Rochdale Council election, 2004

Elections to Rochdale Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003. The council stayed under no overall control.

Election result

Rochdale Local Election Result 2004
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Liberal Democrat	25			+3	41.7	41.8	68,562	+5.7%
	Labour	24			-6	40.0	33.3	54,642	-4.5%
	Conservative	11			+3	18.3	24.1	39,642	-1.5%
	BNP	0			0	0	0.5	779	+0.5%
	Liberal	0			0	0	0.4	575	+0.0%

Ward results

Balderstone and Kirkholt (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,151
	Labour		1,062
	Labour		1,021
	Conservative		785
	Conservative		705
	Conservative		654
	Liberal Democrat		527
	Liberal Democrat		489
	Liberal Democrat		414
Turnout			6,808	36.4

Bamford (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,897
	Conservative		1,650
	Conservative		1,591
	Liberal Democrat		1,407
	Liberal Democrat		1,319
	Liberal Democrat		1,235
	Labour		539
	Labour		513
	Labour		468
Turnout			10,625	51.3

Castleton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,852
	Liberal Democrat		1,814
	Liberal Democrat		1,713
	Labour		663
	Labour		660
	Labour		658
	Conservative		552
	Conservative		548
	Conservative		519
Turnout			8,979	42.3

Central Rochdale (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		2,144
	Liberal Democrat		2,130
	Liberal Democrat		2,096
	Labour		1,313
	Labour		1,179
	Labour		1,116
	Conservative		513
Turnout			10,491	56.0

East Middleton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,232
	Labour		1,189
	Labour		1,144
	Labour		978
Turnout			4,543	32.9

Healey (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		2,037
	Liberal Democrat		1,775
	Liberal Democrat		1,763
	Conservative		1,141
	Conservative		920
	Conservative		888
	Labour		588
	Labour		436
	Labour		388
Turnout			9,936	47.5

Hopwood Hall (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,437
	Labour		1,411
	Labour		1,376
	Conservative		1,133
	Liberal Democrat		680
	Liberal Democrat		678
	Liberal Democrat		623
Turnout			7,338	39.6

Kingsway (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		2,659
	Liberal Democrat		2,561
	Liberal Democrat		2,382
	Labour		1,219
	Labour		1,002
	Labour		977
	Conservative		218
	Conservative		200
Turnout			11,218	57.6

Littleborough Lakeside (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,613
	Liberal Democrat		1,477
	Liberal Democrat		1,399
	Conservative		1,085
	Conservative		1,076
	Conservative		919
	Labour		451
	Labour		420
	Labour		407
Turnout			8,847	42.0

Milkstone and Deeplish (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		2,659
	Liberal Democrat		2,561
	Liberal Democrat		2,382
	Labour		1,219
	Labour		1,002
	Labour		977
	Conservative		218
	Conservative		200
Turnout			11,218	57.6

Milnrow and Newhey (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,802
	Liberal Democrat		1,487
	Liberal Democrat		1,447
	Conservative		936
	Labour		654
	Labour		630
	Labour		595
	Conservative		580
	Conservative		572
Turnout			8,703	43.0

Norden (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,885
	Conservative		1,717
	Conservative		1,334
	Liberal Democrat		1,173
	Liberal Democrat		1,115
	Liberal Democrat		881
	Labour		504
	Labour		389
	Labour		351
Turnout			9,349	45.3

North Heywood (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,278
	Labour		957
	Labour		912
	Liberal Democrat		842
	Liberal Democrat		833
	Liberal Democrat		753
	Conservative		639
Turnout			6,214	36.9

North Middleton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,107
	Labour		1,019
	Labour		956
	Liberal Democrat		885
	Conservative		810
Turnout			4,777	32.4

Smallbridge and Firgrove (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,151
	Liberal Democrat		949
	Labour		909
	Liberal Democrat		845
	Labour		841
	Labour		700
	Conservative		599
	Conservative		555
	Conservative		536
Turnout			7,085	36.9

South Middleton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,607
	Conservative		1,576
	Labour		1,574
	Labour		1,532
	Labour		1,406
	Conservative		1,236
	Liberal Democrat		752
Turnout			9,683	48.1

Spotland and Falinge (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		2,146
	Liberal Democrat		2,123
	Liberal Democrat		2,031
	Labour		770
	Labour		616
	Conservative		595
	Labour		560
Turnout			8,841	44.1

Wardle and West Littleborough (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		2,188
	Conservative		1,708
	Conservative		1,666
	Liberal Democrat		820
	Labour		488
	Liberal Democrat		471
	Liberal Democrat		435
	Labour		391
	Labour		378
Turnout			8,545	40.9

West Heywood (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,414
	Labour		1,402
	Labour		1,315
	Conservative		885
	BNP		779
Turnout			5,795	35.2

West Middleton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,408
	Labour		1,372
	Labour		1,250
	Conservative		606
	Liberal		575
Turnout			5,211	33.8

External links

BBC report of 2004 Rochdale election result

Preceded by Rochdale Council election, 2003	Rochdale local elections	Succeeded by Rochdale Council election, 2006

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