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Cornwall County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. It currently consists of 82 councillors, and is controlled by the Liberal Democrats, who have 48 councillors, versus 19 independents, 9 Conservatives, 5 Labour councillors, and one from the small Liberal Party. The council has a tradition of large groups of independents, having been controlled by independents in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Composition
Elections are held every four years, interspersed by three years of elections to the six district councils in the county.
| Party | Councillors | Change (on 2001) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat | 48 | +13 | |
| Independent | 19 | -6 | |
| Conservative | 9 | - | |
| Labour | 5 | -4 | |
| Liberal | 1 | - | |
| Total | 82 | +3 | |
| Source: Cornwall County Council BBC News | |||
Council history
New Cornish Unitary authority
On 5 December 2007 Cornwall's move to unitary status was confirmed by the Government.1 Cornwall’s Liberal Democrat councillors implemented plans to create a unitary authority for the region, abolishing the current six district councils.2 The districts will be abolished as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England. The new logo and motto for Cornwall's new unitary authority were met with widespread criticism from the general public with demands for the old logo and motto to be kept.3456
The unitary authority comes into effect in April 2009, but elections for the authority are not due until October 2009. In the interim decisions will be made by the unelected South West Regional Assembly. Local government minister John Healey announced the postponement in the light of Cornwall Council taking too long to agree how many councillors it wanted. This has resulted in a delay with the Boundary Committee who expect to issue their proposals for constituencies in December 2008.7
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- ^ Unitary status agreed for council
- ^ Cornwall 'super-council' approved
- ^ Motto mauled as 'sop to Cornish'
- ^ Council logo 'a waste of money'
- ^ Council logo 'like Don King hair'
- ^ Mebyon Kernow votes against new logo
- ^ Cornwall unitary election postponed
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