Coventry City Council election, 2004

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Map of the results of the 2004 Coventry council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in dark red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Socialist Alternative in light red. Coventry UK local election 2004 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2004 Coventry council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in dark red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Socialist Alternative in light red.

Elections to Coventry City Council were held in June 2004. Due to boundary changes, the entire council was up for election. The council remained with no overall control, but the Conservatives became the largest party.

Coventry City and Metropolitan borough in England

Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England.

Conservative Party (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. Presently led by Theresa May, it has been the governing party since 2010. It presently has 314 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 249 members of the House of Lords, and 18 members of the European Parliament. It also has 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 12 members of the Welsh Assembly, eight members of the London Assembly and 9,008 local councillors. One of the major parties of UK politics, it has formed the government on 45 occasions, more than any other party.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom which has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The party's platform emphasises greater state intervention, social justice and strengthening workers' rights.

Liberal Democrats (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Liberal Democrats are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom. They presently have 11 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 96 members of the House of Lords, and one member of the European Parliament. They also have five Members of the Scottish Parliament and a member each in the Welsh Assembly and London Assembly. The party reached the height of its influence in the early 2010s, forming a junior partner in a coalition government from 2010 to 2015. It is presently led by Vince Cable.

Socialist Party (England and Wales) Political party in England and Wales

The Socialist Party is a Trotskyist political party in England and Wales which adopted its current name in 1997 after being formerly known as Militant, an entryist group in the Labour Party from 1964 until it abandoned that tactic in 1991. The party stands under the electoral banner of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC).

Election result

Coventry Local Election Result 2008
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 27 4 1 +4 50.00
  Labour 22 2 4 -2 40.74
  Liberal Democrat 3 1 0 +1 5.56
  Socialist Alternative 2 0 1 -1 3.70
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0.00
  Independent 0 0 -2 -2 0.00

Ward results

Note that seat gains and losses are compared with the previous seat of the same name. All eighteen seats had redrawn boundaries.

Bablake ward [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Victor Gazey 3,035
Conservative Brian Kelsey 2,522
Conservative Andrew John Williams 2,359
Labour William Shakespeare 1,470
Labour Pamela June Darville 1,326
Labour Gordon Arthur Wright 1,184
Liberal Democrat Kevin John Weaver 974
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Binley and Willenhall ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour David Chater 1,722
Labour Ram Parkesh Lakha 1,647
Labour John Roderick Mutton 1,639
Conservative Joseph Andrew Featherstone 1,399
Conservative Graham Richard Williams 1,332
Conservative Mimi Francesca Hwangpo 1,159
Independent Craig Deniro 845
Liberal Democrat David Richard Farren 784
Socialist Alternative David Bryan Runnalls 423
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Cheylesmore ward [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Kevin John Foster 2,284
Conservative Hazel Margaret Noonan 2,395
Conservative Linda Ann Reece 2,230
Labour John Boynton 1,530
Labour Helen Elizabeth Sinclair 1,385
Labour Rois Ali 1,323
Liberal Democrat Terence Kenny 1,084
Independent Irene Elizabeth Rogers 673
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Earlsdon ward [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Catherine Harper 2,789
Conservative Andrew McDonald Matchet 2,598
Conservative Kenneth John Taylor 2,657
Labour Kathleen Mary Fletcher 1,782
Labour Peter Francis Davis 1,724
Labour Baljinder Singh 1,341
Liberal Democrat Vincent John McKee 1,193
Independent Paul Anthony Smith 703
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Foleshill ward [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Shabbir Ahmed 2,171
Conservative Mohammed Asif 2,155
Labour Malkiat Singh Auluck 1,923
Labour Satnam Singh Gill 1,899
Conservative Harjinder Singh Sehmi 1,876
Labour Marilyn Ann (Mal) Mutton 1,856
Liberal Democrat Geoffrey Brian Sewards 516
Socialist Alternative Lakshman James Hensman 332
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Henley ward [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Brian David Patton 1,643
Labour Lynnette Catherine Kelly 1,431
Labour Thomas Patrick Ruddy 1,380
Conservative Jean Margaret Tandy 1,323
Conservative Avril Rosemary Johnson 1,262
Conservative Mary Winifred Lee 1,222
Liberal Democrat Mandeep Singh Jandu 715
Socialist Alternative Paul David Hunt 527
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Holbrook ward [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Margaret Lancaster 1,727
Labour Joseph Clifford 1,652
Labour Evelyn Ann (Ann) Lucas 1,626
Conservative Scot Kereck Hatfield 992
Conservative Gareth David Peters 957
Conservative Amrit Pal Kaur Singh 881
Liberal Democrat Dennis Herbert Jeffrey 794
Liberal Democrat David Michael Field 793
Liberal Democrat Alice Rachel Turner 693
Socialist Alternative Michael Jeffrey Holton 284
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Longford ward [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour George Arthur Duggins 2,052
Labour Linda Joyce Bigham 2,041
Labour Jill Valerie (Val) Stone 1,881
Conservative Allan Robert Andrews 1,226
Conservative Harry Maeers 1,090
Conservative Ian Thomas Jamie 1,070
Liberal Democrat Derek Arthur Franklin 831
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from [[|N/A]] Swing
Lower Stoke ward [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Jack Harrison 1,975
Labour John Douglas McNicholas 1,852
Labour Philip David Townshend 1,603
Conservative Michael Antony Hammon 1,396
Conservative Margaret Veronica Rigby 1,334
Conservative Marcus Edgar Lapsa 1,163
Independent Christine Margaret Oddy 1,156
Liberal Democrat Richard Ian Kay 765
Socialist Alternative Jane Ashwell 561
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Radford ward [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Kate Hunter 1,516
Labour Anthony Charles Skipper 1,345
Labour Keiran Pascal Mulhall 1,309
Conservative Mary Craggs 858
Conservative Brenda Mary Kelsey 812
Conservative Bruce William Peace 776
Liberal Democrat Peter Simpson 764
Liberal Democrat Sofia Angelica Bridger 728
Liberal Democrat Warwick Michael Dumas 716
Independent John Joseph Ryan 357
Marxist Party David Anderson 222
Socialist Alternative Frances Ann Flint 220
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
St Michael's ward [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Socialist Alternative David John Nellist 1,586
Socialist Alternative Karen McKay 1,449
Labour Suleman Ismail (Solly) Bhyat 1,217
Socialist Alternative Robert Piers Windsor 1,201
Labour James Matthew O'Boyle 1,201
Labour Steven Peter Thomas 1,118
Conservative Duncan Thomas Flynn 469
Conservative Mary Taylor 436
Liberal Democrat Ian Thomas Holmes 409
Liberal Democrat Faye Langston 391
Conservative Jane Marie Westerman 361
Majority
Turnout
Socialist Alternative hold Swing
Socialist Alternative hold Swing
Labour gain from Socialist Alternative Swing
Sherbourne ward [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Gary Christopher Ridley 1,787
Conservative Heather Rutter 1,767
Conservative David Arrowsmith 1,727
Labour Jayne Elisabeth Innes 1,395
Labour Eric Lloyd Linton 1,392
Labour Patrick Joseph Walsh 1,316
Liberal Democrat William George Haymes 897
Socialist Alternative Jason Arnold Toynbee 446
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Upper Stoke ward [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Derek Stephen Benefield 2,119
Liberal Democrat Russell David Field 2,047
Liberal Democrat Jacqueline Bridget Basu 1,865
Labour Sucha Singh Bains 1,776
Labour Howard Peter Lacy 1,504
Labour David Stuart Welsh 1,480
Conservative Roger Bailey 526
Conservative Sharon Jane Featherstone 480
Conservative Hazel Ann Reece 457
Socialist Alternative Eleanor Griffiths 251
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Wainbody ward [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Anthony Blundell 2,811
Conservative Timothy Winspear Sawdon 2,753
Conservative Gary Edward Crookes 2,736
Labour Pamela Phillips 1,382
Liberal Democrat Edward Rhys Williams 1,356
Labour Jaswant Singh Sambi 1,240
Labour Mohammed Saeed 1,032
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Westwood ward [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour David Henry Batten 1,780
Conservative Nigel Charles Lee 1,699
Labour Sheila Lacy 1,664
Conservative David John Skinner 1,658
Conservative Hannah Jane (Jane) O'Neill 1,647
Labour Lindsley Harvard 1,459
Liberal Democrat Conrad George Stephen Benefield 792
Independent Henderson Easton (Harry) Brooks 585
Socialist Alternative James Richard Donnelly 424
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Labour hold Swing
Whoberley ward [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Joan Ann Griffin 1,951
Conservative Kenneth Henry Charley 1,906
Conservative Clifford Leonard Ridge 1,766
Labour Kevin Barry Maton 1,511
Labour Joan Ellen Stanton 1,437
Labour Michael John Rawson 1,436
Liberal Democrat Arthur Hugh Thomas 1,242
Socialist Alternative Mark Edward Power 563
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Woodlands ward [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Heather Jean Johnson 2,588
Conservative Christian Michael Cliffe 2,584
Conservative Anthony John O'Neill 2,487
Labour Sarah Elizabeth Gold 1,541
Labour Myra Stella 1,308
Labour Joseph Akpati Ijoma 1,264
Liberal Democrat Gilbert Napier Penlington 982
BNP Roderick Malcolm Rowley 894
Socialist Alternative Jonathan Donald Morley 348
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Wyken ward [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Susanna Ella Dixon 1,871
Conservative Michael Patrick Noonan 1,647
Conservative Yvette Maskell 1,617
Labour Colleen Margaret Fletcher 1,469
Liberal Democrat Adrian Edward Dyke 1,278
Labour John French 1,215
Labour Terence Rollings 1,169
Liberal Democrat Stephen Howarth 1,129
Liberal Democrat Brian Rees Lewis 1,018
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

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  12. ↑ "City of Coventry Elections – 10 June 2004 Sherbourne Ward" (PDF). political science resources. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  13. ↑ "City of Coventry Elections – 10 June 2004 Upper Stoke Ward" (PDF). political science resources. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  14. ↑ "City of Coventry Elections – 10 June 2004 Wainbody Ward" (PDF). political science resources. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
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  16. ↑ "City of Coventry Elections – 10 June 2004 Whoberley Ward" (PDF). political science resources. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
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  18. ↑ "City of Coventry Elections – 10 June 2004 Wyken Ward" (PDF). political science resources. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
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