2004 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election

Elections to Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 31
• Conservative 14
• Liberal Democrat 14
• Caring Party 1

Election result

Newcastle-under-Lyme Local Election Result 2004

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	11	3	1	+2	47.8	37.0	11,568	+0.1%
	Liberal Democrats	6	0	4	-4	26.1	33.3	10,403	+2.0%
	Conservative	6	2	0	+2	26.1	27.7	8,676	-0.4%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	237	+0.7%
	Caring Party	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	222	-2.4%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	177	+0.2%

Ward results

Audley and Bignall End (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Wilkes	760
	Labour	Ann Beech	759
	Liberal Democrats	Cornes Dylis	754
	Labour	Dennis McIntosh	630
	Conservative	Robert Edwards	405
	Conservative	Glenys Davies	260
Turnout			3,568
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bradwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Tatton	870	56.7	−4.0
	Conservative	Janet Lefroy	361	23.5	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Boughey	303	19.8	+0.3
Majority			509	33.2	+2.3
Turnout			1,534
	Labour hold		Swing

Butt Lane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Evans	565	47.4	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Burgess	378	31.7	−2.9
	Conservative	Pauline Rowley	248	20.8	+5.0
Majority			187	15.7	+0.7
Turnout			1,191
	Labour hold		Swing

Chesterton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mick Dolman	589
	Labour	Sandra Simpson	537
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Cooley	357
	Conservative	Malcolm Moore	272
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Cornes	208
	Conservative	Clive Moss	174
Turnout			2,137
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Clayton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Heames	557	43.4
	Labour	Richard Gorton	483	37.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Dugdale	244	19.0
Majority			74	5.8
Turnout			1,284
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cross Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sylvia Butler	727	54.3	−5.5
	Conservative	John Tagg	264	19.7	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Leo Hamburger	220	16.4	−1.2
	Caring Party	Johnathon Ackerley	128	9.6	+1.8
Majority			463	34.6	−7.6
Turnout			1,339
	Labour hold		Swing

Halmerend (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Olwyn Speed	776
	Liberal Democrats	David Becket	738
	Labour	Trevor Sproston	368
	Labour	Andrew Williams	360
Turnout			2,242
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Holditch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vic Finnemore	524	65.8
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Colclough	272	34.2
Majority			252	31.6
Turnout			796
	Labour hold		Swing

Kidsgrove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Astle	892	62.2	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ephriam Daniels	301	21.0	−13.7
	Conservative	Edward Lowe	242	16.9	+6.3
Majority			591	41.2	+21.2
Turnout			1,435
	Labour hold		Swing

Loggerheads and Whitmore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Freda Myatt	1,525	70.7	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Bryan Kirkham	404	18.7	+8.2
	Labour	Helen Sproston	228	10.6	−5.7
Majority			1,121	52.0	−5.0
Turnout			2,157
	Conservative hold		Swing

May Bank

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Matthews	913	48.4	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Coxon	557	29.5	−3.5
	Labour	Stephen Harrison	417	22.1	−0.3
Majority			356	18.9	+7.4
Turnout			1,887
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Newchapel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Chrzanowski	352	38.8	+9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Maurica Leese	319	35.1	+4.0
	Independent	Michael Prosser	237	26.1	+26.1
Majority			33	3.7
Turnout			908
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Porthill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Cooper	461	41.9
	Labour	Colin Higginson	442	40.2
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Cooley	196	17.8
Majority			19	1.7
Turnout			1,099
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Ravenscliffe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gillian Burnett	443	45.3	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Hall	306	31.3	−8.0
	Conservative	Jeremy Dodsworth	228	23.3	+6.9
Majority			137	14.0	+9.0
Turnout			977
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Seabridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Whieldon	725	46.5	+0.4
	Labour	David Beardmore	551	35.4	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Durber	282	18.1	+0.1
Majority			174	11.1	+0.9
Turnout			1,558
	Conservative hold		Swing

Talke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Slater	515	54.4	−4.0
	Labour	Doris Boden	265	28.0	−2.0
	Conservative	Stephen Sweeney	166	17.5	+5.9
Majority			250	26.4	−2.0
Turnout			946
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Thistleberry

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Reddish	1,026	55.7	−2.3
	Conservative	Gerald Cork	437	23.7	−0.1
	Labour	William Welsh	285	15.5	−2.8
	Caring Party	Geoff Cubley	94	5.1	+5.1
Majority			589	32.0	−2.2
Turnout			1,842
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Clarke	571	48.3
	Labour	Steve James	392	33.2
	Conservative	Luciana Flackett	152	12.9
	Caring Party	Derick Huckfield	66	5.6
Majority			179	15.1
Turnout			1,181
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Westlands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Moss	1,007	55.5	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Jones	479	26.4	+2.3
	Labour	Eileen Robinson	328	18.1	+1.2
Majority			528	29.1	−5.8
Turnout			1,814
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wolstanton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Olsezewski	561	38.6	−6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Johnson	437	30.1	−2.1
	Conservative	Caroline Champion	279	19.2	+3.8
	Green	Anne Beirne	177	12.2	+5.3
Majority			124	8.5	−4.8
Turnout			1,454
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

References

• 2004 Newcastle-under-Lyme election result