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.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Results

Penwith Local Election Result 2007
	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

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