Cornwall Council elections and politics

In the press

Recent Cornwall elections & politics coverage

• Reform councillor in Cornwall leaves party
  BBC Cornwall22 May 2026

  Reform UK councillor Jamie Hanlon left the party to become independent, following two other Cornwall councillors who quit in April.

• Another Reform councillor quits
  Cornwall Reports21 May 2026

  Cornwall councillor Jamie Hanlon, elected as Reform UK candidate for Penwithick and Boscoppa in May last year, has quit the party.

• By-election candidates revealed after councillor dies
  BBC Cornwall4 Apr 2026

  Six candidates will stand in a by-election for Cornwall Council's Newquay Porth and Tretherras division following the death of Reform councillor Kevin Towill.

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In the daily briefs

Items from recent daily briefs touching elections & politics

• Anti-Reform Facebook group posts 'Populism divides' message

  Story lead · medium · 18 Oct 2026

• Cornwall’s Dick Cole, UK’s longest-serving party leader, steps down - Cornwall Live

  cornwalllive.com · 12 Oct 2026

• Facebook group calls for 'corrupt Reform trash' to be removed

  Story lead · medium · 11 Oct 2026

• Campaign group accuses Farage of racism over 'skin colour' remark

  Story lead · medium · 11 Oct 2026

• Anti-Reform Facebook group brands party supporters 'racist low lifes'

  Story lead · medium · 11 Oct 2026

• Wife of absent Cornwall Council chief now resigns from her job at council - Falmouth Packet

  Google News Cornwall · Council · 9 Oct 2026

• Absent Cornwall Council chief's wife resigns from her council post - Cornwall Live

  cornwalllive.com · 9 Oct 2026

• Cornwall Green leader condemns his party's 'Zionism is racism' motion - Cornwall Live

  cornwalllive.com · 6 Oct 2026

• Reform UK accused of 'doing nothing' at Cornwall Council by other councillors - Cornwall Live

  cornwalllive.com · 6 Oct 2026

• Anti-Reform Facebook post links Brexit to small boat crisis

  Story lead · medium · 27 Sept 2026