Photo: John Lucas · CC BY-SA 2.0No party holds a majority on Cornwall Council
St Ives is run by Cornwall Council, with St. Ives parish council for local matters. No party holds a majority on Cornwall Council. Its MP is Andrew George (Liberal Democrat), member for St Ives.
£2,677
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How St Ives’s politics has changed since 2021
No majority on Cornwall Council
Reform UK, the largest group, holds 28 of its 87 seats as elected, 16 short of the 44 needed (it held 0 before the May 2025 election). The Liberal Democrats hold 26, independents 16, the Conservatives 7, Labour 4, the Greens 3 and Mebyon Kernow 3. Who’s in charge ↓
The 2025 vote
Across St Ives’s wards, independents took 41.6%, the Liberal Democrats took 32.9% and Reform UK took 21.4% of votes in May 2025. In 2021, independents had 45.4%. How St Ives has voted ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in St Ives is £2,677 for 2026–27; Cornwall Council keeps 78% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 60% in ten years, against England’s 56%. Council money ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
No party has a majority
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 44 of Cornwall’s 87 seats to run the council alone.
- Reform UK28+28
- Liberal Democrat26+12
- Independent16no change
- Conservative7−39
- Labour4−1
- Green3+2
- Mebyon Kernow3−2
Change against the council before the 1 May 2025 election.
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
The councils that run St Ives
One council runs every main service here.
Local matters: allotments, play areas, halls, footpaths and benches; it is consulted on planning and adds a precept to the council tax bill. A town council is a parish council by another name.
100% of St Ives’s residents · Band D precept £288
Every main council service: schools, social care, roads, bins, planning, housing and libraries.
Website ↗Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: here one council runs every main service.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the parish to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for St Ives, from the most recent elections.
- 1Town or parishParish tierSt. Ives parish council
- 2Cornwall Council1 ward · 1 councillorAndrew Paul Mitchell
- 3Police and crime commissionerDevon & Cornwall Police · elected May 2024Alison Hernandez
- 4House of CommonsSt Ives
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
1 councillor for 1 ward
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- Andrew Paul MitchellIndependent · May 2025
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| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Ives West & Towednackmostly in St Ives · 5,413 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Andrew Paul Mitchell | May 2025 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Cornwall Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
Independents have led every council vote since 2021
Share of all votes cast for candidates in St Ives’s wards at each scheduled council election since 2021. A gap is a year with no election here.
Seats won at each election
Show as a table
| Party | 2021 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Green | 19.4% | 0% |
| Labour | 11.6% | 0% |
| Liberal Democrat | 0% | 32.9% |
| Independent | 45.4% | 41.6% |
| Conservative | 23.6% | 4% |
| Reform UK | 0% | 21.4% |
In 2025, independents won 1 of the 1 seats up in St Ives’s wards.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Where a ward elects several councillors at once, each voter has that many votes; all of them count here.
Cornwall council election, May 2025
Results in the wards that make up St Ives, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
1 ward voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for St Ives’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗1,856 votes for candidates
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
St Ives is in St Ives constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond St Ives).
48,106 votes for candidates · majority 13,786
Liberal Democrat, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 48,106 votes from 69,978 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 13,786 of 48,106 votes (28.7%): wider than in 83% of England’s 543 constituencies.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
St Ives’s Band D council tax is £2,677 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Cornwall Council keeps £2,086.36 of a Band D bill (78%); the rest goes to the St. Ives parish council and the Devon & Cornwall police and crime commissioner.
Band D since 2009
Cornwall’s Band D bill has risen 60% in ten years, from £1,619.75 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £1,411.32 in 2009–10.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in St. Ives, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with Cornwall
| Cornwall | St Ives’s councils | Cornwall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £582 | £583 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £266 | £266 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £56 | £55 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £63 | £62 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £196 | £198 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £20 | £21 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £30 | £30 | £26 |
| Public health | £71 | £71 | £78 |
| Running the council | £29 | £34 | £59 |
| Other | £0 | £0 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,373 | £1,381 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Cornwall and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how St Ives is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
cornwall.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
cornwall.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how St Ives is run
Which council runs St Ives?
St Ives is run by Cornwall Council.
Does St Ives have a town council?
Yes: St Ives has its own parish-tier council (St. Ives parish council; town councils are parish councils by another name), which adds £288 to a Band D bill in 2026–27.
Who is the MP for St Ives?
Andrew George (Liberal Democrat) is the MP for St Ives, which covers St Ives.
How many councillors does St Ives have?
1 ward councillors represent St Ives’s 1 ward.
When are the next elections in St Ives?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for St Ives’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in St Ives?
Band D council tax in St Ives is £2,677 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls Cornwall Council?
No party has a majority. As elected, Reform UK 28 · Liberal Democrat 26 · Independent 16 · Conservative 7 · Labour 4 · Green 3 · Mebyon Kernow 3 of 87 seats; a majority needs 44. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who won the 2025 council election in St Ives?
In St Ives’s wards on 1 May 2025, Independent 1 of the 1 seats up. Independents had the largest share of votes, 41.6%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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