2004 Cheltenham Borough Council election

The 2004 Cheltenham Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. Half of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Liberal Democrat: 18
Conservative: 15
People Against Bureaucracy: 5
Labour: 2

Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 39.44%.^[2]

Cheltenham Local Election Result 2004^[3]^[4]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	9	2	0	+2	45.0	43.5	14,485	+2.6%
Liberal Democrats	7	0	3	-3	35.0	34.5	11,481	-9.8%
PAB	3	1	0	+1	15.0	9.7	3,226	+0.8%
Labour	1	0	0	0	5.0	8.5	2,817	+3.5%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.3	777	+1.3%
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	479	+1.4%

Ward results

All Saints^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Jordan*	636	44.3	−13.6
	Conservative	Antony Sygerycz	489	34.1	+0.6
	Green	Russell Partridge	183	12.7	N/A
	Labour	Martin Ricketts	128	8.9	+0.5
Majority			147	10.2	−14.2
Turnout			1,436	34.6	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Battledown^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Wall	1,035	60.9	+14.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Coleman	523	30.8	−15.1
	Labour	Catherine Mozley	142	8.4	+2.1
Majority			512	30.1	+29.5
Turnout			1,700	48.3	+5.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Benhall and Reddings^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacqueline Fletcher	1,034	53.4	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Russell Milton	780	40.3	−11.0
	Labour	Richard Moody	121	6.3	N/A
Majority			254	13.1	+7.1
Turnout			1,935	48.1	+2.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Charlton Kings^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan Smith*	1,166	55.8	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Harvey	729	34.9	−5.3
	Labour	Neville Mozeley	196	9.4	+2.5
Majority			437	20.9	+10.3
Turnout			2,091	49.6	+8.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Charlton Park^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie Freeman	1,284	64.0	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Woodward	583	29.1	−1.7
	Labour	David Addison	138	6.9	+1.8
Majority			701	35.0	+5.5
Turnout			2,005	49.6	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

College^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lloyd Surgenor*	841	46.7	−1.4
	Conservative	Penelope Hall	684	38.0	−3.0
	Green	Celia Wyndham	177	9.8	+2.0
	Labour	Gillian Howells	100	5.5	−0.1
Majority			157	8.7	+1.6
Turnout			1,802	41.9	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hesters Way^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Young*	556	44.1	−20.1
	Independent	David Banyard	365	28.9	N/A
	Conservative	Daphne Allen	235	18.6	−1.9
	Labour	Brenda Moody	105	8.3	−6.1
Majority			191	15.1	−28.6
Turnout			1,261	29.2	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lansdown^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diggory Seacome*	837	61.1	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Storm	326	23.8	−0.6
	Green	Keith Bessant	105	7.7	−4.1
	Labour	David Evans	103	7.5	+0.1
Majority			511	37.3	+0.4
Turnout			1,371	33.1	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leckhampton^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin MacDonald*	1,466	70.3	+16.4
	Liberal Democrats	Dermot Clarke	500	24.0	−20.6
	Labour	Frank Bench	118	5.7	N/A
Majority			966	46.4	+37.1
Turnout			2,084	52.2	−2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oakley^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diana Hale*	502	38.0	−16.1
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Wheeldon	492	37.2	+13.6
	Conservative	Stuart Hutton	327	24.8	+7.4
Majority			10	0.8	−29.7
Turnout			1,321	32.6	+6.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Park^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Gearing*	1,199	59.1	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Dobie	660	32.5	−9.5
	Labour	Brian Hughes	169	8.3	N/A
Majority			539	26.6	+14.9
Turnout			2,028	44.0	+4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pittville^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAB	David Prince*	889	48.1	+5.2
	Conservative	Gary Bowden	576	31.1	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Lawrence	268	14.5	−1.4
	Green	Jennifer Stone	117	6.3	N/A
Majority			313	16.9	+8.0
Turnout			1,850	43.9	+3.4
	PAB hold		Swing

Prestbury^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAB	Malcolm Stennett*	1,137	54.4	−8.3
	Conservative	John Newman	593	28.4	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Jones	166	7.9	−2.9
	Labour	Jonquil Naish	104	5.0	N/A
	Green	Joan Mate	89	4.3	−0.7
Majority			544	26.0	−10.6
Turnout			2,089	45.6	+4.9
	PAB hold		Swing

Springbank^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Wheeler*	566	53.6	−4.9
	Conservative	Sarah Baylis	360	34.1	+13.1
	Labour	Tustin Kelvin	129	12.2	−3.9
Majority			206	19.5	−18.2
Turnout			1,055	24.3	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Marks^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Webster	657	46.6	−14.5
	Conservative	Anthony Towers	504	35.7	+9.3
	Labour	Clive Harriss	250	17.7	+4.0
Majority			153	10.8	−23.9
Turnout			1,411	32.0	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Pauls^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Coleman*	557	63.6	+4.1
	Conservative	Susan Godwin	146	16.7	+2.7
	Green	Caroline Griffiths	106	12.1	+2.7
	PAB	Joanna McVeagh	67	7.6	N/A
Majority			411	46.9	+1.4
Turnout			876	21.4	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Peters^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Rawson	596	44.8	−0.1
	Conservative	Klara Sudbury	484	36.4	−5.0
	Labour	Robert Irons	137	10.3	−4.5
	Independent	Stephen Garbutt	114	8.6	N/A
Majority			112	8.4	+4.9
Turnout			1,331	30.4	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Swindon Village^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAB	Peter Allen	672	41.5	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Jones*	613	37.9	−9.7
	Conservative	Michael Horton	247	15.3	+3.2
	Labour	Ann Lightfoot	87	5.4	N/A
Majority			59	3.6	−3.3
Turnout			1,619	36.6	+3.5
	PAB gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Up Hatherley^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Nicholson	641	35.0	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Fidgeon*	612	33.4	−22.9
	PAB	Martin Burford	461	25.2	N/A
	Labour	Brian Johnson	117	6.4	N/A
Majority			29	1.6	−14.9
Turnout			1,831	44.1	+1.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Warden Hill^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Regan*	1,178	54.3	+7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Whyborn	820	37.8	−6.3
	Labour	Christopher Bailey	171	7.9	−0.7
Majority			358	16.5	+14.8
Turnout			2,169	50.0	+4.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Cheltenham council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u "Cheltenham Borough Council elections 10th June 2004 Percentage poll" (PDF). Cheltenham Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u "Borough election June 2004". Cheltenham Borough Council. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
^ "Ballot box". The Times. 12 June 2004. p. 26.

[lose-1] "Cheltenham council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 23 October 2010.

[percentage-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u "Cheltenham Borough Council elections 10th June 2004 Percentage poll" (PDF). Cheltenham Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2010.

[results-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u "Borough election June 2004". Cheltenham Borough Council. Retrieved 23 October 2010.

[ballot-4] "Ballot box". The Times. 12 June 2004. p. 26.

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