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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. He is currently one of the longest serving political leaders in Britain. [2] Dick Cole was first elected MK leader in 1997.
On 4 October 1997, at the Mebyon Kernow National Conference, Jenkin was replaced by Dick Cole as the leader of MK. [78] One of Cole's earliest actions as leader was to launch the Cornish Millennium Convention on 8 March 1998, coinciding with protests at the closure of South Crofty , Cornwall's last working tin mine. [ 79 ]
Mebyon Kernow – The Party for Cornwall is a Cornish nationalist, ... Dick Cole: 1,351 2.4 Cornwall, SE: Graham Sandercock 769 1.4 Falmouth & Camborne: Hilda Wasley
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 ...
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.
The 2017 Cornwall Council election was held on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. [1] 122 councillors were elected from the 121 electoral divisions of Cornwall Council, which returned either one or two councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.
Cornwall Council is a unitary authority which has held elections every four years since its creation in 2009. [4] In the previous election in 2021, the Conservative Party won a majority of seats, taking over governance of the council [5] from the previous Liberal Democrat coalition with independent councillors.
Mebyon Kernow: Dick Cole: 927 : 77.6 : Conservative: Jacqueline Fair 177 14.8 Liberal Democrats: ... She was the second member to defect to Mebyon Kernow since 2009 ...