Pedyr Prior (died 4 June 2018) was a Cornish politician and a noted figure in the Cornish nationalist politics, being Chairman of

Mebyon Kernow Mebyon Kernow – The Party for Cornwall (, MK; Cornish for ''Sons of Cornwall'') is a Cornish nationalist, centre-left political party in Cornwall, in southwestern Britain. It currently has five elected councillors on Cornwall Council, and s ...

from 1985 to 1986 and later Chair of the Labour Party in

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. Prior joined the

Cornish Nationalist Party The Cornish Nationalist Party (CNP; kw, An Parti Kenethlegek Kernow) is a political party, founded by Dr James Whetter, who campaigned for independence for Cornwall. History It was formed by people who left Cornwall's main nationalist party Meb ...

on its formation in 1976, and was adopted as its prospective candidate for the St Ives constituency. This candidacy did not happen, as he stood down in favour of the MK candidate for the constituency, and subsequently he defected to MK. He was the editor of Mebyon Kernow's journal, ''Cornish Nation'', from 1978 to 1979, jointly with Julyan Holmes. In 1979, he stood for the St Ives South seat on

Cornwall County Council Cornwall County Council ( kw, Konteth Konsel Kernow) was the county council of the non-metropolitan county of Cornwall in south west England. It came into its powers on 1 April 1889 and was abolished on 1 April 2009. History Cornwall County Counc ...

; although he was not elected, he took one of the party's best vote shares. In 1981, Prior was elected as Treasurer of Mebyon Kernow, and at the 1983 general election, he was the party's candidate for the St Ives seat, taking fourth place with 1.2% of the vote. He was elected as MK's chairman in 1985, serving for one year. Prior later joined the Labour Party, and was elected to St Ives Town Council. In this role, he succeeded in getting a ban on new houses being built for use as

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s. For four years in the 2010s, he served as chair of the Cornwall Labour Party. He died from complications caused by

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, which made his lungs fail, in June 2018. He deteriorated over 3 weeks in critical care and could not be cured. He was married to the artist

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Prior, Pedyr Year of birth missing 1950s births 2018 deaths Politicians from Cornwall Cornish nationalists Councillors in Cornwall Labour Party (UK) councillors Mebyon Kernow politicians Leaders of political parties in the United Kingdom 20th-century English politicians 21st-century English politicians