Caradon District Council elections

Caradon was a non-metropolitian district in Cornwall, England, UK. It was abolished on 1 April 2009 and replaced by Cornwall Council.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control		Years
	Independent	1973-1995
	No overall control	1995-2003
	Independent	2003-2004
	No overall control	2004-2007
	Liberal Democrats	2007-2009

Council elections

Caradon District Council election, 1973
Caradon District Council election, 1976
Caradon District Council election, 1979
Caradon District Council election, 1983 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
Caradon District Council election, 1987
Caradon District Council election, 1991
Caradon District Council election, 1995
Caradon District Council election, 1999
Caradon District Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Caradon District Council election, 2007

By-election results

Essa By-Election 1 October 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		534	54.9	+15.0
	Labour		203	25.6	-12.1
	Independent		156	19.6	+19.6
Majority			232	29.3
Turnout			893	25.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Lansallos By-Election 18 May 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		268	49.3	+10.5
	Conservative		143	26.3	+26.3
	Independent		133	24.4	-36.8
Majority			125	23.0
Turnout			544	41.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Lanteglos By-Election 6 September 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		unopposed
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Liskeard South By-Election 22 November 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		473	48.3	+22.8
	Conservative		391	39.9	+5.3
	Mebyon Kernow		115	11.7	-0.9
Majority			82	8.4
Turnout			979	29.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Calstock and Harrowbarrow By-Election 10 October 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		181	33.6	-22.1
	Conservative		176	32.7	+32.7
	Independent		120	22.3	-13.2
	Independent		61	11.3	+2.6
Majority			5	0.9
Turnout			538	28.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Menheniot By-Election 17 October 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		269	54.1	+54.1
	Independent		177	35.6	-10.2
	UKIP		51	10.3	+10.3
Majority			92	18.5
Turnout			497	33.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Liskeard North By-Election 10 June 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Kettles	889	64.8	+11.5
	Conservative		483	35.2	+11.8
Majority			406	29.6
Turnout			1,372	39.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Deviock and Sheviock By-Election 30 September 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	James Candy	329	40.8	+40.8
	Independent		299	37.1	-16.4
	Conservative		178	22.1	+22.1
Majority			30	3.7
Turnout			806	47.8
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Saltash-Pill By-Election 25 May 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Syass	474	43.6	+15.8
	Independent	Brian Pedley	334	30.7	-23.5
	Conservative	Lee Jones	280	25.7	+7.7
Majority			140	12.9
Turnout			1,088	32.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

St Cleer and St Neot By-Election 10 August 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Emuss	519	58.8	+23.3
	Conservative	Graham Cooke	363	41.2	+16.0
Majority			156	17.6
Turnout			882	24.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ The District of Caradon (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Caradon (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

External links

Caradon Council

Council elections in Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly

Cornwall Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Council of the Isles of Scilly	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Caradon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Carrick District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Kerrier District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

North Cornwall District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Penwith District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished

Restormel Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

Former non-metropolitan districts of England

Districts	Alnwick Bath Berwick-upon-Tweed Blyth Valley Boothferry Bridgnorth Brighton Caradon Carrick Castle Morpeth Chester Chester-le-Street Cleethorpes Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Derwentside Durham Easington East Yorkshire East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley Ellesmere Port and Neston Gillingham Glanford Great Grimsby Hereford Holderness Hove Kennet Kerrier Kingswood Leominster Macclesfield Medina Mid Bedfordshire North Cornwall North Shropshire North Wiltshire Northavon Oswestry Penwith Restormel Rochester-upon-Medway Salisbury Scunthorpe Sedgefield Shrewsbury and Atcham South Bedfordshire South Herefordshire South Shropshire South Wight Teesdale Tynedale Vale Royal Wansbeck Wansdyke Wear Valley West Wiltshire

Local elections	Alnwick Bath Berwick-upon-Tweed Blyth Valley Boothferry Bridgnorth Brighton Caradon Carrick Castle Morpeth Chester Chester-le-Street Cleethorpes Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Derwentside Durham Easington East Yorkshire East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley Ellesmere Port and Neston Gillingham Glanford Great Grimsby Hereford Holderness Hove Kennet Kerrier Kingswood Leominster Macclesfield Medina Mid Bedfordshire North Cornwall North Shropshire North Wiltshire Northavon Oswestry Penwith Restormel Rochester-upon-Medway Salisbury Scunthorpe Sedgefield Shrewsbury and Atcham South Bedfordshire South Herefordshire South Shropshire South Wight Teesdale Tynedale Vale Royal Wansbeck Wansdyke Wear Valley West Wiltshire

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