2004 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election

2004 UK local government election

The 2004 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Great Yarmouth Borough Council in Norfolk, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 reducing the number of seats by 9. The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

Election result

Great Yarmouth Local Election Result 2004
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	26	0	66.7	51.1	24,289	+6.5%
Labour	13	-9	33.3	43.5	20,692	-4.9%
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	4.3	2,032	-0.4%
National Front	0	0	0	0.8	378	+0.8%
Legalise Cannabis	0	0	0	0.4	187	+0.4%

Ward results

Bradwell North (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Trevor Wainwright	923
	Conservative	James Tate	778
	Conservative	Graham Plant	755
	Conservative	Margaret Greenacre	718
	Labour	Richard Barker	667
	Labour	Sharon Thrasher	594
Turnout			4,435	37.0

Bradwell South and Hopton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Ames	978
	Conservative	Brian Howard	939
	Conservative	Colin Hodds	914
	Labour	Peter Alexander	603
	Labour	John Holmes	595
	Labour	Michael Pettit	555
Turnout			4,584	37.5

Caister North (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Barry Cunniffe	729
	Conservative	Anthony Smith	706
	Labour	Sandra Griffiths	444
	Labour	Nicholas Dack	378
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Dyer	257
Turnout			2,514	39.1

Caister South (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Susan Lawley	774
	Labour	Patrick Hacon	729
	Conservative	Desmond Sadler	596
	Labour	David Nurse	566
Turnout			2,665	45.3

Central and Northgate (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Taylor	773
	Labour	Terence Easter	746
	Labour	Michael Castle	736
	Conservative	Richard Delf	719
	Conservative	Gerard Jarvis	632
	Conservative	Peter Meah	588
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Harris	318
Turnout			4,512	36.2

Claydon (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Blyth	954
	Labour	Julie Fitzgerald	871
	Labour	Bernard Williamson	742
	Conservative	David Denning	731
Turnout			3,298	33.3

East Flegg (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Jermany	927
	Conservative	Shirley Weymouth	918
	Labour	Trevor Broadbent	422
	Labour	Derrick Sweeting	341
Turnout			2,608	41.8

Fleggburgh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Thompson	830	83.8
	Labour	Barry Anderson	161	16.2
Majority			669	67.6
Turnout			991	53.4

Gorleston (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bertie Collins	860
	Conservative	Jonathan Russell	841
	Liberal Democrats	Ivan Lees	351
	Labour	Della Anverali	311
	Labour	George Smith	291
Turnout			2,654	42.9

Lothingland (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mark Thompson	857
	Conservative	Barry Stone	834
	Labour	Christine Williamson	506
Turnout			2,197	42.0

Magdalen (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Colleen Walker	826
	Labour	Brian Walker	823
	Conservative	Patricia Page	814
	Labour	Frank Esherwood	745
Turnout			3,208	34.3

Nelson (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Jeal	589
	Labour	Susan Robinson	564
	Conservative	Joy Cosaitis	501
	Labour	Valerie Pettit	497
	National Front	Thomas Holmes	378
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Tall	360
	Legalise Cannabis	Michael Skipper	187
Turnout			3,076	31.1

Ormesby (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles Reynolds	921
	Conservative	James Shrimplin	871
	Labour	Thomas Byrne	384
Turnout			2,176	43.0

Southtown and Cobholm (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Penelope Linden	507
	Conservative	Elizabeth Giles	351
	Labour	Andrew Wassell	348
Turnout			1,206	28.7

St Andrews (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Patrick Cook	564
	Conservative	Bryan Watts	536
	Labour	Maria Culmer	528
	Labour	Karen Hewitt	514
Turnout			2,142	35.6

West Flegg (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Barry Coleman	921
	Conservative	John Hudson	791
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Mayhew	381
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Cole	365
	Labour	James Prior	288
Turnout			2,746	42.1

Yarmouth North (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Garrod	720
	Conservative	Robert Peck	675
	Labour	Brenda Taylor	618
	Labour	Ralph Woodock	553
Turnout			2,566	41.3

References

"Great Yarmouth council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
^ "Local elections 2004" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
^ "Great Yarmouth Borough Council elections - 10 June, 2004" (PDF). Great Yarmouth Borough Council. Retrieved 5 September 2011.

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