2004 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2004 Great Yarmouth council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Great Yarmouth UK local election 2004 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2004 Great Yarmouth council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

The 2004 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Great Yarmouth Borough Council in Norfolk, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 reducing the number of seats by 9. [1] The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [2]

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Election result

Great Yarmouth Local Election Result 2004 [3] [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 26066.751.124,289+6.5%
  Labour 13-933.343.520,692-4.9%
  Liberal Democrats 0004.32,032-0.4%
  National Front 0000.8378+0.8%
  Legalise Cannabis 0000.4187+0.4%

Ward results

Bradwell North (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Trevor Wainwright923
Conservative James Tate778
Conservative Graham Plant755
Conservative Margaret Greenacre718
Labour Richard Barker667
Labour Sharon Thrasher594
Turnout 4,43537.0
Bradwell South and Hopton (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Ames978
Conservative Brian Howard939
Conservative Colin Hodds914
Labour Peter Alexander603
Labour John Holmes595
Labour Michael Pettit555
Turnout 4,58437.5
Caister North (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Cunniffe729
Conservative Anthony Smith706
Labour Sandra Griffiths444
Labour Nicholas Dack378
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Dyer257
Turnout 2,51439.1
Caister South (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Lawley774
Labour Patrick Hacon729
Conservative Desmond Sadler596
Labour David Nurse566
Turnout 2,66545.3
Central and Northgate (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Taylor773
Labour Terence Easter746
Labour Michael Castle736
Conservative Richard Delf719
Conservative Gerard Jarvis632
Conservative Peter Meah588
Liberal Democrats Anthony Harris318
Turnout 4,51236.2
Claydon (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Blyth954
Labour Julie Fitzgerald871
Labour Bernard Williamson742
Conservative David Denning731
Turnout 3,29833.3
East Flegg (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Jermany927
Conservative Shirley Weymouth918
Labour Trevor Broadbent422
Labour Derrick Sweeting341
Turnout 2,60841.8
Fleggburgh [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Thompson83083.8
Labour Barry Anderson16116.2
Majority66967.6
Turnout 99153.4
Gorleston (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bertie Collins860
Conservative Jonathan Russell841
Liberal Democrats Ivan Lees351
Labour Della Anverali311
Labour George Smith291
Turnout 2,65442.9
Lothingland (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Thompson857
Conservative Barry Stone834
Labour Christine Williamson506
Turnout 2,19742.0
Magdalen (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colleen Walker826
Labour Brian Walker823
Conservative Patricia Page814
Labour Frank Esherwood745
Turnout 3,20834.3
Nelson (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Jeal589
Labour Susan Robinson564
Conservative Joy Cosaitis501
Labour Valerie Pettit497
National Front Thomas Holmes378
Liberal Democrats Michael Tall360
Legalise Cannabis Michael Skipper187
Turnout 3,07631.1
Ormesby (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Reynolds921
Conservative James Shrimplin871
Labour Thomas Byrne384
Turnout 2,17643.0
Southtown and Cobholm (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Penelope Linden507
Conservative Elizabeth Giles351
Labour Andrew Wassell348
Turnout 1,20628.7
St Andrews (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick Cook564
Conservative Bryan Watts536
Labour Maria Culmer528
Labour Karen Hewitt514
Turnout 2,14235.6
West Flegg (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Coleman921
Conservative John Hudson791
Liberal Democrats Pamela Mayhew381
Liberal Democrats Rodney Cole365
Labour James Prior288
Turnout 2,74642.1
Yarmouth North (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Garrod720
Conservative Robert Peck675
Labour Brenda Taylor618
Labour Ralph Woodock553
Turnout 2,56641.3

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References

  1. ↑ "Great Yarmouth council". BBC News Online . Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Local elections 2004" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Great Yarmouth Borough Council elections - 10 June, 2004" (PDF). Great Yarmouth Borough Council. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
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