1979 Penwith District Council election

Elections to Penwith District Council were held for all 34 new seats in 1979, after ward changes the year before.

After the election, the composition of the council was: 28 Independents, 4 Conservatives and 1 Labour. The Liberals and Mebyon Kernow did not win any seats.

Results

Penwith Local Election Result 1979

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	28			9	82.4	73.56	28562
	Conservative	4			4	11.8	12.49	4851
	Labour	1				2.9	6.36	2469
	Mebyon Kernow	0				0	4.58	1777
	Liberal Independent	0				0	1.84	715
	People's Representatives	0				0	1.17	455
	Liberal	0			1	0	0.00	0

Ward results

Hayle Gwinear (2 seats)

Hayle (Gwinear)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	T. Laity	810	27.08
	Independent	E. Philip	707	23.64
	Independent	M. Reynolds	498	16.65
	Mebyon Kernow	G. Ansell	417	13.94
	Independent	R. Leeming	382	12.77
	Independent	J. Evans	177	5.92
Turnout				73.6%

Hayle Gwithian (3 seats)

Hayle (Gwithian)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	W. Cock	1,270	25.51
	Conservative	J. Sleeman	1,254	25.19
	Conservative	D. Bray	857	17.21
	Labour	J. Ring	559	11.23
	Independent	F. Ponting	559	11.23
	Independent	P. Smith	480	9.64
Turnout				74.1%

Lelant & Carbis Bay (2 seats)

Lelant & Carbis Bay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	J. Clarke Macdonald	994	40.21
	Conservative	R. Elsden	980	39.64
	Independent	R. Goodwin	498	20.15
Turnout				70.2%

Ludgvan (3 seats)

Ludgvan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	H. Lutey	1,395	26.03
	Independent	A. Bailey	1,384	25.82
	Independent	J. Vincent	1072	20.00
	Conservative	R. Davis	780	14.55
	Independent	J. Trevenen	729	13.60
Turnout				75.8%

Marazion (1 seat)

Marazion

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	P. Stevens	396	45.00
	Independent	J. Brooke	202	22.95
	Independent	S. Gibson	189	21.48
	Independent	D. Grayson (Liberal Independent)	93	10.57
Turnout				74.4%

Penzance Central (2 seats)

Penzance Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	J. Batten	1,358	41.16
	Independent	R. Allbright	1,274	38.62
	Labour	R. Goodwin	667	20.22
Turnout				77.2%

Penzance East (3 seats)

Penzance East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	A. Richards	0	0
	Independent	J. Nicholas	0	0
	Independent	R. Berryman	0	0
Turnout				0%

See also

• 1976 Penwith District Council election

References

• Penwith District Council Election Results 1973-2007