2004 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004.

Due to demographic changes in the Borough since its formation in 1973, and in common with most other English Councils in 2004, substantial boundary changes were implemented in time for these elections.

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:^[1]^[2]

Party		Seats	+/-
	Labour	44
	Conservative	7
	Liberal Democrats	3
	Independent	2
	Labour hold.

Results

Ashton Hurst ward

Ashton Hurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Ambler	1,487	40.6
	Labour	Alan Whitehead	1,475	40.3
	Labour	Pauline Harrison	1,473
	Conservative	Paul Buckley	1,452
	Conservative	Mary Hastie	1,423
	Labour	Peter Joinson	1,404
	Green	Nigel Rolland	701	19.1
Majority
Turnout				40.1

Ashton St. Michael's ward

Ashton St. Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Margaret Sidebottom	1,163	30.3
	Labour	William Harrison	1,161
	Labour	Andrew Highton	1,147
	Conservative	Joseph Schofield	887	23.1
	Conservative	Beryl Bridge	832
	Liberal Democrats	John Bartley	807	21.0
	Green	Bryan Dean	589	15.3
	UKIP	Maurice Jackson	393	10.2
Majority
Turnout				33.6

Ashton Waterloo ward

Ashton Waterloo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Catherine Piddington	1,588	42.7
	Labour	Michael Whitley	1,403
	Labour	Maria Bailey	1,213
	Conservative	Stephen Hepburn	1,121	30.1
	Conservative	John Marsh	1,064
	Independent	Alexander Mee	1,013	27.2
Majority
Turnout				37.2

Audenshaw ward

Audenshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Wright	1,680	45.4
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wright	1,587
	Liberal Democrats	Allison Seabourne	1,257
	Labour	Patricia Haslam	1,185	32.0
	Labour	Katie Cruickshank	962
	Labour	Colin White	930
	Conservative	Alurie O'Sullivan	834	22.5
Majority
Turnout				38.5

Denton North East ward

Denton North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Martin Wareing	1,463	42.3
	Labour	Allison Gwynne	1,441
	Labour	Vincent Ricci	1,291
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Yates	1,012	29.3
	Conservative	Shirley Booth	982	28.4
	Conservative	Georgina Greenwood	967
Majority
Turnout				34.9

Denton South ward

Denton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Margaret Downs	1,672	37.1
	Labour	Andrew Doubleday	1,619
	Labour	Arthur Grundy	1,371
	Conservative	Thomas Jones	835	18.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Yates	802	17.8
	BNP	Anthony Jones	612	13.6
	Green	Steve Fisher	586	13.0
Majority
Turnout				38.0

Denton West ward

Denton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Andrew Gwynne	2,218	47.8
	Labour	Brenda Warrington	1,966
	Labour	Michael Smith	1,751
	Conservative	Joan Howarth	1,272	27.4
	Conservative	Antony Kershaw	1,143
	Conservative	Michael Foy	1,083
	Green	Gerard Boyd	608	13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Yates	545	11.7
Majority
Turnout				42.5

Droylsden East ward

Droylsden East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jim Middleton	1,726	40.6
	Labour Co-op	Susan Quinn	1,563	-
	Labour Co-op	Keiran Quinn	1,422	-
	Local Community Party	Jack Crossfield	1,044	24.6
	BNP	David Gough	764	18.0
	Conservative	Lynn Major	714	16.8
Majority
Turnout				38.4

Droylsden West ward

Droylsden West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gerald Cooney	2,205	58.0
	Labour	Ann Holland	2,184
	Labour	Barrie Holland	2,078
	Independent	Anthony Affleck	909	23.9
	Conservative	Dorothy Buckley	689	18.1
Majority
Turnout				37.7

Dukinfield ward

Dukinfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brian Wild	1,781	39.0
	Labour	John Taylor	1,661
	Labour	Jacqueline Forth	1,604
	Green	Vernon Marshall	1,032	22.6
	Conservative	Dennis Rick	903	19.8
	Independent	Grethe Dillon	854	18.7
	National Front Britain for the British	Terry Blackman	0	0.00
Majority
Turnout				37.0

Dukinfield / Stalybridge ward

Dukinfield / Stalybridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Charles Meredith	1,628	45.3
	Labour	David Sweeton	1,598
	Labour	Philip Wilkinson	1,478
	Conservative	Philip Barker	1,160	32.3
	Conservative	Suzanne Barker	1,123
	Conservative	Andrew Hollingworth	1,081
	Green	Martine Marshall	806	22.4
Majority
Turnout				39.4

Hyde Godley ward

Hyde Godley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joseph Kitchen	1,334	45.9
	Labour	John Sullivan	1,257
	Labour Co-op	James Fitzpatrick	1,254
	Conservative	James Walton	897	30.8
	Conservative	John Holt	831
	Conservative	Ali Reza	686
	Liberal Democrats	James Arathoon	678	23.3
Majority
Turnout				34.4

Hyde Newton ward

Hyde Newton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Peter Robinson	1,482	34.1
	Labour	Joseph Fitzpatrick	1,363
	Labour	Margaret Oldham	1,296
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Ball-Foster	1,059	24.4
	Conservative	Thomas Welsby	992	22.8
	BNP	Mark Ward	814	18.7
Majority
Turnout				37.4

Hyde Werneth ward

Hyde Werneth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Derek Baines	2,031	42.1
	Conservative	John Bell	1,949
	Conservative	Ruth Welsby	1,509
	Labour	Alan Barton	1,364	28.3
	Labour	June Evans	1,310
	Labour	Munsif Ali	1,045
	Independent	Keith Duffy	863	17.9
	Liberal Democrats	Syed Ali	568	11.8
Majority
Turnout				46.4

Longdendale ward

Longdendale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sean Parker-Perry	1,661	50.9
	Labour	Peter Bibby	1,641
	Labour	Samuel Roy Oldham	1,499
	Conservative	Wendy Barker	1,085	33.2
	Conservative	Terence Shepherd	1,037
	BNP	Beverley Jones	520	15.9
Majority
Turnout				40.4

Mossley ward

Mossley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Roy Etchells	1,710	40.1
	Labour	James Brierley	1,390	32.6
	Independent	Michael Hill	1,270
	Independent	William Leeson	1,248
	Labour Co-op	Idu Miah	1,058
	Labour	Lynn Travis	986
	Green	Christine Clark	591	13.9
	Conservative	Alan Swords	576	13.5
	Conservative	Carol Owen	502
	Conservative	Stephen Owen	456
Majority
Turnout				44.9

St Peter's ward

St Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Warren Bray	1,452	37.7
	Labour	Jack Davis	1,377
	Labour	Stephen Smith	1,332
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Lewis	931	24.2
	Green	Trevor Clarke	776	20.1
	Conservative	Charles Fletcher	693	18.0
	Conservative	Irene Marsh	615
Majority
Turnout				35.1

Stalybridge North ward

Councillor Frank Robinson died in 2006.^[3] The seat was retained for Labour by George Roberts in a by-election on 29 June 2006.^[4]

Stalybridge North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bernard Walsh	1,472	45.5
	Labour	Frank Robinson	1,434
	Labour	Kevin Welsh	1,376
	Conservative	David Buckley	1,104	34.2
	Conservative	Yvonne Holt	987
	Conservative	Kevin Hartley	964
	Green	Michael Smee	656	20.3
Majority				35.1
Turnout

Stalybridge South ward

Stalybridge South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Doreen Dickinson	1,810	51.3
	Conservative	Colin Grantham	1,619
	Conservative	Suzanne Shepherd	1,617
	Labour	William Fairfoull	1,144	32.4
	Labour	Glennys Hammond	1,092
	Labour	Gary Arthurs	1,021
	BNP	Nigel Byrne	573	16.2
Majority
Turnout				39.6

References

^ "Results from the Unitary Election on Thursday 10th June 2004". tameside.gov.uk. Tameside MBC. 1 May 2008. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
^ Tamesde Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012 (pdf). Tameside MBC. 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
^ MEN (10 May 2006). "Fond farewell to gentleman Frank". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
^ "By-Election Results, Thursday, 29 June 2006: Stalybridge North". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. 29 June 2006. Archived from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.

[1] "Results from the Unitary Election on Thursday 10th June 2004". tameside.gov.uk. Tameside MBC. 1 May 2008. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.

[2] Tamesde Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012 (pdf). Tameside MBC. 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2017.

[MEN_10052006-3] MEN (10 May 2006). "Fond farewell to gentleman Frank". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 5 January 2018.

[Council_29062006-4] "By-Election Results, Thursday, 29 June 2006: Stalybridge North". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. 29 June 2006. Archived from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.

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