2004 Penwith District Council election
{{Short description|2004 UK local government election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2013}}
File:Penwith UK ward map 2004.svg
Elections to Penwith District 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
Results
{{Election summary begin|title = Penwith Local Election Result 2004}}
{{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 % = 0.0
|votes % = 4.7
|votes = 1,835
|plus/minus = +3.0
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Mebyon Kernow
|seats = 0
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 1.9
|votes = 756
|plus/minus = +0.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
=By ward=
{{Election box begin | title=Goldsithney}}
{{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 end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Gulval & Heamoor (2)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Maria Fonk
|votes = 759
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Jack Dixon
|votes = 580
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Stephen Freeman
|votes = 423
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Powell
|votes = 243
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Franklyn Bennetts
|votes = 151
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,156
|percentage = 46.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Gwinear, Gwithian & Hayle East (2)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Sarah Roskilly
|votes = 808
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Robert Lello
|votes = 584
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Jeffrey Mager
|votes = 408
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Adrian Marsham
|votes = 219
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,019
|percentage = 44.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Hayle North (2)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Terry Lello
|votes = 756
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Owen Philp
|votes = 400
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Edgar Philp
|votes = 368
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Frederick Bultitude
|votes = 283
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,807
|percentage = 40.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Hayle South (2)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Shirley Oliver
|votes = 736
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Duncan Cook
|votes = 465
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Frederick Statham
|votes = 184
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,385
|percentage = 37.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Lelant & Carbis Bay (2)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Elizabeth Penhaligon
|votes = 732
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Yvonne Watson
|votes = 717
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Richard Birch
|votes = 430
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Terence Murray
|votes = 325
|percentage =
|change =
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{{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 end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Ludgvan & Towednack (2)}}
{{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 =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Mark Squire
|votes = 601
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,313
|percentage = 51.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Madron & Zennor}}
{{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 end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Marazion & Perranuthnoe}}
{{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 end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Morvah, Pendenn & St Just (3)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Christopher Goninan
|votes = 796
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Patricia Angove
|votes = 670
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = James Thomas
|votes = 625
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Eddy
|votes = 555
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Benjamin Angwin
|votes = 469
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William McFadden
|votes = 450
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Gerald Nicholls
|votes = 428
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Rose Smith
|votes = 264
|percentage =
|change =
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{{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 end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Penzance Central (2)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Simon Reed
|votes = 684
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Sam Ryan
|votes = 534
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Ian Fraser
|votes = 508
|percentage =
|change =
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{{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 end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Penzance East (3)}}
{{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 =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Peter Mates
|votes = 618
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Richard Clark
|votes = 574
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Robert Smith
|votes = 384
|percentage =
|change =
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{{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 =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Robin Gregory
|votes = 349
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,064
|percentage = 39.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Penzance Promenade (2)}}
{{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 =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Valerie Barnes
|votes = 374
|percentage =
|change =
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{{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 =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = John Wing
|votes = 172
|percentage =
|change =
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{{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 end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Penzance South (3)}}
{{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 =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Dennis Axford
|votes = 404
|percentage =
|change =
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{{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 end}}
{{Election box begin | title=St Buryan (2)}}
{{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 =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Ruth Lewarne
|votes = 493
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Ann Round
|votes = 330
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,281
|percentage = 52.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=St Erth & St Hilary}}
{{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 end}}
{{Election box begin | title=St Ives North (2)}}
{{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 end}}
{{Election box begin | title=St Ives South (2)}}
{{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 =
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
{{Portal|Cornwall}}
- [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]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060520150537/http://www.penwith.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=8633 Ward results]
{{Cornish elections}}
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2004}}