# 2004 Penwith District Council election

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

Penwith Local Election Result 2004 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 14 | +3 | 40.0 | 30.4 | 11,870 | +12.1 |
| Conservative | 12 | +2 | 34.3 | 28.0 | 10,942 | -13.0 |
| Independent | 8 | | 22.9 | 22.9 | 8,936 | -8.5 |
| Labour | 1 | -1 | 2.9 | 12.1 | 4,718 | +6.3 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 1,835 | +3.0 |
| Mebyon Kernow | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.9 | 756 | +0.2 |

### By ward

Goldsithney :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Sanderson | 365 | 51.7 |
| | Conservative | Sidney Thomas | 341 | 48.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 24 | 3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 706 | 49.0 |
Gulval & Heamoor (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maria Fonk | 759 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jack Dixon | 580 | |
| | Independent | Stephen Freeman | 423 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Powell | 243 | |
| | Labour | Franklyn Bennetts | 151 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,156 | 46.7 |
Gwinear, Gwithian & Hayle East (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Sarah Roskilly | 808 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Lello | 584 | |
| | UKIP | Jeffrey Mager | 408 | |
| | Labour | Adrian Marsham | 219 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,019 | 44.2 |
Hayle North (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terry Lello | 756 | |
| | Independent | Owen Philp | 400 | |
| | Independent | Edgar Philp | 368 | |
| | Labour | Frederick Bultitude | 283 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,807 | 40.8 |
Hayle South (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Shirley Oliver | 736 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Duncan Cook | 465 | |
| | Labour | Frederick Statham | 184 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,385 | 37.5 |
Lelant & Carbis Bay (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Penhaligon | 732 | |
| | Conservative | Yvonne Watson | 717 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Birch | 430 | |
| | Labour | Terence Murray | 325 | |
| | UKIP | Bryan Bracegirdle | 207 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,411 | 48.2 |
Ludgvan & Towednack (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Alice Bailey | 1,021 | |
| | Conservative | Henry Smith | 691 | |
| | Independent | Mark Squire | 601 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,313 | 51.2 |
Madron & Zennor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Roy Mann | 480 | 79.1 |
| | Labour | Stella Redgrave | 127 | 20.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 353 | 58.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 607 | 47.2 |
Marazion & Perranuthnoe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Neil Badcock | 560 | 67.6 |
| | Independent | Malcolm Lawrence | 166 | 20.0 |
| | Labour | Nicholas Round | 103 | 12.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 394 | 47.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 829 | 58.3 |
Morvah, Pendenn & St Just (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Christopher Goninan | 796 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Angove | 670 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Thomas | 625 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Eddy | 555 | |
| | Independent | Benjamin Angwin | 469 | |
| | Conservative | William McFadden | 450 | |
| | Independent | Gerald Nicholls | 428 | |
| | UKIP | Rose Smith | 264 | |
| | Labour | Brian Simm | 223 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,480 | 49.9 |
Penzance Central (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Reed | 684 | |
| | Conservative | Sam Ryan | 534 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Fraser | 508 | |
| | Labour | Timothy Pullen | 264 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,990 | 45.9 |
Penzance East (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Caroline White | 762 | |
| | Independent | William Aitken | 638 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Mates | 618 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Clark | 574 | |
| | UKIP | Robert Smith | 384 | |
| | Independent | Carol Dennis | 383 | |
| | Labour | Cornelius Olivier | 356 | |
| | Labour | Robin Gregory | 349 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,064 | 39.6 |
Penzance Promenade (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Ruhrmund | 659 | |
| | Conservative | Emma Schofield | 481 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Valerie Barnes | 374 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Waters | 300 | |
| | Mebyon Kernow | Phillip Rendle | 231 | |
| | UKIP | John Wing | 172 | |
| | Labour | Sara Olivier | 143 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,360 | 53.7 |
Penzance South (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Michael Payne | 1,223 | |
| | Conservative | Roger Harding | 1,154 | |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Pilcher | 852 | |
| | Mebyon Kernow | Frank Granger | 525 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dennis Axford | 404 | |
| | UKIP | Michael Faulkner | 400 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,558 | 56.0 |
St Buryan (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Adrian Semmens | 832 | |
| | Conservative | William Maddern | 626 | |
| | Independent | Ruth Lewarne | 493 | |
| | Labour | Ann Round | 330 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,281 | 52.4 |
St Erth & St Hilary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Peter Badcock | 508 | 69.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Hanley | 228 | 31.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 280 | 38.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 736 | 45.2 |
St Ives North (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Mitchell | 854 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | George Tonkin | 617 | |
| | Conservative | Godfrey Penhaligon | 300 | |
| | Labour | Ian Hope | 241 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,012 | 42.0 |
St Ives South (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Joan Tanner | 613 | |
| | Conservative | Joan Symons | 478 | |
| | Independent | Norman Laity | 413 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bill Fry | 354 | |
| | Conservative | Colin Sanger | 288 | |
| | Labour | Graham Webster | 197 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,343 | 44.6 |