2004 Huntingdonshire District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2004 Huntingdonshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in grey. Huntingdonshire UK local election 2004 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2004 Huntingdonshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in grey.

The 2004 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 1. [1] The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [2]

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Election result

Huntingdonshire local election result 2004 [2] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 40+376.953.246,927+2.5
  Liberal Democrats 10-319.233.329,342-3.9
  Independent 2-13.83.22,805+1.7
  Labour 0008.97,818-1.7
  UKIP 0001.1972+1.1
  Green 0000.3225+0.3
  Legalise Cannabis 0000.177+0.1

Ward results

Alconbury and The Stukeleys [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Vanbergen82364.0
Liberal Democrats Ann Monk23017.9
UKIP Robin Wade16012.5
Labour Shirley Brown725.6
Majority59346.1
Turnout 1,28551.2
Brampton (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Downes1,516
Liberal Democrats Shirley Menczer1,295
Conservative Chan Abraham973
Conservative Ian Gardener922
Labour Deirdre Lee92
Labour Darren Hufford91
Turnout 4,88956.1
Buckden [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats William Clough76151.6
Conservative Richard Bailey66545.1
Labour Colin Greer483.3
Majority966.5
Turnout 1,47458.6
Earith (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Eddy1,031
Conservative Terence Rogers856
Liberal Democrats Owen McLaughlin569
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Robelou433
Labour Sharon Nania228
Turnout 3,11739.0
Ellington [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Baker70559.4
Conservative Peter Brooker43536.6
Labour David Brown474.0
Majority27022.8
Turnout 1,18753.5
Elton and Folksworth [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicholas Guyatt64866.7
Liberal Democrats Dominic Masterson17718.2
Labour Mark Holman14615.0
Majority47148.5
Turnout 97146.7
Fenstanton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jean Chandler46250.3
Liberal Democrats Mark Rainer40243.7
Labour Jonathan Eason556.0
Majority606.6
Turnout 91940.6
Godmanchester (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carol Godley1,070
Conservative Colin Hyams753
Liberal Democrats Charles Looker746
Liberal Democrats Lynda Heseltine603
Labour Marilyn Jones178
Labour John Turner119
Turnout 3,46943.9
Gransden and The Offords (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barbara Boddington1,182
Conservative Alec Stenner997
Liberal Democrats Anna Hayward415
Liberal Democrats Paul Speers317
Labour Thelma Lomax170
Turnout 3,08149.2
Huntingdon East (3 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Fell1,236
Conservative Lawrence Simpson1,146
Conservative Derek Holley1,114
Liberal Democrats David Priestman1,040
Liberal Democrats Richard Wyatt988
Liberal Democrats Michael Shellens960
UKIP Leonard Bruce442
Labour Carole Hitchings297
Labour Robert Pugh289
Labour David King272
Turnout 7,78440.7
Huntingdon North (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeffery Dutton466
Conservative Margaret Wheeler448
Labour Ann Beevor327
Labour Graham Hitchings271
Liberal Democrats John Morgan195
Liberal Democrats Toby Fisher186
Turnout 1,89328.2
Huntingdon West (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Sanderson1,021
Conservative John Sadler954
Liberal Democrats Michael Burrell182
UKIP Derek Norman172
Labour Ruth Pugh167
Liberal Democrats Veronica Hufford165
Labour Phyllis Gibson159
Turnout 2,82038.9
Kimbolton and Staughton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathan Gray79062.6
UKIP Jennifer O'Dell19815.7
Liberal Democrats Anthony Withers19015.1
Labour Catherine Gillinder836.6
Majority59246.9
Turnout 1,26152.3
Little Paxton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Clarke81170.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Main27223.5
Labour Janet Boston756.5
Majority53946.5
Turnout 1,15848.8
Ramsey (3 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Phillip Swales1,072
Conservative Ian Muir1,003
Liberal Democrats Raymond Powell939
Conservative Norah Wagstaffe933
Liberal Democrats Janet Dutton763
Liberal Democrats Alastair Taylor596
Labour Carol Harper218
Labour Aidan Hervey182
Turnout 5,70637.0
Sawtry (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Richard Tuplin1,513
Independent John Garner1,292
Conservative Marlene Johnson665
Labour Mary Howell159
Turnout 3,62943.0
Somersham (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Criswell1,227
Conservative Michael Newman1,052
Liberal Democrats Anthony Hulme733
Liberal Democrats Leona Graham-Elen572
Labour Karen Webb145
Legalise Cannabis Marcus Davies77
Turnout 3,80646.6
St Ives East (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jason Ablewhite 912
Conservative Deborah Reynolds889
Liberal Democrats David Hodge478
Liberal Democrats Robin Waters407
Labour David Brown216
Labour Angela Richards210
Turnout 3,11234.9
St Ives South (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Davies1,110
Conservative Douglas Dew1,014
Liberal Democrats Angela Bush619
Liberal Democrats Gilly Jackson516
Labour Richard Allen193
Labour John Watson157
Turnout 3,60939.9
St Ives West [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kevin Reynolds49250.3
Liberal Democrats Deborah Townsend40841.7
Labour David Nelson788.0
Majority848.6
Turnout 97843.6
St Neots Eaton Ford (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kathleen Gregory1,162
Conservative David Harty992
Liberal Democrats Sandra Giles891
Liberal Democrats Derek Cooper830
Labour David Nicholls163
Turnout 4,03841.8
St Neots Eaton Socon (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Derek Giles680
Liberal Democrats Gordon Thorpe650
Conservative Rodney Farrer608
Conservative Elaine Kadic514
Labour Douglas Brown128
Turnout 2,58033.3
St Neots Eynesbury (3 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Hansard933
Liberal Democrats Diana Collins910
Liberal Democrats Ian Taylor872
Conservative Paul Ursell832
Liberal Democrats Patricia Hopewell819
Conservative Alan Mackender-Lawrence725
Labour George Harrison286
Turnout 5,37730.1
St Neots Priory Park (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paula Longford930
Conservative Nicholas Finnie878
Liberal Democrats Thomas Mumford550
Liberal Democrats Robert Eaton528
Labour William O'Connor178
Turnout 3,06437.2
Stilton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Mitchell68863.9
Liberal Democrats John Davidson29127.0
Labour Steven Hicks989.1
Majority39736.9
Turnout 1,07746.5
The Hemingfords (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Bates1,336
Conservative Christopher Stephens1,210
Liberal Democrats Andrew Dickson842
Liberal Democrats Brian Wallis832
Green Donald Walton225
Labour Philip Sly121
Labour Rosalie Trayner117
Turnout 4,68355.4
Upwood and The Raveleys [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Bell46848.7
Liberal Democrats John Souter43645.4
Labour Susan Coomey575.9
Majority323.3
Turnout 96140.2
Warboys and Bury (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jack Taylor1,051
Conservative Peter Bucknell1,008
Conservative Richard Normington929
Liberal Democrats Terence Palmer782
Labour Marie Baker162
Turnout 3,93247.3
Yaxley and Farcet (3 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Watt1,726
Conservative Eric Butler1,619
Conservative Madhabi Banerjee1,197
Labour Kevin Goddard622
Labour Graeme Watkins617
Labour Margaret Cochrane525
Turnout 6,30632.5

By-elections between 2004 and 2006

Little Paxton by-election 5 May 2005 [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Churchill92056.7-13.3
Liberal Democrats Allan Hunt70343.3+19.8
Majority21713.4-33.1
Turnout 1,62369.0+20.2
Conservative hold Swing

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