Eastleigh Council election, 2004

Elections to Eastleigh Council were held on 10 June, 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 41.4%

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Liberal Democrat 32
*Conservative 9
*Labour 3

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 13
gain = 2
loss = 0
net = +2
seats % = 81.3
votes % = 45.6
votes = 13,754
plus/minus = -1.7%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 3
gain = 0
loss = 1
net = -1
seats % = 18.8
votes % = 31.1
votes = 9,364
plus/minus = +3.5%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 1
net = -1
seats % = 0
votes % = 13.6
votes = 4,110
plus/minus = -6.5%Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 9.5
votes = 2,851
plus/minus = +5.7%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.2
votes = 55
plus/minus = -1.0%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Trevor Mignot
votes = 657
percentage = 36.6
change = -8.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Rhodes
votes = 543
percentage = 30.3
change = +9.0Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Stephen Challis
votes = 317
percentage = 17.7
change = +6.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mary Shepherd
votes = 276
percentage = 15.4
change = -7.3Election box majority
votes = 114
percentage = 6.3
change = -15.7Election box turnout
votes = 1,793
percentage = 42.1
change = +13.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Anne Winstanley
votes = 760
percentage = 38.9
change = +0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Pemberton
votes = 693
percentage = 35.5
change = -15.1Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Peter Stewart
votes = 278
percentage = 14.2
change = +14.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Tristan Rhodes
votes = 222
percentage = 11.4
change = +0.6Election box majority
votes = 67
percentage = 3.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,953
percentage = 46.6
change = +6.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Rupert Kyrle
votes = 1,208
percentage = 61.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Harvey
votes = 492
percentage = 25.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Donald Davey
votes = 162
percentage = 8.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Norgate
votes = 97
percentage = 5.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 716
percentage = 36.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,959
percentage = 49.2
change = +11.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stephen Holes
votes = 980
percentage = 49.2
change = -0.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Milne
votes = 606
percentage = 30.5
change = -4.7Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Maurice Bennett
votes = 296
percentage = 14.9
change = +7.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Edward White
votes = 108
percentage = 5.4
change = -2.6Election box majority
votes = 374
percentage = 18.7
change = +4.3Election box turnout
votes = 1,990
percentage = 36.7
change = +7.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Haulwen Broadhurst
votes = 739
percentage = 47.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ernest Pullen
votes = 714
percentage = 45.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gwyneth Hubert
votes = 116
percentage = 7.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 25
percentage = 1.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,569
percentage = 41.7
change = +2.8Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Andrew Wray
votes = 1,057
percentage = 58.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Gardiner
votes = 637
percentage = 35.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Grice
votes = 113
percentage = 6.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 420
percentage = 23.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,807
percentage = 43.2
change = +4.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Glynn Davies-Dear
votes = 994
percentage = 40.9
change = -4.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Luffman
votes = 876
percentage = 36.0
change = -6.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Gosling
votes = 290
percentage = 11.9
change = +3.0Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Paul Webber
votes = 216
percentage = 8.9
change = +5.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Alan Sneddon
votes = 55
percentage = 2.3
change = -0.7Election box majority
votes = 118
percentage = 4.9
change = +2.2Election box turnout
votes = 2,431
percentage = 38.6
change = +7.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christopher Thomas
votes = 978
percentage = 46.2
change = -0.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Foster
votes = 732
percentage = 34.6
change = +18.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Samuel Snook
votes = 408
percentage = 19.3
change = -4.0Election box majority
votes = 246
percentage = 11.6
change = -11.7Election box turnout
votes = 2,118
percentage = 35.3
change = +6.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jennifer Head
votes = 949
percentage = 40.9
change = +8.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Christine Hadley
votes = 697
percentage = 30.1
change = -18.9Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Ann Bays
votes = 343
percentage = 14.8
change = +9.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Hall
votes = 330
percentage = 14.2
change = +1.1Election box majority
votes = 252
percentage = 10.8
change = -5.9Election box turnout
votes = 2,319
percentage = 39.6
change = +8.8Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Joseph Wright
votes = 1,008
percentage = 45.8
change = -17.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Gillam
votes = 614
percentage = 27.9
change = +7.4Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = George McGuinness
votes = 365
percentage = 16.6
change = +7.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Sorley
votes = 212
percentage = 9.6
change = -2.2Election box majority
votes = 394
percentage = 17.9
change = -20.1Election box turnout
votes = 2,199
percentage = 33.9
change = -4.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Pepper
votes = 934
percentage = 48.2
change = -5.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Malcolm Cross
votes = 738
percentage = 38.1
change = +0.7Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Beryl Humphrey
votes = 164
percentage = 8.5
change = +6.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Elsie Truscott
votes = 100
percentage = 5.2
change = -2.0Election box majority
votes = 196
percentage = 10.1
change = -6.2Election box turnout
votes = 1,936
percentage = 47.9
change = +9.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jane Welsh
votes = 1,072
percentage = 44.2
change = -8.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paulette Holt
votes = 700
percentage = 28.9
change = -3.0Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Doreen Gilbert
votes = 523
percentage = 21.6
change = +11.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Kosted
votes = 128
percentage = 5.3
change = -0.3Election box majority
votes = 372
percentage = 15.3
change = -5.4Election box turnout
votes = 2,423
percentage = 33.9
change = -5.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Godfrey Olson
votes = 1,367
percentage = 60.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Courtney Lane
votes = 757
percentage = 33.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Tibble
votes = 121
percentage = 5.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 610
percentage = 27.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,245
percentage = 54.3
change = +3.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Doreen Wellfare
votes = 982
percentage = 48.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Grahame Smith
votes = 962
percentage = 47.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kevin Butt
votes = 65
percentage = 3.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 20
percentage = 1.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,009
percentage = 51.7
change = +3.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Airey
votes = 895
percentage = 64.7
change = +2.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Edward Brandt
votes = 201
percentage = 14.5
change = -9.7Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Neil Smith
votes = 187
percentage = 13.5
change = +13.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Woodcock
votes = 100
percentage = 7.2
change = -6.1Election box majority
votes = 694
percentage = 50.2
change = +11.9Election box turnout
votes = 1,383
percentage = 34.7
change = +5.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

External links

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2004/locals/html/3687.stm BBC report of 2004 Eastleigh election result]

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