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.

Elections to Cornwall County Council

Year	Votes	Share of votes	Seats
1977	1,736	2.7%	0 / 79
1981	3,331	3.4%	0 / 79
1985	2,134	2.0%	1 / 79
1989	1,809	1.3%	1 / 79
1993	2,528	1.9%	1 / 79
1997	6,890	2.6%	2 / 79
2001^[1]	8,405	3.5%	0 / 79
2005^[2]	9,421	3.7%	0 / 82

Elections to Cornwall Council

Year	Candidates	Votes	Share of votes	Seats
2009^[3]	33	7,290	4.3%	3 / 123
2013^[4]	26	6,824	4.8%	4 / 123
2017^[5]	19	5,344	4.0%	4 / 123
2021^[6]	19	8,897	5.0%	5 / 87

Elections to the House of Commons

Election	Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
1970^[7]	Falmouth & Camborne	Richard Jenkin	960	2.0
February 1974^[7]	Truro	James Whetter	850	1.5
October 1974^[7]	Truro	James Whetter	384	0.7
1979^[7]	Falmouth & Camborne	Leonard Truran	1,637	3.0
1979^[7]	St Ives	Colin Murley	1,662	4.0
1983^{[citation needed]}	Falmouth & Camborne	Richard Jenkin	582	1.2
1983^{[citation needed]}	St Ives	Pedyr Prior	569	1.2
1997^{[citation needed]}	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
2001^[8]	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^{[citation needed]}	Cornwall, N	Dick Cole	1,351	2.4
	Cornwall, SE	Graham Sandercock	769	1.4
	Falmouth & Camborne	Hilda Wasley	370	0.8
	Truro & St Austell	Conan Jenkin	1,062	2.1
2010^[9]	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
2015^[10]	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
2019^[11]	St Austell & Newquay	Dick Cole	1,660	3.0

Elections to the European Parliament

Election	Constituency	Candidate(s)	Votes	%
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

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