Penwith Council election, 2004

Elections to Penwith 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%

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Liberal Democrat 14
*Conservative 12
*Independent 8
*Labour 1

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 14
gain =
loss =
net = +3
seats % = 40.0
votes % = 30.4
votes = 11,870
plus/minus = +12.1%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 12
gain =
loss =
net = +2
seats % = 34.3
votes % = 28.0
votes = 10,942
plus/minus = -13.0%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 8
gain =
loss =
net =
seats % = 22.9
votes % = 22.9
votes = 8,936
plus/minus = -8.5%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 1
gain =
loss =
net = -1
seats % = 2.9
votes % = 12.1
votes = 4,718
plus/minus = +6.3%Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 4.7
votes = 1,835
plus/minus = +3.0%Election Summary Party
party = Mebyon Kernow
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net =
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.9
votes = 756
plus/minus = +0.2%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Patricia Sanderson
votes = 365
percentage = 51.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sidney Thomas
votes = 341
percentage = 48.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 24
percentage = 3.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 706
percentage = 49.0
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Maria Fonk
votes = 759
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jack Dixon
votes = 580
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Stephen Freeman
votes = 423
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Powell
votes = 243
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Franklyn Bennetts
votes = 151
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,156
percentage = 46.7
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sarah Roskilly
votes = 808
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Lello
votes = 584
percentage =
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party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Jeffrey Mager
votes = 408
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Adrian Marsham
votes = 219
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,019
percentage = 44.2
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Terry Lello
votes = 756
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Owen Philp
votes = 400
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Edgar Philp
votes = 368
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frederick Bultitude
votes = 283
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,807
percentage = 40.8
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Shirley Oliver
votes = 736
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Duncan Cook
votes = 465
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frederick Statham
votes = 184
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,385
percentage = 37.5
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Elizabeth Penhaligon
votes = 732
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Yvonne Watson
votes = 717
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Richard Birch
votes = 430
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Terence Murray
votes = 325
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Bryan Bracegirdle
votes = 207
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,411
percentage = 48.2
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Alice Bailey
votes = 1,021
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Henry Smith
votes = 691
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Mark Squire
votes = 601
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,313
percentage = 51.2
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Roy Mann
votes = 480
percentage = 79.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stella Redgrave
votes = 127
percentage = 20.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 353
percentage = 58.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 607
percentage = 47.2
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Neil Badcock
votes = 560
percentage = 67.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Malcolm Lawrence
votes = 166
percentage = 20.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Nicholas Round
votes = 103
percentage = 12.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 394
percentage = 47.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 829
percentage = 58.3
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Christopher Goninan
votes = 796
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Patricia Angove
votes = 670
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = James Thomas
votes = 625
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Eddy
votes = 555
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Benjamin Angwin
votes = 469
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William McFadden
votes = 450
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Gerald Nicholls
votes = 428
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Rose Smith
votes = 264
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Simm
votes = 223
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,480
percentage = 49.9
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Simon Reed
votes = 684
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sam Ryan
votes = 534
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ian Fraser
votes = 508
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Timothy Pullen
votes = 264
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,990
percentage = 45.9
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Caroline White
votes = 762
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = William Aitken
votes = 638
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Mates
votes = 618
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Richard Clark
votes = 574
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Robert Smith
votes = 384
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Carol Dennis
votes = 383
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Cornelius Olivier
votes = 356
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robin Gregory
votes = 349
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,064
percentage = 39.6
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ian Ruhrmund
votes = 659
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Emma Schofield
votes = 481
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Valerie Barnes
votes = 374
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Waters
votes = 300
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Mebyon Kernow
candidate = Phillip Rendle
votes = 231
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = John Wing
votes = 172
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sara Olivier
votes = 143
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,360
percentage = 53.7
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Payne
votes = 1,223
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Roger Harding
votes = 1,154
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Malcolm Pilcher
votes = 852
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Mebyon Kernow
candidate = Frank Granger
votes = 525
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Dennis Axford
votes = 404
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Michael Faulkner
votes = 400
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,558
percentage = 56.0
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Adrian Semmens
votes = 832
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Maddern
votes = 626
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ruth Lewarne
votes = 493
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ann Round
votes = 330
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,281
percentage = 52.4
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Peter Badcock
votes = 508
percentage = 69.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Hanley
votes = 228
percentage = 31.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 280
percentage = 38.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 736
percentage = 45.2
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Andrew Mitchell
votes = 854
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = George Tonkin
votes = 617
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Godfrey Penhaligon
votes = 300
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Hope
votes = 241
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,012
percentage = 42.0
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Joan Tanner
votes = 613
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joan Symons
votes = 478
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Norman Laity
votes = 413
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Bill Fry
votes = 354
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Sanger
votes = 288
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Graham Webster
votes = 197
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,343
percentage = 44.6
change =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/202.stm 2004 Penwith election result]
* [http://www.penwith.gov.uk/media/adobe/0/q/turnout_1.pdf Turnout figures]
* [http://www.penwith.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=8633 Ward results]

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