2004 Newcastle City Council election

Newcastle upon Tyne UK local election 2004 map

The 2004 Newcastle City Council election was held to elect members of the Newcastle City Council on 10 June 2004, coinciding with elections to the European Parliament and other local elections. The entire complement of 78 seats in the City were contested due to major boundary changes that year. The Liberal Democrats ended thirty years of Labour control and the table below shows the composition of the council following the election. ^[1]

	Party	Seats			Council Composition 10 June 2004
		2002	2003	2004
	Liberal Democrats	19	24	48
	Labour	59	54	30

Results summary

2004 Newcastle City Council election [1] [2] [3]
Party		Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	48	24	61.5	42.0	35,452
	Labour	30	24	38.5	33.5	28,309
	Conservative	0		0.0	15.1	12,769
	Independent	0		0.0	3.1	2,609
	BNP	0		0.0	2.7	2,256
	Green	0		0.0	1.3	1,110
	National Front	0		0.0	1.2	1,044
	Socialist Alternative	0		0.0	0.7	573
	English Democrat	0	New	0.0	0.3	240	New
	Communist	0		0.0	0.1	49

References

1. "Local election results 2004". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
2. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Newcastle City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
3. Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2004 - Newcastle upon Tyne". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 22 February 2024.