31/08/2026
In the 2021 censes over 100,000 manually write it in identifying as Cornish, an increase on the 2011 censes. It's a shame to see more aren't willing to take the time to sign this petition.
Andrew George Perran Moon for Camborne, Redruth and Hayle
Sometimes I wonder if Cornish folk carry ‘drekly’ too far and things never actually take place. A petition to obtain an answer from the Westminster government for a tickbox on the 2031 census for Cornish people is really poorly supported. This has been promoted widely on social media as well as previously in Cornish newspapers and has just over 5,000 signatures. It requires ten-thousand to receive a government response and 100,000 to be debated in parliament.
Are there now so few Cornish people, or they are so technically inept and unable to access the website. Perhaps for many it’s all talk of how they are so proud to be Cornish but can’t find the time to do anything about it. The Cornish are a legally acknowledged national minority along with our Celtic neighbours in Scotland, Wales and Ireland, all who will have a tickbox on the census. Why should Cornwall miss out and our folk have to work around a more involved route leading so many to not say they are Cornish. Come on folks let’s take a couple of minutes to sign the petition at https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/761116.
Cornish people by birth or choice need to stand and be counted in the next census. Let’s increase the number who say they’re Cornish from a relatively low 18% of Cornwall’s population, also encouraging Cornwall’s expats across the whole of the UK, helped by a Cornish tickbox. We also ask for support from our Celtic cousins from across the UK, your help would be most appreciated.
Agan Tavas Gorsedh Kernow Mebyon Kernow- the Party for Cornwall Kernow Rydh Federation of Old Cornwall Societies
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