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2004 Oxford City Council election
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2004 UK local government election
December 2023
November 2013
thumb|Results of the 2004 Oxford City Council election
Elections to Oxford City Council were held on 10 June 2004. The council is elected by halves, so one seat in each ward was up for election (except in St Clements, where both seats were contested). Labour lost majority control of the council but remained in minority administration. Overall turnout was 37.6%, with the lowest turnout (26.5%) in Carfax ward and the highest (49.5%) in Wolvercote.
Election result
Oxford local election result 2004
Liberal Democrats (UK)
10
4
1
+3
40.0
30.2
12,053
+4.1%
Labour Party (UK)
7
0
9
-9
28.0
27.4
10,970
-11.0%
Green Party of England and Wales
5
4
0
+4
20.0
20.4
8,161
+1.7%
Independent Working Class Association
3
2
0
+2
12.0
3.6
1,435
+2.2%
Conservative Party (UK)
0
0
0
0
0
17.6
7,019
+3.0%
Independent (politician)
0
0
0
0
0
0.83
333
+0.61%
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Note: three Independents stood in 2004, compared with one in 2002.
The total number of seats on the Council after the election was:
Labour - 20
Liberal Democrats - 18
Green - 7
Independent Working Class Association - 3
Sources: BBC Oxford City Council
Results by ward
right|thumb|Map of the Oxford Wards
All results from Oxford City Council.
Barton and Sandhills
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Malcolm Murray
497
36.6%
Labour Party (UK)
Peter Brennan
414
30.5%
Conservative Party (UK)
Prudence Dailey
285
21.0%
Green Party of England and Wales
Raymond Hitchins
149
10.9%
1,357
31.1
Blackbird Leys
Independent Working Class Association
Lee Cole
494
Labour Party (UK)
Patrick Stannard
415
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Ian Bearder
92
Conservative Party (UK)
Patricia Jones
91
Green Party of England and Wales
Donald O'Neal
36
1,128
28.2
Carfax
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Paul Sargent
479
Conservative Party (UK)
Edward Watkins
236
Green Party of England and Wales
Pallas Reiss
185
Labour Party (UK)
Peter Morton
185
1,091
26.5
Churchill
Independent Working Class Association
Claire Kent
386
Labour Party (UK)
Peter Johnson
376
Conservative Party (UK)
John Young
256
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Sybil Dibdin
202
Green Party of England and Wales
Matthew Ledbury
94
1,318
28.9
Cowley
Labour Party (UK)
Beryl Keen
616
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Shakil Khan
369
Green Party of England and Wales
Martin Juckes
323
Conservative Party (UK)
Georgina Shomroni
262
1,577
37.8
Cowley Marsh
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Sajjad-Hussain Malik
584
Labour Party (UK)
Mumtaz Fareed
377
Conservative Party (UK)
Judith Harley
222
Green Party of England and Wales
David Bibby
179
Independent (politician)
Khurshid Ahmed
74
1,445
36.7
Headington
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Stephen Tall
1,061
Conservative Party (UK)
Tarrant Anderson
343
Labour Party (UK)
Georgina Toynbee
193
Green Party of England and Wales
Judith Chipchase
150
1,753
44.2
Headington Hill and Northway
Labour Party (UK)
Tony Gray
451
Conservative Party (UK)
Michael Davis
434
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Mohammed Altaf-Khan
287
Green Party of England and Wales
Katherine Wedell
160
1,337
33.8
Hinksey Park
Labour Party (UK)
Richard Muir
869
Green Party of England and Wales
Lilian Sherwood
534
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Christopher Bones
282
Conservative Party (UK)
Simon Mort
258
1,956
44.3
Holywell
Green Party of England and Wales
Matthew Sellwood
443
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Michael Gotch
385
Conservative Party (UK)
Gregory Stafford
225
Labour Party (UK)
Timothy Waters
192
1,264
32.1
Iffley Fields
Green Party of England and Wales
Elise Benjamin
800
Labour Party (UK)
Richard Tarver
721
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Bernard Gowers
195
Conservative Party (UK)
James Hayward-Bloomfield
160
1,946
45.9
Jericho and Osney
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Michael Collins
846
Labour Party (UK)
Colin Cook
721
Green Party of England and Wales
Lilia Patterson
332
Conservative Party (UK)
William Wilson
266
2,175
46.1
Littlemore
Labour Party (UK)
John Tanner
539
Conservative Party (UK)
Stuart Hand
359
Green Party of England and Wales
Mark Stevenson
227
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Nadeem Khan
198
1,334
30.0
Lye Valley
Labour Party (UK)
Daniel Paskins
597
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Nathan Pyle
506
Conservative Party (UK)
Marilyn Cox
271
Green Party of England and Wales
Tim Pizey
141
1,524
32.9
Marston
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Caroline van Zyl
749
Labour Party (UK)
Roy Darke
693
Conservative Party (UK)
Duncan Hatfield
426
Green Party of England and Wales
Jeremy Poster
157
2,030
46.3
North
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Clark Brundin
706
Green Party of England and Wales
Sushila Dhall
500
Conservative Party (UK)
Elizabeth Pryor
214
Labour Party (UK)
William Turner
175
Independent (politician)
John Rose*
62
1,669
39.0
*John Rose stood on the platform "Local Government Reform"
Northfield Brook
Independent Working Class Association
Stuart Craft
555
Labour Party (UK)
Rae Humberstone
439
Conservative Party (UK)
Mohammed Abdul-Haq
90
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Pamela Bones
89
Green Party of England and Wales
Susan Tibbles
61
1,242
30.3
Quarry and Risinghurst
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Tia MacGregor
953
Labour Party (UK)
Oscar van Nooijen
572
Conservative Party (UK)
Elizabeth Mills
356
Green Party of England and Wales
Matthew Ormondroyd
155
2,053
46.0
Rose Hill and Iffley
Labour Party (UK)
Edward Turner
676
Liberal Democrats (UK)
David Penwarden
505
Conservative Party (UK)
Allen Mills
256
Green Party of England and Wales
Simon Brook
185
1,682
39.2
St Clement's
Note: the top two candidates were elected
Green Party of England and Wales
Claire Palmer
741
Green Party of England and Wales
Mary-Jane Sareva
597
Labour Party (UK)
Jane Darke
357
Labour Party (UK)
Mohammed Nawaz
356
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Ali Hydar
236
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Andrew MacGregor
233
Conservative Party (UK)
Peter Leeming
201
Independent (politician)
David Leake
197
Conservative Party (UK)
Gareth Jennings
197
1,564
33.9
Because both seats were up for election each voter had two votes (i.e. plurality-at-large). Turnout has been estimated by halving the number of votes cast.
St Margaret's
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Gwynneth Royce
635
Green Party of England and Wales
Christopher Goodall
449
Conservative Party (UK)
Robert Porter
358
Labour Party (UK)
James Cloyne
108
1,559
38.7
St Mary's
Green Party of England and Wales
Sidney Phelps
616
Labour Party (UK)
Mohammed Abbasi
496
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Julia Goddard
198
Conservative Party (UK)
Margaret Young
127
1,447
33.4
Summertown
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Anthony Hollander
938
Green Party of England and Wales
Thomas Lines
462
Conservative Party (UK)
Raoul Cerratti
457
Labour Party (UK)
Oliver Kempton
216
2,082
44.6
Wolvercote
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Susan Roaf
828
Conservative Party (UK)
Graham Jones
669
Green Party of England and Wales
Sheila Cameron
485
Labour Party (UK)
Michael Taylor
162
2,156
49.5
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