2004 Tamworth Borough Council election

2004 UK local government election

Elections to Tamworth Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from the Labour Party. Overall turnout was 31.4%

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Tamworth Local Election Result 2004
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	8	5	0	+5	80.0	43.0	7,581	+0.2%
Labour	2	0	5	-5	20.0	37.3	6,571	-4.7%
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	11.3	1,998	+2.0%
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	8.4	1,487	+2.5%

Ward results

Amington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Evelyn Rowe	881	47.4	+2.7
	Labour	Gordon Owen	623	33.5	−7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Walton	355	19.1	+4.3
Majority			258	13.9	+9.7
Turnout			1,859	30.7	+6.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Pritchard	575	36.8	+0.9
	Labour	Brian Granger	544	34.8	−10.1
	Independent	Robert Taylor	443	28.4	+9.2
Majority			31	2.0
Turnout			1,562	28.5	+9.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Bolehall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Faulkner	925	56.5	+0.5
	Conservative	Geoffrey Parsons	711	43.5	−0.5
Majority			214	13.0	+1.0
Turnout			1,636	31.1	+7.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Lees	801	43.4	+5.1
	Labour	Pamela Faulkner	661	35.8	−9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Pinkett	382	20.7	+4.6
Majority			140	7.6
Turnout			1,844	33.2	+7.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Glascote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Powick	593	38.8	+6.1
	Independent	Mark Green	568	37.1	−13.8
	Conservative	Diana Wells	369	24.1	+7.7
Majority			25	1.7
Turnout			1,530	26.6	+6.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Mercian
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Munn	832	42.1	+2.5
	Labour	John Garforth	707	35.8	−5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Blake	435	22.0	+2.8
Majority			125	6.3
Turnout			1,974	37.2	+8.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Spital
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Cook	1,063	51.2	−1.5
	Labour	Karen Hirons	621	29.9	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Blake	394	19.0	+4.3
Majority			412	21.3	+1.3
Turnout			2,078	39.6	+7.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stonydelph
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Cook	517	35.8	−16.3
	Independent	Jacqueline Butcher	476	33.0	+33.0
	Labour	David Foster	451	31.2	−16.7
Majority			41	2.8	−11.7
Turnout			1,444	24.8	+10.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Trinity
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Pinner	937	48.7	−0.3
	Labour	Michelle Abbots	557	28.9	−7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Jones	432	22.4	+7.6
Majority			380	19.8	+7.0
Turnout			1,926	33.1	+6.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wilnecote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Oates	895	50.2	−1.0
	Labour	Joan Jenkins	889	49.8	+1.0
Majority			6	0.4	−2.0
Turnout			1,784	30.3	+10.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

v t e Council elections in Staffordshire
Staffordshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025
Cannock Chase District Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
East Staffordshire Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Lichfield District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2022
South Staffordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Stafford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Stoke-on-Trent City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2015 2019 2023
Tamworth Borough Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
See also: Wards Boundary changes

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