2004 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election

2004 UK local government election

The 2004 Southend-on-Sea Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Unitary Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives make one gain in the election to hold control of the council with 33 seats. The Conservative gain came in St Lukes ward where they defeated the Labour councillor, Reg Copley, who had been first elected to the council in 1963. They also came within 4 votes of gaining Kursaal, but the only other change was an independent gain from the Liberal Democrats in Westborough.

Southend-on-Sea Local Election Result 2004
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	12	1	0	+1	70.6	49.5	21,136	+1.7%
Liberal Democrats	2	0	1	-1	11.8	26.1	11,136	-1.9%
Labour	2	0	1	-1	11.8	16.6	7,084	-2.0%
Independent	1	1	0	+1	5.9	2.4	1,005	+0.1%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.8	1,205	+0.4%
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	1.6	695	+1.6%
English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	436	+1.0%

Ward results

Belfairs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Aylen	1,641	54.4	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Grimwade	1,028	34.1	−4.9
	Labour	Cheryl Nevin	347	11.5	+1.1
Majority			613	20.3	+8.8
Turnout			3,016	41.9	+11.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blenheim Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Longley	1,233	46.3	+2.3
	Conservative	Duncan Newham	1,078	40.5	−0.8
	Labour	Charles Willis	354	13.3	−1.4
Majority			155	5.8	+3.2
Turnout			2,665	35.9	+8.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chalkwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Robertson	1,434	56.4	−5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sara Coyle	571	22.5	−0.9
	Labour	Lydia Sookias	325	12.8	−1.5
	English Democrat	Jeremy Moss	211	8.3	+8.3
Majority			863	34.0	−4.8
Turnout			2,541	35.4	+9.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eastwood Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Walker	1,563	55.2	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Norah Goodman	1,028	36.3	−3.7
	Labour	Raoul Meade	240	8.5	−0.2
Majority			535	18.9	+7.6
Turnout			2,831	38.1	+10.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kursaal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denis Game	627	34.5	−17.0
	Conservative	Tony Cox	623	34.2	+3.6
	English Democrat	Adrian Key	225	12.4	+12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Howes	203	11.2	−6.7
	Green	Paul Circus	142	7.8	+7.8
Majority			4	0.2	−20.7
Turnout			1,820	26.8	+8.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Leigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Crystall	1,414	54.4	−6.8
	Conservative	Simon Gutteridge	936	36.0	+9.7
	Labour	Tony Borton	247	9.5	+3.4
Majority			478	18.4	−16.6
Turnout			2,597	37.7	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Milton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Davy	1,068	51.2	−0.9
	Labour	Ian Gilbert	576	27.6	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Boulton	441	21.2	+7.9
Majority			492	23.6	−1.7
Turnout			2,085	30.9	+8.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prittlewell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Price	1,303	45.8	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Michael O'Connor	926	32.5	−1.7
	Labour	Margaret Borton	338	11.9	−0.2
	Green	Andrea Black	279	9.8	+3.4
Majority			377	13.2	+0.1
Turnout			2,846	38.2	+11.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Laurence
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Flewitt	1,013	35.6	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Dolby	861	30.2	−17.6
	UKIP	Peter O'Kane	695	24.4	+24.4
	Labour	Paul White	280	9.8	−4.3
Majority			152	5.3
Turnout			2,849	38.7	+12.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Lukes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melvyn Day	858	38.1	−0.1
	Labour	Reginald Copley	677	30.1	−12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Ayling	404	18.0	+6.7
	Green	Steve Flynn	311	13.8	+6.2
Majority			181	8.0
Turnout			2,250	29.8	+11.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Shoeburyness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Ascroft	1,274	60.2	+3.5
	Labour	Anne Chalk	561	26.5	−6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Spraggs	283	13.4	+3.1
Majority			713	33.7	+10.0
Turnout			2,118	29.2	+9.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southchurch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Garston	1,672	64.8	−7.0
	Labour	Clive Rebbeck	369	14.3	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Smith	281	10.9	−2.2
	Green	Adrian Hedges	260	10.1	+10.1
Majority			1,303	50.5	−6.3
Turnout			2,582	36.8	+12.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sally Carr	2,073	73.5	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Ray	430	15.2	+3.1
	Labour	Joyce Mapp	318	11.3	−1.5
Majority			1,643	58.2	−4.1
Turnout			2,821	40.2	+12.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Victoria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Dandridge	794	42.6	−3.2
	Conservative	Paul Jones	643	34.5	+13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Collins	425	22.8	+13.1
Majority			151	8.1	−16.5
Turnout			1,862	27.5	+5.6
	Labour hold		Swing

West Leigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Lamb	1,935	59.6	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Albert Wren	896	27.6	−5.6
	Green	Doris Thomas	213	6.6	+2.0
	Labour	Deborah Robinson	200	6.2	+1.4
Majority			1,039	32.0	+7.9
Turnout			3,244	48.1	+11.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Shoebury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony North	1,661	67.9	−1.1
	Labour	Lee Craven	486	19.9	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Spraggs	301	12.3	+1.3
Majority			1,175	48.0	−1.0
Turnout			2,448	34.3	+11.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Marimuthu Velmurugan	1,005	46.8	+9.9
	Liberal Democrats	George Lewin	438	20.4	+0.1
	Conservative	Ahmad Khwaja	361	16.8	+3.8
	Labour	Julian Ware-Lane	345	16.1	−6.6
Majority			567	26.4	+12.2
Turnout			2,149	32.2	+7.1
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

References

"Southend-On-Sea council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
"Elections 2004: Election results". The Independent. 11 June 2004. p. 4.
^ "Conservatives take Brentwood". BBC News Online. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
"Southend: Election round-up". Echo. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
^ "Southend-on-Sea Borough Council: Borough Council Election" (PDF). Southend-on-Sea Borough Council. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
"How the southeast voted in the district council polls". Evening Standard. 11 June 2004. p. 8.

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