Penwith District Council elections

Penwith 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	1973-1986
	No overall control	1986-2009

Council elections

Penwith District Council election, 1973
Penwith District Council election, 1976
Penwith District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
Penwith District Council election, 1980
Penwith District Council election, 1982
Penwith District Council election, 1983
Penwith District Council election, 1984
Penwith District Council election, 1986
Penwith District Council election, 1987
Penwith District Council election, 1988
Penwith District Council election, 1990
Penwith District Council election, 1991
Penwith District Council election, 1992
Penwith District Council election, 1994
Penwith District Council election, 1995
Penwith District Council election, 1996
Penwith District Council election, 1998
Penwith District Council election, 1999
Penwith District Council election, 2000
Penwith District Council election, 2002
Penwith District Council election, 2003
Penwith District Council election, 2004 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Penwith District Council election, 2006
Penwith District Council election, 2007

By-election results

St Just By-Election 20 March 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		655	40.4
	Liberal Democrat		426	26.4
	Conservative		425	26.2
	Independent		117	7.2
Majority			229	14.0
Turnout			1,623
	Labour hold		Swing

St Ives South By-Election 5 February 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		275	39.9
	Liberal Democrat		267	38.7
	Labour		148	21.4
Majority			8	1.2
Turnout			690	24.8
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

St Ives North By-Election 17 June 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		442	39.0	-11.4
	Independent		318	28.1	+28.1
	Labour		223	19.7	-29.9
	Conservative		149	13.2	+13.2
Majority			124	10.9
Turnout			1,132
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Lelant and Carbis Bay By-Election 22 February 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		650	70.8	+24.7
	Liberal Democrat		268	29.2	-7.1
Majority			382	41.6
Turnout			918	27.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hayle Gwinear By-Election 26 April 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		687	50.1	+18.8
	Conservative		426	31.1	+31.1
	Labour		258	18.8	+18.8
Majority			261	19.0
Turnout			1,371	28.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St Buryan By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Care	1,245	67.3	+5.2
	Independent	Joby Jackson	606	32.7	+32.7
Majority			639	34.6
Turnout			1,851
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penzance West By-Election 15 November 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Stokes	351	37.1	+6.5
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Reed	330	34.9	+34.9
	Labour	Timothy Pullen	191	20.2	-1.9
	Independent	Malcolm Lawrence	53	5.6	-19.8
	Independent	Joby Akira	20	2.1	-10.2
Majority			21	2.2
Turnout			945	34.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Buryan By-Election 14 November 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		685	56.7
	Independent		264	21.8
	Labour		125	10.3
	Independent		119	9.8
	Independent		16	1.3
Majority			421	34.9
Turnout			1,209	46.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penzance Central By-Election 2 October 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jan Ruhrmund	454	39.4
	Conservative	Samuel Ryan	451	39.2
	Labour	Timothy Pullen	150	13.0
	Independent	Malcolm Lawrence	90	7.8
	Independent	Joby Akira	6	0.5
Majority			3	0.2
Turnout			1,151	42.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hayle South By-Election 10 November 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Bennett	374	67.4	+14.3
	Labour	Jayne Ninnes	181	32.6	+19.3
Majority			193	34.8
Turnout			555	19.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Penzance Central By-Election 17 November 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Thomas	223	29.5	-6.5
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Squire	208	27.5	-18.7
	Labour	Cornelius Olivier	195	25.8	+8.0
	Mebyon Kernow	Phillip Rendle	92	12.1	+12.1
	Independent	Stephen Dicker	38	5.0	+5.0
Majority			15	2.0
Turnout			756	26.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Gwinear, Gwithian and Hayle East By-Election 25 October 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ray Tovey	493	57.7	+4.6
	Independent	Derek Elliott	192	22.5	+22.5
	Labour	Jayne Ninnes	170	19.9	+19.9
Majority			301	35.2
Turnout			855	27.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

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

External links

Penwith 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

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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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