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.
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.
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Independent | 28 | 9 | 82.4 | 73.56 | 28,562 | ||||
Conservative | 4 | 4 | 11.8 | 12.49 | 4,851 | ||||
Labour | 1 | 2.9 | 6.36 | 2,469 | |||||
Mebyon Kernow | 0 | 0.0 | 4.58 | 1,777 | |||||
Independent Liberal | 0 | 0.0 | 1.84 | 715 | |||||
People's Representatives | 0 | 0.0 | 1.17 | 455 | |||||
Liberal | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||
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Hayle Gwinear (2 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | T. Laity | 810 | 27.08 | ||
Independent | E. Philip | 707 | 23.64 | ||
Independent | M. Reynolds | 498 | 16.65 | ||
Mebyon Kernow | G. Ansell | 417 | 13.94 | ||
Independent | R. Leeming | 382 | 12.77 | ||
Independent | J. Evans | 177 | 5.92 | ||
Turnout | 73.6 |
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Hayle Gwithian (3 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | W. Cock | 1,270 | 25.51 | ||
Conservative | J. Sleeman | 1,254 | 25.19 | ||
Conservative | D. Bray | 857 | 17.21 | ||
Labour | J. Ring | 559 | 11.23 | ||
Independent | F. Ponting | 559 | 11.23 | ||
Independent | P. Smith | 480 | 9.64 | ||
Turnout | 74.1 |
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Lelant & Carbis Bay (2 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Clarke Macdonald | 994 | 40.21 | ||
Conservative | R. Elsden | 980 | 39.64 | ||
Independent | R. Goodwin | 498 | 20.15 | ||
Turnout | 70.2 |
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Ludgvan (3 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | H. Lutey | 1,395 | 26.03 | ||
Independent | A. Bailey | 1,384 | 25.82 | ||
Independent | J. Vincent | 1072 | 20.00 | ||
Conservative | R. Davis | 780 | 14.55 | ||
Independent | J. Trevenen | 729 | 13.60 | ||
Turnout | 75.8 |
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Marazion (1 seat)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | P. Stevens | 396 | 45.00 | ||
Independent | J. Brooke | 202 | 22.95 | ||
Independent | S. Gibson | 189 | 21.48 | ||
Independent Liberal | D. Grayson | 93 | 10.57 | ||
Turnout | 74.4 |
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Penzance Central (2 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Batten | 1,358 | 41.16 | ||
Independent | R. Allbright | 1,274 | 38.62 | ||
Labour | R. Goodwin | 667 | 20.22 | ||
Turnout | 77.2 |
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Penzance East (3 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | A. Richards | Unopposed | |||
Independent | J. Nicholas | Unopposed | |||
Independent | R. Berryman | Unopposed |
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Penzance North (2 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | C. Watts | Unopposed | |||
Independent | J. Richards | Unopposed |
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Penzance South (3 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | G. Cocks | 1,418 | 27.7 | ||
Independent | C. Ash | 1,018 | 19.9 | ||
Independent | L. Spargo | 988 | 19.3 | ||
Independent | J. Ruhrmund | 909 | 17.7 | ||
Independent | J. Fowler | 795 | 15.5 | ||
Turnout | 74.7 |
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Penzance West (2 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | D. Pooley | 1,158 | 34.3 | ||
Independent | J. Laity | 1,109 | 32.9 | ||
Independent | F. Peak | 1,106 | 32.8 | ||
Turnout | 74.0 |
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Perranuthnoe (1 seat)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | C. Bryant | Unopposed |
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St Buryan (2 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | T. Hicks | Unopposed | |||
Independent | J. Daniel | Unopposed |
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St Erth and St Hilary (1 seat)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | P. Badcock | Unopposed |
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St Ives North (2 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | T. Harvey | 1,243 | 37.6 | ||
Independent | M. Peters | 689 | 20.9 | ||
Independent Liberal | G. Tonkin | 622 | 18.8 | ||
People's Representative | J. Wilkes | 455 | 13.8 | ||
Mebyon Kernow | M. Ricketts | 293 | 8.9 | ||
Turnout | 74.2 |
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St Ives South (2 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | O. Eddy | 1,133 | 42.7 | ||
Conservative | H. Storer | 980 | 36.9 | ||
Mebyon Kernow | P. Prior | 540 | 20.4 | ||
Turnout | 69.6 |
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St Just (3 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | R. Rowe | 1,130 | 25.7 | ||
Independent | D. Jasper | 1,045 | 23.8 | ||
Independent | T. McFadden | 969 | 22.1 | ||
Independent | E. Dymond | 721 | 16.4 | ||
Mebyon Kernow | M. Williams | 527 | 12.0 | ||
Turnout | 75.3 |
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