2004 Halton Borough Council election
The 2004 Halton Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of
Campaign
All 56 seats were being contested after boundary changes had taken place, with 119 candidates competing for election.
Before the election Labour dominated the council with 47 of the 56 seats.
A major issue in the election was the attempt by the council to secure funding for
Results
The results saw both the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives make significant gains against Labour, but with Labour keeping a safe majority on the council.
Labour's leader of the council, Tony McDermott, blamed national policies and mid term votes against the government for the losses, but was pleased at preserving a good majority which he said demonstrated "a welcome level of support".[6]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 35 | -12 | 62.5 | 55.3 | 42,002 | -3.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 14 | +7 | 25.0 | 19.3 | 14,632 | -1.1 | |||
Conservative | 7 | +5 | 12.5 | 19.4 | 14,740 | +1.9 | |||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 1,906 | +2.5 | |||
Citizens Party of Halton | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1,513 | +2.0 | |||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 529 | +0.7 | |||
Independent
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0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 440 | -1.0 | |||
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0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 158 | +0.2 |
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Jones | 1,101 | |||
Labour | Gerald Philbin | 985 | |||
Labour | Francis Nyland | 897 | |||
Conservative | John Littler | 365 | |||
Conservative | Desmond McDermott | 323 | |||
BNP | Andrew Taylor | 297 | |||
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Emma O'Neill | 158 | |||
Turnout | 4,127 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Linda Redhead | 942 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ulfar Norddahl | 865 | |||
Labour | Martha Lloyd Jones | 333 | |||
Labour | Maurice Craig | 243 | |||
Conservative | Phillip Speed | 194 | |||
Conservative | Patricia Parkinson | 182 | |||
Turnout | 2,759 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Lewis | 868 | |||
Conservative | David Findon | 851 | |||
Conservative | Geoffrey Swift | 751 | |||
Labour | Austin Clarke | 612 | |||
Labour | Valerie Hill | 569 | |||
Labour | John Fahey | 542 | |||
Turnout | 4,193 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony McDermott | 1,176 | |||
Labour | Robert Gilligan | 889 | |||
Labour | Keith Morley | 761 | |||
Conservative | Philip Harper | 466 | |||
Turnout | 3,292 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patrick Tyrrell | 1,045 | |||
Labour | Arthur Cole | 833 | |||
Labour | Liam Temple | 816 | |||
Independent
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Jimmy Tang | 440 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Sly | 369 | |||
Conservative | Wendy Perraten | 300 | |||
BNP | Anthony Watts | 232 | |||
Turnout | 4,035 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | C Inch | 545 | |||
Conservative | J Bradshaw | 517 | |||
Liberal Democrats | K Newall | 506 | |||
Conservative | B Price | 467 | |||
Labour | J Johnston | 322 | |||
Labour | A Stockton | 305 | |||
Turnout | 2,662 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Marie Wright | 1,185 | |||
Labour | Shaun Osborne | 1,051 | |||
Labour | Peter Lloyd Jones | 884 | |||
Conservative | Colin Rowan | 681 | |||
Turnout | 3,801 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Carl Cross | 1,049 | |||
Conservative | Ian Whittaker | 905 | |||
Conservative | Philip Drakeley | 884 | |||
Labour | Andrew MacManus | 702 | |||
Labour | Damian Curzon | 671 | |||
Labour | Margaret Fahey | 630 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Hare | 602 | |||
Turnout | 5,443 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Swain | 873 | |||
Labour | Stephen Pearsall | 822 | |||
Labour | Mark Dennett | 796 | |||
Liberal Democrats | James Maguire | 622 | |||
Conservative | Mary Taylor | 406 | |||
Turnout | 3,519 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Wharton | 605 | 73.7 | ||
Conservative | Suzannah Swift | 216 | 26.3 | ||
Majority | 389 | 47.4 | |||
Turnout | 821 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stefan Nelson | 944 | |||
Labour | John Massey | 850 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kathleen Hodgkinson | 690 | |||
Labour | Stanley Hill | 650 | |||
Conservative | Roger Tuson | 366 | |||
Turnout | 3,500 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Thompson | 800 | |||
Labour | Kathleen Loftus | 752 | |||
Labour | Alan Lowe | 713 | |||
Citizens Party of Halton | Michael Gelling | 368 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Janet Clein | 351 | |||
Citizens Party of Halton | Damian Matthews | 329 | |||
Conservative | Elizabeth Ford | 258 | |||
Turnout | 3,571 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Polhill | 1,149 | |||
Labour | Stanley Parker | 961 | |||
Labour | Thomas McInerney | 903 | |||
Green | Derek Mellor | 566 | |||
Green | Ann Martland | 562 | |||
Green | Glenys Taylor | 509 | |||
Conservative | Denis Thomas | 475 | |||
Turnout | 5,125 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Michael Hodgkinson | 1,134 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Ratcliffe | 1,124 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Rowe | 1,117 | |||
Conservative | Marjorie Bradshaw | 605 | |||
Labour | Joan Lowe | 371 | |||
Conservative | Peter Murray | 340 | |||
Conservative | Philip Balmer | 332 | |||
Labour | Carol Redican | 326 | |||
Labour | Karen Linforth | 253 | |||
Turnout | 5,602 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Nolan | 1,069 | |||
Labour | Kevan Wainwright | 950 | |||
Labour | Philip Harris | 948 | |||
Conservative | Maureen Forsyth | 514 | |||
Conservative | Brian Hensley | 456 | |||
Turnout | 3,937 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Horabin | 996 | |||
Labour | Ann Gerrard | 934 | |||
Labour | Francis Fraser | 861 | |||
Conservative | Frank Lloyd | 470 | |||
Conservative | Terence McDermott | 429 | |||
Turnout | 3,690 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sue Blackmore | 950 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ernest Ratcliffe | 847 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Trevor Higginson | 814 | |||
Labour | Reginald Eastup | 604 | |||
Labour | Glyn Redican | 581 | |||
Labour | Dennis Middlemas | 526 | |||
Conservative | Colin Keam | 309 | |||
Turnout | 4,631 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Timothy Sly | 989 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Diane Inch | 980 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Gary Fowler | 928 | |||
Labour | Ellen Cargill | 759 | |||
Labour | Mary Massey | 685 | |||
Labour | John Stockton | 646 | |||
Green | Michael Davies | 269 | |||
Conservative | David Wright | 263 | |||
Turnout | 5,519 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ronald Hignett | 873 | |||
Labour | David Cargill | 856 | |||
Labour | Irene Ashley | 810 | |||
Citizens Party of Halton | Ian Evans | 411 | |||
Citizens Party of Halton | Joseph Glover | 405 | |||
Conservative | William Dowdle | 229 | |||
Turnout | 3,584 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Leadbetter | 705 | |||
Labour | Edwin Gleave | 623 | |||
Conservative | Margaret Hill | 211 | |||
Turnout | 1,539 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Kelly Marlow | 257 | 45.0 | ||
Labour | Peter Harding | 256 | 44.8 | ||
Conservative | Sylvia Dowdle | 58 | 10.2 | ||
Majority | 1 | 0.2 | |||
Turnout | 571 |
References
- ^ "Halton council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
- ^ a b "Ballot box". The Times. 12 June 2004. p. 26.
- ^ a b c d "Ballot boxes banished in favour of postal voting". This Is Cheshire. 19 May 2004. Retrieved 27 February 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Elections 2004: Halton". Liverpool Daily Post. 13 May 2004. p. 15.
- ^ a b Weston, Alan (27 May 2004). "Halton places a strong emphasis on regeneration ; Second river crossing a key issue". Liverpool Daily Post. p. 15.
- ^ a b c d "Vote 2004: Halton". Liverpool Echo. 11 June 2004. p. 11.
- ^ "Early morning election drama". This Is Cheshire. 16 June 2004. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
- ^ "Elections 2004: The verdict ; These ex-Labour councillors are among 460 who lost their seats in Thursday's elections. Why do they think it happened?". The Independent. 12 June 2004. p. 1.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "June Election 2004 Results". Halton Borough Council. Retrieved 27 February 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Declaration of result of poll". This Is Cheshire. 16 June 2004. Retrieved 27 February 2010.