Dedicated Euro-constituency and MEP For Cornwall
Currently, the Cornish political party Mebyon Kernow is campaigning for a dedicated Euro-constituency and MEP for Cornwall. In May 2009 leader Dick Cole said, “This European election represents a huge democratic deficit for the people of Cornwall. Our distinct needs are ignored in the massive South West constituency and we have been poorly served by MEPs not resident in Cornwall. We consider it a nonsense that the European parliamentary constituency stretches from the Isles of Scilly to Bristol via Gibraltar. We hope voters will support our campaign for proper Cornish representation in Europe including a European Parliamentary constituency for Cornwall.” Until 1994 Cornwall was represented by the much smaller Cornwall and Plymouth constituency.
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