Penzance Central (electoral division)

Penzance Central
Electoral district
Penzance Central shown within Cornwall (click to zoom in)
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	St Ives
Councillors	Cornelius Olivier (Labour)

Penzance Central (Cornish: Pennsans Kres) is an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom and returns one member to sit on Cornwall Council. The current Councillor is Cornelius Olivier, a Labour Party member.

Penzance Central was also a division of Penwith District Council between 1973 and 2009, and, as Penzance (Central), was a division of Cornwall County Council between 1973 and 1985, returning one member.

Cornwall Council division

Extent

Penzance Central covers the centre of the town of Penzance, including Morrab Gardens, the West Cornwall Hospital, Humphry Davy School, and Penwith College. The division covers 84 hectares in total.

Election results

2017 election

2017 election: Penzance Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cornelius Olivier	694	48.0
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Young	380	26.3
	Conservative	Will Elliot	258	17.8
	Independent	Dick Cliffe	104	7.2
Majority			314	21.7
Rejected ballots			11	0.8
Turnout			1447	45.5
	Labour hold		Swing

2013 election

2013 election: Penzance Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cornelius Olivier	398	30.8
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Young	354	27.4
	UKIP	Peter Mates	178	13.8
	Independent	John Moreland	158	12.2
	Conservative	Michael Rabbitte	127	9.8
	Mebyon Kernow	Phillip Rendle	53	4.1
Majority			44	3.4
Rejected ballots			24	0.1.9
Turnout			1292	39.3
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2009 election

2009 election: Penzance Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tamsin Williams	365	29.7
	Conservative	David Nebesnuick	351	28.6
	UKIP	Oli Faulkner	216	17.6
	Labour	Cornelius Olivier	210	17.1
	Liberal	Malcolm Lawrence	73	5.9
Majority			14	1.1
Rejected ballots			14	1.1
Turnout			1229	37.7
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Cornwall County Council division

Election results

1981 election

1981 election: Penzance (Central)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Batten	643	38.3
	Mebyon Kernow	C. Lawry	562	33.4
	Conservative	M. Rowe	476	28.3
Majority			81
Total votes			1681
Turnout				35.4
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

1977 election

1977 election: Penzance (Central)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. Rowe	Uncontested
Majority			N/A
Total votes			N/A
Turnout			N/A
	Independent hold		Swing

1973 election

1973 election: Penzance (Central)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. Rowe	Uncontested
Majority			N/A
Total votes			N/A
Turnout			N/A
	Independent win (new seat)