2004 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election

2004 UK local government election March 2025 November 2013 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2004 Sandwell council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and British National Party in dark blue. The 2004 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Sandwell 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/3751.stm Sandwell council BBC News 17 February 2011 The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.Local councils 12 June 2004 Financial Times 7 Campaign Before the election the council was controlled by Labour with 55 seats, compared to 9 for the Conservatives, 6 Liberal Democrats and 2 British National Party.Row on BNP vote push; Party branded 'Nazis in sharp suits' Johnson Steve 14 May 2004 Birmingham Mail 2 During the campaign the Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown visited Sandwell and called on voters to reject the British National Party.Chancellor in Brum to rally voters to Labour Naqvi Shahid 27 May 2004 Birmingham Post 6 Election results The results saw Labour easily hold on to control of the council after dropping just 3 seats.Election 2004: Sandwell: Joy in the face of losses 12 June 2004 Birmingham Mail 7 The leader of the council, Bill Thomas, described the results as "remarkable" considering it was a mid term election and called it a "vote of confidence". However Labour did lose seats to the Conservatives, including 2 in St Paul's ward, meaning that the Conservatives made a gain of 4 seats. The Liberal Democrats stayed on 6 seats, while the British National Party dropped to just 1 seat. The only successful BNP candidate was in Princes End ward, where James Lloyd was elected, while in the same ward his party colleague John Salvage lost his seat on the council. Sandwell local election result 2004http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/2004/2004011.html#toc42 9.4 Sandwell Local Elections Archive Project 17 February 2011Ballot box 12 June 2004 The Times London 26 Labour Party (UK) 52 -3 72.2 50.7 97,638 +3.7 Conservative Party (UK) 13 +4 18.1 28.1 54,028 -0.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) 6 0 8.3 13.3 25,631 +2.7 British National Party 1 -1 1.4 4.0 7,750 -1.9 Freedom Party 0 0 0.0 1.5 2,872 -0.6 Socialist Labour Party (UK) 0 0 0.0 1.0 1,934 -3.2 2003 Community Party 0 0 0.0 0.9 1,759 -0.3 United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0.0 0.3 588 +0.2 Independent (politician) 0 0 0.0 0.1 207 +0.1 Ward results Abbey (3) Labour Party (UK) Ann Jaron 2,007 Labour Party (UK) Steven Eling 1,941 Labour Party (UK) Robert Piper 1,850 Liberal Democrats (UK) Roger Prior 840 Conservative Party (UK) Ewart Johnson 801 Conservative Party (UK) Roger Hickman 793 Conservative Party (UK) William Shipman 706 8,938 Blackheath (3) Conservative Party (UK) Mary Docker 1,369 Labour Party (UK) Robert Price 1,368 Labour Party (UK) Glenn Harris 1,346 Labour Party (UK) David Walker 1,310 Conservative Party (UK) Debbie Elwell 1,237 Conservative Party (UK) Shirley Ching 1,155 7,785 Bristnall (3) Labour Party (UK) Malcolm Bridges 1,313 Labour Party (UK) Lois Griffin 1,247 Conservative Party (UK) Terence Grainger 1,235 Labour Party (UK) Vicky Handy 1,073 Conservative Party (UK) John Irons-Patterson 1,062 Conservative Party (UK) Leslie Pawlowski 940 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Sukhjinder Clair 256 7,126 Charlemont with Grove Vale (3) Conservative Party (UK) Alan Burkit 1,646 Conservative Party (UK) Anne Hughes 1,521 Conservative Party (UK) Tony Ward 1,463 Liberal Democrats (UK) Keith Allcock 985 Labour Party (UK) Mark Handy 923 Liberal Democrats (UK) Diane Gorton 837 Labour Party (UK) Jean Heywood 808 Labour Party (UK) Bob Patel 714 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bhajan Rai 696 9,593 Cradley Heath and Old Hill (3) Labour Party (UK) Margaret James 1,549 Labour Party (UK) Ann Shackleton 1,397 Labour Party (UK) Glenis Webb 1,277 Conservative Party (UK) Liz Bowler 1,115 Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Griffiths 918 British National Party Stuart Deeley 850 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Hardy 840 7,946 Friar Park (3) Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey Lewis 1,463 Labour Party (UK) Joyce Edis 1,190 Labour Party (UK) Simon Hackett 1,179 Conservative Party (UK) Raymond Webb 880 Conservative Party (UK) Barry Nelson 820 Liberal Democrats (UK) Dorothy Brayshaw 651 6,183 Great Barr with Yew Tree (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) Sadie Smith 1,612 Liberal Democrats (UK) Margaret Macklin 1,221 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mary Wilson 1,009 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Lawrence 886 Labour Party (UK) Harbinder Deol 850 Labour Party (UK) Janet Bott-Obi 811 British National Party Derrick Dale 798 Labour Party (UK) Michael Shackleton 767 British National Party Scott Dale 757 8,711 Great Bridge (3) Labour Party (UK) Derek Rowley 1,115 Labour Party (UK) Peter Allen 1,081 Labour Party (UK) Maureen Whitehouse 983 British National Party Arthur Copson 880 2003 Community Party Fred Perry 770 British National Party Simon Smith 767 2003 Community Party Robert Roper 506 2003 Community Party Malcolm Beckley 483 Conservative Party (UK) Philip Mansell 366 Liberal Democrats (UK) Philip Roberts 213 Conservative Party (UK) Onkar Badial 212 Independent (politician) Naranjan Khag 207 Conservative Party (UK) Avtar Sandhu 190 7,773 Greets Green and Lyng (3) Labour Party (UK) John Edwards 1,360 Labour Party (UK) Gurchuran Sidhu 1,345 Labour Party (UK) Robert Badham 1,284 Liberal Democrats (UK) Dorothy Jones 768 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mazar Hussain 732 Liberal Democrats (UK) Darren Saxon 707 Conservative Party (UK) Rosemarie Campbell 664 Conservative Party (UK) Mohammed Ahmed 616 7,476 Hateley Heath (3) Labour Party (UK) Joanna Watson 1,480 Labour Party (UK) John Blyth 1,443 Labour Party (UK) Terry Williams 1,404 Liberal Democrats (UK) Reg Hackett 744 Conservative Party (UK) Kathleen Ryan 614 Conservative Party (UK) Gaynor Skeldon 582 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jarnail Sandhu 494 Liberal Democrats (UK) Shaju Islam 437 7,198 Langley (3) Labour Party (UK) Pauline Hinton 1,493 Labour Party (UK) Martin Prestidge 1,485 Labour Party (UK) Michael Davies 1,381 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Unitt 994 Conservative Party (UK) Arthur Worley 898 6,251 Newton (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) Joyce Underhill 1,928 Liberal Democrats (UK) Martyn Smith 1,795 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anthony Underhill 1,761 Labour Party (UK) David Hosell 992 Labour Party (UK) Delia Edwards 882 Labour Party (UK) Ravi Kumar 785 Conservative Party (UK) Valerie Ward 693 8,836 Oldbury (3) Labour Party (UK) Babu Bawa 1,823 Labour Party (UK) Elaine Giles 1,686 Labour Party (UK) Mahboob Hussain 1,612 Conservative Party (UK) David Hadley 1,233 Conservative Party (UK) Abdul Qayyum 959 Conservative Party (UK) Harbhajan Mann 859 Liberal Democrats (UK) Tofayal Ahmed 371 8,543 Old Warley (3) Conservative Party (UK) Karen Bissell 1,822 Conservative Party (UK) Nicholas Meacham 1,669 Conservative Party (UK) John McHard 1,667 Labour Party (UK) Trevor Crompton 1,439 Labour Party (UK) Gordon McKenzie 1,372 Labour Party (UK) Janice Whitehead 1,326 9,295 Princes End (3) British National Party James Lloyd 987 Labour Party (UK) Raymond Howes 947 Labour Party (UK) June Newell 939 British National Party John Savage 886 Labour Party (UK) Andrew Millard 866 United Kingdom Independence Party Kevin Walker 588 Conservative Party (UK) Mark Nelson 423 5,636 Rowley (3) Labour Party (UK) Iris Boucher 1,667 Labour Party (UK) Barbara Price 1,638 Labour Party (UK) William Thomas 1,613 Conservative Party (UK) Joanne Hadley 1,075 Conservative Party (UK) Jonathan Millward 1,040 Conservative Party (UK) Donald O'Connor 1,011 8,044 St Paul's (3) Conservative Party (UK) Mohammed Sakhi 1,873 Conservative Party (UK) Mohammed Zaheer 1,861 Labour Party (UK) Gurinder Josan 1,855 Labour Party (UK) Bawa Dhallu 1,760 Labour Party (UK) Jagwant Gill 1,746 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sahbud Ullah 1,621 Conservative Party (UK) Manjit Lall 682 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Ranjit Tagger 462 11,860 Smethwick (3) Labour Party (UK) Linda Horton 1,707 Labour Party (UK) Keith Davies 1,602 Labour Party (UK) Victor Silvester 1,363 Conservative Party (UK) Beryl Hickman 892 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Balkar Sandhu 495 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mohammed Majied 423 6,482 Soho and Victoria (3) Labour Party (UK) Darren Cooper 1,852 Labour Party (UK) Roger Horton 1,736 Labour Party (UK) Mohammad Rouf 1,679 Liberal Democrats (UK) Shamin Ahmed 888 Liberal Democrats (UK) Wasim Abbas 829 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher Reed 703 Conservative Party (UK) Salahadin Adrwish 354 Conservative Party (UK) David Dixon 353 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Malcolm Connigale 213 8,607 Tipton Green (3) Labour Party (UK) Ian Jones 1,591 Labour Party (UK) Syeda Khatun 1,506 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Edwards 1,460 Freedom Party Stephen Edwards 1,178 Freedom Party Alison Aitken-Jones 859 Freedom Party William Aitken-Jones 835 Conservative Party (UK) Basharat Khan 686 Conservative Party (UK) Lorraine Nelson 657 British National Party Terence Taylor 651 Conservative Party (UK) Montaj Ali 541 Liberal Democrats (UK) Yvonne Reed 305 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ansar Hussain 258 10,527 Tividale (3) Labour Party (UK) Maria Crompton 1,735 Labour Party (UK) David Hinton 1,539 Labour Party (UK) Douglas Parish 1,438 British National Party Carl Butler 1,174 5,886 Wednesbury North (3) Conservative Party (UK) William Archer 1,954 Conservative Party (UK) Elaine Costigan 1,739 Conservative Party (UK) Mavis Hughes 1,537 Labour Party (UK) Roy Melia 739 Labour Party (UK) Lorraine Ashman 643 Labour Party (UK) Gulshan Chowdhury 592 7,204 Wednesbury South (3) Labour Party (UK) Robert Evans 1,522 Labour Party (UK) George Turton 1,327 Labour Party (UK) Susan Downing 1,301 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Nugent 1,096 Conservative Party (UK) Jean Nugent 1,015 Conservative Party (UK) Atma Matharu 841 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Mitchener 493 7,595 West Bromwich Central (3) Labour Party (UK) Linda Turton 1,796 Labour Party (UK) Tarsem King 1,766 Labour Party (UK) Mohinder Tagger 1,559 Conservative Party (UK) Norman Lawley 973 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sandra Beriford 870 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bertram Richards 787 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mohammed Ashgar 653 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Ranjit Powar 508 8,912 References Category:2004 English local elections 2004 Category:2000s in the West Midlands (county)