Brentwood Council election, 2004

Elections to Brentwood Borough Council were held on 10 June, 2004. One third of the council was up for election, all seats last being elected in 2002 following boundary changes. The Conservative Party took control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was
* Conservative 21
* Liberal Democrat 13
* Labour 3

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 11
gain = 5
loss = 0
net = +5
seats % = 84.6
votes % = 52.2
votes = 11,722
plus/minus = +4.8%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 1
gain = 0
loss = 5
net = -5
seats % = 7.7
votes % = 31.6
votes = 7,093
plus/minus = -4.9%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 1
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 7.7
votes % = 8.9
votes = 2,003
plus/minus = -1.9%Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0.0
votes % = 6.2
votes = 1,389
plus/minus = +6.2%Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0.0
votes % = 1.2
votes = 266
plus/minus = +0.2%Election Summary
party = Others
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0.0
votes % = 0.0
votes = 0
plus/minus = -4.3%

The swing was 4.9% from the Liberal Democrats to the Conservatives.

Ward results

Election box begin | title=Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2004: Brentwood North Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Faragher
votes = 783
percentage = 40.0
change = +4.7 Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Pauline Myers
votes = 648
percentage = 33.1
change = -12.6 Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Yvonne Maguire
votes = 230
percentage = 11.7
change = +11.7 Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Bingley
votes = 163
percentage = 8.3
change = -3.2 Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Frank Seckleman
votes = 126
percentage = 6.4
change = -1.0 Election box majority
votes = 135
percentage = 6.8
change = -3.6 Election box turnout
votes = 1,959
percentage = 43.0
change = +14.4 Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = +8.7 Election box end Election box begin | title=Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2004: Brentwood South Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Elphick
votes = 596
percentage = 34.3
change = -6.3 Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Philip O'Mara
votes = 458
percentage = 26.3
change = +2.0 Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Doris Suckling
votes = 396
percentage = 22.8
change = -11.8 Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Rowan Holland
votes = 283
percentage = 16.3
change = +16.3 Election box majority
votes = 138
percentage = 7.9
change = +1.9 Election box turnout
votes = 1,739
percentage = 44.2
change = +9.0 Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = -4.2 Election box end Election box begin | title=Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2004: Brentwood West Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joan Holmes
votes = 813
percentage = 48.6
change = +11.9 Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Shirley Howe
votes = 705
percentage = 42.2
change = -12.2 Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Le-Surf
votes = 139
percentage = 8.3
change = -0.5 Election box majority
votes = 108
percentage = 6.5
change = -11.2 Election box turnout
votes = 1,672
percentage = 39.9
change = +14.6 Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = +12.1 Election box end Election box begin | title=Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2004: Brizes & Doddinghurst Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Derek Hardy
votes = 654
percentage = 35.7
change = -30.3 Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Antony Williams
votes = 607
percentage = 33.2
change = +5.5 Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Leonard Williams
votes = 411
percentage = 22.4
change = +22.4 Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Mayo
votes = 87
percentage = 4.8
change = -1.2 Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Andrew Saterlay
votes = 70
percentage = 3.8
change = +3.8 Election box majority
votes = 47
percentage = 2.6
change = -35.8 Election box turnout
votes = 1,831
percentage = 40.1
change = +12.0 Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = -17.9 Election box end Election box begin | title=Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2004: Hutton Central Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jean McGinley
votes = 945
percentage = 71.3
change = +7.3 Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Marcia Collins
votes = 253
percentage = 19.1
change = -2.6 Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Cornelius Maxey
votes = 120
percentage = 9.1
change = +0.4 Election box majority
votes = 692
percentage = 52.2
change = +10.0 Election box turnout
votes = 1,325
percentage = 46.8
change = +7.0 Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +5.0 Election box end Election box begin | title=Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2004: Hutton North Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Louise Monnickendam
votes = 861
percentage = 59.6
change = -1.1 Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Deborah Wood
votes = 444
percentage = 30.7
change = +1.2 Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Bisson
votes = 126
percentage = 8.7
change = -0.7 Election box majority
votes = 417
percentage = 28.9
change = -2.3 Election box turnout
votes = 1,444
percentage = 45.9
change = +11.9 Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = -1.2 Election box end Election box begin | title=Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2004: Hutton South Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Francis Kenny
votes = 916
percentage = 71.2
change = +5.2 Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Roberta Hall
votes = 274
percentage = 21.3
change = -0.8 Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Wands
votes = 83
percentage = 6.4
change = -0.1 Election box majority
votes = 642
percentage = 49.9
change = +5.9 Election box turnout
votes = 1,287
percentage = 43.2
change = +12.1 Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +3.0 Election box end Election box begin | title=Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2004: Ingatestone, Fryerning & Mountnessing Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony Sleep
votes = 986
percentage = 43.1
change = -12.1 Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christopher Dale
votes = 845
percentage = 36.9
change = +11.0 Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Arthur Howes
votes = 293
percentage = 12.8
change = +12.8 Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jane Winter
votes = 90
percentage = 3.9
change = -0.2 Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Beryl Lankester
votes = 70
percentage = 3.1
change = +0.2 Election box majority
votes = 141
percentage = 6.2
change = -23.0 Election box turnout
votes = 2,290
percentage = 49.2
change = +7.9 Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box end Election box begin | title=Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2004: Pilgrims Hatch Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sandra Roberts
votes = 916
percentage = 48.2
change = +11.8 Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Anne Long
votes = 826
percentage = 43.5
change = -8.8 Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michele Wigram
votes = 140
percentage = 7.4
change = -3.5 Election box majority
votes = 90
percentage = 4.7
change = -11.3 Election box turnout
votes = 1,899
percentage = 41.6
change = +11.5 Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = +10.3 Election box end Election box begin | title=Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2004: Shenfield Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Brehaut
votes = 1,401
percentage = 71.7
change = +49.9 Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Lionel Lee
votes = 1,318
percentage = 67.4
change = +45.6 Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Max Gottesmann
votes = 405
percentage = 20.7
change = +4.9 Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mark Long
votes = 378
percentage = 19.3
change = +3.5 Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bernadette Pavitt
votes = 140
percentage = 7.2
change = -0.9 Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Margrave
votes = 114
percentage = 5.8
change = -2.3 Election box majority
votes = 1,023
percentage = 52.3
change = +20.5 Election box majority
votes = 913
percentage = 46.7
change = +14.9 Election box turnout
votes = 1,955
percentage = 47.4
change = +10.9 Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +22.5 Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +21.1 Election box end Election box begin | title=Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2004: Tipps Cross Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dominic Good
votes = 829
percentage = 61.0
change = +4.5 Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jacqueline Anslow
votes = 431
percentage = 31.7
change = -7.1 Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Rita Anderson
votes = 90
percentage = 6.6
change = +2.0 Election box majority
votes = 398
percentage = 29.3
change = +11.5 Election box turnout
votes = 1,359
percentage = 45.8
change = +6.4 Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +5.8 Election box end Election box begin | title=Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2004: Warley Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Tee
votes = 889
percentage = 44.1
change = -1.0 Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Barr
votes = 834
percentage = 41.4
change = -4.1 Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Janette Gulleford
votes = 172
percentage = 8.5
change = +8.5 Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Anderson
votes = 115
percentage = 5.7
change = -3.3 Election box majority
votes = 55
percentage = 2.7
change = +2.3 Election box turnout
votes = 2,014
percentage = 46.4
change = +13.2 Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = +1.6 Election box end

Composition of expiring seats before election

External links

* [http://www.brentwood.gov.uk Brentwood Council] sequence
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