2004 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2004 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003.^[1] The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.^[2]

Background

Before the election the council was run by a coalition between the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties, with Labour holding 27 seats, the Conservatives 24, Liberal Democrats 7 and UK Independence Party 2.^[3] 60 seats were contested with the candidates including 7 from the British National Party.^[3]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives win a majority on the council with 35 of the 60 seats.^[4] Labour were reduced to 16 seats, with the chairs of the West Midlands Police Authority and West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive, Mohammed Nazir and Richard Worrell, among those to lose at the election.^[4] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats won 6 seats and there was 1 independent, while the 2 UK Independence Party councillors both lost their seats.^[4]

After results were declared, a box with 200 ballot papers in it was discovered underneath a table.^[5] These were then counted, but the returning officer did not include them in the declarations, as they said it would not have affected the results.^[4]

Walsall Local Election Result 2004^[2]^[6]
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	35	+11	58.3	41.2	71,791	-0.8%
Labour	18	-9	30.0	30.8	53,684	-4.4%
Liberal Democrats	6	-1	10.0	13.3	23,212	+2.4%
Independent	1	+1	1.7	4.5	7,912	-0.4%
UKIP	0	-2	0	5.5	9,662	+3.1%
BNP	0	0	0	2.8	4,878	+2.8%
Democratic Socialist Alliance - People Before Profit	0	0	0	1.8	3,130	-2.8%

Ward results

Aldridge Central and South (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Ansell	2,238
	Conservative	John Rochelle	2,207
	Conservative	John O'Hare	2,054
	UKIP	Anthony Lenton	1,087
	BNP	Julie Locke	751
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Johnson	718
	Labour	Ian Geary	714
	Labour	Christopher Daniel	691
	Liberal Democrats	Royston Sheward	680
	Liberal Democrats	Natalie Greveson	584
	Labour	Christopher Wellings	536
Turnout			12,260	43.8

Aldridge North and Walsall Wood (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Keith Sears	1,489
	Conservative	Roger Collins	1,488
	Conservative	Anthony Harris	1,300
	UKIP	Graham Eardley	1,037
	Labour	Angus McGhee	656
	Labour	Gary Hills	655
	Labour	Veronica Walker	589
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Greveson	448
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Balgobin	404
	Liberal Democrats	Stanley Evans	376
Turnout			8,442	35.4

Bentley and Darlaston North (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stanley Madeley	1,322
	Labour	Keith Chambers	1,063
	Labour	Ayshea Johnson	937
	Conservative	Mohammed Chaudray	795
	Conservative	Doris Silvester	659
	BNP	Kevin Smith	632
	UKIP	Steven Johnson	630
	Conservative	Daniel Lloyd	599
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Pearce	377
	Democratic Socialist Alliance - People Before Profit	Terence Durrant	197
Turnout			7,211	32.0

Birchills-Leamore (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joan Barton	1,023
	Labour	Timothy Oliver	902
	Labour	Carol Rose	894
	Conservative	Mazhar Iqbal	699
	Conservative	Hilda Derry	691
	Conservative	Nagman Aftab	650
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Willoughby	437
	Democratic Socialist Alliance - People Before Profit	Alan Davies	369
Turnout			5,665	26.0

Blakenall (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ian Robertson	910
	Labour	Robert Robinson	867
	Labour	Patricia Young	847
	Democratic Socialist Alliance - People Before Profit	Peter Smith	736
	Independent	Ray Cooper	471
	Conservative	Peter Roberts	408
	Conservative	Pervaiz Khan	295
	Conservative	Mehnawaz Khan	251
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Russell	242
	Independent	Peter Aston	227
	Independent	Julie Corser	211
Turnout			5,465	26.7

Bloxwich East (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Tweddle	1,159
	Conservative	Lesley Beeley	1,033
	Labour	Kathleen Phillips	1,001
	Conservative	Alan Venables	933
	Labour	Jonathan Phillips	862
	Labour	Shaun Fitzpatrick	837
	BNP	Steven Price	514
	Independent	Andrew Ball	474
	Independent	Janet Pitt	292
	Independent	Karen Carter	262
	Democratic Socialist Alliance - People Before Profit	Stephanie Peart	155
Turnout			7,522	33.5

Bloxwich West (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Melvin Pitt	1,172
	Conservative	Desmond Pitt	1,143
	Conservative	Louise Harrison	1,127
	Labour	Frederick Westley	1,079
	Labour	Kenneth Worley	1,062
	Labour	Diane Coughlan	913
	BNP	Neil Davies	653
	Liberal Democrats	James Rudge	275
	Democratic Socialist Alliance - People Before Profit	David Church	255
	Independent	Amanda Pitt	247
	Independent	Kerrie Pitt	237
	Independent	John Pitt	187
Turnout			8,350	33.1

Brownhills (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan Paul	1,282
	Labour	Barbara Cassidy	1,072
	Conservative	David Turner	970
	Conservative	Robert Culbert	952
	Labour	Richard Worrall	935
	Labour	Stephen Docherty	890
	BNP	William Vaughan	792
	UKIP	Elizabeth Hazell	645
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Baddeley	495
Turnout			8,033	34.6

Darlaston South (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tony Rowley	1,103
	Labour	Maria-Rosaria Burley	1,009
	Independent	Paul Bott	1,007
	Labour	Graham Wilkes	1,004
	Conservative	Michelle Martin	546
	Conservative	James Letts	536
	Conservative	Lorna Rattigan	463
	Democratic Socialist Alliance - People Before Profit	Alan Johnston	459
	Liberal Democrats	Jody Pearce	392
Turnout			6,519	28.0

Paddock (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rose Martin	2,197
	Conservative	Barry Sanders	1,985
	Conservative	Zahid Ali	1,857
	Labour	Baldev Mavi	1,228
	Labour	Khizar Hussain	1,211
	Labour	Martin Evans	1,104
	UKIP	Derek Bennett	989
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Barker	832
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Barker	790
	Liberal Democrats	Murli Sinha	616
Turnout			12,809	52.0

Palfrey (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joan Beilby	2,043
	Conservative	Mohammad Yasin	1,991
	Conservative	Mohammad Munir	1,821
	Labour	Mohammad Nazir	1,773
	Labour	Nasar Ali	1,532
	Labour	Mark Pulford	1,403
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Pandaal	550
	Independent	Mohammed Mulla	463
Turnout			11,576	45.8

Pelsall (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Garry Perry	2,330
	Conservative	Marco Longhi	1,999
	Conservative	Clive Ault	1,596
	Liberal Democrats	Simeon Mayou	1,073
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Dickins	723
	BNP	Dominic Bugler	692
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Jones	628
	Labour	Neil Perrett	502
	Labour	Walter Burley	484
	Labour	Ronald Rock	433
	Democratic Socialist Alliance - People Before Profit	Derek Roddy	176
Turnout			10,636	43.4

Pheasey Park Farm (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Adrian Andrew	1,514
	Conservative	Michael Bird	1,259
	Conservative	Christopher Towe	1,232
	Independent	Darren Porter	1,124
	Labour	Spedding McMullen	809
	Labour	Brenda Etchells	795
	Labour	Paulette Green	773
	Independent	Edmund Newman	695
	Independent	Gloria Newman	592
	Independent	Peter Ruston	323
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Cockayne	306
Turnout			9,422	42.7

Pleck (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dennis Anson	1,518
	Conservative	Mohammed Aslam	1,338
	Labour	Harbans Sarohi	1,308
	Labour	Ann Wilson	1,235
	Conservative	Mark Dabbs	1,183
	Conservative	Mohammed Arshad	1,101
	Independent	Norman Matthews	800
	Democratic Socialist Alliance - People Before Profit	Brian Powell	371
Turnout			8,854	39.2

Rushall-Shelfield (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Catherine Micklewright	1,217
	Conservative	Albert Griffiths	1,191
	Conservative	Rachel Walker	979
	Labour	Thomas Perrett	891
	BNP	Williams Locke	844
	UKIP	Jenny Mayo	798
	Labour	Lorraine Smith	688
	Labour	Robert Thomas	654
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Dickins	519
	Democratic Socialist Alliance - People Before Profit	Louise Bradburn	275
Turnout			8,056	35.8

Short Heath (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Doreen Shires	1,458
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Pitt	1,439
	Liberal Democrats	John Cook	1,313
	Conservative	Bryan Bond	563
	Conservative	Terence Sharp	540
	Conservative	Wendy Sharp	525
	Labour	Richard Walker	497
	Labour	Douglas James	452
	Labour	Sumit Grover	433
Turnout			7,220	30.7

St. Matthews (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mohammed Arif	1,618
	Conservative	Barbara McCracken	1,586
	Conservative	Haqnawaz Khan	1,505
	Labour	Mohammed Yaqoob	1,210
	Labour	Moses Whyte	1,051
	UKIP	Jennifer Beale	1,027
	Labour	Gareth Walker	1,023
	UKIP	Mohammed Yaqub	823
	UKIP	Andrew Scullion	817
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Shires	658
Turnout			11,318	46.6

Streetly (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brian Douglas-Maul	2,472
	Conservative	Arthur Clarke	1,984
	Conservative	Edmund Hughes	1,886
	UKIP	Steven Grey	1,291
	Labour	Thomas Charlton	753
	Labour	Steven King	670
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Levine	664
	Labour	Kathryn Ibbotson	522
Turnout			10,242	40.7

Willenhall North (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Shires	1,507
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Bentley	1,382
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Woodruff	1,209
	UKIP	Alan Sheath	518
	Labour	Robert Matthews	428
	Conservative	Joy Kemp	417
	Labour	Stephen Rose	407
	Labour	Ian Pearson	398
	Conservative	Margaret Salt	361
	Conservative	Iris Turner	347
	Independent	Tim Woodley	300
	Democratic Socialist Alliance - People Before Profit	Alan Paddock	137
Turnout			7,411	29.4

Willenhall South (3)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sean Coughlan	1,133
	Labour	Harold Withnall	1,022
	Labour	Angela Underhill	971
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Evans	737
	Conservative	Chad Pitt	727
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Hughes	702
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Pearce	680
	Conservative	Justin Douglas-Maul	677
	Conservative	Parmjit Singh	611
Turnout			7,260	28.0

References

^ "Walsall council". BBC News Online. 12 June 2004. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Local elections 2004" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
^ ^a ^b Johnson, Steve (14 May 2004). "Row on BNP vote push". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "City waiting for election result". BBC News Online. 12 June 2004. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
^ "British Labour punished in local elections". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 June 2004. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u "Election Results 2004". Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2011.

[gain-1] "Walsall council". BBC News Online. 12 June 2004. Retrieved 18 September 2011.

[local-2] "Local elections 2004" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Retrieved 18 September 2011.

[row-3] Johnson, Steve (14 May 2004). "Row on BNP vote push". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 19 September 2011.

[waiting-4] "City waiting for election result". BBC News Online. 12 June 2004. Retrieved 19 September 2011.

[punished-5] "British Labour punished in local elections". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 June 2004. Retrieved 19 September 2011.

[results-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u "Election Results 2004". Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2011.

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