2004 Eastbourne Borough Council election

2004 UK local government election March 2025 November 2013 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2004 Eastbourne Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. The 2004 Eastbourne Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Eastbourne Borough Council in East Sussex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from the Liberal Democrats.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/vote2004/locals/html/3686.stm Eastbourne council 11 June 2004 BBC News 17 December 2011 After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 14 Liberal Democrats 13http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/rp2004/rp04-049.pdf Local elections 2004 House of Commons Library 17 December 2011 Background 10 seats were contested at the election, with 2 seats being available in Old Town ward after Liberal Democrat councillor Bert Leggett stood down.http://www.theargus.co.uk/archive/2004/06/14/Brighton+Hove+Archive/5092715.Local_elections__Tory_joy_in_Eastbourne/ Local elections: Tory joy in Eastbourne 14 June 2004 The Argus 17 December 2011 During the campaign both the national Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy and Conservative leader Michael Howard came to Eastbourne to support their parties.http://www.theargus.co.uk/archive/2004/05/19/The+Argus+Archive/6715786.Kennedy_on_electoral_trail/ Kennedy on electoral trail 19 May 2004 The Argus 17 December 2011 Election result The Conservatives gained a seat from the Liberal Democrats to take a one-seat majority on the council with 14 councillors, compared to 13 for the Liberal Democrats.https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/tories-claim-to-have-turned-tide-6960107.html https://archive.today/20130421112835/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-11277467-tories-claim-to-have-turned-tide.do live 21 April 2013 Tories claim to have turned tide Lydall Ross 11 June 2004 Evening Standard London 17 December 2011 The Conservative gain came in Old Town ward, where Conservative Simon Herbert gained one of the two seats from the Liberal Democrats with 1,926 votes, while Liberal Democrat Maurice Skilton held the other seat with 1,854 votes. Overall turnout at the election was 40.97%, up from 33.6% at the 2003 election.http://www.eastbourne.gov.uk/EasysiteWeb/getresource.axd?AssetID=384&type=full&servicetype=Inline Results of elections held Thursday 10 June 2004 Eastbourne Borough Council 17 December 2011 28 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111128110022/http://eastbourne.gov.uk/EasySiteWeb/getresource.axd?AssetID=384&type=full&servicetype=Inline dead Eastbourne local election result 2004 Conservative Party (UK) 5 1 0 +1 50.0 50.3 15,709 +0.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) 5 0 1 -1 50.0 36.0 11,230 -3.2 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0.0 7.9 2,464 +3.8 Labour Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.9 1,827 -0.8 Ward results Devonshire Liberal Democrats (UK) Margaret Bannister 1,177 44.7 -13.4 Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Graham 1,040 39.5 +5.2 Green Party of England and Wales Clive Gross 239 9.1 +1.5 Labour Party (UK) Richard Goude 178 6.8 +6.8 137 5.2 -18.5 2,634 35.3 +8.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Hampden Park Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Thompson 988 44.9 -5.0 Conservative Party (UK) Edward Abella 636 28.9 +7.3 Labour Party (UK) David Brinson 356 16.2 -6.7 Green Party of England and Wales Leslie Dalton 222 10.1 +4.5 352 16.0 -10.9 2,202 31.6 +5.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Langney Liberal Democrats (UK) Irene Sims 1,210 49.8 +2.9 Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Walters 921 37.9 -3.0 Labour Party (UK) Steven Scott 164 6.7 -2.0 Green Party of England and Wales Christine Quarrington 137 5.6 +2.1 289 11.9 +5.9 2,432 34.1 +10.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Meads Conservative Party (UK) Barry Taylor 2,672 71.2 -0.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Steven Wallis 589 15.7 -1.1 Green Party of England and Wales Kate Arnold 271 7.2 +2.2 Labour Party (UK) Dennis Scard 221 5.9 -1.1 2,083 55.5 +1.0 3,753 49.6 +10.2 Conservative Party (UK) Old Town (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Simon Herbert 1,926 Liberal Democrats (UK) Maurice Skilton 1,854 Conservative Party (UK) John Stanbury 1,816 Liberal Democrats (UK) Patricia Habets 1,739 Green Party of England and Wales Catharine Birchwood 355 Green Party of England and Wales Jocelyn McCarthy 289 Labour Party (UK) Jonathan Pettigrew 155 Labour Party (UK) Robert Rossetter 132 8,266 54.9 +8.0 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Ratton Conservative Party (UK) Barbara Goodall 2,227 65.8 +1.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Durrant 702 20.7 -2.7 Labour Party (UK) Martin Falkner 233 6.9 -0.5 Green Party of England and Wales Kevin Moore 225 6.6 +2.2 1,525 45.0 +3.6 3,387 44.7 +8.6 Conservative Party (UK) St Anthony's Liberal Democrats (UK) Jon Harris 1,441 47.1 -7.1 Conservative Party (UK) Judith Kim-Symes 1,200 39.2 +6.6 Green Party of England and Wales Hugh Norris 242 7.9 +7.9 Labour Party (UK) Nora Ring 176 5.8 -1.8 241 7.9 -13.8 3,059 38.4 +7.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sovereign Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Williams 1,517 59.4 +4.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Margaret Salsbury 806 31.6 -13.7 Green Party of England and Wales Nancy Dalton 229 9.0 +9.0 711 27.9 +18.5 2,552 38.1 +0.3 Conservative Party (UK) Upperton Conservative Party (UK) Robert Lacey 1,754 59.6 +3.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Patrick Rodohan 724 24.6 -7.6 Green Party of England and Wales Finbar O'Shea 255 8.7 +3.2 Labour Party (UK) Margaret Pettigrew 212 7.2 +1.4 1,030 35.0 +10.8 2,945 40.1 +5.1 Conservative Party (UK) References 2004 Category:2004 English local elections Category:2000s in East Sussex