2007 Penwith District Council election

Elections to Penwith District Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

Results of the 2007 Penwith District Council election

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 17
• Liberal Democrat 12
• Independent 5
• Labour 1

Results

Penwith Local Election Result 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8	3	0	+3	66.7	37.9	4,787	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	3	2	2	0	25.0	32.5	4,101	-7.5
	Independent	1	0	3	-3	8.3	12.5	1,578	+7.5
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	7.7	973	+4.7
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	5.5	699	-5.0
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.4	299	-0.7
	Mebyon Kernow	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.6	196	-2.3

1 Conservative candidate was unopposed.

By ward

Goldsithney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Nicholas	405	55.8	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Walker	321	44.2	−7.5
Majority			84	11.6
Turnout			726	47.3	−1.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Hayle North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robb Lello	703	67.4
	Independent	Owen Philp	340	32.6
Majority			363	34.8
Turnout			1,043	35.5	−5.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Lelant & Carbis Bay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Penhaligon	701	55.8	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Ryan	324	25.8	+1.8
	Green	Paula Richards	232	18.5	+2.8
Majority			377	30.0	+1.4
Turnout			1,257	42.1	−1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Madron & Zennor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Roy Mann	440	83.8	+4.7
	UKIP	James Wallis	85	16.2	+16.2
Majority			355	67.6	+9.4
Turnout			525	38.6	−8.6
	Independent hold		Swing

Marazion & Perranuthnoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sidney Thomas	443	56.6	−11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gill Barnes	339	43.4	+43.4
Majority			104	13.2	−34.4
Turnout			782	55.0	−3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Morvah, Pendeen & St Just

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Howard Eddy	740	44.8	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sue James	565	34.2	−12.6
	UKIP	Rose Smith	214	13.0	+13.0
	Labour	Adrian Marsham	131	7.9	+0.4
Majority			175	10.6
Turnout			1,650	43.9	+4.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Penzance East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Lewarne	498	31.8	−20.4
	Independent	Nigel Waller	347	22.2	+22.2
	Labour	Cornelius Olivier	271	17.3	+4.6
	Mebyon Kernow	Phillip Rendle	196	12.5	+12.5
	Green	Rob Pickering	173	11.1	+11.1
	Independent	Malcolm Lawrence	79	5.1	+5.1
Majority			151	9.6	−24.6
Turnout			1,564	35.0	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Penzance South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Harding	1,095	60.0	+20.6
	Liberal Democrats	Heidi Worth	552	30.3	+4.5
	Labour	Sara Olivier	177	9.7	+0.5
Majority			543	29.7	+14.1
Turnout			1,824	46.4	+1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Buryan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Maddern	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Erth & St Hilary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Doe Harry	413	52.6	+52.6
	Independent	Sheila Furneaux	372	47.4	−21.6
Majority			41	5.2
Turnout			785	44.8	−0.4
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

St Ives North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Mitchell	592	46.5	−3.0
	Conservative	Colin Nicholls	430	33.8	+15.7
	Green	Louise Channon	251	19.7	+1.5
Majority			162	12.7	−18.6
Turnout			1,273	40.4	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Ives South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Symons	560	46.5
	Green	Ron Tulley	317	26.3
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Fry	207	17.2
	Labour	Terence Murray	120	10.0
Majority			243	20.2
Turnout			1,204	42.4	−2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• Cornwall portal

• 2007 Penwith election result
• Ward results