2004 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Elections to Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003. [1] Overall turnout was 43.9%.

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Election result

Sefton Local Election Result 2004
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 27+540.934.331,365+2.3%
  Labour 20-330.328.426,003-2.0%
  Conservative 19+128.828.225,807+1.5%
 Southport Party0-307.26,568-1.9%
 Socialist0000.8706-0.5%
  UKIP 0000.6507+0.6%
  BNP 0000.5417+0.1%
  Communist 0000.1120+0.1%

Ward results

Ainsdale (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brenda Porter3,187
Conservative Peter Brough2,814
Conservative Michael Ridge2,403
Liberal Democrats Pauline Collier1,432
Liberal Democrats Bernard Blaney1,041
Liberal Democrats Clive Dally835
Southport PartyTerry Durrance810
Labour Frank Warner556
UKIP John Leech507
Turnout 13,58553.7
Birkdale (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Hands2,080
Liberal Democrats Simon Shaw1,995
Liberal Democrats Iain Browne1,966
Conservative Janet Rowell1,014
Conservative Richard Beechey1,009
Southport PartyBrian Birch917
Southport PartyJohn Law863
Conservative Michael Swift814
Labour Frank Robinson495
Turnout 11,15345.3
Blundellsands (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paula Parry2,230
Conservative Wendy Jones2,204
Conservative Robert Roberts2,087
Labour Harry Wallace1,160
Labour Eileen McCauley1,159
Labour Harry Pepp1,110
Liberal Democrats Andrew Tonkiss770
Liberal Democrats Stephen Squire732
Liberal Democrats William Brereton688
Turnout 12,14050.1
Cambridge (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Glover2,114
Conservative Thomas Mann2,036
Conservative Robert Price1,855
Liberal Democrats Susan McGuire1,579
Liberal Democrats Carol Brookfield1,502
Liberal Democrats Mark Roberts1,300
Southport PartyDavid Cobham1,116
Southport PartyJames Naylor1,021
Labour Ian Bryden396
Labour John Seale388
Turnout 13,30753.5
Church (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Pauline Kehoe1,785
Liberal Democrats Cynthia Johnson1,571
Liberal Democrats James Murray1,553
Labour Bob Waring1,383
Labour Carol Gustafson1,371
Labour Stan Morris1,345
Conservative Patrick Hignett347
Conservative Andrew Bird345
Conservative Margaret McCallum304
Turnout 10,00442.7
Derby (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Rice1,993
Labour Paul Larkin1,811
Labour James McGinnity1,736
Liberal Democrats Hilary Cross498
Liberal Democrats Dennis Cross458
Liberal Democrats Noel Cross438
Conservative Kenneth Parry345
Turnout 7,27933.4
Duke's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Pearson2,056
Conservative Leslie Byrom2,003
Conservative Ronald Watson1,974
Liberal Democrats William Hibbard1,003
Liberal Democrats Robert Hamilton978
Liberal Democrats Mary Shavaksha935
Southport PartyJohn Shawcroft886
Southport PartyDenise Smart835
Labour Catherine Cookson463
Labour Philip Walsh421
Labour Thomas Leek398
Turnout 11,95246.5
Ford (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Owen Brady2,168
Labour Kevin Cluskey2,065
Labour Ian Moncur1,891
Liberal Democrats Garry Fielding767
Liberal Democrats Margaret Davies524
Liberal Democrats Nicola Smith486
Conservative Jessamine Hounslea367
Turnout 8,26836.6
Harington (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Doran2,800
Conservative Sydney Whitby2,661
Conservative Eric Storey2,656
Liberal Democrats Druscilla Haydon1,199
Liberal Democrats Colin Trollope1,147
Labour Thomas Bailey1,033
Labour Maurice Newton989
Liberal Democrats Winifred Maher813
Labour Linda Cluskey773
Turnout 14,07152.9
Kew (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Maureen Fearn1,774
Liberal Democrats Terence Francis1,684
Liberal Democrats Frederick Weavers1,340
Southport PartyRussell Watson948
Southport PartyAnthony Holland918
Southport PartyJohn Lee859
Conservative Marilyn Hunton612
Conservative David Woodfine603
Conservative John Lyon-Taylor584
Labour Graham Brannan379
Labour Eunice Slatcher291
Turnout 9,99242.3
Linacre (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Doreen Kerrigan1,646
Labour John Fairclough1,532
Labour Gordon Friel1,312
Liberal Democrats Richard Williams561
Liberal Democrats Matthew Wright416
Liberal Democrats Francisca Daver400
Communist John Byrne120
Turnout 5,98728.1
Litherland (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Hardy1,609
Labour Paul Tweed1,602
Labour Darren Hardy1,601
Liberal Democrats Mary Roberts614
Liberal Democrats Paul Crossey565
Liberal Democrats Caroline Croft450
Conservative Douglas Ward433
Turnout 6,87432.1
Manor (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Douglas1,759
Conservative Martyn Barber1,728
Labour John Walker1,582
Labour Darren Veidman1,550
Conservative Peter Papworth1,540
Conservative Anthony West1,533
Liberal Democrats David Nolan1,038
Liberal Democrats Linda Gilroy876
Liberal Democrats Peter Hough814
Turnout 12,42046.3
Meols (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Dodd2,389
Liberal Democrats David Tattersall2,218
Liberal Democrats David Rimmer1,924
Conservative Jamie Halsall1,785
Conservative Colin Hughes1,419
Conservative Anthony White1,381
Southport PartyMargaret Brown1,013
Southport PartyJack Diamond819
Labour Mary Stoker310
Labour Muriel Langley284
Turnout 13,54251.3
Molyneux (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Howe2,100
Liberal Democrats Anthony Robertson1,996
Liberal Democrats John Colbert1,895
Labour Constance McCarthy980
Labour Susan Hanley978
Labour Christopher Holmes956
Conservative Alan Brown864
Conservative Thomas Lewis850
Conservative Philip Keane840
Turnout 11,45943.0
Netherton and Orrell (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Brennan1,853
Labour David Martin1,757
Labour Ian Maher1,743
SocialistPeter Glover706
SocialistMarie Savin537
Conservative Hilary Bowden497
SocialistMichael Brierley485
Turnout 7,57837.3
Norwood (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ronald Fearn2,410
Liberal Democrats Brian Rimmer2,017
Liberal Democrats David Sumner1,915
Southport PartyJames Ford878
Southport PartyGeorge Halsall866
Conservative Pamela Gore580
Conservative Jean Smart566
Conservative David Haslehurst518
BNP Michael McDermott417
Labour Michael Nolan390
Labour Stephen Jowett339
Turnout 10,89643.2
Park (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robbie Fenton2,670
Liberal Democrats James Byrne2,632
Liberal Democrats Andrew Blackburn2,551
Labour Sandra Williams1,024
Conservative Christine Barber827
Conservative Nigel Barber819
Turnout 10,52345.5
Ravenmeols (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Griffiths2,315
Conservative Anne Ibbs2,160
Conservative Vincent Platt2,120
Labour Margaret Leyland1,452
Labour Paul Flodman1,355
Labour Andrew Smith1,048
Liberal Democrats David Walker835
Liberal Democrats Ian Milne833
Liberal Democrats Anne Harrison614
Turnout 12,73248.6
St Oswald (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Mahon2,164
Labour Mark Dowd1,944
Labour Peter Dowd1,896
Liberal Democrats Johanna Blackburn582
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Jones543
Liberal Democrats Robert Jones515
Turnout 7,64434.4
Sudell (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Clifford Mainey2,749
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Mainey2,619
Liberal Democrats Roy Connell2,037
Labour Stephen Kermode1,292
Conservative Paul Barber919
Conservative Jeannette Greaves-Smith908
Conservative Bradley Hankin892
Turnout 11,41646.4
Victoria (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Hill2,530
Liberal Democrats Edward Firth2,334
Liberal Democrats Sara Murray2,205
Labour Giles Blundell1,498
Labour Christopher Larkin1,209
Labour James Reardon1,178
Conservative Joseph Owens787
Conservative Yvonne Bennett de Rothschild765
Conservative Theresa Rossiter730
Turnout 13,23648.2

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  1. ↑ "Sefton council". BBC News Online . Retrieved 17 December 2009.
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