Caradon District Council elections

Caradon was a non-metropolitan district in Cornwall, England, UK. It was abolished on 1 April 2009 and replaced by Cornwall Council.

Political control

The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council from 1973 until the council's abolition in 2009 was held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control		Years
	Independent	1973–1995
	No overall control	1995–2003
	Independent	2003–2004
	No overall control	2004–2007
	Liberal Democrats	2007–2009

Leadership

The leaders of the council from 2007 until the council's abolition were:

Councillor	Party		From	To
Tony Powell[2]		Liberal Democrats	May 2007	Sep 2007
John Turner[3]		Liberal Democrats	2007	2009

Council elections

• 1973 Caradon District Council election
• 1976 Caradon District Council election
• 1979 Caradon District Council election
• 1983 Caradon District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[4]
• 1987 Caradon District Council election
• 1991 Caradon District Council election
• 1995 Caradon District Council election
• 1999 Caradon District Council election
• 2003 Caradon District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[5]
• 2007 Caradon District Council election

Results maps

• 
  2003 results map
• 
  2007 results map

By-election results

Essa By-Election 1 October 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		534	54.9	+15.0
	Labour		203	25.6	−12.1
	Independent		156	19.6	+19.6
Majority			232	29.3
Turnout			893	25.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lansallos By-Election 18 May 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		268	49.3	+10.5
	Conservative		143	26.3	+26.3
	Independent		133	24.4	−36.8
Majority			125	23.0
Turnout			544	41.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Lanteglos By-Election 6 September 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		unopposed
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Liskeard South By-Election 22 November 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		473	48.3	+22.8
	Conservative		391	39.9	+5.3
	Mebyon Kernow		115	11.7	−0.9
Majority			82	8.4
Turnout			979	29.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Calstock and Harrowbarrow By-Election 10 October 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		181	33.6	−22.1
	Conservative		176	32.7	+32.7
	Independent		120	22.3	−13.2
	Independent		61	11.3	+2.6
Majority			5	0.9
Turnout			538	28.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Menheniot By-Election 17 October 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		269	54.1	+54.1
	Independent		177	35.6	−10.2
	UKIP		51	10.3	+10.3
Majority			92	18.5
Turnout			497	33.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Liskeard North By-Election 10 June 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Kettles	889	64.8	+11.5
	Conservative		483	35.2	+11.8
Majority			406	29.6
Turnout			1,372	39.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Deviock and Sheviock By-Election 30 September 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Candy	329	40.8	+40.8
	Independent		299	37.1	−16.4
	Conservative		178	22.1	+22.1
Majority			30	3.7
Turnout			806	47.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Saltash-Pill By-Election 25 May 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Syass	474	43.6	+15.8
	Independent	Brian Pedley	334	30.7	−23.5
	Conservative	Lee Jones	280	25.7	+7.7
Majority			140	12.9
Turnout			1,088	32.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

St Cleer and St Neot By-Election 10 August 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Emuss	519	58.8	+23.3
	Conservative	Graham Cooke	363	41.2	+16.0
Majority			156	17.6
Turnout			882	24.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing