Portsmouth City Council election, 2004

Map of the results of the 2004 Portsmouth council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

Elections to Portsmouth City Council Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 34.9%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Portsmouth Local Election Result 2004
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	8	4	0	+4	57.1	39.3	17,239	+4.0%
	Conservative	5	2	2	0	35.7	38.0	16,658	+1.5%
	Labour	1	0	4	-4	7.1	20.7	9,071	-5.3%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	575	+0.3%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	278	+0.6%

Ward results

Baffins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Andrewes	1,662	46.6	-3.5
	Conservative	Graham Smith	1,170	32.8	+0.6
	Labour	Simon Payne	421	11.8	-1.5
	Green	Sarah Coote	315	8.8	+4.4
Majority			492	13.8	-4.1
Turnout			3,568	37.0	+4.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Central Southsea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Howard Jones	1,371	39.0	+20.4
	Conservative	Malcolm Chewter	1,228	34.9	-6.3
	Labour	Michael Blandford	917	26.1	-10.1
Majority			143	4.1
Turnout			3,516	39.5	+11.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Charles Dickens
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Foster	1,299	52.4	+6.0
	Labour	Peter Guthrie	761	30.7	-5.4
	Conservative	Sandra Stockdale	420	16.9	+3.2
Majority			538	21.7	+11.4
Turnout			2,480	27.2	+4.1
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Copnor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Malcolm Hey	1,468	49.4	+1.9
	Liberal Democrat	Darren Phillips	845	28.5	+8.3
	Labour	Barbara Sparrow	657	22.1	-10.2
Majority			623	20.9	-2.6
Turnout			2,970	31.9	+8.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cosham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Terence Henderson	1,489	44.1	+3.5
	Labour	Graham Heaney	1,164	34.5	-1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Webb	725	21.5	-1.6
Majority			325	9.6	+5.3
Turnout			3,378	37.1	+10.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Drayton and Farlington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Andrew Storey	2,124	46.7	-4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Whittle	1,929	42.4	+10.1
	Labour	Sonia Relf	500	11.0	-5.2
Majority			195	4.3	-14.9
Turnout			4,553	48.0	+11.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eastney and Craneswater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Martin	1,617	45.6	-3.0
	Conservative	Luke Stubbs	1,340	37.8	+0.9
	Labour	June Clarkson	330	9.3	-5.2
	Green	David Lewis	260	7.3	+7.3
Majority			277	7.8	-3.9
Turnout			3,547	40.0	+11.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Fratton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Shaddock	1,412	53.1	+0.5
	Conservative	Peter Ross	581	21.8	+0.3
	Labour	John Attrill	390	14.7	-11.3
	BNP	Timothy Pragnell	278	10.4	+10.4
Majority			831	31.3	+4.7
Turnout			2,661	29.3	+9.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hilsea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jeremy Baler	1,555	51.3	+6.2
	Labour	John Ferrett	798	26.3	-13.3
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Kinsley	677	22.3	+7.0
Majority			757	25.0	+19.5
Turnout			3,030	33.1	+4.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Milton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Alexander Bentley	1,687	52.8	+1.5
	Conservative	Nigel Sizer	986	30.9	+3.6
	Labour	Kenneth Ferrett	521	16.3	+4.0
Majority			701	21.9	-2.1
Turnout			3,194	36.8	+5.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Patricia Bateman	1,024	39.9	-6.6
	Conservative	Selina Corkerton	873	34.0	+0.2
	Liberal Democrat	James Inkpen	670	26.1	+6.4
Majority			151	5.9	-6.8
Turnout			2,567	27.8	+7.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Paulsgrove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Blake	946	40.3	+7.1
	Labour	Andrew Silvester	939	40.0	-11.0
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Price	463	19.7	+9.1
Majority			7	0.3
Turnout			2,348	26.3	+6.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St Jude
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Hugh Mason	1,383	49.9	+4.6
	Conservative	George Semmens	1,098	39.6	-2.7
	Labour	Alwin Oliver	291	10.5	-1.9
Majority			285	10.3	+7.3
Turnout			2,772	35.5	+9.6
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

St Thomas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Paula Riches	1,499	46.3	-4.6
	Conservative	Stephen Wemyss	1,380	42.6	+7.2
	Labour	Stephen Reid	358	11.1	-0.1
Majority			119	3.7	-11.8
Turnout			3,237	39.6	+11.3
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

References

Preceded by Portsmouth City Council election, 2003	Portsmouth City Council elections	Succeeded by Portsmouth City Council election, 2006

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