2004 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election

2004 UK local government election February 2025 November 2013 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2004 Walsall council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independent in grey. The 2004 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/vote2004/locals/html/3781.stm Walsall council 12 June 2004 BBC News 18 September 2011 The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/rp2004/rp04-049.pdf Local elections 2004 House of Commons Library 18 September 2011 Background Before the election the council was run by a coalition between the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties, with Labour holding 27 seats, the Conservatives 24, Liberal Democrats 7 and UK Independence Party 2.http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/post/tm_objectid=14241577&method=full&siteid=50002&headline=row-on-bnp-vote-push-name_page.html Row on BNP vote push Johnson Steve 14 May 2004 Birmingham Mail 19 September 2011 60 seats were contested with the candidates including 7 from the British National Party. Election result The results saw the Conservatives win a majority on the council with 35 of the 60 seats.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/3798291.stm City waiting for election result 12 June 2004 BBC News 19 September 2011 Labour were reduced to 16 seats, with the chairs of the West Midlands Police Authority and West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive, Mohammed Nazir and Richard Worrell, among those to lose at the election. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats won 6 seats and there was 1 independent, while the 2 UK Independence Party councillors both lost their seats. After results were declared, a box with 200 ballot papers in it was discovered underneath a table.http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/12/1086749928575.html British Labour punished in local elections 12 June 2004 The Sydney Morning Herald 19 September 2011 These were then counted, but the returning officer did not include them in the declarations, as they said it would not have affected the results. Walsall local election result 2004http://www2.walsall.gov.uk/councildemocracy/elections/results/default.asp Election Results 2004 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council 18 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120402140142/http://www2.walsall.gov.uk/councildemocracy/elections/results/default.asp 2 April 2012 dead Conservative Party (UK) 35 +11 58.3 41.2 71,791 -0.8% Labour Party (UK) 18 -9 30.0 30.8 53,684 -4.4% Liberal Democrats (UK) 6 -1 10.0 13.3 23,212 +2.4% Independent (politician) 1 +1 1.7 4.5 7,912 -0.4% UK Independence Party 0 -2 0 5.5 9,662 +3.1% British National Party 0 0 0 2.8 4,878 +2.8% Democratic Socialist Alliance – People Before Profit 0 0 0 1.8 3,130 -2.8% Ward results Aldridge Central and South (3) Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Ansell 2,238 Conservative Party (UK) John Rochelle 2,207 Conservative Party (UK) John O'Hare 2,054 UK Independence Party Anthony Lenton 1,087 British National Party Julie Locke 751 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sandra Johnson 718 Labour Party (UK) Ian Geary 714 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Daniel 691 Liberal Democrats (UK) Royston Sheward 680 Liberal Democrats (UK) Natalie Greveson 584 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Wellings 536 12,260 43.8 Aldridge North and Walsall Wood (3) Conservative Party (UK) Keith Sears 1,489 Conservative Party (UK) Roger Collins 1,488 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Harris 1,300 UK Independence Party Graham Eardley 1,037 Labour Party (UK) Angus McGhee 656 Labour Party (UK) Gary Hills 655 Labour Party (UK) Veronica Walker 589 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Greveson 448 Liberal Democrats (UK) Shirley Balgobin 404 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stanley Evans 376 8,442 35.4 Bentley and Darlaston North (3) Labour Party (UK) Stanley Madeley 1,322 Labour Party (UK) Keith Chambers 1,063 Labour Party (UK) Ayshea Johnson 937 Conservative Party (UK) Mohammed Chaudray 795 Conservative Party (UK) Doris Silvester 659 British National Party Kevin Smith 632 UK Independence Party Steven Johnson 630 Conservative Party (UK) Daniel Lloyd 599 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher Pearce 377 Democratic Socialist Alliance – People Before Profit Terence Durrant 197 7,211 32.0 Birchills-Leamore (3) Labour Party (UK) Joan Barton 1,023 Labour Party (UK) Timothy Oliver 902 Labour Party (UK) Carol Rose 894 Conservative Party (UK) Mazhar Iqbal 699 Conservative Party (UK) Hilda Derry 691 Conservative Party (UK) Nagman Aftab 650 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anne Willoughby 437 Democratic Socialist Alliance – People Before Profit Alan Davies 369 5,665 26.0 Blakenall (3) Labour Party (UK) Ian Robertson 910 Labour Party (UK) Robert Robinson 867 Labour Party (UK) Patricia Young 847 Democratic Socialist Alliance – People Before Profit Peter Smith 736 Independent (politician) Ray Cooper 471 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Roberts 408 Conservative Party (UK) Pervaiz Khan 295 Conservative Party (UK) Mehnawaz Khan 251 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Russell 242 Independent (politician) Peter Aston 227 Independent (politician) Julie Corser 211 5,465 26.7 Bloxwich East (3) Conservative Party (UK) William Tweddle 1,159 Conservative Party (UK) Lesley Beeley 1,033 Labour Party (UK) Kathleen Phillips 1,001 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Venables 933 Labour Party (UK) Jonathan Phillips 862 Labour Party (UK) Shaun Fitzpatrick 837 British National Party Steven Price 514 Independent (politician) Andrew Ball 474 Independent (politician) Janet Pitt 292 Independent (politician) Karen Carter 262 Democratic Socialist Alliance – People Before Profit Stephanie Peart 155 7,522 33.5 Bloxwich West (3) Conservative Party (UK) Melvin Pitt 1,172 Conservative Party (UK) Desmond Pitt 1,143 Conservative Party (UK) Louise Harrison 1,127 Labour Party (UK) Frederick Westley 1,079 Labour Party (UK) Kenneth Worley 1,062 Labour Party (UK) Diane Coughlan 913 British National Party Neil Davies 653 Liberal Democrats (UK) James Rudge 275 Democratic Socialist Alliance – People Before Profit David Church 255 Independent (politician) Amanda Pitt 247 Independent (politician) Kerrie Pitt 237 Independent (politician) John Pitt 187 8,350 33.1 Brownhills (3) Conservative Party (UK) Alan Paul 1,282 Labour Party (UK) Barbara Cassidy 1,072 Conservative Party (UK) David Turner 970 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Culbert 952 Labour Party (UK) Richard Worrall 935 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Docherty 890 British National Party William Vaughan 792 UK Independence Party Elizabeth Hazell 645 Liberal Democrats (UK) Josephine Baddeley 495 8,033 34.6 Darlaston South (3) Labour Party (UK) Tony Rowley 1,103 Labour Party (UK) Maria-Rosaria Burley 1,009 Independent (politician) Paul Bott 1,007 Labour Party (UK) Graham Wilkes 1,004 Conservative Party (UK) Michelle Martin 546 Conservative Party (UK) James Letts 536 Conservative Party (UK) Lorna Rattigan 463 Democratic Socialist Alliance – People Before Profit Alan Johnston 459 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jody Pearce 392 6,519 28.0 Paddock (3) Conservative Party (UK) Rose Martin 2,197 Conservative Party (UK) Barry Sanders 1,985 Conservative Party (UK) Zahid Ali 1,857 Labour Party (UK) Baldev Mavi 1,228 Labour Party (UK) Khizar Hussain 1,211 Labour Party (UK) Martin Evans 1,104 UK Independence Party Derek Bennett 989 Liberal Democrats (UK) Daniel Barker 832 Liberal Democrats (UK) Martin Barker 790 Liberal Democrats (UK) Murli Sinha 616 12,809 52.0 Palfrey (3) Conservative Party (UK) Joan Beilby 2,043 Conservative Party (UK) Mohammad Yasin 1,991 Conservative Party (UK) Mohammad Munir 1,821 Labour Party (UK) Mohammad Nazir 1,773 Labour Party (UK) Nasar Ali 1,532 Labour Party (UK) Mark Pulford 1,403 Liberal Democrats (UK) Karen Pandaal 550 Independent (politician) Mohammed Mulla 463 11,576 45.8 Pelsall (3) Conservative Party (UK) Garry Perry 2,330 Conservative Party (UK) Marco Longhi 1,999 Conservative Party (UK) Clive Ault 1,596 Liberal Democrats (UK) Simeon Mayou 1,073 Liberal Democrats (UK) Linda Dickins 723 British National Party Dominic Bugler 692 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Jones 628 Labour Party (UK) Neil Perrett 502 Labour Party (UK) Walter Burley 484 Labour Party (UK) Ronald Rock 433 Democratic Socialist Alliance – People Before Profit Derek Roddy 176 10,636 43.4 Pheasey Park Farm (3) Conservative Party (UK) Adrian Andrew 1,514 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Bird 1,259 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Towe 1,232 Independent (politician) Darren Porter 1,124 Labour Party (UK) Spedding McMullen 809 Labour Party (UK) Brenda Etchells 795 Labour Party (UK) Paulette Green 773 Independent (politician) Edmund Newman 695 Independent (politician) Gloria Newman 592 Independent (politician) Peter Ruston 323 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine Cockayne 306 9,422 42.7 Pleck (3) Labour Party (UK) Dennis Anson 1,518 Conservative Party (UK) Mohammed Aslam 1,338 Labour Party (UK) Harbans Sarohi 1,308 Labour Party (UK) Ann Wilson 1,235 Conservative Party (UK) Mark Dabbs 1,183 Conservative Party (UK) Mohammed Arshad 1,101 Independent (politician) Norman Matthews 800 Democratic Socialist Alliance – People Before Profit Brian Powell 371 8,854 39.2 Rushall-Shelfield (3) Conservative Party (UK) Catherine Micklewright 1,217 Conservative Party (UK) Albert Griffiths 1,191 Conservative Party (UK) Rachel Walker 979 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Perrett 891 British National Party Williams Locke 844 UK Independence Party Jenny Mayo 798 Labour Party (UK) Lorraine Smith 688 Labour Party (UK) Robert Thomas 654 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Dickins 519 Democratic Socialist Alliance – People Before Profit Louise Bradburn 275 8,056 35.8 Short Heath (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) Doreen Shires 1,458 Liberal Democrats (UK) Eileen Pitt 1,439 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Cook 1,313 Conservative Party (UK) Bryan Bond 563 Conservative Party (UK) Terence Sharp 540 Conservative Party (UK) Wendy Sharp 525 Labour Party (UK) Richard Walker 497 Labour Party (UK) Douglas James 452 Labour Party (UK) Sumit Grover 433 7,220 30.7 St. Matthews (3) Conservative Party (UK) Mohammed Arif 1,618 Conservative Party (UK) Barbara McCracken 1,586 Conservative Party (UK) Haqnawaz Khan 1,505 Labour Party (UK) Mohammed Yaqoob 1,210 Labour Party (UK) Moses Whyte 1,051 UK Independence Party Jennifer Beale 1,027 Labour Party (UK) Gareth Walker 1,023 UK Independence Party Mohammed Yaqub 823 UK Independence Party Andrew Scullion 817 Liberal Democrats (UK) Louise Shires 658 11,318 46.6 Streetly (3) Conservative Party (UK) Brian Douglas-Maul 2,472 Conservative Party (UK) Arthur Clarke 1,984 Conservative Party (UK) Edmund Hughes 1,886 UK Independence Party Steven Grey 1,291 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Charlton 753 Labour Party (UK) Steven King 670 Liberal Democrats (UK) Josephine Levine 664 Labour Party (UK) Kathryn Ibbotson 522 10,242 40.7 Willenhall North (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Shires 1,507 Liberal Democrats (UK) Arthur Bentley 1,382 Liberal Democrats (UK) Valerie Woodruff 1,209 UK Independence Party Alan Sheath 518 Labour Party (UK) Robert Matthews 428 Conservative Party (UK) Joy Kemp 417 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Rose 407 Labour Party (UK) Ian Pearson 398 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Salt 361 Conservative Party (UK) Iris Turner 347 Independent (politician) Tim Woodley 300 Democratic Socialist Alliance – People Before Profit Alan Paddock 137 7,411 29.4 Willenhall South (3) Labour Party (UK) Sean Coughlan 1,133 Labour Party (UK) Harold Withnall 1,022 Labour Party (UK) Angela Underhill 971 Liberal Democrats (UK) Wendy Evans 737 Conservative Party (UK) Chad Pitt 727 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Hughes 702 Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Pearce 680 Conservative Party (UK) Justin Douglas-Maul 677 Conservative Party (UK) Parmjit Singh 611 7,260 28.0 References Category:2004 English local elections 2004 Category:2000s in the West Midlands (county)