to reconsider controversial Tamar Tag administration charge increases following public opposition.
cornwalllive.com
Cornwall and Devon MPs join row over Tamar toll increases - Cornwall Live
Cornwall and Devon MPs oppose proposed 150% increase in Tamar Crossings TAG monthly administration charge from 80p to £2.
Coverage from cornwalllive.com, devonlive.com, plymouthherald.co.uk. May not be exhaustive.
Councillor Keith Johnson represents the Saltash Tamar ward for Reform UK. His recorded meeting attendance is 23 out of 25 sessions, or 92 per cent. He has no conduct cases and no expense data on file. Active red flags are zero, and there are no media mentions.
Johnson’s election vulnerability is rated at 65 out of 100. He won the Saltash Tamar seat by a 46-vote majority (2.51 per cent) in a five-candidate field, with turnout at 36.08 per cent. That margin narrowed by 1.9 percentage points compared with the previous election.
Generated by AI from public data. May contain errors.
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