2004 Huntingdonshire District Council election

The 2004 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 1.^[1] The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.^[2]

Election result

Huntingdonshire local election result 2004^[2]^[3]
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	40	+3	76.9	53.2	46,927	+2.5%
Liberal Democrats	10	-3	19.2	33.3	29,342	-3.9%
Independent	2	-1	3.8	3.2	2,805	+1.7%
Labour	0	0	0	8.9	7,818	-1.7%
UKIP	0	0	0	1.1	972	+1.1%
Green	0	0	0	0.3	225	+0.3%
Legalise Cannabis	0	0	0	0.1	77	+0.1%

Ward results

Alconbury and The Stukeleys^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sarah Vanbergen	823	64.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Monk	230	17.9
	UKIP	Robin Wade	160	12.5
	Labour	Shirley Brown	72	5.6
Majority			593	46.1
Turnout			1,285	51.2

Brampton (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Downes	1,516
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Menczer	1,295
	Conservative	Chan Abraham	973
	Conservative	Ian Gardener	922
	Labour	Deirdre Lee	92
	Labour	Darren Hufford	91
Turnout			4,889	56.1

Buckden^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	William Clough	761	51.6
	Conservative	Richard Bailey	665	45.1
	Labour	Colin Greer	48	3.3
Majority			96	6.5
Turnout			1,474	58.6

Earith (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Eddy	1,031
	Conservative	Terence Rogers	856
	Liberal Democrats	Owen McLaughlin	569
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Robelou	433
	Labour	Sharon Nania	228
Turnout			3,117	39.0

Ellington^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Baker	705	59.4
	Conservative	Peter Brooker	435	36.6
	Labour	David Brown	47	4.0
Majority			270	22.8
Turnout			1,187	53.5

Elton and Folksworth^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nicholas Guyatt	648	66.7
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Masterson	177	18.2
	Labour	Mark Holman	146	15.0
Majority			471	48.5
Turnout			971	46.7

Fenstanton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jean Chandler	462	50.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Rainer	402	43.7
	Labour	Jonathan Eason	55	6.0
Majority			60	6.6
Turnout			919	40.6

Godmanchester (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Carol Godley	1,070
	Conservative	Colin Hyams	753
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Looker	746
	Liberal Democrats	Lynda Heseltine	603
	Labour	Marilyn Jones	178
	Labour	John Turner	119
Turnout			3,469	43.9

Gransden and The Offords (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Barbara Boddington	1,182
	Conservative	Alec Stenner	997
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Hayward	415
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Speers	317
	Labour	Thelma Lomax	170
Turnout			3,081	49.2

Huntingdon East (3 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Fell	1,236
	Conservative	Lawrence Simpson	1,146
	Conservative	Derek Holley	1,114
	Liberal Democrats	David Priestman	1,040
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Wyatt	988
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Shellens	960
	UKIP	Leonard Bruce	442
	Labour	Carole Hitchings	297
	Labour	Robert Pugh	289
	Labour	David King	272
Turnout			7,784	40.7

Huntingdon North (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jeffery Dutton	466
	Conservative	Margaret Wheeler	448
	Labour	Ann Beevor	327
	Labour	Graham Hitchings	271
	Liberal Democrats	John Morgan	195
	Liberal Democrats	Toby Fisher	186
Turnout			1,893	28.2

Huntingdon West (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Sanderson	1,021
	Conservative	John Sadler	954
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Burrell	182
	UKIP	Derek Norman	172
	Labour	Ruth Pugh	167
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica Hufford	165
	Labour	Phyllis Gibson	159
Turnout			2,820	38.9

Kimbolton and Staughton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jonathan Gray	790	62.6
	UKIP	Jennifer O'Dell	198	15.7
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Withers	190	15.1
	Labour	Catherine Gillinder	83	6.6
Majority			592	46.9
Turnout			1,261	52.3

Little Paxton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Clarke	811	70.0
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Main	272	23.5
	Labour	Janet Boston	75	6.5
Majority			539	46.5
Turnout			1,158	48.8

Ramsey (3 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Phillip Swales	1,072
	Conservative	Ian Muir	1,003
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Powell	939
	Conservative	Norah Wagstaffe	933
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Dutton	763
	Liberal Democrats	Alastair Taylor	596
	Labour	Carol Harper	218
	Labour	Aidan Hervey	182
Turnout			5,706	37.0

Sawtry (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Richard Tuplin	1,513
	Independent	John Garner	1,292
	Conservative	Marlene Johnson	665
	Labour	Mary Howell	159
Turnout			3,629	43.0

Somersham (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Criswell	1,227
	Conservative	Michael Newman	1,052
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Hulme	733
	Liberal Democrats	Leona Graham-Elen	572
	Labour	Karen Webb	145
	Legalise Cannabis	Marcus Davies	77
Turnout			3,806	46.6

St Ives East (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jason Ablewhite	912
	Conservative	Deborah Reynolds	889
	Liberal Democrats	David Hodge	478
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Waters	407
	Labour	David Brown	216
	Labour	Angela Richards	210
Turnout			3,112	34.9

St Ives South (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Davies	1,110
	Conservative	Douglas Dew	1,014
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Bush	619
	Liberal Democrats	Gilly Jackson	516
	Labour	Richard Allen	193
	Labour	John Watson	157
Turnout			3,609	39.9

St Ives West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kevin Reynolds	492	50.3
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Townsend	408	41.7
	Labour	David Nelson	78	8.0
Majority			84	8.6
Turnout			978	43.6

St Neots Eaton Ford (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kathleen Gregory	1,162
	Conservative	David Harty	992
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Giles	891
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Cooper	830
	Labour	David Nicholls	163
Turnout			4,038	41.8

St Neots Eaton Socon (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Giles	680
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Thorpe	650
	Conservative	Rodney Farrer	608
	Conservative	Elaine Kadic	514
	Labour	Douglas Brown	128
Turnout			2,580	33.3

St Neots Eynesbury (3 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Hansard	933
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Collins	910
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Taylor	872
	Conservative	Paul Ursell	832
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Hopewell	819
	Conservative	Alan Mackender-Lawrence	725
	Labour	George Harrison	286
Turnout			5,377	30.1

St Neots Priory Park (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paula Longford	930
	Conservative	Nicholas Finnie	878
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Mumford	550
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Eaton	528
	Labour	William O'Connor	178
Turnout			3,064	37.2

Stilton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Mitchell	688	63.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Davidson	291	27.0
	Labour	Steven Hicks	98	9.1
Majority			397	36.9
Turnout			1,077	46.5

The Hemingfords (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ian Bates	1,336
	Conservative	Christopher Stephens	1,210
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Dickson	842
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Wallis	832
	Green	Donald Walton	225
	Labour	Philip Sly	121
	Labour	Rosalie Trayner	117
Turnout			4,683	55.4

Upwood and The Raveleys^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Bell	468	48.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Souter	436	45.4
	Labour	Susan Coomey	57	5.9
Majority			32	3.3
Turnout			961	40.2

Warboys and Bury (2 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Taylor	1,051
	Conservative	Peter Bucknell	1,008
	Conservative	Richard Normington	929
	Liberal Democrats	Terence Palmer	782
	Labour	Marie Baker	162
Turnout			3,932	47.3

Yaxley and Farcet (3 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Watt	1,726
	Conservative	Eric Butler	1,619
	Conservative	Madhabi Banerjee	1,197
	Labour	Kevin Goddard	622
	Labour	Graeme Watkins	617
	Labour	Margaret Cochrane	525
Turnout			6,306	32.5

By-elections between 2004 and 2006

Little Paxton by-election 5 May 2005^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Churchill	920	56.7	−13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Hunt	703	43.3	+19.8
Majority			217	13.4	−33.1
Turnout			1,623	69.0	+20.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Huntingdonshire council". BBC News Online. 12 June 2004. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Ballot box - Elections". The Times. NewsBank. 12 June 2004. p. 26.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad "District Council Election" (PDF). Huntingdonshire District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
^ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Huntingdonshire District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2006. Retrieved 4 July 2014.

[vote2004-1] "Huntingdonshire council". BBC News Online. 12 June 2004. Retrieved 3 July 2014.

[ballot-2] "Ballot box - Elections". The Times. NewsBank. 12 June 2004. p. 26.

[results-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad "District Council Election" (PDF). Huntingdonshire District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.

[byelection-4] "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2014.

[paxton-5] "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Huntingdonshire District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2006. Retrieved 4 July 2014.

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