Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election, 2004

The 2004 Basingstoke and Deane Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 28
• Liberal Democrats 16
• Labour 12
• Independent 4^[2]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives gain 2 seats to hold 28 seats, level with the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties combined and leaving 4 independents holding the balance on the council.^[3][4] The Conservatives increased their share of the vote and picked up Burghclere from a former Conservative turned independent, and Winklebury from Labour.^[4] Labour lost votes with the Labour leader of the council Rob Donnelly losing his seat in Popley East and the Liberal Democrats taking a seat from Labour in Brighton Hill South.^[4] Overall turnout in the election was 38.24%, in increase from the 31.33% in 2003, and put down to the European elections being held at the same time as the council election.^[4]

Following the election the Liberal Democrat and Labour alliance continued to run the council, after winning a 1 vote majority over the Conservatives at the annual council meeting.^[5] Independent Martin Biermann became chairman of the environment committee and a further 2 independents became vice-chairmen of committees, leading to accusations by the Conservatives that a deal had been done with the independents, but this was denied.^[5]

Basingstoke and Deane Local Election Result 2004[6]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	11	2	0	+2	50.0	50.5	16,570	+4.3%
	Liberal Democrat	5	1	0	+1	22.7	27.4	8,996	+2.1%
	Labour	4	0	3	-3	18.2	17.8	5,851	-5.1%
	Independent	2	1	1	0	9.1	4.2	1,389	-1.4%

Ward results

Basing[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Read	1,675	55.1	+10.3
	Conservative	Sven Godesden	1,363	44.9	-2.2
Majority			312	10.3
Turnout			3,038	48	+8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Baughurst[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sheila Allen	558	66.5	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Christina Elkins	281	33.5	-1.1
Majority			277	33.0	+2.1
Turnout			839	44	+5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brighton Hill North[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Gurden	644	54.8
	Conservative	Stephen McIntyre-Stewart	378	32.1
	Labour	Carl Reader	154	13.1
Majority			266	22.6
Turnout			1,176	33	+4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Brighton Hill South[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Harkess	548	43.3
	Labour	Pamela Lonie	408	32.2
	Conservative	Richard Clewer	311	24.5
Majority			140	11.0
Turnout			1,267	32	+3
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Buckskin[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Antony Jones	384	48.8	-5.3
	Conservative	Michael Cohen	251	31.9	-0.6
	Independent	Roger Blackmore-Squires	152	19.3	+19.3
Majority			133	16.9	-4.7
Turnout			787	25	+3
	Labour hold		Swing

Burghclere[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Hewitt	502	56.5	-25.3
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Davies	386	43.5	+25.3
Majority			116	13.1	-50.4
Turnout			888	46	+10
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Calleva[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marilyn Tucker	1,003	62.5	-2.6
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Barnard	342	21.3	+4.3
	Labour	Terence Price	260	16.2	-1.7
Majority			661	41.2	-6.1
Turnout			1,605	38	+8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chineham[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elaine Still	1,277	67.1	+15.6
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Day	471	24.8	+24.8
	Labour	Jane Nicholas	154	8.1	-3.1
Majority			806	42.4	+28.3
Turnout			1,902	37	+7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eastrop[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Erica Shaw	673	52.7
	Conservative	Ronald Collins	441	34.5
	Labour	Pauline Courtenay	164	12.8
Majority			232	18.2
Turnout			1,278	41	+3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hatch Warren and Beggarwood[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Putty	1,321	65.0	+8.0
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Crawford	710	35.0	+23.7
Majority			611	30.1	+4.9
Turnout			2,031	33	+7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Highclere and Bourne[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Mitchell	736	67.2	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Watts	360	32.8	-1.2
Majority			376	34.3	+2.2
Turnout			1,096	47	-0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kempshott[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rita Burgess	1,750	71.9	+14.0
	Labour	Richard Davey	685	28.1	+4.1
Majority			1,065	43.7	+9.7
Turnout			2,435	41	+8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Norden[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laura James	793	48.1	-5.6
	Conservative	Nigel McNair Scott	532	32.2	+5.0
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Whitechurch	325	19.7	+0.6
Majority			261	15.8	-10.6
Turnout			1,650	30	+6
	Labour hold		Swing

Oakley and North Waltham[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gweneth Richardson	1,625	68.7	-10.4
	Liberal Democrat	John Burbidge-King	539	22.8	+22.8
	Labour	David Cavanagh	200	8.5	-12.4
Majority			1,086	45.9	-12.3
Turnout			2,364	43	+12
	Conservative hold		Swing

Popley East[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ian Powney	569	54.0	+54.0
	Labour	Robert Donnelly	294	27.9	-34.2
	Conservative	Hayley Eachus	131	12.4	-9.1
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Whitechurch	60	5.7	-10.7
Majority			275	26.1
Turnout			1,054	33	+14
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Popley West[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Frankum	369	49.6	-8.3
	Conservative	Karen Dignan	215	28.9	+2.8
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Berwick-Gooding	160	21.5	+5.5
Majority			154	20.7	-11.1
Turnout			744	30	+6
	Labour hold		Swing

Rooksdown[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Peters	231	63.6	-6.1
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Hood	132	36.4	+6.1
Majority			99	27.3	-12.2
Turnout			363	41	+10
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sherborne St John[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Leek	695	70.6	-10.3
	Liberal Democrat	Jacqueline Lessware	177	18.0	+!8.0
	Labour	Eileen Cavanagh	112	11.4	-7.7
Majority			518	52.6	-9.3
Turnout			984	42	+6
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Ham[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gary Watts	863	46.3	-15.6
	Conservative	Christopher Jones	664	35.6	+11.7
	Liberal Democrat	Leonard Clover	337	18.1	+3.9
Majority			199	10.7	-27.3
Turnout			1,864	34	+9
	Labour hold		Swing

Tadley North[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Warwick Lovegrove	1,176	61.3	+22.7
	Conservative	William Hipgrave	741	38.7	-13.5
Majority			435	22.7
Turnout			1,917	43	+9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Tadley South[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Leeks	668	48.0	+48.0
	Conservative	Andrew Giles	556	40.0	-16.0
	Labour	Robert Cross	167	12.0	-2.5
Majority			112	8.1
Turnout			1,391	33	+8
	Independent hold		Swing

Winklebury[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Finney	1,289	60.4	+11.9
	Labour	Lea Jeff	844	39.6	+5.4
Majority			445	20.9	+6.6
Turnout			2,133	43	+7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

1. "Basingstoke & Deane council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
2. "Local elections 2004" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 23 June 2004. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
3. "Tory holds seat". Southern Daily Echo. 17 June 2004. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
4. "Labour woe as Tories grow". Southern Daily Echo. 22 June 2004. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
5. "Tories claim duo struck power-brokering deal". Southern Daily Echo. 1 July 2004. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
6. "Local Election Results of 10th June 2004 - Wards". Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council. Retrieved 7 July 2011.