Purbeck Council election, 2004
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Elections to Purbeck Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was
[edit] Election result
| Purbeck Local Election Result 2004 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
| Conservative | 6 | 0 | 75.0 | 49.2 | 5,934 | +4.9% | |||
| Liberal Democrat | 2 | 0 | 25.0 | 37.0 | 4,459 | +0.6% | |||
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 1,118 | -3.5% | |||
| UK Independence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 541 | +4.5% | |||
[edit] Ward results
| Lytchett Matravers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Hyde | 781 | 56.6 | +56.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Michael Peacock | 598 | 43.4 | -3.5 | |
| Majority | 183 | 13.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,379 | ||||
| Lytchett Minster and Upton East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Wendy Starr | 570 | 52.2 | -9.3 | |
| Conservative | Pamela Hindley | 523 | 47.8 | +9.3 | |
| Majority | 47 | 4.4 | -18.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,093 | ||||
| Lytchett Minster and Upton West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Paul Johns | 848 | 59.1 | +15.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Angela Jones | 502 | 35.0 | -10.6 | |
| Labour | David Collis | 86 | 6.0 | -4.4 | |
| Majority | 346 | 24.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,436 | ||||
| St Martin | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Beryl Ezzard | 523 | 50.8 | -3.5 | |
| Conservative | Malcolm Russell | 432 | 41.9 | +10.6 | |
| Labour | James Selby Bennett | 75 | 7.3 | -7.1 | |
| Majority | 91 | 8.9 | -14.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,030 | ||||
| Swanage North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Antony Miller | 904 | 55.2 | -5.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Michael Hadley | 549 | 33.5 | +6.1 | |
| Labour | Christine Rabson | 184 | 11.2 | -0.7 | |
| Majority | 355 | 21.7 | -11.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,637 | ||||
| Swanage South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Colin Bright | 727 | 35.6 | -14.7 | |
| Labour | Cherry Bartlett | 614 | 30.0 | +7.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | David Scull | 455 | 22.3 | -4.9 | |
| UK Independence | Ken Harvey | 248 | 12.1 | +12.1 | |
| Majority | 113 | 5.6 | -17.5 | ||
| Turnout | 2,044 | ||||
| Wareham | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Roy Anderson | 1,132 | 50.9 | +24.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Keith Critchley | 1,093 | 49.1 | +15.5 | |
| Majority | 39 | 1.8 | |||
| Turnout | 2,225 | ||||
| Wool | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Malcolm Shakesby | 587 | 48.6 | -21.4 | |
| UK Independence | John Barnes | 293 | 24.3 | +24.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Judith Webb | 169 | 14.0 | +14.0 | |
| Labour | Jon Davey | 159 | 13.2 | -16.8 | |
| Majority | 294 | 24.3 | -15.7 | ||
| Turnout | 1,208 | ||||
[edit] References
| Preceded by Purbeck Council election, 2003 |
Purbeck local elections | Succeeded by Purbeck Council election, 2006 |
