2004 Exeter City Council election

2004 UK local government election

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10 June 2004

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14 of the 40 seats to Exeter City Council
21 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

41.9%

	First party	Second party

Party	Labour	Liberal Democrats
Last election	20	10
Seats won	7	4
Seats after	19	12
Seat change	1	2
Popular vote	8,083	7,448
Percentage	29.4%	27.1%

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Conservative	Liberal
Last election	6	4
Seats won	2	1
Seats after	5	4
Seat change	1
Popular vote	8,048	1,634
Percentage	29.3%	6.0%

Map showing the results of the 2004 Exeter City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats, blue shows the Conservatives, yellow shows the Liberal Democrats and orange shows the Liberals. Wards in grey had no election.

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control

The 2004 Exeter City Council election took place on 10 June 2004, to elect members of Exeter City Council in Devon, England. The election was held concurrently with other local elections in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council remained under no overall control.

Results summary

2004 Exeter City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	7	1	50.0	12	19	47.5	8,083	29.8	-2.8
	Liberal Democrats	4	2	28.6	8	12	30.0	7,448	27.5	+2.9
	Conservative	2	1	14.3	3	5	12.5	8,048	29.7	+2.9
	Liberal	1		7.1	3	4	10.0	1,634	6.0	-3.8
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,473	5.4	+1.7
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	170	0.6	-0.2
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	124	0.5	-1.0
	Democratic Socialist Alliance	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	106	0.4	N/A

Ward results

Alphington

Alphington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Browning	1,627	59.2%
	Conservative	Margaret Jordan	530	19.3%
	Labour	Celia Morrish	376	13.7%
	Green	Andrew Bell	216	7.9%
Majority			1,097	39.9%
Turnout			2,749
	Liberal Democrats hold

Exwick

Exwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Hazel Slack	817	40.3%
	UKIP	Lawrence Harper	363	17.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Ruffle	362	17.9%
	Conservative	Daniel Bower	359	17.7%
	Independent	David Mashiter	124	6.1%
Majority			454	22.4%
Turnout			2,025
	Labour hold

Newtown

Newtown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Branston	777	50.2%
	Conservative	Graham Stone	312	20.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Tommy Leung	237	15.3%
	Green	Isaac Price-Sosner	178	11.5%
	Democratic Socialist Alliance	Peter Sloman	44	2.8%
Majority			465	30.0%
Turnout			1,548
	Labour hold

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Pettinger	865	43.3%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Coates	737	36.9%
	Labour	Lesley Robson	240	12.0%
	Green	Suzanne Dunstan	154	7.7%
Majority			128	6.4%
Turnout			1,996
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Pinhoe

Pinhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Valerie Dixon	952	43.6%
	Conservative	Ruth Smith	897	41.1%
	Liberal Democrats	David Barker-Hahlo	334	15.3%
Majority			55	2.5%
Turnout			2,183
	Labour hold

Polsloe

Polsloe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rachel Lyons	591	33.8%
	Conservative	Margaret Baldwin	554	31.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Williams	318	18.2%
	Green	Nicholas Discombe	284	16.3%
Majority			37	2.1%
Turnout			1,747
	Labour hold

Priory

Priory
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Marcel Choules	932	42.5%
	Conservative	Iris Newby	618	28.2%
	Liberal	Emma McCord	324	14.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Thickett	317	14.5%
Majority			314	14.3%
Turnout			2,191
	Labour hold

St Davids

St Davids
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Brock	754	60.7%
	Labour	Richard Harris	290	23.3%
	Conservative	Andrew Leadbetter	199	16.0%
Majority			464	37.3%
Turnout			1,243
	Liberal Democrats hold

St James

St James
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mary Griffiths	573	35.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Natalie Cole	457	28.1%
	Conservative	Simon Smith	370	22.7%
	Green	Adrian Thomas	229	14.1%
Majority			116	7.1%
Turnout			1,629
	Labour hold

St Leonards

St Leonards
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Norman Shiel	951	49.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Gooding	381	19.7%
	Labour	Eileen Digweed	375	19.4%
	Green	Louisa Radice	227	11.7%
Majority			570	29.5%
Turnout			1,934
	Conservative hold

St Loyes

St Loyes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joan Morrish	948	60.6%
	Conservative	Emily Dover	195	12.5%
	UKIP	David Challice	170	10.9%
	Labour	Dennis Lewis	137	8.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Tessa Barrett	66	4.2%
	Green	Stephen Jones	49	3.1%
Majority			753	48.1%
Turnout
	Liberal hold

St Thomas

St Thomas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Hannaford	915	43.4%
	Labour	Connel Boyle	774	36.7%
	Conservative	Daniel Thomas	221	10.5%
	Green	Paul Edwards	136	6.5%
	Democratic Socialist Alliance	Bruce Chapman	62	2.9%
Majority			141	6.7%
Turnout			2,108
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Topsham

Topsham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mary Evans	1,560	67.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Barrett	475	20.4%
	Labour	Dorothy Parker	288	12.4%
Majority			1,085	46.7%
Turnout			2,323
	Conservative hold

Whipton & Barton

Whipton & Barton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kevin Moore	961	43.5%
	Conservative	Keith Nelson-Tomsen	545	24.7%
	Liberal	Keith Danks	362	16.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Polly Osterley	340	15.4%
Majority			416	18.8%
Turnout			2,208
	Labour hold

By-elections

St. James

St. James: 5 May 2005
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,171	39.6	+11.5
	Labour	746	25.3	−9.9
	Conservative	648	21.9	−0.8
	Green	389	13.2	−0.9
Majority		425	14.3
Turnout		2,954
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour	Swing	10.7

References

Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2015). Exeter City Council Election Results 1973-2012 (PDF). University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. p. 10-11.
Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2004). Local Elections Handbook 2004 (PDF). University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. p. 5.
"Vote 2004". BBC News.

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v t e Council elections in Devon
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