2004 Plymouth City Council election

The 2004 Plymouth City Council election was held on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England. This was on the same day as the other local elections. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party remained in control of the council.

2004 Plymouth City Council election

10 June 2004
19 of the 57 seats to Plymouth City Council 29 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 36 18 3 Seats won 11 7 1 Seats after 35 19 2 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 20,511 20,261 11,862 Percentage 32.1% 31.7% 18.6%
Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2004 Plymouth City Council elections.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

Overall results

2004 Plymouth City Council Election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	11	0	1	1	57.9	32.1	20,511
	Conservative	7	1	0	1	36.8	31.7	20,261
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	0		0.0	18.6	11,862
	UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	13.9	8,853
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	1.8	1,171
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	1.2	796
	BNP	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	379
Total		19						63,833

Ward results

Budshead

Location of Budshead ward

Budshead 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christopher Mavin	1,168	34.8%
	Conservative	Matthew Harrison	1,007	30.0%
	UKIP	Thomas Williams	702	20.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Addis	478	14.2%
Turnout			3,355	34.9%
	Labour hold

Compton

Location of Compton ward

Compton 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Savery	1,519	40.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Casley	855	23.0%
	Labour	Debra Roche	757	20.4%
	UKIP	Ronald Coombes	581	15.7%
Turnout			3,712	40.5%
	Conservative hold

Devonport

Location of Devonport ward

Devonport 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Nicola Wildy	1,068	37.1%
	Conservative	James Bell	630	21.9%
	UKIP	Sydney Brooks	465	16.2%
	Liberal Democrats	John Brooks	429	14.9%
	BNP	Graham Green	191	6.6%
	Green	Wendy Miller	93	3.2%
Turnout			2,876	29.3%
	Labour hold

Efford and Lipson

Location of Efford and Lipson ward

Efford and Lipson 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brian Vincent	1,649	50.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Lilli Miller	843	25.6%
	Conservative	Mary Orchard	802	24.3%
Turnout			3,294	34.4%
	Labour hold

Eggbuckland

Location of Eggbuckland ward

Eggbuckland 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Brookshaw	1,190	30.9%
	Labour	Steven Lemin	1,189	30.8%
	UKIP	Denis McCallum	669	17.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Fells	480	12.5%
	Independent	Paul Rowe	327	8.5%
Turnout			3,855	38.6%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Ham

Location of Ham ward

Ham 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christopher Pattison	1,379	43.7%
	UKIP	Anita Truman	666	21.1%
	Conservative	Timothy Thomas	642	20.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Black	471	14.9%
Turnout			3,158	32.4%
	Labour hold

Honicknowle

Location of Honicknowle ward

Honicknowle 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Smith	1,604	53.3%
	Conservative	Gloria Bragg	703	23.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Tara Smith	700	23.3%
Turnout			3,007	29.8%
	Labour hold

Moor View

Location of Moor View ward

Moor View 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Hutchings	1,344	40.3%
	Conservative	Brenda Brookshaw	1,074	32.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Campbell	921	27.6%
Turnout			3,339	35.4%
	Labour hold

Peverell

Location of Peverell ward

Peverell 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Patricia Nicholson	1,494	35.6%
	Labour	Michael Robinson	996	23.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Swann	812	19.4%
	UKIP	Carole Bragg	613	14.6%
	Green	Frederick Allen	279	6.7%
Turnout			4,194	42.8%
	Labour hold

Plympton Chaddlewood

Location of Plympton Chaddlewood ward

Plympton Chaddlewood 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Salter	795	40.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Byatt	385	19.4%
	Labour	Valerie Burns	362	18.2%
	UKIP	Jeremy Hill	338	17.0%
	Independent	David Every	107	5.4%
Turnout			1,987	32.5%
	Conservative hold

Plympton Erle

Location of Plympton Erle ward

Plympton Erle 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Ernest Lock	994	34.7%
	Conservative	Michael Foster	840	29.3%
	UKIP	Alan Skuse	547	19.1%
	Labour	Ross Burns	484	16.9%
Turnout			2,865	41.4%
	Liberal Democrats hold

Plympton St Mary

Location of Plympton St Mary ward

Plympton St Mary 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Delia Ford	1,659	40.8%
	UKIP	James Sanderson	1,030	25.3%
	Labour	Juliet Henley	783	19.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Kendrick	598	14.7%
Turnout			4,070	42.2%
	Conservative hold

Plymstock Dunstone

Location of Plymstock Dunstone ward

Plymstock Dunstone 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kevin Wigens	1,961	46.8%
	UKIP	Stephen Winter	935	22.3%
	Labour	Christopher Childs	715	17.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Justin Robbins	579	13.8%
Turnout			4,190	42.6%
	Conservative hold

Plymstock Radford

Location of Plymstock Radford ward

Plymstock Radford 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Leaves	1,673	41.4%
	UKIP	Roger Bullock	862	21.3%
	Labour	Stephen Barker	773	19.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Muriel Hawton	546	13.5%
	BNP	Anthony Devereux	188	4.7%
Turnout				43.6%
	Conservative hold

St Budeaux

Location of St Budeaux ward

St Budeaux 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dafydd Williams	1,149	39.3%
	UKIP	Roger Benton	792	27.1%
	Conservative	Janet Plymsol	557	19.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond McSweeney	424	14.5%
Turnout			2,922	30.4%
	Labour hold

St Peter and the Waterfront

Location of St Peter and the Waterfront ward

St Peter and the Waterfront 2003 (2 Councillors)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Valentine Hiromeris	1,010	33.9%
	Conservative	Frederick Brimacombe	857	28.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Christina MacCullie	548	18.4%
	Independent	Raymond Rees	206	6.9%
	Green	Frank Williamson	201	6.7%
	Independent	Jo Jo	156	5.2%
Turnout			2,978	30.9%
	Labour hold

Southway

Location of Southway ward

Southway 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Weekes	1,578	45.6%
	Conservative	Michael Gibson	1,222	35.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Terrance O'Connor	662	19.1%
Turnout				37.1%
	Labour hold

Stoke

Location of Stoke ward

Stoke 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Haydon	1,259	35.4%
	Conservative	Grant Monaghan	915	25.7%
	UKIP	Robert Saxton	653	18.3%
	Liberal Democrats	John Davey	504	14.2%
	Green	Jane Cavanagh	230	6.5%
Turnout			3,561	36.9%
	Labour hold

Sutton and Mount Gould

Location of Sutton and Mount Gould ward

Sutton and Mount Gould 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Edwin Rennie	1,244	41.9%
	Conservative	Edmund Shillabeer	721	24.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter York	633	21.3%
	Green	Tean Mitchell	368	12.4%
Turnout			2,966	31.1%
	Labour hold