2004 Penwith District Council election

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%

Results of the 2004 Penwith District Council election

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Liberal Democrat 14
• Conservative 12
• Independent 8
• Labour 1

Results

Penwith Local Election Result 2004

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	14			+3	40.0	30.4	11,870	+12.1
	Conservative	12			+2	34.3	28.0	10,942	-13.0
	Independent	8				22.9	22.9	8,936	-8.5
	Labour	1			-1	2.9	12.1	4,718	+6.3
	UKIP	0			0	0.0	4.7	1,835	+3.0
	Mebyon Kernow	0				0.0	1.9	756	+0.2

By ward

Goldsithney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Sanderson	365	51.7
	Conservative	Sidney Thomas	341	48.3
Majority			24	3.4
Turnout			706	49.0

Gulval & Heamoor (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Maria Fonk	759
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Dixon	580
	Independent	Stephen Freeman	423
	Conservative	Peter Powell	243
	Labour	Franklyn Bennetts	151
Turnout			2,156	46.7

Gwinear, Gwithian & Hayle East (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Roskilly	808
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Lello	584
	UKIP	Jeffrey Mager	408
	Labour	Adrian Marsham	219
Turnout			2,019	44.2

Hayle North (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Lello	756
	Independent	Owen Philp	400
	Independent	Edgar Philp	368
	Labour	Frederick Bultitude	283
Turnout			1,807	40.8

Hayle South (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Shirley Oliver	736
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Cook	465
	Labour	Frederick Statham	184
Turnout			1,385	37.5

Lelant & Carbis Bay (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Penhaligon	732
	Conservative	Yvonne Watson	717
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Birch	430
	Labour	Terence Murray	325
	UKIP	Bryan Bracegirdle	207
Turnout			2,411	48.2

Ludgvan & Towednack (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alice Bailey	1,021
	Conservative	Henry Smith	691
	Independent	Mark Squire	601
Turnout			2,313	51.2

Madron & Zennor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Roy Mann	480	79.1
	Labour	Stella Redgrave	127	20.9
Majority			353	58.2
Turnout			607	47.2

Marazion & Perranuthnoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Badcock	560	67.6
	Independent	Malcolm Lawrence	166	20.0
	Labour	Nicholas Round	103	12.4
Majority			394	47.6
Turnout			829	58.3

Morvah, Pendenn & St Just (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Christopher Goninan	796
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Angove	670
	Liberal Democrats	James Thomas	625
	Conservative	Richard Eddy	555
	Independent	Benjamin Angwin	469
	Conservative	William McFadden	450
	Independent	Gerald Nicholls	428
	UKIP	Rose Smith	264
	Labour	Brian Simm	223
Turnout			4,480	49.9

Penzance Central (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Reed	684
	Conservative	Sam Ryan	534
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Fraser	508
	Labour	Timothy Pullen	264
Turnout			1,990	45.9

Penzance East (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline White	762
	Independent	William Aitken	638
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Mates	618
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Clark	574
	UKIP	Robert Smith	384
	Independent	Carol Dennis	383
	Labour	Cornelius Olivier	356
	Labour	Robin Gregory	349
Turnout			4,064	39.6

Penzance Promenade (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Ruhrmund	659
	Conservative	Emma Schofield	481
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Barnes	374
	Conservative	Michael Waters	300
	Mebyon Kernow	Phillip Rendle	231
	UKIP	John Wing	172
	Labour	Sara Olivier	143
Turnout			2,360	53.7

Penzance South (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Payne	1,223
	Conservative	Roger Harding	1,154
	Conservative	Malcolm Pilcher	852
	Mebyon Kernow	Frank Granger	525
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Axford	404
	UKIP	Michael Faulkner	400
Turnout			4,558	56.0

St Buryan (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian Semmens	832
	Conservative	William Maddern	626
	Independent	Ruth Lewarne	493
	Labour	Ann Round	330
Turnout			2,281	52.4

St Erth & St Hilary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Badcock	508	69.0
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Hanley	228	31.0
Majority			280	38.0
Turnout			736	45.2

St Ives North (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Mitchell	854
	Liberal Democrats	George Tonkin	617
	Conservative	Godfrey Penhaligon	300
	Labour	Ian Hope	241
Turnout			2,012	42.0

St Ives South (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joan Tanner	613
	Conservative	Joan Symons	478
	Independent	Norman Laity	413
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Fry	354
	Conservative	Colin Sanger	288
	Labour	Graham Webster	197
Turnout			2,343	44.6

References

• Cornwall portal

• 2004 Penwith election result
• Turnout figures^{[permanent dead link]}
• Ward results