2004 Havant Borough Council election

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2004 Havant Borough Council election
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16 of 38 seats to Havant Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Seats before2387
Seats won1222
Seats after2765
Seat changeIncrease2.svg4Decrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg2
Popular vote18,2909,4015,149
Havant UK local election 2004 map.svg
Results by Ward
Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

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]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1240+475.051.518,290-5.1%
  Liberal Democrats 202-212.526.59,401+0.5%
  Labour 202-212.514.55,149+1.8%
  Green 000005.51,970+1.5%
  Independent 000002.0711+1.4%

Ward results

Barncroft

Barncroft [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Yvonne Weeks47248.1
Labour Carl Roberts28228.7
Liberal Democrats Flora Ponsonby22823.2
Majority 19019.4
Turnout 98222.4+3.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Battins

Battins [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Rayner38636.6
Labour Paul Hansford36134.2
Liberal Democrats Susan Stocker18817.8
Green Louise Lumb12011.4
Majority 252.4
Turnout 1,05521.9+1.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Bedhampton

Bedhampton [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Smith1,25442.9+2.4
Liberal Democrats Stephen Marshall1,21141.5−1.2
Labour Anne Edwards2769.5+0.8
Green Terry Mitchell1796.1−2.1
Majority 431.4
Turnout 2,92042.0+7.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Bondfields

Bondfields [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terence Hart55549.0
Conservative Mary Brown29325.9
Liberal Democrats Cecil Sargent28525.2
Majority 26223.1
Turnout 1,13322.6−1.0
Labour hold Swing

Cowplain

Cowplain [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Keast1,59862.3+3.6
Liberal Democrats John Jacobs66225.8−5.2
Labour Kenneth Monks30712.0+1.7
Majority 93636.5+8.7
Turnout 2,56735.6+9.2
Conservative hold Swing

Emsworth

Emsworth [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brendan Gibb-Gray2,20760.3+1.0
Liberal Democrats John Cosslett87924.0−5.2
Labour William Gilchrist3629.9−1.6
Green Susan Dawes2145.8+5.8
Majority 1,32836.3+6.2
Turnout 3,66247.6+8.6
Conservative hold Swing

Hart Plain

Hart Plain (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Pearce1,171
Liberal Democrats Sheila Troke1,165
Conservative Leonard Shaw977
Conservative Mark Masterton945
Labour Ronald Hoyle203
Labour William Wheeler190
Green Barry Gleed184
Turnout 4,83533.0+9.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hayling East

Hayling East (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sheila Pearce1,331
Conservative Charles Goulding1,316
Liberal Democrats Margaret Causer497
Labour John Mealy396
Labour Sheila Mealy363
Liberal Democrats Janis Shawashi344
Green Ann Ansari289
Turnout 4,53634.5−2.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hayling West

Hayling West [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Victor Pierce-Jones1,73764.0−7.7
Liberal Democrats Margaret Steentoft44616.4+0.9
Labour Graham Manning31111.5−1.3
Green Gillian Leek2228.2+8.2
Majority 1,29147.5−8.7
Turnout 2,71639.6+6.0
Conservative hold Swing

Purbrook

Purbrook [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Farrow1,25549.0−14.9
Independent Pamela Cooper71127.8+27.8
Labour Nicola Potts31712.4−7.4
Liberal Democrats Pamela Welch27610.8−5.6
Majority 54421.3−22.8
Turnout 2,55935.3+9.7
Conservative hold Swing

St. Faiths

St. Faiths [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Guest1,65954.2+2.6
Liberal Democrats Hugh Benzie80826.4+4.7
Green Timothy Dawes32910.7−9.3
Labour Rosemary Osborne2668.7+2.0
Majority 85127.8−2.1
Turnout 3,06244.5+5.5
Conservative hold Swing

Stakes

Stakes [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Tarrant92949.9+1.8
Liberal Democrats Christine Pylee40922.0+4.0
Labour Derek Smith33518.0−15.9
Green Stephen Carver18910.2+10.2
Majority 52027.9+13.8
Turnout 1,86225.0+6.8
Conservative hold Swing

Warren Park

Warren Park [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Virginia Steel31940.1
Conservative Jacqueline Branson27034.0
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Moore-Blunt20625.9
Majority 496.1
Turnout 79517.3+2.7
Labour hold Swing

Waterloo

Waterloo [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hunt1,66158.5−10.9
Liberal Democrats Valerie Hartridge62622.1−8.5
Labour Peter Benjamin30610.8+10.8
Green Jacqueline Turner2448.6+8.6
Majority 1,03536.5−2.2
Turnout 2,83737.9+10.5
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

By-elections between 2004 and 2006

Bedhampton By-election 24 February 2005 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 1,06447.5+6.0
Conservative 1,00744.9+2.0
Labour 1366.1−3.4
Green 341.5−4.6
Majority 572.6
Turnout 2,24132.5−9.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. 1 2 "Havant council". BBC News Online. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Ballot box - Elections". The Times . NewsBank. 12 June 2004. p. 26.
  3. 1 2 "Tories stun Labour in historic vote". The News . 12 June 2004.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "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.
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