title: Newquay Pentire (electoral division)
text: # Newquay Pentire (electoral division)
  
  Newquay Pentire (Cornish: Tewynblustri Penntir) is an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom and returns one member to sit on Cornwall Council. The current Councillor is Joanna Kenny, a Liberal Democrat.
  
  ## Extent
  
  Newquay Pentire covers the south west of the town of Newquay, including the suburb of Pentire. The division covers 142 hectares in total.
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 2017 election
  
  2017 election: Newquay Pentire :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Joanna Kenny | 541 | 49.8 |
  | | Conservative | Paul Rees | 537 | 49.4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 4 | 0.4 |
  | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1086 | 32.6 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  
  ### 2013 election
  
  2013 election: Newquay Pentire :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Joanna Kenny | 516 | 62.8 |
  | | Conservative | Lyndon Harrison | 280 | 34.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 236 | 28.7 |
  | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 26 | 3.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 822 | 26.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  
  ### 2009 election
  
  2009 election: Newquay Pentire :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Joanna Kenny | 389 | 36.2 | |
  | | Conservative | Derek Walker | 293 | 27.2 | |
  | | Independent | Denis Dent | 278 | 25.8 | |
  | | English Democrat | Keith Riley | 81 | 7.5 | |
  | | Labour | Raymond Aldridge | 30 | 2.8 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 96 | 8.9 | |
  | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.5 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1076 | 35.5 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
  