2004 Havant Borough Council election

Map of the results of the 2004 Havant Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Labour in red.

The 2004 Havant Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Havant Borough 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]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 27
• Labour 6
• Liberal Democrats 5 ^[2]

Election result

The Conservatives gained seats to hold 27 of the 38 seats on the council, while Labour fell to 6 seats and the Liberal Democrats dropped to hold 5 seats. ^{[1] [3]} The Conservative gains included taking Barncroft and Battins wards in Leigh Park from Labour; the first time in over 30 years that Labour had not won all the seats in Leigh Park. ^[3] Overall turnout at the election was 32.4%. ^[4]

Havant local election result 2004 ^{[2] [4]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	12	4	0	+4	75.0	51.5	18,290	-5.1%
	Liberal Democrats	2	0	2	-2	12.5	26.5	9,401	+0.5%
	Labour	2	0	2	-2	12.5	14.5	5,149	+1.8%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	5.5	1,970	+1.5%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	711	+1.4%

Ward results

Barncroft ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Yvonne Weeks	472	48.1
	Labour	Carl Roberts	282	28.7
	Liberal Democrats	Flora Ponsonby	228	23.2
Majority			190	19.3
Turnout			982	22.4	+3.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Battins ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jane Rayner	386	36.6
	Labour	Paul Hansford	361	34.2
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Stocker	188	17.8
	Green	Louise Lumb	120	11.4
Majority			25	2.4
Turnout			1,055	21.9	+1.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Bedhampton ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Kenneth Smith	1,254	42.9	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Marshall	1,211	41.5	-1.2
	Labour	Anne Edwards	276	9.5	+0.8
	Green	Terry Mitchell	179	6.1	-2.1
Majority			43	1.5
Turnout			2,920	42.0	+7.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Bondfields ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Terence Hart	555	49.0
	Conservative	Mary Brown	293	25.9
	Liberal Democrats	Cecil Sargent	285	25.2
Majority			262	23.1
Turnout			1,133	22.6	-1.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Cowplain ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Keast	1,598	62.3	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Jacobs	662	25.8	-5.2
	Labour	Kenneth Monks	307	12.0	+1.7
Majority			936	36.5	+8.7
Turnout			2,567	35.6	+9.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Emsworth ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Brendan Gibb-Gray	2,207	60.3	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Cosslett	879	24.0	-5.2
	Labour	William Gilchrist	362	9.9	-1.6
	Green	Susan Dawes	214	5.8	+5.8
Majority			1,328	36.3	+6.2
Turnout			3,662	47.6	+8.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hart Plain (2 seats) ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Pearce	1,171
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Troke	1,165
	Conservative	Leonard Shaw	977
	Conservative	Mark Masterton	945
	Labour	Ronald Hoyle	203
	Labour	William Wheeler	190
	Green	Barry Gleed	184
Turnout			4,835	33.0	+9.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hayling East (2 seats) ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sheila Pearce	1,331
	Conservative	Charles Goulding	1,316
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Causer	497
	Labour	John Mealy	396
	Labour	Sheila Mealy	363
	Liberal Democrats	Janis Shawashi	344
	Green	Ann Ansari	289
Turnout			4,536	34.5	-2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hayling West ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Victor Pierce-Jones	1,737	64.0	-7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Steentoft	446	16.4	+0.9
	Labour	Graham Manning	311	11.5	-1.3
	Green	Gillian Leek	222	8.2	+8.2
Majority			1,291	47.5	-8.7
Turnout			2,716	39.6	+6.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Purbrook ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Farrow	1,255	49.0	-14.9
	Independent	Pamela Cooper	711	27.8	+27.8
	Labour	Nicola Potts	317	12.4	-7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Welch	276	10.8	-5.6
Majority			544	21.3	-22.8
Turnout			2,559	35.3	+9.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Faiths ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Guest	1,659	54.2	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Benzie	808	26.4	+4.7
	Green	Timothy Dawes	329	10.7	-9.3
	Labour	Rosemary Osborne	266	8.7	+2.0
Majority			851	27.8	-2.1
Turnout			3,062	44.5	+5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stakes ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Nigel Tarrant	929	49.9	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Pylee	409	22.0	+4.0
	Labour	Derek Smith	335	18.0	-15.9
	Green	Stephen Carver	189	10.2	+10.2
Majority			520	27.9	+13.8
Turnout			1,862	25.0	+6.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warren Park ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Virginia Steel	319	40.1
	Conservative	Jacqueline Branson	270	34.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Moore-Blunt	206	25.9
Majority			49	6.2
Turnout			795	17.3	+2.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Waterloo ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Hunt	1,661	58.5	-10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Hartridge	626	22.1	-8.5
	Labour	Peter Benjamin	306	10.8	+10.8
	Green	Jacqueline Turner	244	8.6	+8.6
Majority			1,035	36.5	-2.2
Turnout			2,837	37.9	+10.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

By-elections between 2004 and 2006

Bedhampton By-election 24 February 2005 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats		1,064	47.5	+6.0
	Conservative		1,007	44.9	+2.0
	Labour		136	6.1	-3.4
	Green		34	1.5	-4.6
Majority			57	2.5
Turnout			2,241	32.5	-9.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

1. "Havant council". BBC News Online. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
2. "Ballot box - Elections". The Times . NewsBank. 12 June 2004. p. 26.
3. "Tories stun Labour in historic vote". The News . 12 June 2004.
4. "Borough Council Election Results June 2004". Havant Borough Council. Internet Archive. Archived from the original on 24 December 2004. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
5. "Lib Dems get byelection boost". The Guardian . 25 February 2005. Retrieved 16 June 2014.