2004 Adur District Council election

Elections to Adur District Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 reducing the number of seats by 10. The Conservative Party held overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 38.0%.

Results

Adur Local Election Result 2004
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	24	-3	82.8	51.9	16,433	+5.1%
Labour	2	-6	6.9	20.4	6,456	-11.1%
Independent	2	-2	6.9	11.2	3,543	+7.2%
Liberal Democrats	1	+1	3.4	13.4	4,236	+2.2%
Green	0	0	0	2.2	686	-1.4%
UKIP	0	0	0	0.9	288	-2.0%

Ward results

Buckingham (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Debra Kennard	872
	Conservative	Melanie Blunden	871
	Labour	Nigel Sweet	327
Turnout			2,070

Churchill (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Carol Bradburn	483
	Conservative	Graham Kerner	416
	Independent	Joy Hartley	342
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Gibson	317
	Independent	Denise Ferris	280
	Labour	Joyce Burns	223
Turnout			2,061

Cokeham (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Nicholas Pigott	488
	Labour	Kenneth Bashford	452
	Labour	Barry Mear	432
	Conservative	Vilna Woolhead	379
	Liberal Democrats	Tracey Clarke	310
Turnout			2,061

Eastbrook (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Carol Eade	572
	Conservative	James Funnell	544
	Labour	David Munnery	483
	Labour	Jean Woolgar	332
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Painter	211
Turnout			2,142

Hillside (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Kenneth Eade	793
	Conservative	Janet Mockridge	657
	Liberal Democrats	Robert King	429
	Labour	Martin Horner	353
Turnout			2,232

Manor (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Keith Dollemore	586
	Conservative	Angela Mills	480
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Martin	330
	UKIP	Lionel Parsons	288
	Liberal Democrats	Cathleen Davies	284
	Independent	Anthony Holmes	190
	Labour	Jean Turner	151
Turnout			2,309

Marine (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Elizabeth McKinney	989
	Independent	Michael Mendoza	920
	Labour	Stephen Mear	167
Turnout			2,076

Mash Barn (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Brenda Collard	342
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Bridges	295
	Conservative	Maureen Condick	274
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Burt	264
	Independent	Patrick Beresford	200
	Independent	Sharon Wood	192
	Labour	Roy Banks	166
Turnout			1,733

Peverel (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Carson Albury	544
	Conservative	Brian Boggis	541
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Clarke	470
	Labour	John Wales	312
Turnout			1,867

St. Mary's (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Michael Howard	560
	Conservative	Victoria Parkin	503
	Labour	Alan Heselden	454
	Labour	Sue-Ellen Murrell-Ashworth	434
Turnout			1,951

St. Nicolas (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Brian Coomber	851
	Conservative	Neil Parkin	666
	Green	Moyra Martin	425
	Labour	Daniel Yates	312
Turnout			2,254

Southlands (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Laura Graysmark	555
	Labour	Peter Berry	535
	Conservative	Paul Graysmark	517
	Labour	Andrew Bray	498
Turnout			2,105

Southwick Green (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Dunn	727
	Conservative	Julie Searle	692
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Stuart	308
	Green	Susan Board	261
	Labour	Steven Carden	224
	Labour	Julie Scarratt	218
Turnout			2,430

Widewater (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Wendy Gray	868
	Conservative	Anthony Nicklen	843
	Conservative	Christine Turner	799
	Liberal Democrats	Doris Martin	521
	Liberal Democrats	Yasoda Dooraree	497
	Independent	Elizabeth Edwards	430
	Labour	Adrienne Lowe	383
Turnout			4,341

References

Adur council. BBC News. 11 June 2004
Adur District Elections : 10 June 2004