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Mebyon Kernow – The Party for Cornwall ([mɛbjɔn kərnou], MK; Cornish for Sons of Cornwall) [5] is a Cornish nationalist, centre-left political party in Cornwall, in southwestern Britain. It currently has five elected councillors on Cornwall Council , [ 6 ] and several town and parish councillors across Cornwall.
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.
Dick Cole (born 6 April 1967) is a Cornish politician, [1] currently serving as an elected member of Cornwall Council and the leader of the Cornish devolutionist political party, Mebyon Kernow, a role he has held since 1997.
Councillor Dick Cole, from Mebyon Kernow, proposed the motion: "It was geared specifically to bring people together. "I wanted all the political groups to come and say 'we want devolution but we ...
Dorothy Ann Trevenen Jenkin (14 April 1930 – 8 April 2024) was a Cornish and British writer, teacher, librarian, and activist for Cornish independence. [1] She was the first woman Grand Bard of Gorsedh Kernow and a founder member of Mebyon Kernow and its honorary president from 2011 until her death. [2]
An independent councillor joined Mebyon Kernow in 2010. Mebyon Kernow also has 18 parish councillors elected. [45] A number of nationalist independents [vague] were also elected to the Cornwall Council. Prior to the 2013 local elections Mebyon Kernow held six seats on the council, having gained two due to defections from other parties, and ...
The party was formed on 28 May 1975 by people who left Mebyon Kernow, Cornwall's main nationalist party, [4] and was first led by James Whetter. [citation needed]The split with Mebyon Kernow was based on two main debates.
The motion was unsuccessful, with Mebyon Kernow leader Dick Cole supporting German and calling the vote to remove him "politically motivated". [ 7 ] In March 2021, Stephen Bush wrote that the Conservatives could gain control of the council by taking seats from independent councillors and Liberal Democrat councillors.