Elections to Penwith District 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
- Liberal Democrat 9
- Labour 3
- Others 1
Results
edit| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | +2 | 54.5 | 37.2 | 4,539 | ||||
| Conservative | 2 | 0 | 18.2 | 23.9 | 2,917 | ||||
| Independent | 1 | -2 | 9.1 | 28.6 | 3,489 | ||||
| Labour | 1 | 0 | 9.1 | 7.4 | 897 | ||||
| Mebyon Kernow | 1 | 0 | 9.1 | 2.1 | 260 | ||||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 91 | ||||
One Labour and one Mebyon Kernow candidate were elected unopposed
By ward
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Terry Lello | 946 | 53.1 | ||
| Independent | Jeremy Joslin | 837 | 46.9 | ||
| Majority | 109 | 6.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,783 | 37.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Elizabeth Penhaligon | 866 | 63.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Victoria White | 271 | 19.9 | ||
| Labour | Terence Murray | 225 | 16.5 | ||
| Majority | 595 | 43.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,362 | 41.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Alice Bailey | 1,405 | 85.4 | ||
| Independent | Peter Mates | 240 | 14.6 | ||
| Majority | 1,165 | 70.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,645 | 39.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mebyon Kernow | Philip Rendle | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Caroline White | 703 | 46.8 | ||
| Labour | Robin Gregory | 345 | 23.0 | ||
| Conservative | Pauline Reynolds | 220 | 14.6 | ||
| Independent | Ruth Lewarne | 138 | 9.2 | ||
| UKIP | Jeffrey Mager | 54 | 3.6 | ||
| Independent | Joby Jackson | 43 | 2.9 | ||
| Majority | 358 | 23.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,503 | 38.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Mario Fonk | 790 | 62.7 | ||
| Conservative | Godfrey Penhaligon | 298 | 23.7 | ||
| Independent | Paul Nicholson | 172 | 13.7 | ||
| Majority | 492 | 39.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,260 | 37.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Payne | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Reed | 479 | 38.2 | ||
| Independent | Sam Ryan | 308 | 24.6 | ||
| Conservative | James Champion | 307 | 24.5 | ||
| Independent | Malcolm Lawrence | 123 | 9.8 | ||
| UKIP | Michael Faulkner | 37 | 3.0 | ||
| Majority | 171 | 13.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,254 | 46.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Patricia Sanderson | 492 | 56.7 | ||
| Conservative | Kenneth Wood | 375 | 43.3 | ||
| Majority | 117 | 13.4 | |||
| Turnout | 867 | 50.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Mitchell | 858 | 82.8 | ||
| Conservative | Margaret Milton | 178 | 17.2 | ||
| Majority | 680 | 65.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,036 | 35.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Richard Eddy | 673 | 42.8 | ||
| Labour | Cornelius Olivier | 327 | 20.8 | ||
| Mebyon Kernow | Andrew Moyle | 260 | 16.5 | ||
| Independent | Hilary Eddy | 223 | 14.2 | ||
| UKIP | Rose Smith | 91 | 5.8 | ||
| Majority | 346 | 22.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,574 | 43.9 | |||
