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:

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 Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jack Dixon 615 59.8
Independent Keith Perry 323 31.4
Labour Juliet Eavis 90 8.8
Majority 292 28.4
Turnout 1,028 37.4 -9.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Gwinear, Gwithian and Hayle East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Pascoe 629 53.1
Liberal Democrats Robert Lello 555 46.9
Majority 74 6.2
Turnout 1,184 38.9 -5.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Hayle South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Duncan Cook 420 47.7
Independent Edgar Philp 327 37.2
Labour Jayne Ninnes 133 15.1
Majority 93 10.5
Turnout 880 30.7 -6.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Lelant & Carbis Bay
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 363 28.6
Turnout 1,271 43.3 -4.9
Conservative hold Swing
Ludgvan and Towednack
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Smith 718 54.8
Liberal Democrats John Moreland 471 35.9
Labour Adrian Marsham 122 9.3
Majority 247 18.9
Turnout 1,311 44.1 -7.1
Conservative hold Swing
Morvah, Pendenn & St Just
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats James Thomas 693 46.8
Conservative Richard Eddy 677 45.7
Labour Ann Round 111 7.5
Majority 16 1.1
Turnout 1,481 39.2 -10.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Penzance Central
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 85 7.5
Turnout 1,132 39.1 -6.8
Conservative hold Swing
Penzance East
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 504 34.2
Turnout 1,470 33.1 -6.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Penzance Promenade
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 179 14.6
Turnout 1,218 48.2 -5.5
Conservative hold Swing
Penzance South
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 240 13.6
Turnout 1,766 45.4 -10.6
Conservative hold Swing
St Ives North
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 376 31.3
Turnout 1,203 38.2 -3.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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