St Helens Council election, 2004

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Elections to St Helens Council were held on 10th June, 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 reducing the number of seats by six. The Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

[edit] Election result

St Helens Local Election Result 2004
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Labour	24			-9	50.0	42.0	55,950	-6.4%
	Liberal Democrat	18			+3	37.5	39.7	52,918	+6.4%
	Conservative	6			0	12.5	16.2	21,519	-1.0%
	Independent	0			0	0	1.5	2,021	+0.6%
	UK Independence	0			0	0	0.3	429	+0.3%
	British National Party	0			0	0	0.2	328	+0.2%

[edit] Ward results

Billinge and Seneley Green (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bessie Griffin	1,503
	Labour	Alma Atherton	1,492
	Labour	Susan Murphy	1,229
	Independent	James Stevenson	917
	Conservative	David Davies	905
	Conservative	Michael Hodgson	893
	Conservative	James Spanner	878
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Bagot	651
	Liberal Democrat	Gail Mills	454
	Liberal Democrat	Katrina Young	409
Turnout			9,331	41.7

Blackbrook (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Bowden	1,352
	Labour	Linda Maloney	1,310
	Labour	Albert Smith	1,305
	Liberal Democrat	Ruth Smith	1,156
	Liberal Democrat	Joanne Hankinson	884
	Liberal Democrat	Vivienne Lavery	883
	Conservative	Joan Foster	416
Turnout			7,256	35.9

Bold (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Hargreaves	1,107
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Topping	1,052
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Dunn	1,019
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas King	955
	Labour	John Wiseman	951
	Labour	Paul Pritchard	926
	Conservative	Jill Jones	244
Turnout			6,254	34.1

Earlestown (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leon McGuire	1,214
	Labour	Keith Deakin	1,106
	Labour	Charles Banks	1,078
	Liberal Democrat	Virginia Taylor	795
	Liberal Democrat	David Smith	783
	Liberal Democrat	David Crowther	775
	Conservative	Catherine Perks	359
Turnout			6,110	33.5

Ecclestown (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Teresa Sims	3,317
	Liberal Democrat	Shirley Evans	3,030
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Pearl	2,718
	Conservative	Kathleen Barton	867
	Conservative	Michael Marriott	687
	Labour	Ellen Glover	645
	Labour	Keith Cottom	617
	Labour	Patricia Ireland	517
Turnout			12,398	49.6

Haydock (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Caunce	1,564
	Labour	William Swift	1,400
	Liberal Democrat	Eric Sheldon	1,219
	Labour	Janet Mary	1,177
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas Duffy	1,148
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Ann	1,129
	Conservative	Anthony Rigby	378
Turnout			8,015	37.7

Moss Bank (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Carole Kavanagh	2,077
	Liberal Democrat	Eric Simpson	1,685
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Ferry	1,566
	Labour	Barbara Jakubiak	1,327
	Labour	Brian Hart	1,188
	Labour	Sandra Banawich	1,047
	Conservative	William Highcock	353
Turnout			9,243	42.7

Newton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Suzanne Knight	2,034
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Astbury	1,783
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Taylor	1,654
	Labour	Jeanette Banks	810
	Labour	Mark Rahaman	803
	Labour	Stuart Hughes	758
	Conservative	Brian Honey	355
	Conservative	Maragaret Harvey	298
Turnout			8,495	40.6

Parr (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Pinder	1,604
	Labour	Keith Roberts	1,236
	Labour	Terence Shields	1,217
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Brown	684
	Liberal Democrat	Ethel Clarke	409
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Knowles	381
	Conservative	Madeleine Wilcock	215
Turnout			5,746	30.2

Rainford (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Betty Lowe	2,131
	Conservative	John Brown	2,021
	Conservative	John Parr	1,900
	Labour	David Wood	955
	Labour	Keith Aspinall	898
	Labour	Mary Newby	886
	Liberal Democrat	Frederick Barrett	342
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Dunn	310
	Liberal Democrat	Gary Pulfer	277
Turnout			9,720	51.0

Rainhill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Doyle	2,372
	Labour	Joseph De Asha	2,153
	Labour	Stephen Glover	1,433
	Independent	Neil Thompson	908
	Conservative	David Davies	905
	Conservative	Gaynor Parr	793
	Conservative	Henry Spriggs	763
	Liberal Democrat	Christina Duncan	735
	Liberal Democrat	Darren Makin	622
	Liberal Democrat	Majorie Beirne	524
Turnout			10,303	42.1

Sutton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Spencer	1,917
	Liberal Democrat	Stephanie Topping	1,821
	Liberal Democrat	Julie Jones	1,756
	Labour	Derek Maylor	983
	Labour	Philip Wiseman	941
	Labour	Michael Glover	935
	Conservative	Pauline Wilcock	234
	Independent	Alan Brooks	196
Turnout			8,783	37.8

Thatto Heath (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Seddon	1,406
	Labour	Patricia Robinson	1,351
	Labour	Richard McCauley	1,139
	Liberal Democrat	Carol Pearl	713
	Liberal Democrat	Noreen Knowles	502
	UK Independence	Ann Fleetwood	429
	Liberal Democrat	Sandra Ferry	380
	Conservative	Barbara Woodcock	326
Turnout			6,246	34.2

Town Centre (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Beirne	1,173
	Labour	John Fletcher	1,099
	Labour	Margaret McLachlan	1,027
	Labour	Jeffrey Molyneux	1,024
	Liberal Democrat	Mandy Stanley	992
	Liberal Democrat	Alec Mills	958
	British National Party	Michael Pearcey	328
	Conservative	Richard Seddon	195
Turnout			6,796	32.8

West Park (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Lesley Ronan	1,395
	Liberal Democrat	David Evans	1,391
	Labour	Marie Rimmer	1,374
	Labour	Marlene Quinn	1,312
	Labour	Terence Hanley	1,278
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Broughton	1,265
	Conservative	Charmain Pyke	451
Turnout			8,466	38.7

Windle (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wallace Ashcroft	1,757
	Conservative	Nancy Ashcroft	1,682
	Conservative	Kenneth Roughley	1,513
	Labour	Geoffrey Almond	1,160
	Labour	Jean West	871
	Labour	Mark Arnold	870
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Knowles	484
	Liberal Democrat	Darren Jackson	381
	Liberal Democrat	Marise Roberts	330
Turnout			9,048	42.5