Motions by group#
A notice of motion is the main way a councillor outside the Cabinet puts a proposal of their own to Full Council. Each is counted once, to the group its proposer and seconder sat in on the day it was listed. Groups changed size, so the rate is per ten seats, using each group's average size across the meetings counted.
| Group | Average seats | Proposed | Seconded | Proposed per 10 seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat | 25.9 | 11 | 8 | 4.2 |
| Reform UK | 23.3 | 5 | 6 | 2.1 |
| Independent | 15.8 | 5 | 7 | 3.2 |
| Conservative | 6.6 | 7 | 4 | 10.6 |
| Labour & Cooperative Party | 4.0 | 1 | 3 | 2.5 |
| Green Party | 3.0 | 1 | 4 | 3.3 |
| Mebyon Kernow | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 6.7 |
| Cornish Independent Nonaligned Group | 2.3 | 2 | 2 | 8.7 |
| Independent Non Aligned | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Restore Britain | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | – |
| Stand Alone Independent | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Non-aligned | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | – |
Scrutiny attendance#
Overview and scrutiny committees are where councillors outside the Cabinet question its decisions. This counts every seat a member was expected to fill at those committees since May 2025 — present, absent or sending apologies — by the group they sat in at the time.
| Group | Attended | Expected | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat | 178 | 196 | 91% |
| Reform UK | 152 | 174 | 87% |
| Independent | 98 | 108 | 91% |
| Conservative | 57 | 66 | 86% |
| Labour & Cooperative Party | 32 | 39 | 82% |
| Green Party | 26 | 30 | 87% |
| Mebyon Kernow | 25 | 28 | 89% |
| Cornish Independent Nonaligned Group | 14 | 17 | 82% |
| Restore Britain | 1 | 1 | 100% |
Committee chairs#
Chairs and vice-chairs of council committees held by councillors, by the group each holder sits in now. Posts are shared out by the council, not won by individual effort, so this shows where each group holds office rather than how hard it works.
| Group | Chairs | Vice-chairs |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat | 11 | 9 |
| Independent | 8 | 8 |
| Conservative | 1 | 3 |
| Mebyon Kernow | 3 | 0 |
| Labour & Cooperative Party | 2 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 1 |
| Reform UK | 0 | 1 |
Every motion#
Each notice of motion as listed on the Full Council agenda, with its proposer and seconder and the group each sat in that day.
| Date | Motion | Proposer | Seconder |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Sept 2026 | Climate Resilience and Adaptation (CC/246) | Julian German (Independent) | Ruth Gripper (Liberal Democrat) |
| 15 Sept 2026 | A Fairer, Clearer Housing List for Cornwall (CC/245) | Steven Webb (Liberal Democrat) | Mike Thomas (Independent) |
| 21 Jul 2026 | Protecting Children in Cornwall Council's Care from Participation in the PATHWAYS Puberty Blocker Clinical Trial (CC/217) | Dulcie Tudor (Independent) | Connor Donnithorne (Conservative) |
| 21 Jul 2026 | Public Consultation Standards for Decisions with Environmental or Public Health Impact (CC/216)Listed again as CC/244 | Anna Thomason-Kenyon (Cornish Independent Nonaligned Group) | Rowland O'Connor (Cornish Independent Nonaligned Group) |
| 21 Jul 2026 | Giving Councils the Tools to Build Homes (CC/215) | Rowland O'Connor (Cornish Independent Nonaligned Group) | Anna Thomason-Kenyon (Cornish Independent Nonaligned Group) |
| 21 Jul 2026 | Supporting SEND Reform through Fairer Funding (CC/214) | Rosie Moore (Liberal Democrat) | James Ball (Independent) |
| 21 Jul 2026 | Vote of No Confidence in South West Water Limited (CC/213) | Loveday Jenkin (Mebyon Kernow) | Dean Evans (Green Party) |
| 21 Jul 2026 | Request that National Highways Reviews the Safety of the A30 Connor Downs - Loggans Moor Roundabout to the Treswithian Interchange (CC/212) | Mike Thomas (Independent) | John Martin (Liberal Democrat) |
| 19 May 2026 | Protecting Freedom of Expression and Fair Process within Cornwall Council (CC/190) | Roger Tarrant (Restore Britain) | Dulcie Tudor (Independent) |
| 19 May 2026 | Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools (CC/189) | James Ball (Independent) | Adrian Parsons (Liberal Democrat) |
| 19 May 2026 | Road Safety Through Timely Renewal of Road Markings and Improved Parking Enforcement (CC/188) | Keith Johnson (Reform UK) | Sean Smith (Reform UK) |
| 19 May 2026 | Student 16 Plus and Adult Transport 1 Ticket - 1 Seat (CC/187) | Sean Smith (Reform UK) | Keith Johnson (Reform UK) |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Public Realm Weed Treatment Programme: Requirement for Public Consultation (CC/156) | Drew Creek (Green Party) | Karen La Borde (Green Party) |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Cornwall Council Says Deprivation in Cornwall's Communities Must Not be Overlooked (CC/155) | Ruth Gripper (Liberal Democrat) | Dick Cole (Mebyon Kernow) |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Cornwall Dentistry (CC/154) | Rosie Moore (Liberal Democrat) | David Garrigan (Liberal Democrat) |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Review of Admissions Policy: Fair Access for Mevagissey Families to Secondary School Transport (CC/153) | James Mustoe (Conservative) | Kate Ewert (Labour & Cooperative Party) |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Cornwall NHS Dentistry (CC/114) | Rosie Moore (Liberal Democrat) | Nicky Chopak (Liberal Democrat) |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Cornwall Council Supports Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Businesses in Cornwall (CC/113) | James Mustoe (Conservative) | Martyn Alvey (Conservative) |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Cornwall Council Says it Values Trial By Jury (CC/112) | Kevin Towill (Reform UK) | Louise Blackman (Reform UK) |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Cornwall Council to Discontinue Mandatory EDI/DEI Policy (CC/81) | Roger Tarrant (Reform UK) | Jamie Hanlon (Reform UK) |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Northern Ireland Veterans (CC/80) | Martyn Alvey (Conservative) | Paul Cador (Reform UK) |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Cornwall Council Says No to Mandatory Digital ID (CC/79) | Connor Donnithorne (Conservative) | Drew Creek (Green Party) |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Support the Housing Revenue Account (CC/78) | Kate Ewert (Labour & Cooperative Party) | Julian German (Independent) |
| 16 Sept 2025 | Reverse the Decision to Increase Parking Charges by CPI 2025 (CC/586) | Connor Donnithorne (Conservative) | Jane Pascoe (Conservative) |
| 16 Sept 2025 | Provision of Mobile Phones or a Second Sim Card to Elected Members (CC/585) | Pete Mitchell (Liberal Democrat) | Kate Ewert (Labour & Cooperative Party) |
| 16 Sept 2025 | Safeguarding Cornwall Council's Farms Estate (CC/584) | Adrian Parsons (Liberal Democrat) | James Ball (Independent) |
| 16 Sept 2025 | Working to End the Sewage Scandal (CC/583) | Ruth Gripper (Liberal Democrat) | Jim Candy (Liberal Democrat) |
| 16 Sept 2025 | Keep Cornwall Clean! (CC/582) | James Mustoe (Conservative) | Connor Donnithorne (Conservative) |
| 16 Sept 2025 | Trial Parking Tariff Adjustment - Launceston Cattle Market (Short Stay) Car Park (CC/581) | Rowland O'Connor (Reform UK) | Rob Parsonage (Reform UK) |
| 22 Jul 2025 | Banning of Plastic 'Flying Ring' Toys (CC/39) | Rosie Moore (Liberal Democrat) | Chris Batters (Liberal Democrat) |
| 22 Jul 2025 | Public Consultation on the Provision of Hydrotherapy for Cornwall Wide Benefit at Polkyth Leisure Centre (CC/38) | Julian German (Independent) | James Ball (Independent) |
| 22 Jul 2025 | Safeguarding Cornwall's Health Priorities (CC/37) | Nicky Chopak (Liberal Democrat) | Drew Creek (Green Party) |
| 22 Jul 2025 | Devolution for Cornwall (CC/36) | Dick Cole (Mebyon Kernow) | Rory Gow (Liberal Democrat) |
| 22 Jul 2025 | Responding to the Supreme Court's Recent Clarification of the Equality Act (CC/35) | Juliet Line (Liberal Democrat) | Brian Clemens (Independent) |
| 22 Jul 2025 | Abandoned Boats (CC/34) | Martyn Alvey (Conservative) | Kate Ewert (Labour & Cooperative Party) |
How this is counted#
- Motions are read from the agenda, where each one is listed with its proposer and seconder. The member who formally moves a motion on the night is occasionally the listed seconder; the agenda is used throughout so every motion is counted the same way.
- A motion deferred and listed again at a later meeting is counted once, at its first listing.
- Committee chairs are read from each committee’s page on the council’s website, as listed now. Committees name the post differently (Chair, Chairman, Vice-Chair, Vice-Chairman, Deputy Chair); all are counted.
- Names on the agenda are usually surnames only. A name is matched to a councillor only when exactly one member recorded at that meeting fits it; otherwise it is left unmatched rather than guessed. A councillor who died in office is counted as a member of every meeting before their death.
- Questions to Cabinet members are not counted: the minutes record the answers but not who asked.
- The Liberal Democrat and Independent groups form the administration, and propose most of their policy through the Cabinet rather than by motion. Their motion counts are not comparable with an opposition group's on that measure alone.
- Group sizes are taken from the members recorded at each Full Council meeting. A councillor who has resigned from the council may no longer appear in those records, which slightly understates the size of the group they sat in (one Reform UK councillor before October 2025). A councillor who changed group counts to their group on each date, from a dated list of every change since the election.
Sources#
- Full Council agenda and minutes, 20 May 2025
- Full Council agenda and minutes, 22 Jul 2025
- Full Council agenda and minutes, 16 Sept 2025
- Full Council agenda and minutes, 25 Nov 2025
- Full Council agenda and minutes, 20 Jan 2026
- Full Council agenda and minutes, 24 Feb 2026
- Full Council agenda and minutes, 21 Apr 2026
- Full Council agenda and minutes, 19 May 2026
- Full Council agenda and minutes, 21 Jul 2026
- Full Council agenda and minutes, 15 Sept 2026
Changes of group
Corrections and right of reply
Every group is welcome to point out a motion or attendance record this page has missed or miscounted, and it will be corrected. Contact us.