Mebyon Kernow election results

Mebyon Kernow – The Party for Cornwall is a Cornish nationalist, centre-left political party in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It primarily campaigns for devolution to Cornwall in the form of a Cornish Assembly. It has representatives in local government (see main article), but has never succeeded in national elections.

1970 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes %
Falmouth & Camborne Richard Jenkin 960 2.0[1]

February 1974 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes %
Truro James Whetter 850 1.5[2]

October 1974 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes %
Truro James Whetter 384 0.7[3]

1979 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes %
Falmouth & Camborne L Truran 1,637 3.0[4]
St Ives Colin Murley 1,662 4.0
Truro James Whetter 227 0.4

1983 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes %
Falmouth & Camborne Richard Jenkin 582 1.2
St Ives Pedyr Prior 569 1.2

1997 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes %
Cornwall, N John Bolitho 645 1.1
Cornwall, SE Paul Dunbar 573 1.0
Falmouth & Camborne Ruth Lewarne 238 0.4
Truro & St Austell Davyth Hicks 450 0.8

Source:[5]

2001 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes %
Cornwall, SE Kenneth John George 1,209 2.3
Falmouth & Camborne Hilda Wasley 853 1.8
Truro & St Austell Conan Jenkin 1,137 2.3

2005 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes %
Cornwall, N Dick Cole 1,351 2.4
Cornwall, SE Graham Sandercock 769 1.
Falmouth & Camborne Hilda Wasley 370 0.8
Truro & St Austell Conan Jenkin 1,062 2.1

2010 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes %
Camborne & Redruth Loveday Jenkin 775 1.8
Cornwall, N Joanie Willet 530 1.1
Cornwall, SE Roger Holmes 641 1.3
St Austell & Newquay Dick Cole 2,007 4.2
St Ives Simon John Reed 387 0.8
Truro & Falmouth Loic Rich 1,039 2.1

Source:[6]

2009 European Parliament election

Mebyon Kernow stood a six candidate slate in the South West England constituency:

Dick Cole, Conan Jenkin, Loveday Jenkin, Simon Reed, Glenn Renshaw, Joanie Willett

The party received 14,922 votes (1.0%), finishing in 10th place.[7]

2015 general election

Mebyon Kernow stood candidates in all six of the Cornish constituencies in 2015, polling 1.9% of the vote in Cornwall. The Conservatives carried all six Cornish constituencies in this election.

Constituency Candidate Votes %
Camborne & Redruth Loveday Jenkin 897 2.0
Cornwall, N Jeremy Jefferies 631 1.3
Cornwall, SE Andrew Long 1,003 2.0
St Austell & Newquay Dick Cole 2,063 4.1
St Ives Rob Simmons 518 1.1
Truro & Falmouth Stephen Richardson 563 1.1

Source:[8]

References

  1. FWS Craig, British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973
  2. FWS Craig, British parliamentary election results, 1974-1983
  3. FWS Craig, British parliamentary election results, 1974-1983
  4. FWS Craig, British parliamentary election results, 1974-1983
  5. politicsresources.net, UK Members of Parliament, 1997-2001 (index)
  6. BBC News - Election 2010 Results: Camborne & Redruth, Cornwall North, Cornwall South East, St Austell & Newquay, St Ives and Truro & Falmouth
  7. "European Election 2009: South West". BBC News. 8 June 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  8. BBC News - Election 2015 Results: Camborne & Redruth, Cornwall North, Cornwall South East, St Austell & Newquay, St Ives and Truro & Falmouth
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