Weymouth and Portland Council election, 2004

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Elections to Weymouth and Portland Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 increasing the number of seats by 1. The council stayed under no overall control.

[edit] Election result

Weymouth and Portland Local Election Result 2004
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Liberal Democrat	14			+3	38.9	32.0	14,726	+2.8%
	Labour	9			-4	25.0	27.9	12,849	-3.5%
	Conservative	8			+2	22.2	28.8	13,264	+9.1%
	Independent	5			0	13.9	9.0	4,145	-7.2%
	UK Independence	0			0	0	2.2	1,030	-1.3%

[edit] Ward results

Littlemoor (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Bowkett	430
	Labour	Mary Tewkesbury	401
	Conservative	Ashley Newman	319
Turnout			1,150	33.1

Melcombe Regis (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Farrell	705
	Liberal Democrat	Joy Stanley	671
	Liberal Democrat	Lynne Herbert	628
	Conservative	Barbara Bonser	415
	Conservative	Lyn Graham	402
	Conservative	Derek Model	378
	Labour	Stephen James	236
	Labour	Margaret Baker	211
	Labour	Mary McHugh	206
	UK Independence	Gordon Lake	180
	UK Independence	Roy Child	174
	UK Independence	Alvin Hopper	171
	Independent	Victor Hamilton	48
Turnout			4,425	35.0

Preston (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Ellis	1,488
	Liberal Democrat	David Mannings	1,209
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Collings	1,144
	Conservative	Hazel Bruce	1,088
	Conservative	Mark Johnson	883
	Conservative	Kevin Brookes	849
	Labour	Maureen Drake	184
	Labour	Richard Besant	151
	Labour	Gareth Thomas	138
Turnout			7,134	60.1

Radipole (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	George Molyneux	677
	Liberal Democrat	William White	656
	Conservative	George Granycome	475
	Conservative	Vivian Schofield	427
	Labour	Lorna Byatt	156
	Labour	Stewart Pearson	144
Turnout			2,535	46.8

Tophill East (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jacqueline Redfern	492
	Independent	Margaret Leicester	363
	Independent	James Holt	335
	Labour	James Draper	181
	Conservative	Timothy Simmons	175
	Labour	Rosemary Smith	97
Turnout			1,643	39.4

Tophill West (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Leslie Ames	946
	Conservative	Raymond Nash	527
	Independent	David Hawkins	412
	Labour	Timothy Woodcock	338
	Conservative	Reginald Strong	302
	Labour	Carole Weaver	270
	Labour	Gillian Demuth	255
	Independent	William Burge	249
Turnout			3,299	37.8

Underhill (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Timothy Munro	427
	Labour	Paul Kimber	363
	Labour	Sandra West	269
	Independent	Elspie Price	205
	Conservative	Jerry Hepburn	167
Turnout			1,432	33.3

Upwey and Broadwey (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Goodman	561
	Conservative	Robert Dunster	417
	Liberal Democrat	Daphne Grout-Smith	351
	Labour	Suzanne Hutton	328
	Labour	Elaine Walker	310
Turnout			1,967	42.2

Westham East (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Howard Legg	508
	Liberal Democrat	Ian James	487
	Labour	David Dowle	229
	Conservative	Andrew Cooke	211
	Labour	Lorraine Rodgers	207
Turnout			1,642	37.6

Westham North (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Harris	901
	Labour	Andrew Hutchings	708
	Liberal Democrat	Christine James	702
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Phillips	693
	Labour	Michael Byatt	490
	Labour	Lindsay Drage	425
	Conservative	George Afentakis	375
Turnout			4,294	43.7

Westham West (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathleen Wheller	487
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Stewkesbury	482
	Labour	Christopher Cook	447
	Liberal Democrat	Gillian Taylor	425
	Conservative	Andrew Shutlar	301
Turnout			2,142	45.2

Wey Valley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Strong	658
	Conservative	Alison Scott	656
	Labour	Sharon Mitchell	500
	Labour	Jonathan Robbins	469
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Harris	365
Turnout			2,648	53.5

Weymouth East (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Reed	459
	Liberal Democrat	John Birtwistle	456
	Conservative	Samantha Lindley	432
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Comely	378
	Labour	Anthony Reed	229
	Labour	James Kimber	223
Turnout			2,177	42.2

Weymouth West (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kay Wilcox	672
	Labour	Andrew Blackwood	659
	Labour	Antony Prowse	585
	Conservative	Peter O'Neill	584
	Conservative	Nicholas Wyness	552
	Liberal Democrat	Derek Julian	527
	UK Independence	Hugh Chalker	505
	Liberal Democrat	Lydia Roe	428
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Gifford	388
Turnout			4,900	47.3

Wyke Regis (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas Hollings	949
	Conservative	Margaret Alsop	702
	Labour	Anne Kenwood	688
	Independent	Jack Biggs	668
	Labour	Bruce Bonwell	582
	Labour	Richard Phelps	581
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Roe	448
Turnout			4,618	45.7

[edit] References

Preceded by Weymouth and Portland Council election, 2003	Weymouth and Portland local elections	Succeeded by Weymouth and Portland Council election, 2006

Categories: Council elections in South West England | English local elections, 2004

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