2004 Portsmouth City Council election

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Map of the results of the 2004 Portsmouth council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Portsmouth UK local election 2004 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2004 Portsmouth council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

Elections to Portsmouth City Council Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 34.9%.

Portsmouth City & unitary authority area in England

Portsmouth is a port city in Hampshire, England, with a total population of 205,400 residents. The city of Portsmouth is nicknamed Pompey and is mainly built on Portsea Island, a flat, low-lying island measuring 24 square kilometres in area, just off the south-east coast of Hampshire. Portsmouth is the only island city in the United Kingdom, and is the only city whose population density exceeds that of London.

In the context of local authorities in the United Kingdom, the term no overall control refers to a situation in which no single political group achieves a majority of seats; and is analogous to a hung parliament. Of the 310 councils who had members up for election in the 2007 local elections, 85 resulted in a NOC administration.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Portsmouth Local Election Result 2004
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrat 840+457.139.317,239+4.0%
  Conservative 522035.738.016,658+1.5%
  Labour 104-47.120.79,071-5.3%
  Green 000001.3575+0.3%
  BNP 000000.6278+0.6%

Ward results

Baffins
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Michael Andrewes1,66246.6-3.5
Conservative Graham Smith1,17032.8+0.6
Labour Simon Payne42111.8-1.5
Green Sarah Coote3158.8+4.4
Majority49213.8-4.1
Turnout 3,56837.0+4.9
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Central Southsea
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Howard Jones1,37139.0+20.4
Conservative Malcolm Chewter1,22834.9-6.3
Labour Michael Blandford91726.1-10.1
Majority1434.1
Turnout 3,51639.5+11.2
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Charles Dickens
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Margaret Foster1,29952.4+6.0
Labour Peter Guthrie76130.7-5.4
Conservative Sandra Stockdale42016.9+3.2
Majority53821.7+11.4
Turnout 2,48027.2+4.1
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Copnor
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Malcolm Hey1,46849.4+1.9
Liberal Democrat Darren Phillips84528.5+8.3
Labour Barbara Sparrow65722.1-10.2
Majority62320.9-2.6
Turnout 2,97031.9+8.4
Conservative hold Swing
Cosham
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Terence Henderson1,48944.1+3.5
Labour Graham Heaney1,16434.5-1.8
Liberal Democrat Alan Webb72521.5-1.6
Majority3259.6+5.3
Turnout 3,37837.1+10.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Drayton and Farlington
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Andrew Storey2,12446.7-4.8
Liberal Democrat Patrick Whittle1,92942.4+10.1
Labour Sonia Relf50011.0-5.2
Majority1954.3-14.9
Turnout 4,55348.0+11.4
Conservative hold Swing
Eastney and Craneswater
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Anthony Martin1,61745.6-3.0
Conservative Luke Stubbs1,34037.8+0.9
Labour June Clarkson3309.3-5.2
Green David Lewis2607.3+7.3
Majority2777.8-3.9
Turnout 3,54740.0+11.4
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Fratton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Philip Shaddock1,41253.1+0.5
Conservative Peter Ross58121.8+0.3
Labour John Attrill39014.7-11.3
BNP Timothy Pragnell27810.4+10.4
Majority83131.3+4.7
Turnout 2,66129.3+9.1
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Hilsea
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Jeremy Baler1,55551.3+6.2
Labour John Ferrett79826.3-13.3
Liberal Democrat Peter Kinsley67722.3+7.0
Majority75725.0+19.5
Turnout 3,03033.1+4.6
Conservative hold Swing
Milton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Alexander Bentley1,68752.8+1.5
Conservative Nigel Sizer98630.9+3.6
Labour Kenneth Ferrett52116.3+4.0
Majority70121.9-2.1
Turnout 3,19436.8+5.1
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Nelson
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Patricia Bateman1,02439.9-6.6
Conservative Selina Corkerton87334.0+0.2
Liberal Democrat James Inkpen67026.1+6.4
Majority1515.9-6.8
Turnout 2,56727.8+7.3
Labour hold Swing
Paulsgrove
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Michael Blake94640.3+7.1
Labour Andrew Silvester93940.0-11.0
Liberal Democrat Michael Price46319.7+9.1
Majority70.3
Turnout 2,34826.3+6.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
St Jude
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Hugh Mason1,38349.9+4.6
Conservative George Semmens1,09839.6-2.7
Labour Alwin Oliver29110.5-1.9
Majority28510.3+7.3
Turnout 2,77235.5+9.6
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
St Thomas
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Paula Riches1,49946.3-4.6
Conservative Stephen Wemyss1,38042.6+7.2
Labour Stephen Reid35811.1-0.1
Majority1193.7-11.8
Turnout 3,23739.6+11.3
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing

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