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Penzance East
Penzance East
ward; Cornwall Council.
	Boundary of Penzance East in Cornwall from 2021.
County	Cornwall
Current ward
Created	2021
Councillor	Tim Dwelly; (Independent)
Created from	Penzance East; Penzance Central; Gulval and Heamoor
2013–2021
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	Penzance East
Created from	Penzance East
2009–2013
Number of councillors	One
Replaced by	Penzance East
Created from	Council established

Penzance East (Cornish: Pennsans Est)^[1] is an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom and returns one member to sit on Cornwall Council. The current Councillor is Tim Dwelly, an Independent and former Portfolio Holder for Culture, Economy and Planning on the council.^[2]^[3]

Councillors

2009-2021

Election	Member		Party
2009		Ruth Lewarne	Liberal Democrat
2013		Tim Dwelly	Labour
2017			Labour
March 2018			Independent^[4]
2021	Seat abolished

2021-present

Election	Member		Party
2021		Tim Dwelly	Independent

Extent

2009-2021

Under its former boundaries, Penzance East represented the north and east of the town of Penzance, including the area of Treneere.^[5] The ward was affected by redistricting at the 2013 election. From 2009 to 2013, the division covered 66.9 hectares in total; from 2013 to 2021 it covered 67.3 hectares.^[5]^[6]

2021-present

With its current boundaries, the division represents the north and east of the town of Penzance, including the areas of Treneere, Causewayhead and Chyandour.^[7]

Election results

2021 election

2021 election: Penzance East^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Tim Dwelly	786	41.2
	Labour	Cornelius Olivier^{[note 1]}	480	25.2
	Conservative	Megan McClary	259	13.6
	Green	Jonathan How	163	8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Zach Lawlor	159	8.3
	Independent	Roger Driscoll	45	2.4
Majority			306	16.0
Rejected ballots			16	0.8
Turnout			1908	37.6
Registered electors			5070^[10]
	Independent win (new seat)

2017 election

2017 election: Penzance East^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tim Dwelly^{[note 2]}	761	52.1
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Goedegebuur	315	21.5
	Conservative	Joseph Bennie	193	13.2
	Green	Jonathan How	85	5.8
	UKIP	Paul Nicholson	58	4.0
	Mebyon Kernow	Robert Simmons	47	3.2
Majority			446	30.5
Rejected ballots			3	0.2
Turnout			1462	45.4
	Labour hold		Swing

2013 election

2013 election: Penzance East^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tim Dwelly	378	30.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Lewarne	358	28.8
	UKIP	Mick Faulkner	194	15.6
	Conservative	Angela Elliott	124	10.0
	Mebyon Kernow	Rob Simmons	91	7.3
	Green	Michelle Paine	89	7.2
Majority			20	1.6
Rejected ballots			8	0.6
Turnout			1242	36.2
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2009 election

2009 election: Penzance East^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Lewarne	357	30.1
	Labour	John Payne	332	28.0
	UKIP	Ricky Barnes	199	16.8
	Conservative	Margaret Powell	159	13.4
	Independent	Mike Waters	128	10.8
Majority			25	2.1
Rejected ballots			10	0.8
Turnout			1185	34.7
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Notes

^ Olivier was an incumbent councillor for Penzance Central,^[9] which was abolished at the elections.
^ Dwelly was elected as a Labour councillor and was Labour leader on the council, but quit in March 2018 because of 'bullying and intimidation' from the 'far left' within the party.^[4]