Redditch Borough Council election, 2004

Elections to Redditch Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003. The Labour party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

Election result

Redditch Local Election Result 2004
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	16			+6	55.2	39.0	19,214	+2.5%
	Conservative	10			-4	34.5	37.6	18,540	-0.5%
	Liberal Democrat	3			-2	10.3	22.3	10,990	-3.1%
	Independent	0			0	0	1.1	521	+1.1%

Ward results

Abbey (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Diane Thomas	672
	Labour	Alan Mason	544
	Labour	Mohammad Nasir	512
	Conservative	Margaret Davies	508
	Liberal Democrat	Adam Isherwood	477
	Conservative	Paul Swansborough	399
	Independent	Eddie Smith	244
Turnout			3,356	45.9

Astwood Bank & Feckenham (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antonia Pulsford	820
	Conservative	Michael Chalk	751
	Labour	Gail Stone	429
	Labour	Richard Timney	422
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Pollard	352
	Liberal Democrat	Renate Phillips	314
Turnout			3,088	41.9

Batchley (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Cookson	734
	Labour	Dorothy Dudley	734
	Labour	Betty Passingham	623
	Conservative	Gordon Craig	558
	Conservative	Patricia Wilson	542
	Conservative	Colin MacMillan	524
	Liberal Democrat	Grant Horne	216
	Liberal Democrat	Karen Weston	203
	Liberal Democrat	David Mews	202
Turnout			4,336	29.5

Central (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gregory Chance	682
	Labour	Debbie Taylor	668
	Conservative	Arjamand Farooqui	592
	Conservative	Dawn Shanahan	579
	Liberal Democrat	Emma Davis	281
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Springhall	240
Turnout			3,042	38.6

Church Hill (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Hartnett	974
	Labour	Rebecca Blake	966
	Labour	David Hunt	909
	Liberal Democrat	David Gee	564
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Grice	542
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Hennessey	528
	Conservative	Jason Allbutt	434
	Conservative	Betty Armstrong	422
	Conservative	Barry Gandy	360
Turnout			5,699	33.2

Crabbs Cross (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Field	856
	Conservative	David Smith	827
	Labour	Helen Cartwright	413
	Labour	Terri Gallen	347
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Phillips	279
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Nash	274
Turnout			2,996	37.3

Greenlands (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Hill	786
	Labour	David Cartwright	777
	Labour	Philip Mould	772
	Conservative	John Bechaalani	473
	Conservative	Susan Anderson	471
	Conservative	Jean Smith	428
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Pitt	303
	Independent	Myk Garrett	277
	Liberal Democrat	Audrey Hughes	237
	Liberal Democrat	David Hughes	220
Turnout			4,744	29.0

H'dless Cross & Oakenshaw (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Nightingale	1,174
	Conservative	Carole Gandy	1,170
	Conservative	Keith Boyd-Carpenter	1,141
	Labour	Raymond Beech	756
	Labour	Monica Fry	720
	Labour	Patricia Witherspoon	705
	Liberal Democrat	Heather Phillips	503
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Courts	441
	Liberal Democrat	John West	368
Turnout			6,978	36.7

Lodge Park (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Shurmer	690
	Labour	Andrew Fry	682
	Conservative	Gaynor Ward	346
	Conservative	Mohammad Farooqui	280
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Webster	211
	Liberal Democrat	Norman Wiley	169
Turnout			2,378	35.4

Matchborough (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Iris Beech	664
	Conservative	Juliet Brunner	600
	Labour	Robin King	565
	Conservative	Gay Hopkins	554
	Liberal Democrat	Fiona Hicks	229
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Hathaway	221
Turnout			2,833	33.6

West (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Braley	903
	Conservative	Gavin Smithers	848
	Labour	Clare Hopkins	453
	Labour	John Witherspoon	408
	Liberal Democrat	Caroline Ashall	317
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Ashall	308
Turnout			3,236	38.0

Winyates (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Hall	809
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Hicks	805
	Labour	Albert Wharrad	802
	Labour	Clive Cheetham	776
	Liberal Democrat	John Stanley	705
	Conservative	Brandon Clayton	704
	Labour	Stephen Wheeler	701
	Conservative	John Russell	666
	Conservative	Gordon Kenney	610
Turnout			6,578	36.1

References

• 2004 Redditch election result
• Ward results
• Election round-up 2004