2004 Hart District Council election

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2004 Hart District Council election
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12 of 35 seats to Hart District Council
18 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats CCH
Seats before2210New party
Seats after18122
Popular vote8,5435,8372,821
Percentage45.531.115.0
Hart UK local election 2004 map.svg
Results by Ward
Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2004 Hart Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Hart District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Campaign

In early May 2004 the Conservative leader of the council, Lorraine Fullbrook, resigned as a councillor in order to stand for the seat of South Ribble in the 2005 general election. [3] This meant an extra seat in Church Crookham West would be contested in the local elections. [3]

The election saw the Conservatives challenged by a new Community Campaign (Hart) group as well as from the main political parties. [4] The group had been formed in 2003 in protest against plans to develop a barracks in Church Crookham. [5]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives stay in control of the council despite losing 2 seats to the new Community Campaign (Hart) group and 1 seat to the Liberal Democrats. [6] Community Campaign (Hart) gained the seats of Church Crookham East and West and came second in two additional wards. [6] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats gained Fleet Courtmoor from the Conservatives, while holding the other 4 seats they had been defending. [6] However the Conservatives did manage to gain one seat in Crondall, where they defeated Brian Leversha who had resigned from the Conservatives to sit as an Independent. [6]

Meanwhile, no Independents were successful in being elected with former councillor Peter Carr coming closest after losing by 66 votes. [6] The other candidates from the Labour Party, British National Party and Official Monster Raving Loony Party each failed to get more than 200 votes. [6]

Hart Local Election Result 2004 [7] [8]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 513-241.745.58,543-6.3%
  Liberal Democrats 510+141.731.35,837-12.7%
  CCH 220+216.715.02,821+15.0%
  Independent 001-105.41,023+5.4%
  Labour 000001.5287-1.5%
  BNP 000001.1198+1.1%
  Monster Raving Loony 000000.480+0.4%

Ward results

Blackwater and Hawley

Blackwater and Hawley [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Blewett92160.0+9.3
Conservative Vivienne Gascoigne56236.6−12.7
Labour Joyce Still533.5+3.5
Majority35923.4+21.9
Turnout 1,53644.4+12.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Church Crookham East

Church Crookham East [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CCH Edward Radley90755.2
Conservative Deborah Moss73544.8
Majority17210.4
Turnout 1,64243.7+10.8
CCH gain from Conservative Swing

Church Crookham West

Church Crookham West [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CCH Jennifer Radley92163.6+63.6
Conservative Sara-Lea Kinnell52836.4−19.1
Majority39327.2
Turnout 1,44936.0+7.7
CCH gain from Conservative Swing

Crondall

Crondall [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pritpal Singh67150.0
CCH John Benson40530.2
Independent Brian Leversha26619.8
Majority26619.8
Turnout 1,34244.8
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Fleet Central

Fleet Central [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Pearson82352.1
Independent Peter Carr75747.9
Majority664.2
Turnout 1,58039.4+8.0
Conservative hold Swing

Fleet Courtmoor

Fleet Courtmoor [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Einchcomb84851.1+10.6
Conservative Ernest Jasper81248.9−10.6
Majority362.2
Turnout 1,66043.8+13.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Fleet Pondtail

Fleet Pondtail [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Fisher1,19268.5
Conservative Andrew Davies54931.5
Majority64337.0
Turnout 1,74147.5+13.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Fleet West

Fleet West [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sean Holden76249.5
CCH Stephen Cantle51533.5
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Donkin26217.0
Majority24716.0
Turnout 1,53941.4+11.4
Conservative hold Swing

Hook

Hook [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Haffey1,21156.5−8.2
Liberal Democrats David Evans73334.2+3.5
BNP Roger Robertson1989.2+9.2
Majority47822.3−11.7
Turnout 2,14237.7+11.3
Conservative hold Swing

Odiham

Odiham [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Gorys1,03170.9−5.8
Liberal Democrats Anthony Over35124.1+0.8
CCH Craig Hartwell735.0+5.0
Majority68046.7−6.7
Turnout 1,45542.1+4.3
Conservative hold Swing

Yateley East

Yateley East [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stuart Bailey78455.6−0.9
Conservative Thomas Schwartz43831.1−3.9
Labour David Jenkins1077.6−0.8
Monster Raving Loony Alan Hope 805.7+5.7
Majority34624.6+3.1
Turnout 1,40934.6+5.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Yateley West

Yateley West [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Hammersley74657.7−1.8
Conservative Edward Bromhead42132.5+5.4
Labour John Davies1279.8−0.9
Majority32525.1−7.3
Turnout 1,29433.0+10.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Hart council". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  2. ↑ "Elections 2004: Local authorities in England and Wales". The Independent. 12 June 2004. p. 9.
  3. 1 2 "Hart's leader quits". gethampshire. 6 May 2004. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  4. ↑ "Deselections no bar to political ambition". gethampshire. 19 May 2004. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  5. ↑ "Election candidate unveiled". gethampshire. 6 May 2004. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Seats win for new group". gethampshire. 15 June 2004. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Election Results for 10 June 2004". Hart District Council. Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  8. ↑ "Ballot box". The Times. London. 12 June 2004. p. 26.
Preceded by
2003 Hart Council election 		Hart local elections Succeeded by
2006 Hart Council election
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