2004 UK local government election
Map of the results of the 2004 Great Yarmouth council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. The 2004 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Great Yarmouth Borough Council in Norfolk, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 reducing the number of seats by 9.[1] The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[2]
Election result Great Yarmouth Local Election Result 2004[3] [2] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Conservative 26 0 66.7 51.1 24,289 +6.5% Labour 13 -9 33.3 43.5 20,692 -4.9% Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 4.3 2,032 -0.4% National Front 0 0 0 0.8 378 +0.8% Legalise Cannabis 0 0 0 0.4 187 +0.4%
Ward results Bradwell North (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Trevor Wainwright 923 Conservative James Tate 778 Conservative Graham Plant 755 Conservative Margaret Greenacre 718 Labour Richard Barker 667 Labour Sharon Thrasher 594 Turnout 4,435 37.0
Bradwell South and Hopton (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Stephen Ames 978 Conservative Brian Howard 939 Conservative Colin Hodds 914 Labour Peter Alexander 603 Labour John Holmes 595 Labour Michael Pettit 555 Turnout 4,584 37.5
Caister North (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Barry Cunniffe 729 Conservative Anthony Smith 706 Labour Sandra Griffiths 444 Labour Nicholas Dack 378 Liberal Democrats Nicholas Dyer 257 Turnout 2,514 39.1
Caister South (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Susan Lawley 774 Labour Patrick Hacon 729 Conservative Desmond Sadler 596 Labour David Nurse 566 Turnout 2,665 45.3
Central and Northgate (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Michael Taylor 773 Labour Terence Easter 746 Labour Michael Castle 736 Conservative Richard Delf 719 Conservative Gerard Jarvis 632 Conservative Peter Meah 588 Liberal Democrats Anthony Harris 318 Turnout 4,512 36.2
Claydon (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Anthony Blyth 954 Labour Julie Fitzgerald 871 Labour Bernard Williamson 742 Conservative David Denning 731 Turnout 3,298 33.3
East Flegg (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative George Jermany 927 Conservative Shirley Weymouth 918 Labour Trevor Broadbent 422 Labour Derrick Sweeting 341 Turnout 2,608 41.8
Fleggburgh[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative David Thompson 830 83.8 Labour Barry Anderson 161 16.2 Majority 669 67.6 Turnout 991 53.4
Gorleston (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Bertie Collins 860 Conservative Jonathan Russell 841 Liberal Democrats Ivan Lees 351 Labour Della Anverali 311 Labour George Smith 291 Turnout 2,654 42.9
Lothingland (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Mark Thompson 857 Conservative Barry Stone 834 Labour Christine Williamson 506 Turnout 2,197 42.0
Magdalen (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Colleen Walker 826 Labour Brian Walker 823 Conservative Patricia Page 814 Labour Frank Esherwood 745 Turnout 3,208 34.3
Nelson (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Michael Jeal 589 Labour Susan Robinson 564 Conservative Joy Cosaitis 501 Labour Valerie Pettit 497 National Front Thomas Holmes 378 Liberal Democrats Michael Tall 360 Legalise Cannabis Michael Skipper 187 Turnout 3,076 31.1
Ormesby (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Charles Reynolds 921 Conservative James Shrimplin 871 Labour Thomas Byrne 384 Turnout 2,176 43.0
Southtown and Cobholm (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Penelope Linden 507 Conservative Elizabeth Giles 351 Labour Andrew Wassell 348 Turnout 1,206 28.7
St Andrews (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Patrick Cook 564 Conservative Bryan Watts 536 Labour Maria Culmer 528 Labour Karen Hewitt 514 Turnout 2,142 35.6
West Flegg (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Barry Coleman 921 Conservative John Hudson 791 Liberal Democrats Pamela Mayhew 381 Liberal Democrats Rodney Cole 365 Labour James Prior 288 Turnout 2,746 42.1
Yarmouth North (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Paul Garrod 720 Conservative Robert Peck 675 Labour Brenda Taylor 618 Labour Ralph Woodock 553 Turnout 2,566 41.3
References ^ "Great Yarmouth council". BBC News Online . Retrieved 5 September 2011 . ^ a b "Local elections 2004" (PDF) . House of Commons Library. Retrieved 6 September 2011 . ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Great Yarmouth Borough Council elections - 10 June, 2004" (PDF) . Great Yarmouth Borough Council. Retrieved 5 September 2011 .