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2004 Maidstone Borough Council election
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2004 UK local government election
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thumb|Results of the 2004 Maidstone District Council election
The 2004 Maidstone Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Maidstone Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/vote2004/locals/html/3716.stm Maidstone council BBC News 5 March 2011
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Conservative 23
Liberal Democrat 20
Labour 9
Independent 3Local councils 12 June 2004 Financial Times 7
Background
Before the election both the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties had 21 seats, with 10 Labour and 3 independent councillors making up the council.http://www.maidstone.gov.uk/pdf/Election%20Results%202004.pdf Maidstone elections 2004 Maidstone Borough Council 5 March 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111002104804/http://www.maidstone.gov.uk/pdf/Election%20Results%202004.pdf 2 October 2011 dead 19 seats were being contested with the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats defending 7 each, Labour 4 and an independent 1 seat. A total of 80 candidates were standing in the election with both the Conservative and Labour parties having a full 19 candidates. The Liberal Democrats had 18 candidates, the United Kingdom Independence Party 17, Green Party 5, British National Party 1 and 1 independent candidate.
Election result
Overall turnout in the election was 39.33%.
Maidstone local election result 2004Ballot box 12 June 2004 The Times London 26
Conservative Party (UK)
9
3
1
+2
47.4
40.1
14,067
-2.1%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
6
1
2
-1
31.6
31.5
11,049
-2.8%
Labour Party (UK)
3
0
1
-1
15.8
13.5
4,753
-2.8%
Independent (politician)
1
0
0
0
5.3
2.0
710
-2.3%
United Kingdom Independence Party
0
0
0
0
0
10.9
3,823
+8.0%
Green Party of England and Wales
0
0
0
0
0
1.5
529
+1.5%
British National Party
0
0
0
0
0
0.5
163
+0.5%
Ward results
Allington
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Malcolm Robertson
1,317
52.5
-9.0
Conservative Party (UK)
James Taghdissian
617
24.6
+0.5
United Kingdom Independence Party
Gareth Kendall
326
13.0
+9.0
Labour Party (UK)
Marianna Poliszczuk
250
10.0
-0.4
700
27.9
-9.4
2,510
44.4
+10.9
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Barming
Conservative Party (UK)
Paul Oldham
877
84.7
-4.8
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Shona Stevens
95
9.2
-1.3
Labour Party (UK)
Patrick Coates
64
6.2
+6.2
782
75.5
-3.5
1,036
53.9
+5.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Bearsted
Conservative Party (UK)
Richard Ash
1,733
60.6
-1.6
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Shella Chittenden
473
16.5
-0.7
United Kingdom Independence Party
Frank Gandy
351
12.3
+7.4
Labour Party (UK)
Anthony Hull
302
10.6
-5.1
1,260
44.1
-0.9
2,859
44.5
+12.0
Conservative Party (UK)
Boughton Monchelsea and Chart Sutton
Independent (politician)
Michael Fitzgerald
710
70.1
+1.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Theresa Stirk
261
25.8
-5.5
Labour Party (UK)
Edith Davis
42
4.1
+4.1
449
44.3
+6.9
1,013
50.0
+5.0
Independent (politician)
Boxley
Conservative Party (UK)
Wendy Hinder
1,105
45.2
-0.9
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Ian Chittenden
781
32.0
-6.9
United Kingdom Independence Party
Yvonne Whitehead
199
8.1
+3.4
Labour Party (UK)
Simon Wady
195
8.0
-2.4
British National Party
William Hitches
163
6.7
+6.7
324
13.3
+6.0
2,443
38.3
+12.6
Conservative Party (UK)
Bridge
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Michael Tucker
655
40.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Derek Nicholson
605
37.7
Labour Party (UK)
Marion Saumtally
201
12.5
United Kingdom Independence Party
Robert Thompson
143
8.9
50
3.1
1,604
41.4
+12.9
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Coxheath and Hunton
Conservative Party (UK)
Adrian Brindle
982
40.4
-0.6
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Moria Walter
976
40.1
-8.6
United Kingdom Independence Party
Duncan Spencer
241
9.9
+9.9
Labour Party (UK)
Ernest Small
232
9.5
-0.7
6
0.3
2,431
45.2
+9.6
Conservative Party (UK)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
East
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Patrick Sellar
1,167
47.6
-6.6
Conservative Party (UK)
Alan Warner
724
29.5
-2.0
United Kingdom Independence Party
Anthony Robertson
249
10.2
+6.8
Labour Party (UK)
Ann Hall
226
9.2
-1.7
Green Party of England and Wales
James Shalice
87
3.5
+3.5
443
18.1
-4.7
2,453
39.7
+7.9
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Fant
Labour Party (UK)
Merello D'Souza
693
33.5
-2.2
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Stephen Beerling
619
29.9
-13.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Margaret Leggat
437
21.1
+4.6
United Kingdom Independence Party
Stephen Dean
197
9.5
+5.4
Green Party of England and Wales
Ian McDonald
121
5.9
+5.9
74
3.6
2,067
37.3
+8.3
Labour Party (UK)
Headcorn
Conservative Party (UK)
Ian Thick
1,153
63.6
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Juliet Maddocks
206
11.4
United Kingdom Independence Party
Pamela O'Brien
181
10.0
Green Party of England and Wales
Penelope Kemp
146
8.1
Labour Party (UK)
Elizabeth Stevens
126
7.0
947
52.2
1,812
47.3
+8.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Heath
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Peter Hooper
671
53.2
Conservative Party (UK)
Scott Hahnefeld
358
28.4
Labour Party (UK)
Brian Wood
142
11.3
United Kingdom Independence Party
Antony Whitehead
91
7.2
313
24.8
1,262
35.4
+9.1
Liberal Democrats (UK)
High Street
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Denise Joy
734
41.7
-6.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Paul Butcher
469
26.7
+2.1
Labour Party (UK)
Leonard Burfield
282
16.0
-3.6
United Kingdom Independence Party
Terence Kendall
274
15.6
+7.6
265
15.1
-8.1
1,759
30.5
+8.5
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Marden and Yalding
Conservative Party (UK)
Paddy Germain
1,154
49.6
-12.7
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Carol Jacques
672
28.9
+10.6
United Kingdom Independence Party
Lisa Evans
275
11.8
+7.0
Labour Party (UK)
John Hughes
226
9.7
-4.8
482
20.7
-23.3
2,327
39.7
+10.1
Conservative Party (UK)
North
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Jennifer Paterson
997
51.2
-7.2
Conservative Party (UK)
Carolyn Warner
486
25.0
-1.1
United Kingdom Independence Party
Margaret Kendall
214
11.0
+6.5
Labour Party (UK)
Keith Adkinson
169
8.7
-2.4
Green Party of England and Wales
Jennifer Reid
80
4.1
+4.1
511
26.3
-6.0
1,946
36.8
+9.0
Liberal Democrats (UK)
North Downs
Conservative Party (UK)
Daphne Parvin
516
59.5
-4.3
United Kingdom Independence Party
Michael Bedwell
134
15.5
+15.5
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Jeanne Harwood
132
15.2
-9.1
Labour Party (UK)
Michael Casserley
85
9.8
-2.1
382
44.1
+4.7
867
45.5
+8.5
Conservative Party (UK)
Park Wood
Labour Party (UK)
James Cook
271
30.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Timothy Crockford
242
27.2
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Robert Field
214
24.0
United Kingdom Independence Party
Stanley Dale
164
18.4
29
3.2
891
28.2
+7.3
Labour Party (UK)
Shepway North
Conservative Party (UK)
Christopher Garland
881
42.1
-0.3
Labour Party (UK)
Julie Skinner
617
29.5
-11.2
United Kingdom Independence Party
Michael George
266
12.7
+8.6
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Geoffry Samme
234
11.2
-1.6
Green Party of England and Wales
Stephen Muggeridge
95
4.5
+4.5
264
12.6
+10.9
2,093
33.6
+9.0
Conservative Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Shepway South
Labour Party (UK)
Kenneth Stevens
453
37.3
Conservative Party (UK)
Charles Worsfold
390
32.1
United Kingdom Independence Party
Charles Richardson
231
19.0
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Michael Shaw
140
11.5
63
5.2
1,214
28.4
+4.8
Labour Party (UK)
South
Conservative Party (UK)
Lesley Polley
1,077
43.0
+9.4
Liberal Democrats (UK)
John Wilson
966
38.5
+9.1
United Kingdom Independence Party
Michael Oakley
287
11.4
+9.4
Labour Party (UK)
Richard Coates
177
7.1
+2.3
111
4.4
+1.0
2,507
42.2
+5.6
Conservative Party (UK)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
References
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