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.
Year | Votes | Share of votes | Seats |
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1977 | 1,736 | 2.7% | 0 / 79
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1981 | 3,331 | 3.4% | 0 / 79
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1985 | 2,134 | 2.0% | 1 / 79
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1989 | 1,809 | 1.3% | 1 / 79
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1993 | 2,528 | 1.9% | 1 / 79
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1997 | 6,890 | 2.6% | 2 / 79
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2001[1] | 8,405 | 3.5% | 0 / 79
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2005[2] | 9,421 | 3.7% | 0 / 82
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Year | Candidates | Votes | Share of votes | Seats |
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2009[3] | 33 | 7,290 | 4.3% | 3 / 123
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2013[4] | 26 | 6,824 | 4.8% | 4 / 123
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2017[5] | 19 | 5,344 | 4.0% | 4 / 123
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2021[6] | 19 | 8,897 | 5.0% | 5 / 87
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Election | Constituency | Candidate(s) | Votes | % |
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1979[12] | Cornwall and Plymouth | Richard Jenkin | 10,205 | 5.9 |
1989[12] | Cornwall and Plymouth | Colin Lawry | 4,224 | 1.9 |
1994[12] | Cornwall and West Plymouth | Loveday Jenkin | 3,315 | 1.5 |
2009[13] | South West England | Dick Cole, Conan Jenkin, Loveday Jenkin, Simon Reed, Glenn Renshaw, Joanie Willett | 14,922 | 1.0 |