- Penwith Council election, 2002
Elections to
Penwith Council were held on2 May ,2002 . One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed underno overall control . Overall turnout was 40.3%After the election, the composition of the council was
*Independent 11
*Conservative 10
*Liberal Democrat 9
*Labour 3
*Others 1Election result
Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 6
gain =
loss =
net = +2
seats % = 54.5
votes % = 37.2
votes = 4,539
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 2
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 18.2
votes % = 23.9
votes = 2,917
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 1
gain =
loss =
net = -2
seats % = 9.1
votes % = 28.6
votes = 3,489
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 1
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 9.1
votes % = 7.4
votes = 897
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Mebyon Kernow
seats = 1
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 9.1
votes % = 2.1
votes = 260
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.7
votes = 91
plus/minus =One Labour and one Mebyon Kernow candidate was unopposed
Ward results
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Terry Lello
votes = 946
percentage = 53.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jeremy Joslin
votes = 837
percentage = 46.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 109
percentage = 6.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,783
percentage = 37.0
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Elizabeth Penhaligon
votes = 866
percentage = 63.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Victoria White
votes = 271
percentage = 19.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Terence Murray
votes = 225
percentage = 16.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 595
percentage = 43.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,362
percentage = 41.0
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Alice Bailey
votes = 1,405
percentage = 85.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Peter Mates
votes = 240
percentage = 14.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,165
percentage = 70.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,645
percentage = 39.7
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Mebyon Kernow
candidate = Philip Rendle
votes = unopposed
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Caroline White
votes = 703
percentage = 46.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robin Gregory
votes = 345
percentage = 23.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Pauline Reynolds
votes = 220
percentage = 14.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ruth Lewarne
votes = 138
percentage = 9.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Jeffrey Mager
votes = 54
percentage = 3.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Joby Jackson
votes = 43
percentage = 2.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 358
percentage = 23.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,503
percentage = 38.0
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mario Fonk
votes = 790
percentage = 62.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Godfrey Penhaligon
votes = 298
percentage = 23.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Paul Nicholson
votes = 172
percentage = 13.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 492
percentage = 39.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,260
percentage = 37.8
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Payne
votes = unopposed
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Simon Reed
votes = 479
percentage = 38.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Sam Ryan
votes = 308
percentage = 24.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Champion
votes = 307
percentage = 24.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Malcolm Lawrence
votes = 123
percentage = 9.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Michael Faulkner
votes = 37
percentage = 3.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 171
percentage = 13.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,254
percentage = 46.7
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Patricia Sanderson
votes = 492
percentage = 56.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kenneth Wood
votes = 375
percentage = 43.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 117
percentage = 13.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 867
percentage = 50.5
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Andrew Mitchell
votes = 858
percentage = 82.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Milton
votes = 178
percentage = 17.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 680
percentage = 65.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,036
percentage = 35.8
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Eddy
votes = 673
percentage = 42.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Cornelius Olivier
votes = 327
percentage = 20.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Mebyon Kernow
candidate = Andrew Moyle
votes = 260
percentage = 16.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Hilary Eddy
votes = 223
percentage = 14.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Rose Smith
votes = 91
percentage = 5.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 346
percentage = 22.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,574
percentage = 43.9
change =References
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2002/local_elections/103.stm 2002 Penwith election result]
* [http://www.penwith.gov.uk/media/adobe/0/q/turnout_1.pdf Turnout figures]
* [http://uk.geocities.com/AndrewTeale/local02/p.txt Ward results]sequence
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