Councillor dossier
Attendance
69%
present at meetings
Rank
82
of 87 councillors
Active red flags
1
open accountability flags
Conduct cases
0
no recorded cases
Attended 1 of 2 Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority meetings (50%), below the 60% threshold.
also observed 2 meetings of committees they do not sit on (not counted above).
| Committee | Held | Attended | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall Council | 9 | 6 | 67% |
| Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Standards Committee | 5 | 4 | 80% |
Cornwall Council doesn’t publish how individual councillors vote. Its minutes record each decision, not who voted which way.
The councillor's majority increased to 802 votes (43.14% of the vote), requiring a swing of 21.57% to lose the seat. Turnout dropped to 34.95%, and the number of candidates remained at four, with the margin widening by 4.2 percentage points from the previous election. These figures indicate a very secure hold, with a vulnerability score of 26 out of 100.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Mitchell | Liberal Democrat | 1,146 | 61.6% | ✓ |
| Emantas Musneckis | Reform UK | 344 | 18.5% | |
| Jinny Clark | Conservative | 231 | 12.4% | |
| Jacob Daniel George Powley | Labour | 138 | 7.4% |
Turnout: 35.0% (1,859 of 5,319 electors) · 8 spoilt votes
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Mitchell | Liberal Democrat | 1,204 | 56.9% | ✓ |
| Prasanth Panicker | Conservative | 380 | 17.9% | |
| Paul Clark | Green Party | 329 | 15.5% | |
| Alan Sanders | Mebyon Kernow | 204 | 9.6% |
Fought on the pre-2021 boundaries. The 2017 St Agnes division is not the same area as today's ward, and its results are not directly comparable.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Mitchell | Liberal Democrat | 908 | 64.1% | ✓ |
| Alan Dovey | Conservative | 406 | 28.7% | |
| Damian Joseph Heholt | Labour | 103 | 7.3% |
Turnout: 37.9% (1,417 of 3,734 electors) · 5 spoilt votes
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No media coverage recorded.
Daily-brief items naming Pete Mitchell (last 90 days)
Red flag · 20 Sept 2026
cornwalllive.com · 2 Aug 2026
cornwalllive.com
‘Homes for locals, not second homes’: Readers cheer St Agnes housing defeat - Cornwall Live
Cornwall Council’s planning committee rejected a 60-home development in Goonown, St Agnes, over road safety and footpath concerns, overriding officer recommendations for approval.
cornwalllive.com
Cornwall planning: Parish council instructs solicitors over Co-op store decision - Cornwall Live
St Agnes Parish Council has instructed solicitors to challenge Cornwall Council's approval of a controversial Co-op store development in the village.
cornwalllive.com
Cornwall planning: Decision to build shop will 'damage vibrancy' of Cornish community - Cornwall Live
A Cornwall Council planning committee recommended approving a Co-op store in St Agnes despite opposition from councillors and residents.
cornwalllive.com
Council 'should have done better' over traumatic death threats - Cornwall Live
Cornwall Council discussed providing second phones to councillors after Kate Ewert revealed she received traumatic death threats.
plymouthherald.co.uk
Co-op store in Cornwall coastal village likely to be approved despite local opposition - Cornwall Live
A Co-op store proposal in St Agnes coastal village is likely to be approved despite local opposition concerns about parking and road safety.
Coverage from cornwalllive.com, devonlive.com, plymouthherald.co.uk. May not be exhaustive.
Pete Mitchell is the Liberal Democrat councillor for the St Agnes ward. His meeting attendance stands at 11 out of 16 sessions, or 69 percent. There are no recorded conduct cases against him, and no expense data is available. The data shows one active red flag: low attendance.
He has zero media mentions in the available records. His electoral vulnerability is rated 26 out of 100, reflecting a majority increase to 802 votes (43.14% of the vote), requiring a swing of 21.57% to lose the seat. Turnout at the last election dropped to 34.95%, and the number of candidates remained at four.
Generated by AI from public data. May contain errors.
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