2004 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election

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The 2004 Gateshead Borough Council election was held on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Gateshead Council in Tyne and Wear, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003. [1] The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

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Campaign

The boundary changes kept the number of wards and seats on the council unchanged while changing many of the wards. In total 216 candidates stood in the election, with the Labour and Conservative parties standing for all of the seats. The Liberal Democrats stood in all but two wards where the Liberal Party stood instead. There were also 17 British National Party candidates and one Independent. [2]

The council was expected to remain under Labour control as it had been for the previous 30 years but the Liberal Democrats hoped to make gains. Labour called on voters to re-elect them in order to keep the services provided by the council improving. [2] The Liberal Democrats claimed that a local maternity unit and library were under threat of being closed but Labour accused them of scaremongering. [3] Local businessman Sir John Hall called on voters to re-elect the Labour council in order that a partnership with Newcastle council could continue. [4]

Printing problems meant that ballot papers for the election, which was held with all postal voting, were about a week late in being sent out with 150,000 ballots having to be reprinted. [5] [6] As a result, extra printers were used and ballot boxes were placed in local libraries. [6]

Election result

Gateshead Local Election Result 2004 [7]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 43-365.248.589,861-5.7
  Liberal Democrats 22+333.334.463,801+4.7
  Liberal 101.53.46,272+0.4
  Conservative 000.010.118,719+1.7
  BNP 000.02.95,315-0.8
  Independent 000.00.4651+0.4

Resulting Council Composition

  PartySeatsCouncil Composition 10 June 2004
200220032004
  Labour 464643                                           
  Liberal Democrats 191922                      
  Liberal 111 

Ward results

Birtley (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Sarah King1,694
Labour Neil Weatherley1,305
Labour Paul Foy1,237
Liberal Betty Gallon1,227
Liberal Henry Reid1,175
Labour Mary Foy (politician) 1,117
Conservative Karen Sludden230
Conservative Henry Justice222
Conservative Angela Monaghan204
Turnout 8,41148.0
Blaydon (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elsdon Watson1,484
Labour Malcolm Brain1,461
Labour Kathryn Ferdinand1,355
Liberal Democrats June McFarling865
Liberal Democrats Richard Rook768
Liberal Democrats Maxine Thompson743
Conservative Mark Watson295
BNP James Lovatt-McLeish248
Conservative Elizabeth Wraith233
Conservative John Wraith219
Turnout 7,67141.9
Bridges (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Eagle968
Labour Patricia Murray949
Labour Kenneth Childs925
Liberal Democrats Bernard Shepherd413
Liberal Democrats Claire Cowie391
Liberal Democrats Colin Ball346
BNP Kevin Bell277
Conservative Diana Moore206
Conservative Ruth Fearby195
Conservative Joan Weihe172
Turnout 4,84238.1
Chopwell and Rowlands Gill (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Hamilton2,096
Labour Michael McNestry2,073
Labour Maureen Chaplin1,939
Liberal Democrats Raymond Callender1,050
Liberal Democrats Eileen Blythe1,016
Liberal Democrats Mary Heslop821
Conservative James Arthur358
Conservative Lilian Arthur341
Conservative Jeanne Waton339
BNP Kenneth Hutton245
Turnout 10,27853.3
Chowdene (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John McElroy2,014
Labour Keith Wood1,908
Labour Maureen Goldsworthy1,749
Conservative Michael Crossman710
Liberal Democrats Susan Craig644
Liberal Democrats Glenys Goodwill587
Liberal Democrats Ian Ball532
Conservative Peter Lennon512
BNP Peter Stewart343
Conservative June Murray204
Turnout 9,20350.3
Crawcrook and Greenside (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Noel Rippeth1,751
Liberal Democrats Derek Anderson1,704
Liberal Democrats Sally Danys1,635
Labour Jack Graham1,200
Labour Judith Brown1,173
Labour Paul Mitchinson1,091
Conservative Leonard Davidson246
Conservative Daniel Duggan229
Conservative Lynda Duggan219
Turnout 9,24851.0
Deckham (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Coates1,276
Labour June Joyce1,244
Labour Martin Gannon1,180
Liberal Democrats Ann McCarthy626
Liberal Democrats Grace Purdie517
Liberal Democrats George Conder477
BNP Kevin Scott448
Conservative Allan Davidson344
Conservative David Moor328
Conservative Maureen Moor291
Turnout 6,73139.9
Dunston and Teams (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Bollands1,252
Labour Maureen Clelland1,198
Labour Patrick Rice1,180
Liberal Democrats Samantha Harrison455
BNP Michael Dafter444
Liberal Democrats Anne Murray342
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Robson308
Conservative Margaret Bell238
Conservative Peter Callanan216
Conservative Charles Heslop169
Turnout 5,78539.8
Dunston Hill and Whickham East (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Maughan1,620
Liberal Democrats Yvonne McNicol1,552
Liberal Democrats Allison Chatto1,512
Labour Frank Earl1,392
Labour Pauline Dillon1,377
Labour Margaret Duddin1,343
Conservative John Callanan326
BNP David Dafter315
Conservative George Walker294
Conservative Josephine Walker259
Turnout 9,99054.2
Felling (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Raymon Napier1,532
Labour John Hird1,528
Labour William Dick1,416
Liberal Democrats David Lucas411
Liberal Democrats Madeleine Jevon353
Liberal Democrats Jean Callender334
Conservative John Wraith252
BNP Terence Jopling246
Conservative Suzanna Crossman222
Conservative Trevor Murray218
Turnout 6,51242.2
High Fell (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jean Lee1,455
Labour Malcolm Graham1,401
Labour Brian Richmond1,363
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Bird548
Liberal Democrats Shakuntala Beadle444
Liberal Democrats Philip Allen413
BNP Ronald Fairlamb311
Conservative Shirley McNall279
Conservative Edward Parker221
Conservative Elizabeth Parker204
Turnout 6,63940.4
Lamesley (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Hattam1,507
Labour Nicholas O'Neil1,491
Labour Craig Harrison1,461
Liberal Robert Murphy731
Liberal Edwina Leedale726
Liberal Brian Bailey719
Independent Brian Weatherburn651
BNP Allan Burns352
Conservative Charles Sludden302
Conservative Alfred Sterling238
Conservative Audrey Sterling214
Turnout 8,39248.7
Lobley Hill and Bensham (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Catherine Donovan1,520
Labour Francis Donovan1,468
Labour Kevin Dodds1,465
Liberal Democrats Alexander Simpson641
Liberal Democrats Audrey Horton566
Liberal Democrats Phyllis Callender539
BNP George Bainbridge397
Conservative Ada Callanan379
Conservative Josaph Sharp341
Conservative Alan Newton305
Turnout 7,62141.6
Low Fell (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Frank Hindle2,279
Liberal Democrats Ronald Beadle2,198
Liberal Democrats Charles Jevon2,173
Labour Peter Gannon961
Labour Paul McNally884
Labour Peter Wilson870
Conservative Raymond Swadling567
Conservative Cheryle Walker558
Conservative Paul Sterling524
Turnout 11,01456.0
Pelaw and Heworth (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Patterson1,725
Liberal Democrats Doreen Boyes1,561
Liberal Democrats Robinson Stanaway1,526
Labour Robert Goldsworthy1,296
Labour Lee Daniels1,198
Labour Noor Mian1,081
BNP Terence Armstrong240
Conservative Alice Irving169
Conservative Eleanor Justice164
Conservative Eleanor Steeley125
Turnout 9,08551.7
Ryton, Cookhill and Stella (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ione Rippeth2,166
Liberal Democrats Norman Callender1,863
Liberal Democrats Christine McHatton1,845
Labour Valerie Murray960
Labour Dane Roberts883
Labour Brenda Graham806
BNP Diane Young186
Conservative Antoinette Sterling164
Conservative Karl Gatiss154
Conservative Andrea Gatiss148
Turnout 9,17553.8
Saltwell (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Mearns 1,554
Labour Michael Henry1,525
Labour Joseph Mitchinson1,458
Liberal Democrats Paul Cowie507
Liberal Democrats Herbert Anderson423
Liberal Democrats Walter Danys393
Conservative Lily Pearse332
Conservative Edward Bohill322
BNP Keith McFarlane240
Conservative Brett Stephenson239
Turnout 6,99340.3
Wardley and Leam Lane (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Green1,602
Labour John Green1,558
Labour Peter Mole1,454
Liberal Democrats Susan Walker596
Liberal Democrats John Diston565
Liberal Democrats Celia Wraith548
BNP Brian Lindsay315
Conservative John McNeil280
Conservative Mary Peart268
Conservative Thomas Peart229
Turnout 7,41545.6
Whickham North (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mary Wallace1,819
Liberal Democrats Christopher Ord1,803
Liberal Democrats Peter Craig1,743
Labour Thomas Herring1,196
Labour James Hewson1,157
Labour Jennifer Peace1,135
Conservative Elaine Robertson339
Conservative John Robertson323
Conservative Beryl Bennison300
Turnout 9,81553.7
Whickham South and Sunniside (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Ord2,240
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Wallace2,238
Liberal Democrats Marilynn Ord2,208
Labour Gary Haley949
Labour Peter De-Vere896
Labour Patricia Todd894
Conservative Sheila Everatt508
Conservative Peter Ross437
Conservative Eric Young398
Turnout 10,76854.0
Windy Nook and Whitehills (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Ronan1,939
Labour James Turnbull1,925
Labour Thomas Graham1,888
Liberal Democrats Helen Robson675
Liberal Democrats Norman Spours645
Liberal Democrats Amanda Smith619
BNP Michael Cassidy417
Conservative Malcolm Campbell271
Conservative George Walker246
Conservative Ann Wheatley243
Turnout 8,86845.5
Winlaton and High Spen (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Lynn1,667
Liberal Democrats Brenda Osborne1,632
Labour Julie Simpson1,517
Labour Lynn Caffrey1,515
Liberal Democrats Andrew Graham1,465
Liberal Democrats Joanne Smith1,422
BNP Joanne Paylor291
Conservative Alan Bond230
Conservative Valerie Bond215
Conservative Dawn Wraith192
Turnout 10,14654.9

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