Colchester Borough Council election, 2004

May 5, 2004 (2004-05-05)

20 seats (out of 60 seats) 31 seats seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrat	Independent
Last election	23	26	3
Seats before	23	24	6
Seats won	27	22	5
Seat change	4	2	1
Popular vote	13,908	11,591	2,266
Percentage	40.9	34.1	6.7
Swing	0.6	1.7	0.9

	Fourth party

Party	Labour
Last election	6
Seats before	5
Seats won	4
Seat change	1
Popular vote	6,225
Percentage	18.3
Swing	1.5

Map of the results of the 2004 Colchester council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and independents in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2004.

The 2004 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. This was the same day as the other 2004 United Kingdom local elections and as the 2004 European Parliament Elections. One third of the seats were up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

The Conservatives gained 4 seats to become the largest party on the council with 28 seats, 3 short of a majority.^[2]^[3] They overtook the Liberal Democrats who held 23 seats, Labour with 6 seats and 3 independents.^[2] Overall turnout at the election was 34.4%.^[4]

As a result, the Conservatives took all the seats on the council cabinet for the first time since that style of government was introduced in Colchester, with the Conservative group leader John Jowers becoming the new leader of the council.^[3]

Colchester Borough Council Election, 2004^[1]^[5]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	11	4	0	+4	55	40.9	13,908	+0.3%
	Liberal Democrat	6	0	2	-2	30	34.2	11,619	+2.2%
	Labour	2	1	0	+1	10	18.2	6,197	-1.8%
	Independent	1	0	3	-4	5	6.7	2,266	+1.0%

Ward results

Berechurch^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Craig S Sutton	757	45.7	-6.4
	Labour	David F Harris	504	30.5	+2.3
	Conservative	Pauline S Hazell	394	23.8	+4.7
Majority			253	15.3	-8.6
Turnout			1655	28.8	+4.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Castle Ward^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	William H F Spyvee	1,185	57.9	+3.5
	Conservative	Pauline R Lucas	566	27.7	+3.4
	Labour	Malcolm P Cannon	296	14.5	+1.8
Majority			619	30.2	+0.1
Turnout			2,047	35.4	+6.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Dedham & Langham Ward^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John C Garnett	991	79.0	+5.3
	Liberal Democrat	Carolyn Catney	180	14.3	-4.9
	Labour	Ian J Yates	84	6.7	-0.4
Majority			811	64.6	+10.1
Turnout			1,255	53.7	+8.7^{[lower-alpha 1]}
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Donyland Ward^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Andrew M Raison	428	43.9	+0.7
	Conservative	Patricia A Sanderson	296	30.3	-6.9
	Independent	Peter L Byham	159	16.3	+16.3
	Liberal Democrat	Barry R Woodward	93	9.5	-10.1
Majority			132	13.5	+7.5
Turnout			976	48.9	+12.9^{[lower-alpha 1]}
	Labour hold		Swing

Harbour Ward^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Justin Knight	594	51.2
	Conservative	Susan Harper	292	25.2
	Labour	David J Canning	275	23.7
Majority			302	26.0
Turnout			1,161	27.2	-1.8^{[lower-alpha 1]}
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Highwoods Ward^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Beverley A Oxford^{[lower-alpha 2]}	807	42.5	+16.2
	Liberal Democrat	Paul L Booker	507	26.7	-4.9
	Conservative	Shahid N Husain	423	22.3	-10.0
	Labour	Hugh L Thomas	163	8.6	-0.8
Majority			300	15.8
Turnout			1,900	30.3	+8.3
	Independent hold		Swing

Lexden Ward^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Donald J Henshall	1,194	62.3
	Liberal Democrat	Helen L Bayliss	569	29.7
	Labour	Alan F Trudgian	154	8.0
Majority			625	32.6
Turnout			1,917	44.7	+0.7^{[lower-alpha 1]}
	Conservative hold		Swing

Marks Tey Ward^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Richard H Gower	517	61.5	-3.2
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Verran	134	16.0	+0.7
	Labour	John C Wood	106	12.6	-7.4
	Independent	Patrick James Mead	83	9.9	+9.9
Majority			383	45.6	+0.9
Turnout			840	41.0	+10.0^{[lower-alpha 1]}
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mile End Ward^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Brian D H Jarvis	681	46.1	+11.0
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Mecklenburg	631	42.7	-1.6
	Labour	Janet R Smith	166	11.2	-1.7
Majority			50	3.4
Turnout			1,478	28.3	+2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Town Ward^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Peter M Higgins	972	55.3	+0.3
	Conservative	Glenn Bath	483	27.5	+4.2
	Labour	David A Hough	302	17.2	-2.9
Majority			489	27.8	-3.9
Turnout			1,757	28.2	+5.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Prettygate Ward^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ron Levy	1,304	49.0	+5.7
	Liberal Democrat	John Gray	1,151	43.2	-5.1
	Labour	Luke M P Dopson	208	7.8	-0.6
Majority			153	5.7
Turnout			2,663	44.8	+8.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

St Andrew's Ward^[2]^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Tina J Dopson	823	52.8	-9.1
	Liberal Democrat	Ralph B Johnston	378	24.3	+3.6
	Conservative	Anne Allan	357	22.9	+8.9
Majority			445	28.6	-12.8
Turnout			1,558	22.3	+2.6
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

St Annes's Ward^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Gaik-Choon (A.K.A. Helen) Chuah	998	54.7	-3.6
	Conservative	Angus J C Allan	464	25.5	+6.1
	Labour	Robert A A Fisher	361	19.8	-0.4
Majority			534	29.3	-8.9
Turnout			1,823	28.3	+5.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St John's Ward^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Paul E Smith	929	55.4
	Conservative	Derek J Smith	587	35.0
	Labour	Mike A Warner	160	9.5
Majority			342	20.4
Turnout			1,676	40.2	+4.2^{[lower-alpha 1]}
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Shrub End Ward^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Roger Buston	777	38.4	+4.6
	Liberal Democrat	Barry W James	737	36.4	+10.4
	Labour	Kim A Naish	512	25.3	-12.7
Majority			40	2.0
Turnout			2,026	34.0	+9.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stanway Ward^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Andrew J Ellis	1,027	47.7	+12.9
	Liberal Democrat	Gwendoline I R Ilott	839	39.0	-13.3
	Labour	John Spademan	285	13.2	+0.5
Majority			188	8.7	-8.9
Turnout			2,151	35.3	+6.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Tiptree Ward^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Richard (aka Dick) Martin	925	41.0	+6.0
	Independent	John F Elliott	741	32.8	-1.9
	Labour	Alan C L Mogridge	590	26.2	-0.4
Majority			184	8.2	+7.9
Turnout			2,256	37.9	+11.5
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

West Mersea Ward^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John G Bouckley	1,581	71.0	+8.0
	Labour	Audrey M Spencer	329	14.8	-5.6
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald Charles Laurance Baker	316	14.2	+0.0
Majority			1,252	56.2	+13.6
Turnout			2,226	38.6	+8.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wivenhoe Cross Ward^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Eugene Kraft	420	46.4
	Liberal Democrat	John Galpin	356	39.3
	Labour	Aulay MacKenzie	129	14.3
Majority			64	7.1
Turnout			905	27.2	+10.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wivenhoe Quay Ward^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ann L Quarry	629	36.6	+7.9
	Independent	Robert Newman	476	27.7	-7.9
	Labour	Thomas N Prosser	322	18.7	-5.8
	Liberal Democrat	Jeremy J Jacobs	293	17.0	+17.0
Majority			153	8.9	+2.0
Turnout			1,720	43.7	+8.1
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

1 2 3 4 5 6 Change in turnout since 2002
↑ The Independent candidate in Highwoods ward was elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2002. Her vote share is comparable with the Independent who stood for the ward in 2003, as both had defected from Liberal Democrat to Independent since being elected.

By-elections between 2004 and 2006

A by-election took place on 21 October 2004 in Berechurch after the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Susan Brooks.^[6] Labour's David Harris took the seat from the Liberal Democrats by a majority of 345.^[6]

Berechurch By-Election 21 October 2004^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Dave Harris	838	51.5	+21.0
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Verran	493	30.3	-15.4
	Conservative	Andrew Bright	296	18.2	-5.6
Majority			345	21.2
Turnout			1,627	30.0
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

References

1 2 "BBC News Vote 2004 Colchester Council". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
1 2 3 4 "Colchester : Conservatives become leading party". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 12 June 2004.
1 2 "Colchester : Council names all-Tory cabinet". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 16 June 2004.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Summary of the number of votes cast and % turnout". Colchester Borough Council. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Colchester Borough Council Elections 10 June 2004 - Results". Colchester Borough Council. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
1 2 Dines, Graham (22 October 2004). "Mixed results for the Lib Dems". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
↑ "Labour wins byelection in army town". London: guardian.co.uk. 2004-10-22. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
↑ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 27 May 2014.

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