Penwith local elections
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One third of the former Penwith
District Council was elected each year, followed by one year without election. On 1st April 2009 Cornwall Council became a unitary authority
and the Cornish district councils were abolished.
1973 - 1986
No overall control
1986 - 2009
Penwith Council election, 1999
Penwith Council election, 2000
Penwith Council election, 2002
Penwith Council election, 2003
Penwith Council election, 2004
Penwith Council election, 2006
Penwith Council election, 2007
Penwith
Penwith was a local government district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, whose council was based in Penzance. The district covered all of the Penwith peninsula, the toe-like promontory of land at the western end of Cornwall and which included an area of land to the east that fell outside the...
District Council was elected each year, followed by one year without election. On 1st April 2009 Cornwall Council became a unitary authority
Unitary authority
A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national...
and the Cornish district councils were abolished.
Political control
IndependentIndependent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
1973 - 1986
No overall control
No overall control
Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...
1986 - 2009
Council elections
Penwith Council election, 1998Penwith Council election, 1998
Elections to Penwith Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 31.0 %.After the election, the composition of the council was*Liberal Democrat 12...
Penwith Council election, 1999
Penwith Council election, 1999
Elections to Penwith Council were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 34.1%.After the election, the composition of the council was:*Liberal Democrat 9*Conservative 9...
Penwith Council election, 2000
Penwith Council election, 2000
Elections to Penwith Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 30.9%After the election, the composition of the council was*Conservative 10*Independent 9...
Penwith Council election, 2002
Penwith Council election, 2002
Elections to Penwith 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*Independent 11*Conservative 10...
Penwith Council election, 2003
Penwith Council election, 2003
Elections to Penwith Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 37.6%After the election, the composition of the council was*Liberal Democrat 11*Conservative 10...
Penwith Council election, 2004
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...
Penwith Council election, 2006
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...
Penwith Council election, 2007
Penwith Council election, 2007
Elections to Penwith 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*Conservative 17*Liberal Democrat 12*Independent 5*Labour 1...