2004 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election

None December 2024 November 2013 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2004 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue. The 2004 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 reducing the number of seats by six.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/vote2004/locals/html/3749.stm St Helens council 11 June 2004 BBC News 24 February 2015 The Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.Ballot box – Elections 12 June 2004 The Times NewsBank 26 Background Since the 2003 election boundary changes reduced the number of councillors from 54 to 48, while also reducing the number of wards from 18 to 16.Election quake rocks town hall Bianchi Stefania 17 June 2004 Cheshire, Greater Manchester, and Merseyside Counties Publications NewsBank Election result Labour lost their majority of the council, after losing 9 seats to take exactly half of the seats on the council, with 24 councillors.Losses in the heartlands and there may be more defeats Beattie Jason Oakeshott, Isabel 11 June 2004 London Evening Standard NewsBankLabour loses control of St Helens Kilmurray Andrew 11 June 2004 Cheshire, Greater Manchester, and Merseyside Counties Publications NewsBank The Labour leader of the council, Marie Rimmer held her seat in West Park after 3 recounts, while Labour councillors Terry Hanley, Jeff Molyneux and Marlene Quinn were among those to be defeated. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats gained 3 seats to have 18 councillors and the Conservatives won 6 seats.Move forward say Lib Dems Bianchi Stefania 17 June 2004 Cheshire, Greater Manchester, and Merseyside Counties Publications NewsBank Overall turnout at the election dropped to 40% from 48% in 2003, despite the election being held with all postal voting as in 2003.Elections 2004: The big question -was postal vote a success? Kelly Andy 11 June 2004 Liverpool Daily Post NewsBank Following the election Labour continued to run the council with all of the executive being Labour councillors,Labour takes control of the executive Cummins Liz 8 July 2004 Cheshire, Greater Manchester, and Merseyside Counties Publications NewsBank after an agreement between the Labour and Conservative group leaders.Betty keeps mayor's chain Kilmurray Andrew 24 June 2004 Cheshire, Greater Manchester, and Merseyside Counties Publications NewsBank This saw Conservative Betty Lowe becoming the new mayor, but only after agreeing not to use her vote at full council meetings. St Helens local election result 2004http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/loc04/Pages/sthelens/results.html Election Results St Helens Council Political Science Resources 24 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150224233605/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/loc04/Pages/sthelens/results.html 24 February 2015 dead Labour Party (UK) 24 -9 50.0 42.3 55,950 -6.2% Liberal Democrats (UK) 18 +3 37.5 40.0 52,918 +6.6% Conservative Party (UK) 6 0 12.5 15.6 20,614 -1.4% Independent (politician) 0 0 0 1.5 2,021 +0.6% UK Independence Party 0 0 0 0.3 429 +0.3% British National Party 0 0 0 0.2 328 +0.2% Ward results Billinge and Seneley Green (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) Bessie Griffin 1,503 Labour Party (UK) Alma Atherton 1,492 Labour Party (UK) Susan Murphy 1,229 Independent (politician) James Stevenson 917 Conservative Party (UK) David Davies 905 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Hodgson 893 Conservative Party (UK) James Spanner 878 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Bagot 651 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gail Mills 454 Liberal Democrats (UK) Katrina Young 409 9,331 41.7 Blackbrook (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) Andrew Bowden 1,352 Labour Party (UK) Linda Maloney 1,310 Labour Party (UK) Albert Smith 1,305 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ruth Smith 1,156 Liberal Democrats (UK) Joanne Hankinson 884 Liberal Democrats (UK) Vivienne Lavery 883 Conservative Party (UK) Joan Foster 416 7,256 35.9 Bold (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) Thomas Hargreaves 1,107 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Topping 1,052 Liberal Democrats (UK) Matthew Dunn 1,019 Liberal Democrats (UK) Thomas King 955 Labour Party (UK) John Wiseman 951 Labour Party (UK) Paul Pritchard 926 Conservative Party (UK) Jill Jones 244 6,254 34.1 Earlestown (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) Leon McGuire 1,214 Labour Party (UK) Keith Deakin 1,106 Labour Party (UK) Charles Banks 1,078 Liberal Democrats (UK) Virginia Taylor 795 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Smith 783 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Crowther 775 Conservative Party (UK) Catherine Perks 359 6,110 33.5 Eccleston (3 seats) Liberal Democrats (UK) Teresa Sims 3,317 Liberal Democrats (UK) Shirley Evans 3,030 Liberal Democrats (UK) Geoffrey Pearl 2,718 Conservative Party (UK) Kathleen Barton 867 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Marriott 687 Labour Party (UK) Ellen Glover 645 Labour Party (UK) Keith Cottom 617 Labour Party (UK) Patricia Ireland 517 12,398 49.6 Haydock (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) James Caunce 1,564 Labour Party (UK) William Swift 1,400 Liberal Democrats (UK) Eric Sheldon 1,219 Labour Party (UK) Janet Richardson 1,177 Liberal Democrats (UK) Thomas Duffy 1,148 Liberal Democrats (UK) Janet Sheldon 1,129 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Rigby 378 8,015 37.7 Moss Bank (3 seats) Liberal Democrats (UK) Carole Kavanagh 2,077 Liberal Democrats (UK) Eric Simpson 1,685 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Ferry 1,566 Labour Party (UK) Barbara Jakubiak 1,327 Labour Party (UK) Brian Hart 1,188 Labour Party (UK) Sandra Banawich 1,047 Conservative Party (UK) William Highcock 353 9,243 42.7 Newton (3 seats) Liberal Democrats (UK) Suzanne Knight 2,034 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Astbury 1,783 Liberal Democrats (UK) Neil Taylor 1,654 Labour Party (UK) Jeanette Banks 810 Labour Party (UK) Mark Rahaman 803 Labour Party (UK) Stuart Hughes 758 Conservative Party (UK) Brian Honey 355 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Harvey 298 8,495 40.6 Parr (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) John Pinder 1,604 Labour Party (UK) Keith Roberts 1,236 Labour Party (UK) Terence Shields 1,217 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Brown 684 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ethel Clarke 409 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Knowles 381 Conservative Party (UK) Madeleine Wilcock 215 5,746 30.2 Rainford (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Betty Lowe 2,131 Conservative Party (UK) John Brown 2,021 Conservative Party (UK) John Parr 1,900 Labour Party (UK) David Wood 955 Labour Party (UK) Keith Aspinall 898 Labour Party (UK) Mary Newby 886 Liberal Democrats (UK) Frederick Barrett 342 Liberal Democrats (UK) Malcolm Dunn 310 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gary Pulfer 277 9,720 51.0 Rainhill (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) Michael Doyle 2,372 Labour Party (UK) Joseph De Asha 2,153 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Glover 1,433 Independent (politician) Neil Thompson 908 Conservative Party (UK) Gaynor Parr 793 Conservative Party (UK) Henry Spriggs 763 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christina Duncan 735 Liberal Democrats (UK) Darren Makin 622 Liberal Democrats (UK) Majorie Beirne 524 10,303 42.1 Sutton (3 seats) Liberal Democrats (UK) Brian Spencer 1,917 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephanie Topping 1,821 Liberal Democrats (UK) Julie Jones 1,756 Labour Party (UK) Derek Maylor 983 Labour Party (UK) Philip Wiseman 941 Labour Party (UK) Michael Glover 935 Conservative Party (UK) Pauline Wilcock 234 Independent (politician) Alan Brooks 196 8,783 37.8 Thatto Heath (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) Sheila Seddon 1,406 Labour Party (UK) Patricia Robinson 1,351 Labour Party (UK) Richard McCauley 1,139 Liberal Democrats (UK) Carol Pearl 713 Liberal Democrats (UK) Noreen Knowles 502 UK Independence Party Ann Fleetwood 429 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sandra Ferry 380 Conservative Party (UK) Barbara Woodcock 326 6,246 34.2 Town Centre (3 seats) Liberal Democrats (UK) John Beirne 1,173 Labour Party (UK) John Fletcher 1,099 Labour Party (UK) Margaret McLachlan 1,027 Labour Party (UK) Jeffrey Molyneux 1,024 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mandy Stanley 992 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alec Mills 958 British National Party Michael Pearcey 328 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Seddon 195 6,796 32.8 West Park (3 seats) Liberal Democrats (UK) Lesley Ronan 1,395 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Evans 1,391 Labour Party (UK) Marie Rimmer 1,374 Labour Party (UK) Marlene Quinn 1,312 Labour Party (UK) Terence Hanley 1,278 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Broughton 1,265 Conservative Party (UK) Charmian Pyke 451 8,466 38.7 Windle (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Wallace Ashcroft 1,757 Conservative Party (UK) Nancy Ashcroft 1,682 Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Roughley 1,513 Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey Almond 1,160 Labour Party (UK) Jean West 871 Labour Party (UK) Mark Arnold 870 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kenneth Knowles 484 Liberal Democrats (UK) Darren Jackson 381 Liberal Democrats (UK) Marise Roberts 330 9,048 42.5 References 2004 Saint Helens Category:2000s in Merseyside