Kerrier District Council elections

Kerrier was a non-metropolitian district in Cornwall, England. 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	1973-1979
	No overall control	1979-2009

Council elections

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

By-election results

Illogan South By-Election 12 December 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		629	56.8
	Independent		236	21.3
	Liberal Democrat		155	14.0
	Liberal		88	7.9
Majority			393	35.5
Turnout			1,108	21.3
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Helston North By-Election 5 March 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		369	42.9	+25.1
	Independent		222	25.8	-14.0
	Liberal Democrat		111	12.9	-29.5
	Independent		96	11.2	+11.2
	Labour		62	7.2	+7.2
Majority			147	17.1
Turnout			860	22.2
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

St Day & Lanner By-Election 13 April 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		485	41.3	+41.3
	Conservative		269	22.9	+22.9
	Labour		217	18.5	-17.2
	Liberal Democrat		204	17.4	-46.9
Majority			216	18.4
Turnout			1,175	27.6
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Porthleven By-Election 4 April 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		585	54.8	-1.3
	Independent		217	20.3	-6.7
	Liberal Democrat		187	17.5	+0.6
	Conservative		48	4.5	+4.5
	Labour		30	2.8	+2.8
Majority			368	34.5
Turnout			1,067	41.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Porthleven and Sithney By-Election 29 April 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Strike	544	87.2	+14.4
	Liberal Democrat	Rosemary Gunter	70	11.2	-16.0
	Independent	Andrew Menzies-Grant	10	1.6	+1.6
Majority			474	76.0
Turnout			624	22.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Porthleven and Sithney By-Election 18 November 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Mebyon Kernow	Jane Acton	177	33.1	+33.1
	Independent	William Rowe	107	20.0	-68.7
	Liberal Democrat	Rosemary Gunter	102	19.1	+7.9
	Conservative	Alfred Mesropians	92	17.2	+17.2
	UKIP	Andrew Menzies-Grant	56	10.5	+10.5
Majority			70	13.1
Turnout			534	18.8
	Mebyon Kernow gain from Independent		Swing

Redruth South By-Election 16 March 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Pascoe	443	45.6	-1.8
	Liberal Democrat	William Turner	206	21.2	+3.2
	Independent	Barbara Ellenbroek	138	14.2	+14.2
	Labour	Linda Moore	104	10.7	-2.7
	Conservative	Ian Bosworth	80	8.2	-5.9
Majority			237	24.4
Turnout			971	20.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Helston North By-Election 29 November 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Taylor	315	37.1
	Independent	Tanya Dyer	226	26.6
	Independent	Dave Swift	194	22.8
	Mebyon Kernow	Alan Sanders	115	13.5
Majority			89	10.5
Turnout			850	17.8
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

References

↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ The District of Kerrier (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Kerrier (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

External links

Kerrier 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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