# 2006 Penwith District Council election

Elections to Penwith District 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

## Results

Penwith Local Election Result 2006 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 6 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 54.5 | 34.5 | 4,816 | +6.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | 5 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 45.5 | 40.0 | 5,572 | +9.6 |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 1,466 | -1.6 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 698 | -17.9 |
| Mebyon Kernow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 546 | +2.0 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 427 | -1.6 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 419 | New |

### By ward

Gulval & Heamoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jack Dixon | 615 | 59.8 | |
| | Independent | Keith Perry | 323 | 31.4 | |
| | Labour | Juliet Eavis | 90 | 8.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 292 | 28.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,028 | 37.4 | −9.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Gwinear, Gwithian and Hayle East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anthony Pascoe | 629 | 53.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Lello | 555 | 46.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 74 | 6.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,184 | 38.9 | −5.3 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Hayle South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Duncan Cook | 420 | 47.7 | |
| | Independent | Edgar Philp | 327 | 37.2 | |
| | Labour | Jayne Ninnes | 133 | 15.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 93 | 10.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 880 | 30.7 | −6.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Lelant & Carbis Bay :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Yvonne Watson | 668 | 52.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Birch | 305 | 24.0 | |
| | Green | Paula Richards | 200 | 15.7 | |
| | Labour | Graham Webster | 98 | 7.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 363 | 28.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,271 | 43.3 | −4.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Ludgvan and Towednack :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Henry Smith | 718 | 54.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Moreland | 471 | 35.9 | |
| | Labour | Adrian Marsham | 122 | 9.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 247 | 18.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,311 | 44.1 | −7.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Morvah, Pendenn & St Just :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Thomas | 693 | 46.8 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Eddy | 677 | 45.7 | |
| | Labour | Ann Round | 111 | 7.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16 | 1.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,481 | 39.2 | −10.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Penzance Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Graeme Stevens | 402 | 35.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Melville Durrant | 317 | 28.0 | |
| | Labour | Cornelius Olivier | 278 | 24.6 | |
| | Mebyon Kernow | Phillip Rendle | 135 | 11.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 85 | 7.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,132 | 39.1 | −6.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Penzance East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Mates | 768 | 52.2 | |
| | UKIP | Richard Barnes | 264 | 18.0 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Powell | 252 | 17.1 | |
| | Labour | Timothy Pullen | 186 | 12.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 504 | 34.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,470 | 33.1 | −6.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Penzance Promenade :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Emma Schofield | 556 | 45.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Squire | 377 | 31.0 | |
| | Mebyon Kernow | Richard Clark | 171 | 14.0 | |
| | Labour | Nicholas Round | 114 | 9.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 179 | 14.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,218 | 48.2 | −5.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Penzance South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Pilcher | 696 | 39.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ruth Lewarne | 456 | 25.8 | |
| | Mebyon Kernow | Frank Granger | 240 | 13.6 | |
| | UKIP | Michael Faulkner | 163 | 9.2 | |
| | Labour | Sara Olivier | 163 | 9.2 | |
| | Independent | Pamela Gray | 48 | 2.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 240 | 13.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,766 | 45.4 | −10.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St Ives North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | George Tonkin | 595 | 49.5 | |
| | Green | Katrina Slack | 219 | 18.2 | |
| | Conservative | Margaret Powell | 218 | 18.1 | |
| | Labour | Terence Murray | 171 | 14.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 376 | 31.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,203 | 38.2 | −3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |