1985 Cornwall County Council election
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All 79 seats of Cornwall County Council 40 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1985 Cornwall County Council election for the Cornwall County Council was held on 2 May 1985, as part of the wider 1985 local elections.[2]
Results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Alliance | 30 | ![]() | 38.0 | 32.7 | 35,064 | ![]() | |||
Independent | 27 | ![]() | 34.2 | 30.6 | 32,850 | ![]() | |||
Conservative | 16 | ![]() | 20.3 | 23.7 | 25,382 | ![]() | |||
Labour | 5 | ![]() | 6.3 | 9.2 | 9,842 | ![]() | |||
Mebyon Kernow | 1 | ![]() | 1.3 | 2.0 | 2,134 | ![]() | |||
Residents | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1,196 | ![]() | |||
Ecology | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.2 | 791 | ![]() | |||
Cornish Nationalist Party | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.3 | 305 | New | |||
Ind. Conservative | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.2 | 183 | New | |||
Independent Liberal | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.1 | 93 | New | |||
BNP | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.1 | 70 | New |
References
[edit]- ^ "Local Election Summaries 1985". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ a b Local Election Results 1985: Cornwall, p.127