Editing Mebyon Kernow (section)

===Cornwall Council===
MK has been represented on [[Cornwall Council]] since its inception in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Richard Whitehouse |title=Mebyon Kernow - The Party for Cornwall is still fighting for more local power after 70 years |url=https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/mebyon-kernow-party-cornwall-still-4869962 |website=Cornwall Live |access-date=24 January 2024 |date=10 January 2021 |archive-date=24 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124162538/https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/mebyon-kernow-party-cornwall-still-4869962 |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Year
! Candidates
! Votes
! Share of votes
! Seats
|-
|[[2005 Cornwall County Council election|2005]]
|18
|9,421
|3.7%
|{{Composition bar|0|82|#d5c229}}
|-
|[[2009 Cornwall Council election|2009]]
|33
|7,290
|4.3%
|{{Composition bar|3|123|#d5c229}}
|-
|[[2013 Cornwall Council election|2013]]
|26
|6,824
|4.8%
|{{Composition bar|4|123|#d5c229}}
|-
|[[2017 Cornwall Council election|2017]]
|19
|5,344
|4.0%
|{{Composition bar|4|123|#d5c229}}
|-
|[[2021 Cornwall Council election|2021]]
|19
|8,897
|5.0%
|{{Composition bar|5|87|#d5c229}}
|-
|[[2025 Cornwall Council election#Summary|2025]]
|18
|6,524
|4.0%
|{{Composition bar|3|87|#d5c229}}
|}

====2009 election====
In April 2009 MK leader Dick Cole announced his resignation from his job as an [[archaeologist]] with the new [[Cornwall Council]] to become the full-time leader of Mebyon Kernow and to stand for election to the Council. He had previously worked for [[Cornwall County Council]] for 14 years, but it is not permitted for employees of Councils to stand for election to a council they work for.<ref>[http://mebyonkernow.blogspot.com/ Dick Cole to become full time leader of Mebyon Kernow] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208035546/http://mebyonkernow.blogspot.com/ |date=8 February 2010 }}. Mebyonkernow.blogspot.com.</ref>

On 12 May 2009, Dick Cole announced that thirty-three candidates would be standing for the party at the [[2009 Cornwall Council election|Cornwall Council elections]] on 4 June 2009.<ref>[http://mebyonkernow.blogspot.com/ MK Cornwall Council candidates 2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208035546/http://mebyonkernow.blogspot.com/ |date=8 February 2010 }}. Mebyonkernow.blogspot.com.</ref> This was the largest number of candidates that the party had ever fielded in a round of elections to a [[principal council]] or councils. Under the new arrangements, 123 members were to be elected to the new [[unitary authority|unitary]] Cornwall Council, in the place of the 82 councillors on the outgoing Cornwall County Council and another 249 on the six district councils within its area, all abolished.<ref>[http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=17444 Cornwall Council June 2009 Electoral divisions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725150141/http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=17444 |date=25 July 2009 }}. Cornwall.gov.uk.</ref>

Having contested thirty-three of the 123 seats on the authority, Mebyon Kernow won three, or 2.4 per cent of the total. Andrew Long was elected to represent [[Callington, Cornwall|Callington]] with 54% of the votes.<ref>[http://democracy.cornwall.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=9&RPID=692853 Election results for Callington] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116025945/https://democracy.cornwall.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=9&RPID=692853 |date=16 November 2018 }}. Democracy.cornwall.gov.uk (4 June 2009).</ref> Stuart Cullimore was elected to represent [[Camborne]] South with 28% of the votes<ref>[http://democracy.cornwall.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=12&RPID=692079 Election results for Camborne South] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013141818/https://democracy.cornwall.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=12&RPID=692079 |date=13 October 2023 }}#</ref> and Dick Cole was elected to represent [[St Enoder]] with 78% of the votes<ref>[http://democracy.cornwall.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=98&RPID=693218 Election results for St Enoder] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116022807/https://democracy.cornwall.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=98&RPID=693218 |date=16 November 2018 }}. Democracy.cornwall.gov.uk (4 June 2009).</ref>

====2021 election====
In the [[2021 Cornwall Council election|2021 election]], Mebyon Kernow fielded 19 candidates.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Richard Whitehouse |title='Stand together for Cornwall': Cornwall Council needs to stand together to get the best for Cornwall says Mebyon Kernow leader |url=https://cornishstuff.com/2021/04/28/stand-together-for-cornwall/ |website=Cornish Stuff |access-date=7 May 2021 |date=28 April 2021 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507211742/https://cornishstuff.com/2021/04/28/stand-together-for-cornwall/ |url-status=live }}</ref> They gained a seat despite the number of seats on the council being reduced to 87, polling 5% overall.<ref name=CC2021>{{cite web |title=Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 6th May, 2021 |url=https://democracy.cornwall.gov.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?ID=40&RPID=509721406 |website=[[Cornwall Council]] |date=6 May 2021 |access-date=7 May 2021 |archive-date=10 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510142438/https://democracy.cornwall.gov.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?ID=40&RPID=509721406 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Elections 2021: Conservatives take Cornwall Council |work=BBC News |date=7 May 2021 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-57028890 |access-date=7 May 2021 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507174527/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-57028890 |url-status=live }}</ref>