Stroud District Council election, 2004

The 2004 Stroud Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Stroud District Council in Gloucestershire, 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 27
• Labour 11
• Liberal Democrat 6
• Green 4
• Independent 3^[2]

Election result

Stroud local election result 2004[3][4]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	11	1	1	0	61.1	42.0	11,626	+6.4%
	Labour	4	0	0	0	22.2	21.1	5,842	-3.5%
	Liberal Democrat	2	1	1	0	11.1	19.2	5,306	-1.1%
	Green	1	0	0	0	5.6	14.1	3,891	-1.3%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	679	+1.5%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	274	-2.1%
	English Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	64	+0.2%

Ward results

Amberley and Woodchester[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Glanfield	526	56.0	+2.1
	Green	Mark Welton	146	15.5	-2.5
	Labour	John Appleton	140	14.9	+1.9
	Liberal Democrat	John Howe	128	13.6	-1.5
Majority			380	40.4	+4.4
Turnout			940
	Conservative hold		Swing

Berkeley[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Benjamin Francis	745	50.2
	Labour	Michael Denning	450	30.3
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Lloyd-Jones	170	11.5
	Green	David Michael	118	8.0
Majority			295	19.9
Turnout			1,483
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cainscross[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Burling	694	38.7	-9.8
	Conservative	Elizabeth Price Jones	507	28.3	+5.6
	Liberal Democrat	Wendy Tomlinson	379	21.2	-0.6
	Green	John Harris	211	11.8	+4.7
Majority			184	10.4	-15.4
Turnout			1,791
	Labour hold		Swing

Chalford[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Fellows	880	41.7	-4.8
	Green	David Wood	402	19.0	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat	John Freeman	325	15.4	+0.7
	UKIP	Leslie Banstead	255	12.1	+6.4
	Labour	David Taylor	250	11.8	-5.0
Majority			478	22.6	-7.1
Turnout			2,112
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dursley[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hilary Fowles	667	32.7	+11.4
	Conservative	Loraine Patrick	614	30.1	-3.9
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Blitz	473	23.2	-19.3
	UKIP	Ronald Bishop	137	6.7	+4.5
	Green	Katherine Mundy	83	4.1	+4.1
	English Democrats	Robert Howells	64	3.1	+3.1
Majority			53	2.6
Turnout			2,038
	Labour hold		Swing

Eastington and Standish[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Stephens	282	41.1	-6.4
	Conservative	Thomas James	270	39.4	+1.0
	Green	Valerie Hicken	73	10.6	-3.5
	Liberal Democrat	Milner Howe	61	8.9	+8.9
Majority			12	1.7	-7.4
Turnout			686
	Labour hold		Swing

Hardwicke[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Tomlins	743	59.9
	Labour	Henrietta Nichols	258	20.8
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Hartley	240	19.3
Majority			485	39.1
Turnout			1,241
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kingswood[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Hemming	419	51.0	-21.7
	Conservative	Owen Inskip	350	42.6	+15.3
	Labour	Jean Smalley	52	6.3	+6.3
Majority			69	8.4	-37.1
Turnout			821
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Minchinhampton[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Forbes	857	53.0	-6.6
	Labour	Rhian Griffiths	285	17.6	-4.5
	Liberal Democrat	Colleen Rothwell	221	13.7	-1.3
	Green	Oscar Hull	135	8.3	+8.3
	UKIP	Adrian Blake	120	7.4	+4.2
Majority			572	35.4	-2.1
Turnout			1,618
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nailsworth[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dorcas Binns	812	35.8	+2.7
	Green	John Nicholson	721	31.8	-0.2
	Labour	Audrey Smith	375	16.5	-5.0
	Liberal Democrat	Hilary Howe	191	8.4	-5.0
	UKIP	Alan Lomas	167	7.4	+7.4
Majority			91	4.0	+2.9
Turnout			2,266
	Conservative hold		Swing

Painswick[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barbara Tait	1,112	55.4
	Green	Martin Sherrard	457	22.8
	Liberal Democrat	David Harcup	310	15.5
	Labour	Andrew Read	127	6.3
Majority			655	32.7
Turnout			2,006
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rodborough[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Sinfield	471	30.9	-8.3
	Green	Penelope Wildgoose	407	26.7	-5.2
	Independent	Charles Townley	274	18.0	+18.0
	Labour	Martin Alder	254	16.7	-5.5
	Liberal Democrat	Darren Jones	118	7.7	+1.0
Majority			64	4.2	-3.2
Turnout			1,524
	Conservative hold		Swing

Severn[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Smith	827	53.1
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Stayte	453	29.1
	Labour	John Greenwood	277	17.8
Majority			374	24.0
Turnout			1,557
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stonehouse[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mattie Ross	940	45.6	-1.4
	Conservative	Philip Bevan	736	35.7	+0.8
	Liberal Democrat	June Snell	206	10.0	+0.5
	Green	Clare Sheridan	179	8.7	+0.1
Majority			204	9.9	-2.1
Turnout			2,061
	Labour hold		Swing

The Stanleys[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Apperley	672	42.7
	Labour	Karin Degenberg	334	21.2
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Owen	290	18.4
	Green	Thomas Bermingham	279	17.7
Majority			338	21.5
Turnout			1,575
	Conservative hold		Swing

Upton St Leonards[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Ardron	374	39.2	+39.2
	Conservative	Michael Beard	372	39.0	-18.4
	Green	Peter Adams	116	12.2	-10.4
	Labour	Campbell Smith	92	9.6	-10.3
Majority			2	0.2
Turnout			954
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Valley[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sarah Lunnon	319	48.6	+0.2
	Conservative	Jenefer Wythe	174	26.5	+2.8
	Labour	Thomas Williams	100	15.2	-3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Rogers	64	9.7	+0.4
Majority			145	22.1	-2.6
Turnout			657
	Green hold		Swing

Wotton-Under-Edge[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sydney Gowers	958	40.7	-6.5
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Galbraith	884	37.6	-15.2
	Labour	Helen Roberts	265	11.3	+11.3
	Green	Christopher Dunn	245	10.4	+10.4
Majority			74	3.1
Turnout			2,352
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

References

1. "Stroud council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
2. "Local councils". Financial Times. 2004-06-12. p. 7.
3. "June 10th 2004 Election Results". Stroud District Council. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
4. "Ballot box". The Times. 2004-06-12. p. 26.