Local democracy in action

Trelawny's Army is a non-political organization. We never urge people to vote for, or against, any particular political party.

However, in our democracy everyone has the right to know how their local councillor voted on issues that are of importance to them.

The success or failure of the project to build a "Stadium for Cornwall" is of huge importance to Cornish rugby fans. We therefore list below the names of those councillors who voted on the motion to examine the business case for the Stadium project (including the requirement for a contribution from public funds) at the full Council Meeting held at County Hall on 15th May 2012. The motion was defeated by 55 votes to 46, effectively killing off the Stadium project.

We list:

Rugby fans can make up their own minds whether or not to vote for any of these councillors.

We also give the percentage of councilors in each political party who voted FOR the stadium.

The next Cornwall Council elections are in May 2013. We shall be watching the voting records on all votes that affect the Stadium, and highlighting this information just before the elections.

Councillors who opposed the "Stadium for Cornwall"

Councillor Ward Party Majority
Biggs Camborne West Con 181
Biscoe Truro Moresk Ind 356
Brewer Wadebridge East Ind 145
Chappel Falmouth Penwerris Ind 56
Curnow St Stephen Ind 460
Dolphin Flexbury & Poughill Lib Dem 12
Duffin Mount Hawke & Portreath Lib Dem 101
Dyer Chacewater & Kenwyn Con 518
Eddowes Redruth Central Con 8
Egerton Probus Ind 63
Ellis Menheniot Con 313
Evans Falmouth Gyllingvase Con 279
Ferguson Truro Trehaverne Con 6
Fitter Colan & Mawgan Con 250
Gisbourne St Endellion Con 210
Goodenough Camelford Con 119
Greenslade St Dennis Ind 545
Hannaford Looe West & Lansallos Lib Dem 42
Harding Newlyn & Mousehole Con 598
Haycock Helston Central Ind 272
Heywood Newquay Treviglas Ind 28
Holley Saltash Pill Ind 198
Hughes Tywardreath Lib Dem 323
Kerridge Bodmin West Lib Dem 333
Lambshead Newquay Tretherras Con 340
Lugg St Teath Ind 445
Lyne St Keverne & Meneage Ind 16
Maddern St Buryan Con 260
Mann Wadebridge West Con 439
Mutton Mevagissey Con 151
Nicholas Marazion Con 137
Nolan Truro Boscawen Lib Dem 423
Oxenham St Austell Bay Lib Dem 15
Parsons D Bude North & Stratton Lib Dem 563
Parsons P Altarnun Con 80
Pearce Bude South Lib Dem 376
Penhaligon Lelant & Carbis Bay Con 318
Polmounter Mount Charles Lib Dem 18
Powell Liskeard North Con 100
Pugh Pelynt Con 173
Rogerson Bodmin Central Lib Dem 232
Rowe Penwithick Lib Dem 78
Rushworth Padstow Con 273
Saunby Falmouth Trescobeas Ind 269
Schofield Liskeard Central Lib Dem 131
Shakerly Lostwithiel Con 121
Sheppard Carn Brea North Con 118
Stewart St Austell Gover Con 53
Symons St Ives South Con 200
Tanner St Ives North Con 24
Teverson St Mewan Lib Dem 38
Tucker Poundstock Con 45
Turner St Ives Lib Dem 36
Watson St Cleer Lib Dem 189
Williams M Troon & Beacon Con 41

Councillors who supported the "Stadium for Cornwall"

We thank you One and All.

Councillor Ward Party Majority
Doris Ansari Truro Tregolls Lib Dem
Bob Austin Saltash Essa Lib Dem
Irene Bailey Ludgvan Ind
Sally Bain Fowey Con
Russell Bartlett Gunnislake Con
Geoff Brown Newquay Central Lib Dem
Glenton Brown Tintagel Lib Dem
Jackie Bull Bugle Lib Dem
Michael Callen Perranporth Ind
Jinny Clark Newlyn and Goonhavern Con
Dick Cole St Enoder MK
John Coombe Hayle South Ind
Stuart Cullimore Camborne South MK
Lisa Dolley Redruth North Ind
Les Donnithorne St Agnes Lib Dem
Mike Eathorne-Gibbons Ladock,St Clement and St Erme Con
George Edwards Newquay Treloggan Lib Dem
Olive Eggleston St Germans Con
Steve Eva Falmouth Arwenack Ind
Jim Flashman Kelly Bray Con
Alex Folkes Launceston Central Lib Dem
Mario Fonk Gulval and Heamoor Lib Dem
Mike George Liskeard South and Dobwalls Lib Dem
Neil Hatton Constantine Con
Graeme Hicks Redruth South Ind
Loveday Jenkin Wendron MK
John Keeling Breage Ind
Joanna Kenny Newquay Pentire Lib Dem
Andrew Long Callington MK
Tony Martin Penryn East and Mylor Con
Mary May Penryn West Ind
Adam Paynter Launceston North Lib Dem
Mike Pearn Torpoint West Con
Neil Plummer Stithians MK
John Pollard Hayle North Ind
Jude Robinson Camborne North Lab
Jeremy Rowe St Issey Lib Dem
Roy Taylor St Blaise Lib Dem
George Trubody Rame Con
Mike Varney Falmouth Boslowik Ind
Graham Walker St Austell Bethel Ind
Andrew Wallis Porthleven and Helston South Ind
Tamsim Williams Penzance Central Lib Dem
Kym Willoughby Carn Brea South Lib Dem
John Wood Roche Ind

Abstentions

These are the councillors who abstained.

Burden (Ind), Currie (Con), Double (Con), Ridgers (Con), Robertson (Con) and Toms (Con). (These are in the Cabinet. They could have voted but chose not to.)

As Lady Chaiman Pat Harvey (Ind) could have voted but chose not to.

Lewarne (Lib Dem) was there for the debate, but left the chamber before the vote.

How the parties voted

This section shows how the parties voted. The first three columns show, for each political party, the number of councilors who voted FOR, AGAINST, and who abstained. The last column shows, for each political party, the percentage of councilors who voted FOR the stadium.

Rugby fans can decide for themselves what use to make of this information.

PARTY FOR AGAINST ABSTAINED % voting FOR
CON 10 27 5 24%
IND 13 12 2 48%
LAB 1 0 0 100%
LIB DEM 16 16 1 48%
MK 5 0 0 100%