Purbeck Council election, 2004

Elections to Purbeck Council were held on 10 June, 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Conservative 13
*Liberal Democrat 8
*Independent 3

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 6
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 75.0
votes % = 49.2
votes = 5,934
plus/minus = +4.9%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 2
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 25.0
votes % = 37.0
votes = 4,459
plus/minus = +0.6%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 9.3
votes = 1,118
plus/minus = -3.5%Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 4.5
votes = 541
plus/minus = +4.5%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Hyde
votes = 781
percentage = 56.6
change = +56.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Peacock
votes = 598
percentage = 43.4
change = -3.5Election box majority
votes = 183
percentage = 13.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,379
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Wendy Starr
votes = 570
percentage = 52.2
change = -9.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Pamela Hindley
votes = 523
percentage = 47.8
change = +9.3Election box majority
votes = 47
percentage = 4.4
change = -18.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,093
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Johns
votes = 848
percentage = 59.1
change = +15.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Angela Jones
votes = 502
percentage = 35.0
change = -10.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Collis
votes = 86
percentage = 6.0
change = -4.4Election box majority
votes = 346
percentage = 24.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,436
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Beryl Ezzard
votes = 523
percentage = 50.8
change = -3.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Malcolm Russell
votes = 432
percentage = 41.9
change = +10.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Selby Bennett
votes = 75
percentage = 7.3
change = -7.1Election box majority
votes = 91
percentage = 8.9
change = -14.1Election box turnout
votes = 1,030
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Antony Miller
votes = 904
percentage = 55.2
change = -5.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Hadley
votes = 549
percentage = 33.5
change = +6.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Christine Rabson
votes = 184
percentage = 11.2
change = -0.7Election box majority
votes = 355
percentage = 21.7
change = -11.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,637
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Bright
votes = 727
percentage = 35.6
change = -14.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Cherry Bartlett
votes = 614
percentage = 30.0
change = +7.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Scull
votes = 455
percentage = 22.3
change = -4.9Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Ken Harvey
votes = 248
percentage = 12.1
change = +12.1Election box majority
votes = 113
percentage = 5.6
change = -17.5Election box turnout
votes = 2,044
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Roy Anderson
votes = 1,132
percentage = 50.9
change = +24.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Keith Critchley
votes = 1,093
percentage = 49.1
change = +15.5Election box majority
votes = 39
percentage = 1.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,225
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Malcolm Shakesby
votes = 587
percentage = 48.6
change = -21.4Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = John Barnes
votes = 293
percentage = 24.3
change = +24.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Judith Webb
votes = 169
percentage = 14.0
change = +14.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jon Davey
votes = 159
percentage = 13.2
change = -16.8Election box majority
votes = 294
percentage = 24.3
change = -15.7Election box turnout
votes = 1,208
percentage =
change =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2004/locals/html/3737.stm 2004 Purbeck election result]
* [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/loc04/Pages/purbeck-dc/results04.html Ward results]

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