Conservatives (Cornwall)

Conservatives are a local center and center-right political party from Cornwall founded in 1920 before the Cornwall Council elections, 1920. The Party is known for its support of Progressive and Green Conservatism and that it supports moderate social policies and centre-right fiscal policies. The Party was founded by Barry Winters who lost the first two elections for the Conservatives but became the first Conservative mayor in the Cornwall Council elections, 1929.

The Party has been one of the most dominant in the history of Cornwall, being in power alone with a majority from 1969 to 1984, and then in 1984 as the senior partner in a coalition with Liberal Future. The Party continued to stay in power in the Cornwall Council elections, 1989 and Cornwall Council elections, 1994 in a surprising coalition with the Cornish Progressive Party each time as the junior partner though. This led to two records, the longest uninterrupted run as a government without a coalition for 15 years (1969-1984) and then longest streak for just being in power which was for 30 years (1969-1999).

Election results

 * 1920 - The Conservatives led by Barry Winters won only one district seat in the traditionally safe seat of District Southwest. They lost the Council Presidency, but won four proportional representation seats to get five councilers elected.