Castle Point Borough Council election, 2004

Map of the results of the 2004 Castle Point Borough Council election. Conservative in blue and Canvey Island Independent Party in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2004.

The 2004 Castle Point Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Castle Point Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Conservative 35
Canvey Island Independent Party 6^[2]

Background

Before the election the Conservatives controlled the council with 39 councillors, while both Labour and the Canvey Island Independent Party had 1 seat.^[3] The Canvey Island Independent Party had been formed by ex-Labour councillor Dave Blackwell after he quit Labour in January 2004.^[4] The party wanted Canvey Island to have its own council and police division.^[5]

Election result

The Conservatives remained in control of the council, but lost 4 seats to the Canvey Island Independent Party.^[6] This reduced the Conservatives to 35 councillors, while the Canvey Island Independent Party became the only opposition on the council with 6 seats.^[2]^[6] The Canvey Island Independent Party won all 5 seats they had contested including defeating the only Labour councillor Terry Blackwell.^[6]

Castle Point local election result 2004^[7]^[8]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8	0	4	-4	61.5	48.8	11,145	-12.0%
	Canvey Island Independent Party	5	5	0	+5	38.5	16.7	3,820	+16.7%
	Labour	0	0	1	-1	0	27.1	6,193	-10.5%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	6.3	1,449	+5.1%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	163	+0.4%
	National Liberal Party	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	47	+0.2%
	Respect	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	44	+0.2%

Ward results

Appleton^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Skipp	1,183	64.6
	Labour	John Trollope	649	35.4
Majority			534	29.1
Turnout			1,832	34.6	+4.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boyce^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Freeman	1,185	63.9
	Labour	Anthony Wright	416	22.4
	Green	Nanine Othni	254	13.7
Majority			769	41.5
Turnout			1,855	36.3	+7.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Canvey Island Central^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Canvey Island Independent Party	John Anderson	751	44.2
	Labour	Terry Blackwell	456	26.8
	Conservative	Nigel King	452	26.6
	Green	Christopher Keene	40	2.4
Majority			295	17.4
Turnout			1,699	33.1	+10.4
	Canvey Island Independent Party gain from Labour		Swing

Canvey Island East^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Canvey Island Independent Party	Anne Wood	847	45.7
	Conservative	Winnifred Day	510	27.5
	Labour	Jackie Reilly	449	24.2
	National Liberal Party	Keith Low	47	2.5
Majority			337	18.2
Turnout			1,853	36.0	+10.5
	Canvey Island Independent Party gain from Conservative		Swing

Canvey Island North^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Canvey Island Independent Party	Martin Tucker	846	47.6
	Labour	Mark Reilly	457	25.7
	Conservative	Heather Searle	406	22.8
	Green	Irene Willis	70	3.9
Majority			389	21.9
Turnout			1,779	34.8	+14.8
	Canvey Island Independent Party gain from Conservative		Swing

Canvey Island South^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Canvey Island Independent Party	Brian Wood	750	41.9
	Conservative	Jeffrey Stanley	581	32.5
	Labour	Mike Curham	248	13.9
	Independent	L Hart	163	9.1
	Green	Clifford Hughes	48	2.7
Majority			169	9.4
Turnout			1,790	35.1	+7.9
	Canvey Island Independent Party gain from Conservative		Swing

Canvey Island Winter Gardens^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Canvey Island Independent Party	Barry Dixie	626	45.5
	Conservative	Keneth Moore	460	33.5
	Labour	Margaret McArthur-Curtis	245	17.8
	Respect	Robert Chapman	44	3.2
Majority			166	12.1
Turnout			1,375	26.4	+5.9
	Canvey Island Independent Party gain from Conservative		Swing

Cedar Hall^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Ladzrie	1,170	67.8
	Labour	Lorna Trollope	556	32.2
Majority			614	35.6
Turnout			1,726	36.9	+6.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Georges^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Govier	1,007	60.5
	Labour	Joseph Cooke	657	39.5
Majority			350	21.0
Turnout			1,664	35.3	+6.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

St James'^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W Sharp	1,131	57.9
	Green	Vikki Copping	425	21.8
	Labour	Daniel Regan	397	20.3
Majority			706	36.1
Turnout			1,953	39.1	+10.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Mary's^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Cross	942	52.7
	Labour	Brian Wilson	844	47.3
Majority			98	5.5
Turnout			1,786	35.6	+6.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Peter's^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beverley Egan	1,084	60.4
	Labour	M Gamble	423	23.6
	Green	Peck	288	16.0
Majority			661	36.8
Turnout			1,795	35.4	+5.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Victoria^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Enid Isaacs	1,034	59.0
	Labour	Robert Peters	396	22.6
	Green	Douglas Copping	324	18.5
Majority			638	36.4
Turnout			1,754	38.0	+8.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections between 2004 and 2006

Boyce

Boyce by-election 30 September 2004^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		699	64.0	+0.1
	Labour		278	25.4	+3.0
	Green		116	10.6	-3.1
Majority			421	38.5	-3.0
Turnout			1,093	21.5	-14.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Canvey Island North

Canvey Island North by-election 8 September 2005^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Reilly	399	45.8	+20.1
	Canvey Island Independent Party		315	36.1	-11.5
	Conservative		131	15.0	-7.8
	Liberal Democrat		27	3.1	+3.1
Majority			84	9.6
Turnout			872	16.6	-18.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

↑ "Castle Point council". BBC News Online. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
1 2 "Castle Point : Council election results, June 10". Essex County Publications (NewsBank). 11 June 2004. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Castle Point : We'll keep sticking to our promises". Essex county Publications (NewsBank). 4 May 2004. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Castle Point: Opposition in tatters as stalwart quits Labour". Essex County Publications (NewsBank). 20 January 2004. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Canvey: New campaign to give island independence". Essex County Publications (NewsBank). 20 February 2004. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 3 "Canvey: Ecstatic Canvey Independent Party". Essex County Publications (NewsBank). 11 June 2004. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Borough Election results". Castle Point Borough Council. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
↑ "Ballot box - Elections". The Times (NewsBank). 12 June 2004. p. 26. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 29 July 2014.
↑ "Canvey: Labour victory fuels Tory fighting". Essex County Publications (NewsBank). 12 September 2005. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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