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 Decrease9 82.4 73.56 28,562
  Conservative 4 Increase4 11.8 12.49 4,851
  Labour 1 Steady 2.9 6.36 2,469
  Mebyon Kernow 0 Steady 0.0 4.58 1,777
  Independent Liberal 0 Steady 0.0 1.84 715
  People's Representatives 0 Steady 0.0 1.17 455
  Liberal 0 Decrease1 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

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