2004 Swindon Borough Council election
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The 2004 Swindon Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Swindon Unitary Council in Wiltshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was
- Conservative 33
- Labour 19
- Liberal Democrat 7[2]
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 14 | +4 | 70.0 | 45.1 | 19,466 | +3.3% | |||
Labour | 5 | -3 | 25.0 | 27.8 | 11,971 | -2.9% | |||
Liberal Democrats | 1 | -1 | 5.0 | 20.3 | 8,749 | -5.0% | |||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 2,101 | +4.3% | |||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 311 | +0.0% | |||
Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 249 | -0.1% | |||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 166 | +0.4% | |||
Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 105 | +0.2% |
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Lister | 641 | 58.2 | −6.7 | |
Labour | James Grant | 232 | 21.1 | +4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Law | 228 | 20.7 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 409 | 37.1 | −9.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,101 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maire Darker | 796 | 42.6 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Matthew McCue | 479 | 25.6 | +8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tel Hudson | 363 | 19.4 | −19.2 | |
Green | Karsten Evans | 161 | 8.6 | +8.6 | |
Socialist Alliance | Andrew Newman | 69 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 317 | 17.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,868 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dale Heenan | 1,327 | 52.1 | −1.3 | |
Labour | Patricia Spry | 834 | 32.7 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ellen Aylett | 386 | 15.2 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 493 | 19.4 | −3.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,547 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roderick Bluh | 1,232 | 50.6 | +6.6 | |
Labour | David Cox | 792 | 32.5 | −9.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kathleen McCarthy | 411 | 16.9 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 440 | 18.1 | +16.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,435 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stanley Pajak | 978 | 46.2 | −7.5 | |
Conservative | Brenda Craven | 452 | 21.3 | +1.0 | |
Labour | Richard Young | 443 | 20.9 | −5.1 | |
Green | Christine Smith | 245 | 11.6 | +11.6 | |
Majority | 526 | 24.8 | −3.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,118 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Greenhalgh | 1,013 | 42.7 | +8.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tracy Fisher | 942 | 39.7 | −7.2 | |
Labour | Sarah Bush | 418 | 17.6 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 71 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,373 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ericqua Ballman | 701 | 44.2 | +3.8 | |
Conservative | Halina Roberts | 429 | 27.1 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jacob Pajak | 275 | 17.4 | −6.2 | |
Socialist Alliance | Roy North | 180 | 11.4 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 272 | 17.2 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,585 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Wayne Lawley | 1,271 | 54.7 | +2.2 | |
Labour | John Keepin | 576 | 24.8 | −2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Derek Richards | 475 | 20.5 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 695 | 29.9 | +4.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,322 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Peake | 1,260 | 51.1 | +3.9 | |
Labour | Lynn Vardy | 633 | 25.7 | −9.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Shorten | 371 | 15.1 | −3.0 | |
Green | Andrew Day | 200 | 8.1 | +8.1 | |
Majority | 627 | 25.4 | +13.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,464 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Lovell | 954 | 44.1 | +5.1 | |
Labour | James D'Avila | 830 | 38.4 | −2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Sharp | 274 | 12.7 | −2.8 | |
Socialist Alternative | Jean Walker | 105 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 124 | 5.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,163 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Bawden | 1,954 | 56.0 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Wheaver | 883 | 25.3 | −6.5 | |
Green | John Hughes | 342 | 9.8 | +3.4 | |
Labour | Michael Szymanski | 308 | 8.8 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 1,071 | 30.7 | +7.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,487 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Allsopp | 686 | 43.7 | −10.0 | |
Conservative | Natasha Young | 371 | 23.6 | −0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Thompson | 340 | 21.6 | −0.4 | |
Green | Melvin Collins | 174 | 11.1 | +11.1 | |
Majority | 315 | 20.1 | −9.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,571 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Bennett | 600 | 54.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Adelaide Dudman | 393 | 35.9 | ||
Labour | Ruairi Tobin | 103 | 9.4 | ||
Majority | 207 | 18.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,096 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicholas Martin | 1,213 | 54.9 | +5.7 | |
Labour | Neil Heavens | 353 | 16.0 | −8.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Amber Johnson | 307 | 13.9 | −12.0 | |
Green | Linda Lee | 170 | 7.7 | +7.7 | |
Independent | James Withey | 166 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
Majority | 860 | 38.9 | +15.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,209 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Raymond Fisher | 1,302 | 54.4 | +0.0 | |
Labour | Michael Spry | 647 | 27.0 | −2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Payne | 445 | 18.6 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 655 | 27.4 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,394 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip Sharp | 1,182 | 43.9 | −1.7 | |
Labour | Teresa Page | 1,091 | 40.6 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jose Tocha | 240 | 8.9 | −7.3 | |
Green | Raymond Smith | 177 | 6.6 | +6.6 | |
Majority | 91 | 3.4 | −4.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,690 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dwynwen Martin | 841 | 48.2 | −2.2 | |
Labour | Norman Butler | 443 | 25.4 | −3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Judith Peppitt | 259 | 14.9 | −5.8 | |
Green | Marilyn Harrison | 201 | 11.5 | +11.5 | |
Majority | 398 | 22.8 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,744 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mavis Childs | 745 | 41.8 | +6.4 | |
Conservative | Russell Holland | 601 | 33.7 | −7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Pajak | 307 | 17.2 | −6.5 | |
Green | Simon Smith | 128 | 7.2 | +7.2 | |
Majority | 144 | 8.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,781 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Barnes | 928 | 38.4 | −4.9 | |
Conservative | Mark Edwards | 805 | 33.3 | +7.3 | |
UKIP | Michael Morton | 311 | 12.9 | +4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Poole | 251 | 10.4 | −11.9 | |
Green | Raymond Burcham | 121 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 123 | 5.1 | −12.2 | ||
Turnout | 2416 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brian Ford | 1,539 | 55.9 | +9.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Victor Godman | 621 | 22.5 | −11.7 | |
Labour | Sandra Parsons | 412 | 15.0 | −4.6 | |
Green | Robert Heritage | 182 | 6.6 | +6.6 | |
Majority | 918 | 33.3 | +21.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,754 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Swindon council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
- ^ "Elections 2004: Local authorities in England and Wales (with eight authorities still to declare)". The Independent. 12 June 2004. p. 9.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "Local Elections 2004 Results". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
- ^ "Ballot box". The Times. 12 June 2004. p. 26.