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Elections to Penwith District Council were held for all 33 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.

Election Result

Penwith Local Election Result 1979

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	28			9	82.4	73.56	28,562
	Conservative	4			4	11.8	12.49	4,851
	Labour	1				2.9	6.36	2,469
	Mebyon Kernow	0				0.0	4.58	1,777
	Independent Liberal	0				0.0	1.84	715
	People's Representatives	0				0.0	1.17	455
	Liberal	0			1	0.0	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 Liberal	D. Grayson	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	Unopposed
	Independent	J. Nicholas	Unopposed
	Independent	R. Berryman	Unopposed

Penzance North (2 seats)

Penzance North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	C. Watts	Unopposed
	Independent	J. Richards	Unopposed

Penzance South (3 seats)

Penzance South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	G. Cocks	1,418	27.7
	Independent	C. Ash	1,018	19.9
	Independent	L. Spargo	988	19.3
	Independent	J. Ruhrmund	909	17.7
	Independent	J. Fowler	795	15.5
Turnout				74.7

Penzance West (2 seats)

Penzance West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D. Pooley	1,158	34.3
	Independent	J. Laity	1,109	32.9
	Independent	F. Peak	1,106	32.8
Turnout				74.0

Perranuthnoe (1 seat)

Perranuthnoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	C. Bryant	Unopposed

St Buryan (2 seats)

St Buryan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. Hicks	Unopposed
	Independent	J. Daniel	Unopposed

St Erth and St Hilary (1 seat)

St Erth and St Hilary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. Badcock	Unopposed

St Ives North (2 seats)

St Ives North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Harvey	1,243	37.6
	Independent	M. Peters	689	20.9
	Independent Liberal	G. Tonkin	622	18.8
	People's Representative	J. Wilkes	455	13.8
	Mebyon Kernow	M. Ricketts	293	8.9
Turnout				74.2

St Ives South (2 seats)

St Ives South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	O. Eddy	1,133	42.7
	Conservative	H. Storer	980	36.9
	Mebyon Kernow	P. Prior	540	20.4
Turnout				69.6

St Just (3 seats)

St Just

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Rowe	1,130	25.7
	Independent	D. Jasper	1,045	23.8
	Independent	T. McFadden	969	22.1
	Independent	E. Dymond	721	16.4
	Mebyon Kernow	M. Williams	527	12.0
Turnout				75.3

See also

• 1976 Penwith District Council election

References

• Penwith District Council Election Results 1973-2007