2004 UK local government election
Map of the results of the 2004 Walsall council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independent in grey. The 2004 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003.[1] The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.[2]
Background Before the election the council was run by a coalition between the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties, with Labour holding 27 seats, the Conservatives 24, Liberal Democrats 7 and UK Independence Party 2.[3] 60 seats were contested with the candidates including 7 from the British National Party.[3]
Election result The results saw the Conservatives win a majority on the council with 35 of the 60 seats.[4] Labour were reduced to 16 seats, with the chairs of the West Midlands Police Authority and West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive , Mohammed Nazir and Richard Worrell, among those to lose at the election.[4] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats won 6 seats and there was 1 independent, while the 2 UK Independence Party councillors both lost their seats.[4]
After results were declared, a box with 200 ballot papers in it was discovered underneath a table.[5] These were then counted, but the returning officer did not include them in the declarations, as they said it would not have affected the results.[4]
Walsall Local Election Result 2004[2] [6] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Conservative 35 +11 58.3 41.2 71,791 -0.8% Labour 18 -9 30.0 30.8 53,684 -4.4% Liberal Democrats 6 -1 10.0 13.3 23,212 +2.4% Independent 1 +1 1.7 4.5 7,912 -0.4% UKIP 0 -2 0 5.5 9,662 +3.1% BNP 0 0 0 2.8 4,878 +2.8% Democratic Socialist Alliance - People Before Profit 0 0 0 1.8 3,130 -2.8%
Ward results Aldridge Central and South (3)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Thomas Ansell 2,238 Conservative John Rochelle 2,207 Conservative John O'Hare 2,054 UKIP Anthony Lenton 1,087 BNP Julie Locke 751 Liberal Democrats Sandra Johnson 718 Labour Ian Geary 714 Labour Christopher Daniel 691 Liberal Democrats Royston Sheward 680 Liberal Democrats Natalie Greveson 584 Labour Christopher Wellings 536 Turnout 12,260 43.8
Aldridge North and Walsall Wood (3)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Keith Sears 1,489 Conservative Roger Collins 1,488 Conservative Anthony Harris 1,300 UKIP Graham Eardley 1,037 Labour Angus McGhee 656 Labour Gary Hills 655 Labour Veronica Walker 589 Liberal Democrats Mark Greveson 448 Liberal Democrats Shirley Balgobin 404 Liberal Democrats Stanley Evans 376 Turnout 8,442 35.4
Bentley and Darlaston North (3)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Stanley Madeley 1,322 Labour Keith Chambers 1,063 Labour Ayshea Johnson 937 Conservative Mohammed Chaudray 795 Conservative Doris Silvester 659 BNP Kevin Smith 632 UKIP Steven Johnson 630 Conservative Daniel Lloyd 599 Liberal Democrats Christopher Pearce 377 Democratic Socialist Alliance - People Before Profit Terence Durrant 197 Turnout 7,211 32.0
Birchills-Leamore (3)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Joan Barton 1,023 Labour Timothy Oliver 902 Labour Carol Rose 894 Conservative Mazhar Iqbal 699 Conservative Hilda Derry 691 Conservative Nagman Aftab 650 Liberal Democrats Anne Willoughby 437 Democratic Socialist Alliance - People Before Profit Alan Davies 369 Turnout 5,665 26.0
Blakenall (3)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Ian Robertson 910 Labour Robert Robinson 867 Labour Patricia Young 847 Democratic Socialist Alliance - People Before Profit Peter Smith 736 Independent Ray Cooper 471 Conservative Peter Roberts 408 Conservative Pervaiz Khan 295 Conservative Mehnawaz Khan 251 Liberal Democrats Paul Russell 242 Independent Peter Aston 227 Independent Julie Corser 211 Turnout 5,465 26.7
Bloxwich East (3)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative William Tweddle 1,159 Conservative Lesley Beeley 1,033 Labour Kathleen Phillips 1,001 Conservative Alan Venables 933 Labour Jonathan Phillips 862 Labour Shaun Fitzpatrick 837 BNP Steven Price 514 Independent Andrew Ball 474 Independent Janet Pitt 292 Independent Karen Carter 262 Democratic Socialist Alliance - People Before Profit Stephanie Peart 155 Turnout 7,522 33.5
Bloxwich West (3)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Melvin Pitt 1,172 Conservative Desmond Pitt 1,143 Conservative Louise Harrison 1,127 Labour Frederick Westley 1,079 Labour Kenneth Worley 1,062 Labour Diane Coughlan 913 BNP Neil Davies 653 Liberal Democrats James Rudge 275 Democratic Socialist Alliance - People Before Profit David Church 255 Independent Amanda Pitt 247 Independent Kerrie Pitt 237 Independent John Pitt 187 Turnout 8,350 33.1
Brownhills (3)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Alan Paul 1,282 Labour Barbara Cassidy 1,072 Conservative David Turner 970 Conservative Robert Culbert 952 Labour Richard Worrall 935 Labour Stephen Docherty 890 BNP William Vaughan 792 UKIP Elizabeth Hazell 645 Liberal Democrats Josephine Baddeley 495 Turnout 8,033 34.6
Darlaston South (3)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Tony Rowley 1,103 Labour Maria-Rosaria Burley 1,009 Independent Paul Bott 1,007 Labour Graham Wilkes 1,004 Conservative Michelle Martin 546 Conservative James Letts 536 Conservative Lorna Rattigan 463 Democratic Socialist Alliance - People Before Profit Alan Johnston 459 Liberal Democrats Jody Pearce 392 Turnout 6,519 28.0
Paddock (3)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Rose Martin 2,197 Conservative Barry Sanders 1,985 Conservative Zahid Ali 1,857 Labour Baldev Mavi 1,228 Labour Khizar Hussain 1,211 Labour Martin Evans 1,104 UKIP Derek Bennett 989 Liberal Democrats Daniel Barker 832 Liberal Democrats Martin Barker 790 Liberal Democrats Murli Sinha 616 Turnout 12,809 52.0
Palfrey (3)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Joan Beilby 2,043 Conservative Mohammad Yasin 1,991 Conservative Mohammad Munir 1,821 Labour Mohammad Nazir 1,773 Labour Nasar Ali 1,532 Labour Mark Pulford 1,403 Liberal Democrats Karen Pandaal 550 Independent Mohammed Mulla 463 Turnout 11,576 45.8
Pelsall (3)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Garry Perry 2,330 Conservative Marco Longhi 1,999 Conservative Clive Ault 1,596 Liberal Democrats Simeon Mayou 1,073 Liberal Democrats Linda Dickins 723 BNP Dominic Bugler 692 Liberal Democrats Michael Jones 628 Labour Neil Perrett 502 Labour Walter Burley 484 Labour Ronald Rock 433 Democratic Socialist Alliance - People Before Profit Derek Roddy 176 Turnout 10,636 43.4
Pheasey Park Farm (3)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Adrian Andrew 1,514 Conservative Michael Bird 1,259 Conservative Christopher Towe 1,232 Independent Darren Porter 1,124 Labour Spedding McMullen 809 Labour Brenda Etchells 795 Labour Paulette Green 773 Independent Edmund Newman 695 Independent Gloria Newman 592 Independent Peter Ruston 323 Liberal Democrats Christine Cockayne 306 Turnout 9,422 42.7
Pleck (3)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Dennis Anson 1,518 Conservative Mohammed Aslam 1,338 Labour Harbans Sarohi 1,308 Labour Ann Wilson 1,235 Conservative Mark Dabbs 1,183 Conservative Mohammed Arshad 1,101 Independent Norman Matthews 800 Democratic Socialist Alliance - People Before Profit Brian Powell 371 Turnout 8,854 39.2
Rushall-Shelfield (3)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Catherine Micklewright 1,217 Conservative Albert Griffiths 1,191 Conservative Rachel Walker 979 Labour Thomas Perrett 891 BNP Williams Locke 844 UKIP Jenny Mayo 798 Labour Lorraine Smith 688 Labour Robert Thomas 654 Liberal Democrats Ian Dickins 519 Democratic Socialist Alliance - People Before Profit Louise Bradburn 275 Turnout 8,056 35.8
Short Heath (3)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Doreen Shires 1,458 Liberal Democrats Eileen Pitt 1,439 Liberal Democrats John Cook 1,313 Conservative Bryan Bond 563 Conservative Terence Sharp 540 Conservative Wendy Sharp 525 Labour Richard Walker 497 Labour Douglas James 452 Labour Sumit Grover 433 Turnout 7,220 30.7
St. Matthews (3)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Mohammed Arif 1,618 Conservative Barbara McCracken 1,586 Conservative Haqnawaz Khan 1,505 Labour Mohammed Yaqoob 1,210 Labour Moses Whyte 1,051 UKIP Jennifer Beale 1,027 Labour Gareth Walker 1,023 UKIP Mohammed Yaqub 823 UKIP Andrew Scullion 817 Liberal Democrats Louise Shires 658 Turnout 11,318 46.6
Streetly (3)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Brian Douglas-Maul 2,472 Conservative Arthur Clarke 1,984 Conservative Edmund Hughes 1,886 UKIP Steven Grey 1,291 Labour Thomas Charlton 753 Labour Steven King 670 Liberal Democrats Josephine Levine 664 Labour Kathryn Ibbotson 522 Turnout 10,242 40.7
Willenhall North (3)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Ian Shires 1,507 Liberal Democrats Arthur Bentley 1,382 Liberal Democrats Valerie Woodruff 1,209 UKIP Alan Sheath 518 Labour Robert Matthews 428 Conservative Joy Kemp 417 Labour Stephen Rose 407 Labour Ian Pearson 398 Conservative Margaret Salt 361 Conservative Iris Turner 347 Independent Tim Woodley 300 Democratic Socialist Alliance - People Before Profit Alan Paddock 137 Turnout 7,411 29.4
Willenhall South (3)[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Sean Coughlan 1,133 Labour Harold Withnall 1,022 Labour Angela Underhill 971 Liberal Democrats Wendy Evans 737 Conservative Chad Pitt 727 Liberal Democrats Peter Hughes 702 Liberal Democrats Robert Pearce 680 Conservative Justin Douglas-Maul 677 Conservative Parmjit Singh 611 Turnout 7,260 28.0
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