2004 Penwith District Council election

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Elections to Penwith District Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 increasing the number of seats by one. The council stayed under no overall control and overall turnout was 46.9%

Penwith

Penwith is an area of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, located on the peninsula of the same name. It is also the name of a former local government district, whose council was based in Penzance. The area is named after one of the ancient administrative hundreds of Cornwall which derives from two Cornish words, penn meaning 'headland' and wydh meaning 'at the end'.

In the context of local authorities in the United Kingdom, the term no overall control refers to a situation in which no single political group achieves a majority of seats; and is analogous to a hung parliament. Of the 310 councils who had members up for election in the 2007 local elections, 85 resulted in a NOC administration.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

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Results

Penwith Local Election Result 2004
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrat 14+340.030.411,870+12.1%
  Conservative 12+234.328.010,942-13.0%
  Independent 822.922.98,936-8.5%
  Labour 1-12.912.14,718+6.3%
  UKIP 0004.71,835+3.0%
  Mebyon Kernow 001.9756+0.2%

By ward

Goldsithney
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Patricia Sanderson36551.7
Conservative Sidney Thomas34148.3
Majority243.4
Turnout 70649.0
Gulval & Heamoor (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Maria Fonk759
Liberal Democrat Jack Dixon580
Independent Stephen Freeman423
Conservative Peter Powell243
Labour Franklyn Bennetts151
Turnout 2,15646.7
Gwinear, Gwithian & Hayle East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Sarah Roskilly808
Liberal Democrat Robert Lello584
UKIP Jeffrey Mager408
Labour Adrian Marsham219
Turnout 2,01944.2
Hayle North (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Terry Lello756
Independent Owen Philp400
Independent Edgar Philp368
Labour Frederick Bultitude283
Turnout 1,80740.8
Hayle South (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Shirley Oliver736
Liberal Democrat Duncan Cook465
Labour Frederick Statham184
Turnout 1,38537.5
Lelant & Carbis Bay (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Elizabeth Penhaligon732
Conservative Yvonne Watson717
Liberal Democrat Richard Birch430
Labour Terence Murray325
UKIP Bryan Bracegirdle207
Turnout 2,41148.2
Ludgvan & Towednack (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Alice Bailey1,021
Conservative Henry Smith691
Independent Mark Squire601
Turnout 2,31351.2
Madron & Zennor
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Roy Mann48079.1
Labour Stella Redgrave12720.9
Majority35358.2
Turnout 60747.2
Marazion & Perranuthnoe
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Neil Badcock56067.6
Independent Malcolm Lawrence16620.0
Labour Nicholas Round10312.4
Majority39447.6
Turnout 82958.3
Morvah, Pendenn & St Just (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Christopher Goninan796
Liberal Democrat Patricia Angove670
Liberal Democrat James Thomas625
Conservative Richard Eddy555
Independent Benjamin Angwin469
Conservative William McFadden450
Independent Gerald Nicholls428
UKIP Rose Smith264
Labour Brian Simm223
Turnout 4,48049.9
Penzance Central (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Simon Reed684
Conservative Sam Ryan534
Liberal Democrat Ian Fraser508
Labour Timothy Pullen264
Turnout 1,99045.9
Penzance East (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Caroline White762
Independent William Aitken638
Liberal Democrat Peter Mates618
Liberal Democrat Richard Clark574
UKIP Robert Smith384
Independent Carol Dennis383
Labour Cornelius Olivier356
Labour Robin Gregory349
Turnout 4,06439.6
Penzance Promenade (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Ian Ruhrmund659
Conservative Emma Schofield481
Liberal Democrat Valerie Barnes374
Conservative Michael Waters300
Mebyon Kernow Phillip Rendle231
UKIP John Wing172
Labour Sara Olivier143
Turnout 2,36053.7
Penzance South (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Michael Payne1,223
Conservative Roger Harding1,154
Conservative Malcolm Pilcher852
Mebyon Kernow Frank Granger525
Liberal Democrat Dennis Axford404
UKIP Michael Faulkner400
Turnout 4,55856.0
St Buryan (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Adrian Semmens832
Conservative William Maddern626
Independent Ruth Lewarne493
Labour Ann Round330
Turnout 2,28152.4
St Erth & St Hilary
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Peter Badcock50869.0
Liberal Democrat Michael Hanley22831.0
Majority28038.0
Turnout 73645.2
St Ives North (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Andrew Mitchell854
Liberal Democrat George Tonkin617
Conservative Godfrey Penhaligon300
Labour Ian Hope241
Turnout 2,01242.0
St Ives South (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Joan Tanner613
Conservative Joan Symons478
Independent Norman Laity413
Liberal Democrat Bill Fry354
Conservative Colin Sanger288
Labour Graham Webster197
Turnout 2,34344.6

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