Paul Ashton: councillor for St Austell Poltair & Mount Charles, Cornwall Council

Paul Ashton is a Reform UK councillor for the St Austell Poltair & Mount Charles ward on Cornwall Council, according to the council's own published list. Paul Ashton is also Group Leader - Reform UK.

Council: Cornwall Council
Ward: St Austell Poltair & Mount Charles
Party: Reform UK
Posts: Group Leader - Reform UK
Official profile: democracy.cornwall.gov.uk
Source: Cornwall Council: councillors by ward (modern.gov web service), read 3 November 2026 (saved copy)

How to contact Paul Ashton

These are the details Cornwall Council publishes for Paul Ashton, exactly as published on 3 November 2026:

Email: cllr.paul.ashton@cornwall.gov.uk
Phone: 07943917918
Official profile: democracy.cornwall.gov.uk

Reform UK on Cornwall Council

Reform UK holds 20 of the 87 seats on Cornwall Council. The largest group is Liberal Democrat, with 26. Seats by party: Liberal Democrat 26, Reform UK 20, Independent 15, Conservative 7, Labour & Cooperative Party 5, Mebyon Kernow 3 and others.

Leaders and post holders on Cornwall Council

Leigh Frost Leader of the Council & Group Leader - Liberal Democrat Group
Andrew Long Deputy Group Leader - Mebyon Kernow Group
James Ball Deputy Group Leader - Independent Group
Anna Thomason-Kenyon Deputy Group Leader - Cornish Independent Non-Aligned Group
Laurie Magowan Deputy Group Leader - Labour and Co-operative Group
Martyn Alvey Deputy Group Leader - Conservative Group
Bruce Craze Deputy Group Leader - Restore Britain Group
Karen La Borde Group Leader - Green Party Group

All 87 councillors of Cornwall Council, by ward and party.

Who has power over St Austell Poltair & Mount Charles

Paul Ashton sits on Cornwall Council, at level 3 of the ten levels of power. These are the bodies above Cornwall, each with its own page:

Devon and Cornwall Police led by Alison Hernandez, James Vaughan
Camborne and Redruth: Perran Moon (Labour) MP
North Cornwall: Ben Maguire (Liberal Democrat) MP
South East Cornwall: Anna Gelderd (Labour) MP
St Austell and Newquay: Noah Law (Labour) MP
St Ives: Andrew George (Liberal Democrat) MP
Truro and Falmouth: Jayne Kirkham (Labour (Co-op)) MP
UK government and all 650 MPs
United Nations, IMF, G7 and G20

The full ladder of power over Cornwall, from residents' groups to the G20.

Where this comes from

Cornwall Council: councillors by ward (modern.gov web service), read 3 November 2026 (saved copy). Published by Cornwall Council. The page is rebuilt from the official list each time it is read again, so anything the council changes or removes changes here too. Name or seat out of date? Tell us.