2002 Penwith District Council election

Elections to Penwith District Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 40.3%

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Results

Penwith Local Election Result 2002
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Liberal Democrats	6	+2	54.5	37.2	4,539
Conservative	2	0	18.2	23.9	2,917
Independent	1	-2	9.1	28.6	3,489
Labour	1	0	9.1	7.4	897
Mebyon Kernow	1	0	9.1	2.1	260
UKIP	0	0	0.0	0.7	91

One Labour and one Mebyon Kernow candidate were elected unopposed

By ward

Hayle-Gwithian
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Lello	946	53.1
	Independent	Jeremy Joslin	837	46.9
Majority			109	6.2
Turnout			1,783	37.0

Lelant and Carbis Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Penhaligon	866	63.6
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria White	271	19.9
	Labour	Terence Murray	225	16.5
Majority			595	43.7
Turnout			1,362	41.0

Ludgvan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Alice Bailey	1,405	85.4
	Independent	Peter Mates	240	14.6
Majority			1,165	70.8
Turnout			1,645	39.7

Penzance Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Mebyon Kernow	Philip Rendle	unopposed

Penzance East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline White	703	46.8
	Labour	Robin Gregory	345	23.0
	Conservative	Pauline Reynolds	220	14.6
	Independent	Ruth Lewarne	138	9.2
	UKIP	Jeffrey Mager	54	3.6
	Independent	Joby Jackson	43	2.9
Majority			358	23.8
Turnout			1,503	38.0

Penzance North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Mario Fonk	790	62.7
	Conservative	Godfrey Penhaligon	298	23.7
	Independent	Paul Nicholson	172	13.7
Majority			492	39.0
Turnout			1,260	37.8

Penzance South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Payne	unopposed

Penzance West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Reed	479	38.2
	Independent	Sam Ryan	308	24.6
	Conservative	James Champion	307	24.5
	Independent	Malcolm Lawrence	123	9.8
	UKIP	Michael Faulkner	37	3.0
Majority			171	13.6
Turnout			1,254	46.7

Perranuthnoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Sanderson	492	56.7
	Conservative	Kenneth Wood	375	43.3
Majority			117	13.4
Turnout			867	50.5

St Ives North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Mitchell	858	82.8
	Conservative	Margaret Milton	178	17.2
Majority			680	65.6
Turnout			1,036	35.8

St Just
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Eddy	673	42.8
	Labour	Cornelius Olivier	327	20.8
	Mebyon Kernow	Andrew Moyle	260	16.5
	Independent	Hilary Eddy	223	14.2
	UKIP	Rose Smith	91	5.8
Majority			346	22.0
Turnout			1,574	43.9

References

v t e Council elections in Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly
Cornwall Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025
Council of the Isles of Scilly	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021
Caradon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
Carrick District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
Kerrier District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
North Cornwall District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
Penwith District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished
Restormel Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

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