1979 Penwith District Council election

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Elections to Penwith District Council were held for all 33 new seats in 1979, after ward changes the year before.

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After the election, the composition of the council was: 28 Independents, 4 Conservatives and 1 Labour. The Liberals and Mebyon Kernow did not win any seats.

Election result

Penwith local election result 1979
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Independent 28Decrease2.svg982.473.5628,562
  Conservative 4Increase2.svg411.812.494,851
  Labour 1Steady2.svg2.96.362,469
  Mebyon Kernow 0Steady2.svg0.04.581,777
  Independent Liberal 0Steady2.svg0.01.84715
 People's Representatives0Steady2.svg0.01.17455
  Liberal 0Decrease2.svg10.00.000

Ward results

Hayle Gwinear (2 seats)

Hayle (Gwinear)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent T. Laity 810 27.08
Independent E. Philip 707 23.64
Independent M. Reynolds49816.65
Mebyon Kernow G. Ansell41713.94
Independent R. Leeming38212.77
Independent J. Evans1775.92
Turnout 73.6

Hayle Gwithian (3 seats)

Hayle (Gwithian)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent W. Cock 1,270 25.51
Conservative J. Sleeman 1,254 25.19
Conservative D. Bray 857 17.21
Labour J. Ring55911.23
Independent F. Ponting55911.23
Independent P. Smith4809.64
Turnout 74.1

Lelant & Carbis Bay (2 seats)

Lelant & Carbis Bay
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent J. Clarke Macdonald 994 40.21
Conservative R. Elsden 980 39.64
Independent R. Goodwin49820.15
Turnout 70.2

Ludgvan (3 seats)

Ludgvan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent H. Lutey 1,395 26.03
Independent A. Bailey 1,384 25.82
Independent J. Vincent107220.00
Conservative R. Davis78014.55
Independent J. Trevenen72913.60
Turnout 75.8

Marazion (1 seat)

Marazion
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent P. Stevens 396 45.00
Independent J. Brooke20222.95
Independent S. Gibson18921.48
Independent Liberal D. Grayson9310.57
Turnout 74.4

Penzance Central (2 seats)

Penzance Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent J. Batten 1,358 41.16
Independent R. Allbright 1,274 38.62
Labour R. Goodwin66720.22
Turnout 77.2

Penzance East (3 seats)

Penzance East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent A. RichardsUnopposed
Independent J. NicholasUnopposed
Independent R. BerrymanUnopposed

Penzance North (2 seats)

Penzance North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent C. WattsUnopposed
Independent J. RichardsUnopposed

Penzance South (3 seats)

Penzance South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent G. Cocks 1,418 27.7
Independent C. Ash 1,018 19.9
Independent L. Spargo 988 19.3
Independent J. Ruhrmund90917.7
Independent J. Fowler79515.5
Turnout 74.7

Penzance West (2 seats)

Penzance West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent D. Pooley 1,158 34.3
Independent J. Laity 1,109 32.9
Independent F. Peak1,10632.8
Turnout 74.0

Perranuthnoe (1 seat)

Perranuthnoe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent C. BryantUnopposed

St Buryan (2 seats)

St Buryan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent T. HicksUnopposed
Independent J. DanielUnopposed

St Erth and St Hilary (1 seat)

St Erth and St Hilary
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent P. BadcockUnopposed

St Ives North (2 seats)

St Ives North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour T. Harvey 1,243 37.6
Independent M. Peters 689 20.9
Independent Liberal G. Tonkin62218.8
People's RepresentativeJ. Wilkes45513.8
Mebyon Kernow M. Ricketts2938.9
Turnout 74.2

St Ives South (2 seats)

St Ives South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent O. Eddy 1,133 42.7
Conservative H. Storer 980 36.9
Mebyon Kernow P. Prior 54020.4
Turnout 69.6

St Just (3 seats)

St Just
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent R. Rowe 1,130 25.7
Independent D. Jasper 1,045 23.8
Independent T. McFadden 969 22.1
Independent E. Dymond72116.4
Mebyon Kernow M. Williams52712.0
Turnout 75.3

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