2002 Penwith District Council election

Elections to Penwith District Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 40.3%

After the election, the composition of the council was:
 * Independent 11
 * Conservative 10
 * Liberal Democrat 9
 * Labour 3
 * Others 1

Results
One Labour and one Mebyon Kernow candidate were elected unopposed