Councillor dossier
Attendance
96%
present at meetings
Rank
26
of 87 councillors
Active red flags
0
no current flags
Conduct cases
0
no recorded cases
2 of the apologies were covered by a substitute; 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% |
| Sustainable Growth and Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee | 10 | 10 | 100% |
| Together for Families Overview and Scrutiny Committee | 8 | 7 | 88% |
| West Sub-Area Planning Committee | 12 | 11 | 92% |
Cornwall Council doesn’t publish how individual councillors vote. Its minutes record each decision, not who voted which way.
Rory Gow secured the seat with a majority of 389 votes (14.98%) over the second-placed candidate in a four-way contest, on a turnout of 45.63%. This represents a widening of the margin by 11.1 percentage points compared with the previous contest, when the top two finishers were separated by fewer than 100 votes. A swing of 7.49% would be required to unseat Gow, placing this division in the "competitive" category with a vulnerability score of 51/100.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rory Gow | Liberal Democrat | 1,041 | 40.1% | ✓ |
| Tracey Margaret Clarke | Reform UK | 652 | 25.1% | |
| Anthony Soady | Conservative | 492 | 18.9% | |
| Dicky Mint | Mebyon Kernow | 412 | 15.9% |
Turnout: 45.6% (2,597 of 5,691 electors) · 5 spoilt votes
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Soady | Conservative | 1,010 | 39.5% | ✓ |
| Carolyn Rule | Independent | 911 | 35.6% | |
| Marianna Baxter | Liberal Democrat | 321 | 12.5% | |
| Melissa Benyon | Green Party | 317 | 12.4% |
15 Sept 2026
29 Jul 2026
21 Jul 2026
15 Jul 2026
19 May 2026
21 Apr 2026
18 Mar 2026
No media coverage recorded.
Daily-brief items naming Rory Gow (last 90 days)
cornwalllive.com · 16 Sept 2026
cornwalllive.com
Cornwall planning: Residents' prayers are answered over church's unpopular housing bid - Cornwall Live
Cornwall Council refused the Truro Diocese's plan to build up to nine homes on Lizard farmland after strong local opposition and no supporting comments.
cornwalllive.com
Cornwall planning: Why five new homes are five too many for a Cornish village - Cornwall Live
Cornwall Council's west area planning committee refused a permission-in-principle application for five open-market homes on greenfield land outside Madron's development boundary near Penzance.
cornwalllive.com
'No good reason' to sell off 10,000-acre farms estate in Cornwall - Cornwall Live
Cornwall Council's scrutiny committee concluded there is no justification to sell its 10,000-acre, 80-farm estate, though financial performance must improve.
cornwalllive.com
Cornwall Council leaders decide new parking charges WILL go ahead across Cornwall - Cornwall Live
Cornwall Council cabinet approved new parking charges despite scrutiny committee opposition, including introducing fees at previously free car parks.
cornwalllive.com
Councillors vote against swathe of car park changes in Cornwall - Cornwall Live
Cornwall councillors voted against proposed car park changes including adding charges to previously free lots and removing short-stay tariffs.
Coverage from cornwalllive.com, devonlive.com, plymouthherald.co.uk. May not be exhaustive.
Rory Gow represents the Mullion & St Keverne ward as a Liberal Democrat councillor. His meeting attendance stands at 95%, having attended 42 out of 44 meetings for which attendance data is available.
There are no recorded conduct cases, no reported expense data, no active red flags, and no media mentions associated with the councillor. At the most recent election, Gow secured the seat with a majority of 389 votes (14.98%) over the second-placed candidate in a four-way contest on a turnout of 45.63%, representing a widening of the margin by 11.1 percentage points.
Generated by AI from public data. May contain errors.
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