Kerrier District Council elections
Kerrier was a non-metropolitan district in Cornwall, England. It was abolished on 1 April 2009 and replaced by Cornwall Council.
Political control
[edit]The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council from 1973 until the council's abolition in 2009 was held by the following parties:[1]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Independent | 1973–1979 | |
No overall control | 1979–2009 |
Leadership
[edit]The leaders of the council from 2007 until the council's abolition were:
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rex Sadler[2] | Independent | 2007 | ||
Graeme Hicks | Independent | 2007 | 2009 |
Council elections
[edit]- 1973 Kerrier District Council election
- 1976 Kerrier District Council election
- 1979 Kerrier District Council election (New ward boundaries)[3]
- 1983 Kerrier District Council election
- 1987 Kerrier District Council election
- 1991 Kerrier District Council election
- 1995 Kerrier District Council election
- 1999 Kerrier District Council election
- 2003 Kerrier District Council election (New ward boundaries)[4]
- 2007 Kerrier District Council election
By-election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 629 | 56.8 | |||
Independent | 236 | 21.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 155 | 14.0 | |||
Liberal | 88 | 7.9 | |||
Majority | 393 | 35.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,108 | 21.3 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 369 | 42.9 | +25.1 | ||
Independent | 222 | 25.8 | −14.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 111 | 12.9 | −29.5 | ||
Independent | 96 | 11.2 | +11.2 | ||
Labour | 62 | 7.2 | +7.2 | ||
Majority | 147 | 17.1 | |||
Turnout | 860 | 22.2 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | 485 | 41.3 | +41.3 | ||
Conservative | 269 | 22.9 | +22.9 | ||
Labour | 217 | 18.5 | −17.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 204 | 17.4 | −46.9 | ||
Majority | 216 | 18.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,175 | 27.6 | |||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | 585 | 54.8 | −1.3 | ||
Independent | 217 | 20.3 | −6.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 187 | 17.5 | +0.6 | ||
Conservative | 48 | 4.5 | +4.5 | ||
Labour | 30 | 2.8 | +2.8 | ||
Majority | 368 | 34.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,067 | 41.7 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Strike | 544 | 87.2 | +14.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Gunter | 70 | 11.2 | −16.0 | |
Independent | Andrew Menzies-Grant | 10 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 474 | 76.0 | |||
Turnout | 624 | 22.0 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mebyon Kernow | Jane Acton | 177 | 33.1 | +33.1 | |
Independent | William Rowe | 107 | 20.0 | −68.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Gunter | 102 | 19.1 | +7.9 | |
Conservative | Alfred Mesropians | 92 | 17.2 | +17.2 | |
UKIP | Andrew Menzies-Grant | 56 | 10.5 | +10.5 | |
Majority | 70 | 13.1 | |||
Turnout | 534 | 18.8 | |||
Mebyon Kernow gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Pascoe | 443 | 45.6 | −1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | William Turner | 206 | 21.2 | +3.2 | |
Independent | Barbara Ellenbroek | 138 | 14.2 | +14.2 | |
Labour | Linda Moore | 104 | 10.7 | −2.7 | |
Conservative | Ian Bosworth | 80 | 8.2 | −5.9 | |
Majority | 237 | 24.4 | |||
Turnout | 971 | 20.8 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Linda Taylor | 315 | 37.1 | ||
Independent | Tanya Dyer | 226 | 26.6 | ||
Independent | Dave Swift | 194 | 22.8 | ||
Mebyon Kernow | Alan Sanders | 115 | 13.5 | ||
Majority | 89 | 10.5 | |||
Turnout | 850 | 17.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^ "We quit! Two Liberal Democrat councillors angry over 'One Cornwall' bid". Falmouth Packet. 1 August 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ The District of Kerrier (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Kerrier (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.