Hart District Council election, 2004

The 2004 Hart Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Hart District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Campaign

In early May 2004 the Conservative leader of the council, Lorraine Fullbrook, resigned as a councillor in order to stand for the seat of South Ribble in the 2005 general election.[3] This meant an extra seat in Church Crookham West would be contested in the local elections.[3]

The election saw the Conservatives challenged by a new Community Campaign (Hart) group as well as from the main political parties.[4] The group had been formed in 2003 in protest against plans to develop a barracks in Church Crookham.[5]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives stay in control of the council despite losing 2 seats to the new Community Campaign (Hart) group and 1 seat to the Liberal Democrats.[6] Community Campaign (Hart) gained the seats of Church Crookham East and West and came second in two additional wards.[6] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats gained Fleet Courtmoor from the Conservatives, while holding the other 4 seats they had been defending.[6] However the Conservatives did manage to gain one seat in Crondall, where they defeated Brian Leversha who had resigned from the Conservatives to sit as an independent.[6]

Meanwhile, no independents were successful in being elected with former councillor Peter Carr coming closest after losing by 66 votes.[6] The other candidates from the Labour party, British National Party and Official Monster Raving Loony Party each failed to get more than 200 votes.[6]

Hart Local Election Result 2004[7][8]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 5 1 3 -2 41.7 45.5 8,543 -6.3%
  Liberal Democrat 5 1 0 +1 41.7 31.3 5,837 -12.7%
  Community Campaign (Hart) 2 2 0 +2 16.7 15.0 2,821 +15.0%
  Independent 0 0 1 -1 0 5.4 1,023 +5.4%
  Labour 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 287 -1.5%
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 198 +1.1%
  Monster Raving Loony 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 80 +0.4%

Ward results

Blackwater and Hawley[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Brian Blewett 921 60.0 +9.3
Conservative Vivienne Gascoigne 562 36.6 -12.7
Labour Joyce Still 53 3.5 +3.5
Majority 359 23.4 +21.9
Turnout 1,536 44.4 +12.5
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Church Crookham East[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Community Campaign (Hart) Edward Radley 907 55.2
Conservative Deborah Moss 735 44.8
Majority 172 10.5
Turnout 1,642 43.7 +10.8
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Church Crookham West[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Community Campaign (Hart) Jennifer Radley 921 63.6 +63.6
Conservative Sara-Lea Kinnell 528 36.4 -19.1
Majority 393 27.1
Turnout 1,449 36.0 +7.7
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Crondall[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Pritpal Singh 671 50.0
Community Campaign (Hart) John Benson 405 30.2
Independent Brian Leversha 266 19.8
Majority 266 19.8
Turnout 1,342 44.8
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Fleet Central[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Alan Pearson 823 52.1
Independent Peter Carr 757 47.9
Majority 66 4.2
Turnout 1,580 39.4 +8.0
Conservative hold Swing
Fleet Courtmoor[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Paul Einchcomb 848 51.1 +10.6
Conservative Ernest Jasper 812 48.9 -10.6
Majority 36 2.2
Turnout 1,660 43.8 +13.9
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Fleet Pondtail[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Susan Fisher 1,192 68.5
Conservative Andrew Davies 549 31.5
Majority 643 36.9
Turnout 1,741 47.5 +13.9
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Fleet West[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Sean Holden 762 49.5
Community Campaign (Hart) Stephen Cantle 515 33.5
Liberal Democrat Geoffrey Donkin 262 17.0
Majority 247 16.0
Turnout 1,539 41.4 +11.4
Conservative hold Swing
Hook[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Michael Haffey 1,211 56.5 -8.2
Liberal Democrat David Evans 733 34.2 +3.5
BNP Roger Robertson 198 9.2 +9.2
Majority 478 22.3 -11.7
Turnout 2,142 37.7 +11.3
Conservative hold Swing
Odiham[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Stephen Gorys 1,031 70.9 -5.8
Liberal Democrat Anthony Over 351 24.1 +0.8
Community Campaign (Hart) Craig Hartwell 73 5.0 +5.0
Majority 680 46.7 -6.7
Turnout 1,455 42.1 +4.3
Conservative hold Swing
Yateley East[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Stuart Bailey 784 55.6 -0.9
Conservative Thomas Schwartz 438 31.1 -3.9
Labour David Jenkins 107 7.6 -0.8
Monster Raving Loony Alan Hope 80 5.7 +5.7
Majority 346 24.6 +3.1
Turnout 1,409 34.6 +5.9
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Yateley West[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Alan Hammersley 746 57.7 -1.8
Conservative Edward Bromhead 421 32.5 +5.4
Labour John Davies 127 9.8 -0.9
Majority 325 25.1 -7.3
Turnout 1,294 33.0 +10.8
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Hart council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
  2. ↑ "Elections 2004: Local authorities in England and Wales". The Independent. 2004-06-12. p. 9.
  3. 1 2 "Hart's leader quits". gethampshire. 2004-05-06. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  4. ↑ "Deselections no bar to political ambition". gethampshire. 2004-05-19. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  5. ↑ "Election candidate unveiled". gethampshire. 2004-05-06. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Seats win for new group". gethampshire. 2004-06-15. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Election Results for 10 June 2004". Hart District Council. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
  8. ↑ "Ballot box". The Times. 2004-06-12. p. 26.
Preceded by
Hart Council election, 2003		 Hart local elections Succeeded by
Hart Council election, 2006
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