Penwith District Council elections

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

Party in control		Years
	Independent	1973–1986
	No overall control	1986–2009

Party		Votes	%
	Conservative	275	39.9
	Liberal Democrats	267	38.7
	Labour	148	21.4
Majority		8	1.2
Turnout		690	24.8
	Conservative gain from Independent	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	442	39.0	−11.4
	Independent	318	28.1	+28.1
	Labour	223	19.7	−29.9
	Conservative	149	13.2	+13.2
Majority		124	10.9
Turnout		1,132
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	650	70.8	+24.7
	Liberal Democrats	268	29.2	−7.1
Majority		382	41.6
Turnout		918	27.8
	Conservative hold	Swing

Political control

St Buryan By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Care	1,245	67.3	+5.2
	Independent	Joby Jackson	606	32.7	+32.7
Majority			639	34.6
Turnout			1,851
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penzance West By-Election 15 November 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Stokes	351	37.1	+6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Reed	330	34.9	+34.9
	Labour	Timothy Pullen	191	20.2	−1.9
	Independent	Malcolm Lawrence	53	5.6	−19.8
	Independent	Joby Akira	20	2.1	−10.2
Majority			21	2.2
Turnout			945	34.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penzance Central By-Election 2 October 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jan Ruhrmund	454	39.4
	Conservative	Samuel Ryan	451	39.2
	Labour	Timothy Pullen	150	13.0
	Independent	Malcolm Lawrence	90	7.8
	Independent	Joby Akira	6	0.5
Majority			3	0.2
Turnout			1,151	42.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hayle South By-Election 10 November 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Bennett	374	67.4	+14.3
	Labour	Jayne Ninnes	181	32.6	+19.3
Majority			193	34.8
Turnout			555	19.7
	Independent hold		Swing