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Councillor dossier
Roger Tarrant
[email protected]07496 318938
Subject of a Cornwall Political Watch investigation. Cllr Tarrant is the subject of a dedicated Cornwall Political Watch dossier: Reform UK Cornwall's deputy group leader from October 2025 until his resignation at full council on 21 April 2026, when he defected to Restore Britain — Cornwall's first Restore Britain councillor. Includes the verbatim reconstruction of his resignation speech. Read the Reform UK / Restore Britain defection dossier.
Data last refreshed:
Attendance
85%
present at meetings
Rank
65
of 87 councillors
Active red flags
0
no current flags
Conduct cases
1
code of conduct cases
Code of Conduct
6 Jan 2026
The complainant alleged that Councillor R Tarrant’s motion to discontinue the mandatory EDI/DEI policy contained a factually inaccurate statement about a non‑existent “Barristers Bar Association” and mis‑represented the Bar Standards Board’s stance. The assessment found no breach of the Code of Conduct and no further action was required.
Outcome: no breach
Attendance
85%overall attendance
1 attendance was as a substitute for another member; also observed 8 meetings of committees they do not sit on (not counted above).
| Committee | Held | Attended | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audit Committee(1 as substitute) | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Budget Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee | 5 | 4 | 80% |
| Cornwall Council | 10 | 9 | 90% |
| Corporate Finance and Performance Overview and Scrutiny Committee | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| Strategic Planning Committee | 7 | 6 | 86% |
| Sustainable Growth and Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee(former member) | 6 | 5 | 83% |
| West Sub-Area Planning Committee(former member) | 1 | 1 | 100% |
Voting Record
Cornwall Council doesn’t publish how individual councillors vote. Its minutes record each decision, not who voted which way.
Committee Memberships
Election History
Likely holdScore: 41/100→ Stable
Won by 344 votes (25.1%)12.5% swing needed to unseat
Councillor Roger Tarrant secured a 25.05% majority (344 votes) in a five-candidate field, with turnout at 28.94%. The margin widened by 24.5 percentage points from the previous election, and a swing of 12.53% would be needed to unseat the councillor, indicating low electoral vulnerability.
Cornwall Council Elections 2025 (2025) All 2025 results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Tarrant | Reform UK | 659 | 48.0% | ✓ |
| Stephen Barnes | Labour | 315 | 22.9% | |
| Kim Elizabeth Cunningham | Green Party | 172 | 12.5% | |
| Alan Dovey | Conservative | 127 | 9.2% | |
| Philippe Marc Hadley | Liberal Democrat | 100 | 7.3% |
Turnout: 28.9% (1,373 of 4,744 electors) · 4 spoilt votes
Cornwall Council Elections 2021 (2021) All 2021 results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Barnes | Labour | 402 | 34.3% | ✓ |
| Bruce Craze | Conservative | 396 | 33.8% | |
| Lisa Dolley | Independent | 218 | 18.6% | |
| Zanliza Kramer | Green Party | 104 | 8.9% | |
| Linda Amoss | Liberal Democrat | 53 | 4.5% |
Cornwall Council Elections 2017: Redruth North division (2017) All 2017 results
Fought on the pre-2021 boundaries. The 2017 Redruth North division is not the same area as today's ward, and its results are not directly comparable.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Stephen Barnes | Labour | 439 | 34.0% | ✓ |
| Lisa Dolley | Independent | 435 | 33.7% | |
| Ian Thomas Jones | Conservative | 345 | 26.7% | |
| Moyra Roseanna Nolan | Liberal Democrat | 71 | 5.5% |
Turnout: 27.1% (1,290 of 4,768 electors) · 5 spoilt votes
Meeting Activity
Strategic Planning Committee - 24 September 2026
Present24 Sept 2026
Cabinet - 23 September 2026
Observed23 Sept 2026
Cornwall Council - 15 September 2026
Present15 Sept 2026
Cabinet - 29 July 2026
Observed29 Jul 2026
Cornwall Council - 21 July 2026
Apologies21 Jul 2026
Cornwall Council - 19 May 2026
Present19 May 2026
Cornwall Council - 21 April 2026
Present21 Apr 2026
Individual Decision Day - 25 February 2026
Observed25 Feb 2026
Cornwall Council - 24 February 2026
Present24 Feb 2026
Present
Present
Apologies
Cornwall Council - 20 January 2026
Present20 Jan 2026
Present
Cabinet - 17 December 2025
Observed17 Dec 2025
Apologies
Present
Other media mentions
Twitter Mentions
View all mentions →News coverage
View all 23 articles →cornwalllive.com
‘I’ll go somewhere cheaper’ Cornwall Live readers react to tourist tax plans - Cornwall Live
Cornwall Council debated introducing an overnight visitor levy, with councillors and readers split over its potential impact on tourism and local businesses.
cornwalllive.com
Will tourist tax kill the 'Cornish golden goose'? - Cornwall Live
Cornwall Council debated a proposed overnight visitor levy, with councillors divided over its potential economic benefits and risks to tourism jobs.
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
By-election demand after Cornwall councillor jumps ship from Reform to Restore Britain - Cornwall Live
A Cornwall councillor's defection from Reform UK to Restore Britain has prompted a rival councillor to demand he resign and trigger a by-election.
cornwalllive.com
Cornwall councillors say 'protect our freedom of speech' - Cornwall Live
Cornwall Council voted to support a motion requesting urgent review of complaints procedures to protect councillors' freedom of expression from sanctions.
Coverage from cornwalllive.com, devonlive.com, plymouthherald.co.uk. May not be exhaustive.
Profile
Councillor Roger Tarrant represents the Redruth North ward for the Restore Britain party. His meeting attendance stands at 85%, having attended 28 out of 33 recorded meetings. No expense data is available for him.
There has been one conduct case involving Councillor Tarrant, which resulted in a finding of no breach. He has no active red flags and has received one media mention. His election vulnerability is rated at 41 out of 100; he secured a 25.05% majority (344 votes) in a five-candidate field with a turnout of 28.94%. That majority widened by 24.5 percentage points from the previous election, and a swing was recorded, though the direction is not specified in the data.
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- Who is Cllr Roger Tarrant?
- Roger Tarrant is a Cornwall councillor representing the Redruth North ward as a Restore Britain member.
- What ward does Roger Tarrant represent?
- Roger Tarrant represents Redruth North on Cornwall Council.
- What is Roger Tarrant's meeting attendance rate?
- Roger Tarrant has been recorded as present at 85% of Cornwall Council meetings (28 of 33 indexed by Cornwall Political Watch).
- How can I contact Roger Tarrant?
- You can contact Roger Tarrant by email at [email protected]; by phone on 07496 318938. Cornwall Council also publishes contact details on the official members' page at democracy.cornwall.gov.uk.
- Are there any code-of-conduct cases involving Roger Tarrant?
- Cornwall Council's standards process has recorded 1 code-of-conduct case involving Roger Tarrant. Each case is publicly viewable; see the Code of Conduct section of this page for details.
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