Penwith Council election, 2006

Elections to Penwith Council were held on 4 May, 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. The overall turnout was 39.5%

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

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 6
gain = 1
loss = 0
net = +1
seats % = 54.5
votes % = 34.5
votes = 4,816
plus/minus = +6.5%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 5
gain = 0
loss = 1
net = -1
seats % = 45.5
votes % = 40.0
votes = 5,572
plus/minus = +9.6%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 10.5
votes = 1,466
plus/minus = -1.6%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 5.0
votes = 698
plus/minus = -17.9%Election Summary Party
party = Mebyon Kernow
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 3.9
votes = 546
plus/minus = +2.0%Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 3.1
votes = 427
plus/minus = -1.6%Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 3.0
votes = 419
plus/minus = +3.0%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jack Dixon
votes = 615
percentage = 59.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Keith Perry
votes = 323
percentage = 31.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Juliet Eavis
votes = 90
percentage = 8.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 292
percentage = 28.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,028
percentage = 37.4
change = -9.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony Pascoe
votes = 629
percentage = 53.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Lello
votes = 555
percentage = 46.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 74
percentage = 6.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,184
percentage = 38.9
change = -5.3Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Duncan Cook
votes = 420
percentage = 47.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Edgar Philp
votes = 327
percentage = 37.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jayne Ninnes
votes = 133
percentage = 15.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 93
percentage = 10.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 880
percentage = 30.7
change = -6.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Yvonne Watson
votes = 668
percentage = 52.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Richard Birch
votes = 305
percentage = 24.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Paula Richards
votes = 200
percentage = 15.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Graham Webster
votes = 98
percentage = 7.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 363
percentage = 28.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,271
percentage = 43.3
change = -4.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Henry Smith
votes = 718
percentage = 54.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Moreland
votes = 471
percentage = 35.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Adrian Marsham
votes = 122
percentage = 9.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 247
percentage = 18.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,311
percentage = 44.1
change = -7.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = James Thomas
votes = 693
percentage = 46.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Eddy
votes = 677
percentage = 45.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ann Round
votes = 111
percentage = 7.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 16
percentage = 1.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,481
percentage = 39.2
change = -10.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Graeme Stevens
votes = 402
percentage = 35.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Melville Durrant
votes = 317
percentage = 28.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Cornelius Olivier
votes = 278
percentage = 24.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Mebyon Kernow
candidate = Phillip Rendle
votes = 135
percentage = 11.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 85
percentage = 7.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,132
percentage = 39.1
change = -6.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Mates
votes = 768
percentage = 52.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Richard Barnes
votes = 264
percentage = 18.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Powell
votes = 252
percentage = 17.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Timothy Pullen
votes = 186
percentage = 12.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 504
percentage = 34.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,470
percentage = 33.1
change = -6.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Emma Schofield
votes = 556
percentage = 45.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mark Squire
votes = 377
percentage = 31.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Mebyon Kernow
candidate = Richard Clark
votes = 171
percentage = 14.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Nicholas Round
votes = 114
percentage = 9.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 179
percentage = 14.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,218
percentage = 48.2
change = -5.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Malcolm Pilcher
votes = 696
percentage = 39.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ruth Lewarne
votes = 456
percentage = 25.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Mebyon Kernow
candidate = Frank Granger
votes = 240
percentage = 13.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Michael Faulkner
votes = 163
percentage = 9.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sara Olivier
votes = 163
percentage = 9.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Pamela Gray
votes = 48
percentage = 2.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 240
percentage = 13.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,766
percentage = 45.4
change = -10.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = George Tonkin
votes = 595
percentage = 49.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Katrina Slack
votes = 219
percentage = 18.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Powell
votes = 218
percentage = 18.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Terence Murray
votes = 171
percentage = 14.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 376
percentage = 31.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,203
percentage = 38.2
change = -3.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/15uf.stm 2006 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=22142 Ward results]

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