Eastleigh Borough 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

Eastleigh Local Election Result 2004
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	13	2	0	+2	81.3	45.6	13,754	-1.7%
	Conservative	3	0	1	-1	18.8	31.1	9,364	+3.5%
	Labour	0	0	1	-1	0	13.6	4,110	-6.5%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	9.5	2,851	+5.7%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	55	-1.0%

Ward results

Bishopstoke East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor Mignot	657	36.6	-8.1
	Conservative	Christopher Rhodes	543	30.3	+9.0
	UKIP	Stephen Challis	317	17.7	+6.4
	Labour	Mary Shepherd	276	15.4	-7.3
Majority			114	6.3	-15.7
Turnout			1,793	42.1	+13.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bishopstoke West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Winstanley	760	38.9	+0.3
	Labour	Ian Pemberton	693	35.5	-15.1
	UKIP	Peter Stewart	278	14.2	+14.2
	Conservative	Tristan Rhodes	222	11.4	+0.6
Majority			67	3.4
Turnout			1,953	46.6	+6.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Botley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Rupert Kyrle	1,208	61.7
	Conservative	Thomas Harvey	492	25.1
	UKIP	Donald Davey	162	8.3
	Labour	Brian Norgate	97	5.0
Majority			716	36.6
Turnout			1,959	49.2	+11.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bursledon & Old Netley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Holes	980	49.2	-0.4
	Conservative	John Milne	606	30.5	-4.7
	UKIP	Maurice Bennett	296	14.9	+7.7
	Labour	Edward White	108	5.4	-2.6
Majority			374	18.7	+4.3
Turnout			1,990	36.7	+7.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Chandler's Ford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Haulwen Broadhurst	739	47.1
	Conservative	Ernest Pullen	714	45.5
	Labour	Gwyneth Hubert	116	7.4
Majority			25	1.6
Turnout			1,569	41.7	+2.8
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Chandler's Ford West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Wray	1,057	58.5
	Conservative	Andrew Gardiner	637	35.3
	Labour	Philip Grice	113	6.3
Majority			420	23.2
Turnout			1,807	43.2	+4.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Eastleigh Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Glynn Davies-Dear	994	40.9	-4.5
	Labour	William Luffman	876	36.0	-6.7
	Conservative	Stephen Gosling	290	11.9	+3.0
	UKIP	Paul Webber	216	8.9	+5.9
	Independent	Alan Sneddon	55	2.3	-0.7
Majority			118	4.9	+2.2
Turnout			2,431	38.6	+7.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Eastleigh North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Thomas	978	46.2	-0.4
	Conservative	Alan Foster	732	34.6	+18.8
	Labour	Samuel Snook	408	19.3	-4.0
Majority			246	11.6	-11.7
Turnout			2,118	35.3	+6.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Eastleigh South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Head	949	40.9	+8.6
	Labour	Christine Hadley	697	30.1	-18.9
	UKIP	Ann Bays	343	14.8	+9.2
	Conservative	Susan Hall	330	14.2	+1.1
Majority			252	10.8	-5.9
Turnout			2,319	39.6	+8.8
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Fair Oak & Horton Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Joseph Wright	1,008	45.8	-17.7
	Conservative	David Gillam	614	27.9	+7.4
	UKIP	George McGuinness	365	16.6	+7.4
	Labour	John Sorley	212	9.6	-2.2
Majority			394	17.9	-20.1
Turnout			2,199	33.9	-4.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hamble-le-Rice & Butlocks Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Pepper	934	48.2	-5.5
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Cross	738	38.1	+0.7
	UKIP	Beryl Humphrey	164	8.5	+6.8
	Labour	Elsie Truscott	100	5.2	-2.0
Majority			196	10.1	-6.2
Turnout			1,936	47.9	+9.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hedge End St Johns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Jane Welsh	1,072	44.2	-8.4
	Conservative	Paulette Holt	700	28.9	-3.0
	UKIP	Doreen Gilbert	523	21.6	+11.7
	Labour	Geoffrey Kosted	128	5.3	-0.3
Majority			372	15.3	-5.4
Turnout			2,423	33.9	-5.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hiltingbury East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Godfrey Olson	1,367	60.9
	Liberal Democrat	Courtney Lane	757	33.7
	Labour	Michael Tibble	121	5.4
Majority			610	27.2
Turnout			2,245	54.3	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hiltingbury West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Doreen Wellfare	982	48.9
	Liberal Democrat	Grahame Smith	962	47.9
	Labour	Kevin Butt	65	3.2
Majority			20	1.0
Turnout			2,009	51.7	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netley Abbey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	David Airey	895	64.7	+2.2
	Conservative	Edward Brandt	201	14.5	-9.7
	UKIP	Neil Smith	187	13.5	+13.5
	Labour	Peter Woodcock	100	7.2	-6.1
Majority			694	50.2	+11.9
Turnout			1,383	34.7	+5.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

External links

BBC report of 2004 Eastleigh election result