Councillor dossier
Attendance
91%
present at meetings
Rank
47
of 87 councillors
Active red flags
0
no current flags
Conduct cases
0
no recorded cases
1 of the apologies were covered by a substitute; 9 attendances were as a substitute for another member; also observed 32 meetings of committees they do not sit on (not counted above).
| Committee | Held | Attended | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audit Committee(3 as substitute) | 5 | 4 | 80% |
| Budget Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee | 4 | 3 | 75% |
| Community Wellbeing Overview and Scrutiny Committee(1 as substitute) | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Cornwall Council | 10 | 10 | 100% |
| Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Sustainable Growth and Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee(5 as substitute) | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee | 7 | 6 | 86% |
| Chief Officers Employment Committee(former member) | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| Constitution and Governance Committee(former member) | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Leadership Board(former member) | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Corporate Finance and Performance Overview and Scrutiny Committee(former member) | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| Miscellaneous Licensing Committee(former member) | 7 | 6 | 86% |
Cornwall Council doesn’t publish how individual councillors vote. Its minutes record each decision, not who voted which way.
The councillor's majority of 216 votes (11.64%) is relatively narrow, and the margin narrowed by 15 percentage points from the previous election despite a drop in turnout to 37.09%. With a swing of 5.82% needed to unseat the incumbent and four candidates on the ballot, the ward is considered competitive.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Parsonage | Reform UK | 785 | 42.3% | ✓ |
| John Tivnan | Conservative | 569 | 30.7% | |
| Linda Dunstone | Labour & Cooperative Party | 336 | 18.1% | |
| Richard Harold Matthews | Liberal Democrat | 165 | 8.9% |
Turnout: 37.1% (1,855 of 5,001 electors) · 8 spoilt votes
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Tivnan | Conservative | 1,107 | 53.0% | ✓ |
| Keiran Moon | Liberal Democrat | 551 | 26.4% | |
| Louis Sanderson | Labour | 324 | 15.5% | |
| Robert Mattholie | Green Party | 107 | 5.1% |
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29 Jun 2026
No media coverage recorded.
Daily-brief items naming Rob Parsonage (last 90 days)
Red flag · 22 Aug 2026
cornwalllive.com · 6 Aug 2026
cornwalllive.com · 30 Jul 2026
John Bailey (Durham CC) Sam Booth (Doncaster C) David Maclean (Isle of Wight C) Robert Bloom (North Northants CC) Rowland O’Connor (Cornwall CC) Rob Parsonage (Cornwall CC) Christine Parsonage (Cornwall CC) Karen Knight (Cornwall CC) Anna Thomason-Kenyon (Cornwall CC) Richard
David Maclean (Isle of Wight C) Robert Bloom (North Northants CC) Rowland O’Connor (Cornwall CC) Rob Parsonage (Cornwall CC) Christine Parsonage (Cornwall CC) Karen Knight (Cornwall CC) Anna Thomason-Kenyon (Cornwall CC) Richard Everett (Tendring DC) Jack Bradley (Derbyshire CC)
Rowland O’Connor (Cornwall CC) Rob Parsonage (Cornwall CC) Christine Parsonage (Cornwall CC) Karen Knight (Cornwall CC) Anna Thomason-Kenyon (Cornwall CC) Richard Everett (Tendring DC) Jack Bradley (Derbyshire CC) Angie Nash (Devon CC) Richard Morgan (Derbyshire CC) David Cumming
Rob Parsonage (Cornwall CC) Christine Parsonage (Cornwall CC) Karen Knight (Cornwall CC) Anna Thomason-Kenyon (Cornwall CC) Richard Everett (Tendring DC) Jack Bradley (Derbyshire CC) Angie Nash (Devon CC) Richard Morgan (Derbyshire CC) David Cumming (Durham CC) Desmond Watt
cornwalllive.com
'Wind your necks in' councillors told over Reform UK resignations - Cornwall Live
Cornwall Council debated repeated reallocations of committee seats after several Reform UK councillors defected to other political groups, prompting a heated exchange between members.
cornwalllive.com
Torpoint schools to merge after council chiefs give green light - Cornwall Live
Cornwall Council approved merging Torpoint Nursery and Infant School with Carbeile Junior School into one primary, pending planning permission.
cornwalllive.com
Failure to deliver huge Langarth development would be 'public disaster' for Cornwall Council - Cornwall Live
Reform UK's leader warned Cornwall Council that failing to deliver the delayed 4,000-home Langarth garden village would be a public disaster.
cornwalllive.com
Cornwall Council asked to ban puberty blocker trial for children in its care - Cornwall Live
Cornwall Council rejected a motion to bar children in its care from participating in the national PATHWAYS puberty blocker research trial.
cornwalllive.com
Cornwall Council calls for removal of South West Water in favour of a publicly owned water company - Cornwall Live
Cornwall Council voted with cross-party support to declare no confidence in South West Water, urging its replacement with a publicly-owned water company.
Coverage from cornwalllive.com, devonlive.com, plymouthherald.co.uk. May not be exhaustive.
Councillor Rob Parsonage represents the Torpoint ward as a member of the Conservative party. According to available data, he attended 48 out of 53 meetings, an attendance rate of 91%. There are no recorded conduct cases, active red flags, or media mentions, and no expense data has been submitted.
The councillor’s electoral vulnerability is rated at 60 out of 100. His majority is 216 votes (11.64%), which is relatively narrow. The margin narrowed by 15 percentage points compared to the previous election, despite a drop in turnout to 37.09%, with a swing of 5 percentage points.
Generated by AI from public data. May contain errors.
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