Welwyn Hatfield District Council election, 2004

The 2004 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield District Council in Hertfordshire, 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

Election result

The results saw the Conservative increase their majority on the council after both they and the Liberal Democrats gained seats from Labour.^[3] The Conservatives made 4 gains from Labour in Hatfield North, Hatfield West, Howlands and Sherrards wards, with one Conservative councillor describing the results as "so good absolutely marvellous".^[4] Labour put their defeats down to mid-term unpopularity of the national Labour government.^[4]

However the Conservatives did lose one seat to the Liberal Democrats in Handside, and this, along with a Liberal Democrat gain from Labour in Hatfield Central, meant that the Liberal Democrats won their first seats on the council for 14 years.^[4] The Liberal Democrats said they had been successful after campaigning on local issues such as maintaining Welwyn Garden City and on Stanborough Park.^[4]

Meanwhile the one candidate from the United Kingdom Independence Party came second in Northaw ward ahead of both Labour and the Liberal Democrats.^[4] Overall turnout in the election was 40.61%,^[5] a significant rise on the 2003 election.^[4]

Welwyn Hatfield Local Election Result 2004^[2]^[5]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	11	4	1	+3	64.7	47.4	13,492	+2.3%
	Labour	4	0	5	-5	23.5	26.5	7,546	-5.8%
	Liberal Democrat	2	2	0	+2	11.8	24.0	6,828	+1.4%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	437	+1.5%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	137	+0.5%

Ward results

Brookmans Park & Little Heath^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Irene Dean	1,549	73.9	-3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Bain	361	17.2	+3.7
	Labour	William Couzens	187	8.9	-0.4
Majority			1,188	56.7	-7.0
Turnout			2,097	47.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Haldens^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rory Hallahan	600	38.4	-13.1
	Conservative	Edward Hall	545	34.8	+7.5
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Arch	419	26.8	+5.6
Majority			55	3.6	-20.6
Turnout			1,564	36.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Handside^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Daniel Cooke	1,230	45.5	+2.0
	Conservative	Lance Stanbury	1,180	43.6	-0.8
	Labour	Lynn Chesterman	296	10.9	-1.2
Majority			50	1.9
Turnout			2,706	55.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Hatfield Central^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Hazel Laming	514	37.3	+2.2
	Labour	Margaret White	476	34.5	-9.8
	Conservative	Andrew Peffer	388	28.2	+7.6
Majority			38	2.8
Turnout			1,378	32.7
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Hatfield East^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard Sarson	883	51.2	-4.0
	Labour	Sheila Wilder	376	21.8	-3.1
	Liberal Democrat	Lis Meyland-Smith	330	19.1	-0.8
	Green	Graham Laverick	137	7.9	+7.9
Majority			507	29.4	-0.9
Turnout			1,726	40.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hatfield North^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Gilding	783	43.7
	Labour	Bridgit Croft	669	37.3
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Gammage	341	19.0
Majority			114	6.4
Turnout			1,793	36.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hatfield South^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Mendez	395	50.1
	Conservative	Douglas Berry	242	30.7
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Griffiths	152	19.3
Majority			153	19.4
Turnout			789	29.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Hatfield West^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Wheeler	731	45.2	-1.8
	Labour	Tony Wilder	519	32.1	-5.1
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Archer	369	22.8	+7.0
Majority			212	13.1	+3.3
Turnout			1,619	39.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hollybush^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Jones	669	46.3	-9.5
	Conservative	Marian Pile	491	34.0	+8.9
	Liberal Democrat	Eirwen Smith	286	19.8	+0.7
Majority			178	12.3	-18.4
Turnout			1,446	35.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Howlands^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Franey	655	38.8	+8.7
	Labour	Mark Biddle	643	38.1	-13.7
	Liberal Democrat	Pascal Jacquemain	388	23.0	+4.8
Majority			12	0.7
Turnout			1,686	40.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Northaw^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Couch	1,115	61.4	-18.9
	UKIP	Robert Ellingham	437	24.1	+24.1
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Blumsom	160	8.8	-3.2
	Labour	Peter Heyman	104	5.7	-2.0
Majority			678	37.3	-31.0
Turnout			1,816	43.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Panshanger^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Trigg	779	46.6	+4.2
	Labour	Anthony Crump	448	26.8	-4.5
	Liberal Democrat	Ted Naseby	446	26.7	+0.4
Majority			331	19.8	+8.7
Turnout			1,673	35.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Peartree^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Cory	607	45.3	-2.4
	Liberal Democrat	Wanda Armstrong-Bridges	405	30.2	-4.9
	Conservative	Julie Peffer	328	24.5	+7.3
Majority			202	15.1	+2.5
Turnout			1,340	30.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Sherrards^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Mabbott	970	44.3	-1.3
	Labour	Margaret Hurst	814	37.1	-2.8
	Liberal Democrat	Frank Marsh	408	18.6	+4.2
Majority			156	7.2	+1.5
Turnout			2,192	51.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Welham Green^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Pieri	745	66.6	+3.3
	Labour	Sheila Jones	195	17.4	-5.5
	Liberal Democrat	Sheila Archer	179	16.0	+2.2
Majority			550	49.2	+8.8
Turnout			1,119	41.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Welwyn North^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steven Markiewicz	948	64.7	+2.5
	Liberal Democrat	Helen Bassett	318	21.7	+0.1
	Labour	David Wilson	199	13.6	-2.6
Majority			630	43.0	+2.4
Turnout			1,465	43.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Welwyn South^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Pile	1,160	57.1	-2.9
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Skidmore	522	25.7	+5.9
	Labour	Julia Henderson	349	17.2	-3.0
Majority			638	31.4	-8.4
Turnout			2,031	47.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

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