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The 1985 Cornwall County Council election for the Cornwall County Council were held on 2 May 1985, as part of the wider 1985 local elections. [2]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Alliance | 30 |  | 38.0 | 32.7 | 35,064 | | |||
| Independent | 27 |  | 34.2 | 30.6 | 32,850 | | |||
| Conservative | 16 |  | 20.3 | 23.7 | 25,382 | | |||
| Labour | 5 | | 6.3 | 9.2 | 9,842 | | |||
| Mebyon Kernow | 1 | | 1.3 | 2.0 | 2,134 | | |||
| Residents | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1,196 | | |||
| Ecology | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.2 | 791 | | |||
| Cornish Nationalist Party | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.3 | 305 | New | |||
| Ind. Conservative | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.2 | 183 | New | |||
| Independent Liberal | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.1 | 93 | New | |||
| BNP | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.1 | 70 | New | |||
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Elections to Cornwall County Council were held on 12 April 1973. This was on the same day as other UK county council elections. The whole council of 79 members was up for election and the council fell under the control of Independents.
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