2004 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003.^[1] Overall turnout was 43.9%.

Election result

Sefton Local Election Result 2004
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Liberal Democrats	27	+5	40.9	34.3	31,365	+2.3%
Labour	20	-3	30.3	28.4	26,003	-2.0%
Conservative	19	+1	28.8	28.2	25,807	+1.5%
Southport Party	0	-3	0	7.2	6,568	-1.9%
Socialist	0	0	0	0.8	706	-0.5%
UKIP	0	0	0	0.6	507	+0.6%
BNP	0	0	0	0.5	417	+0.1%
Communist	0	0	0	0.1	120	+0.1%

Ward results

Ainsdale (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brenda Porter	3,187
	Conservative	Peter Brough	2,814
	Conservative	Michael Ridge	2,403
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Collier	1,432
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Blaney	1,041
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Dally	835
	Southport Party	Terry Durrance	810
	Labour	Frank Warner	556
	UKIP	John Leech	507
Turnout			13,585	53.7

Birkdale (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Hands	2,080
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Shaw	1,995
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Browne	1,966
	Conservative	Janet Rowell	1,014
	Conservative	Richard Beechey	1,009
	Southport Party	Brian Birch	917
	Southport Party	John Law	863
	Conservative	Michael Swift	814
	Labour	Frank Robinson	495
Turnout			11,153	45.3

Blundellsands (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paula Parry	2,230
	Conservative	Wendy Jones	2,204
	Conservative	Robert Roberts	2,087
	Labour	Harry Wallace	1,160
	Labour	Eileen McCauley	1,159
	Labour	Harry Pepp	1,110
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Tonkiss	770
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Squire	732
	Liberal Democrats	William Brereton	688
Turnout			12,140	50.1

Cambridge (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Glover	2,114
	Conservative	Thomas Mann	2,036
	Conservative	Robert Price	1,855
	Liberal Democrats	Susan McGuire	1,579
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Brookfield	1,502
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Roberts	1,300
	Southport Party	David Cobham	1,116
	Southport Party	James Naylor	1,021
	Labour	Ian Bryden	396
	Labour	John Seale	388
Turnout			13,307	53.5

Church (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Kehoe	1,785
	Liberal Democrats	Cynthia Johnson	1,571
	Liberal Democrats	James Murray	1,553
	Labour	Bob Waring	1,383
	Labour	Carol Gustafson	1,371
	Labour	Stan Morris	1,345
	Conservative	Patrick Hignett	347
	Conservative	Andrew Bird	345
	Conservative	Margaret McCallum	304
Turnout			10,004	42.7

Derby (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Rice	1,993
	Labour	Paul Larkin	1,811
	Labour	James McGinnity	1,736
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Cross	498
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Cross	458
	Liberal Democrats	Noel Cross	438
	Conservative	Kenneth Parry	345
Turnout			7,279	33.4

Duke's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Pearson	2,056
	Conservative	Leslie Byrom	2,003
	Conservative	Ronald Watson	1,974
	Liberal Democrats	William Hibbard	1,003
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Hamilton	978
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Shavaksha	935
	Southport Party	John Shawcroft	886
	Southport Party	Denise Smart	835
	Labour	Catherine Cookson	463
	Labour	Philip Walsh	421
	Labour	Thomas Leek	398
Turnout			11,952	46.5

Ford (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Owen Brady	2,168
	Labour	Kevin Cluskey	2,065
	Labour	Ian Moncur	1,891
	Liberal Democrats	Garry Fielding	767
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Davies	524
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Smith	486
	Conservative	Jessamine Hounslea	367
Turnout			8,268	36.6

Harington (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alfred Doran	2,800
	Conservative	Sydney Whitby	2,661
	Conservative	Eric Storey	2,656
	Liberal Democrats	Druscilla Haydon	1,199
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Trollope	1,147
	Labour	Thomas Bailey	1,033
	Labour	Maurice Newton	989
	Liberal Democrats	Winifred Maher	813
	Labour	Linda Cluskey	773
Turnout			14,071	52.9

Kew (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Fearn	1,774
	Liberal Democrats	Terence Francis	1,684
	Liberal Democrats	Frederick Weavers	1,340
	Southport Party	Russell Watson	948
	Southport Party	Anthony Holland	918
	Southport Party	John Lee	859
	Conservative	Marilyn Hunton	612
	Conservative	David Woodfine	603
	Conservative	John Lyon-Taylor	584
	Labour	Graham Brannan	379
	Labour	Eunice Slatcher	291
Turnout			9,992	42.3

Linacre (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Doreen Kerrigan	1,646
	Labour	John Fairclough	1,532
	Labour	Gordon Friel	1,312
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Williams	561
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Wright	416
	Liberal Democrats	Francisca Daver	400
	Communist	John Byrne	120
Turnout			5,987	28.1

Litherland (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Patricia Hardy	1,609
	Labour	Paul Tweed	1,602
	Labour	Darren Hardy	1,601
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Roberts	614
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Crossey	565
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Croft	450
	Conservative	Douglas Ward	433
Turnout			6,874	32.1

Manor (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Neil Douglas	1,759
	Conservative	Martyn Barber	1,728
	Labour	John Walker	1,582
	Labour	Darren Veidman	1,550
	Conservative	Peter Papworth	1,540
	Conservative	Anthony West	1,533
	Liberal Democrats	David Nolan	1,038
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Gilroy	876
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Hough	814
Turnout			12,420	46.3

Meols (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Dodd	2,389
	Liberal Democrats	David Tattersall	2,218
	Liberal Democrats	David Rimmer	1,924
	Conservative	Jamie Halsall	1,785
	Conservative	Colin Hughes	1,419
	Conservative	Anthony White	1,381
	Southport Party	Margaret Brown	1,013
	Southport Party	Jack Diamond	819
	Labour	Mary Stoker	310
	Labour	Muriel Langley	284
Turnout			13,542	51.3

Molyneux (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Howe	2,100
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Robertson	1,996
	Liberal Democrats	John Colbert	1,895
	Labour	Constance McCarthy	980
	Labour	Susan Hanley	978
	Labour	Christopher Holmes	956
	Conservative	Alan Brown	864
	Conservative	Thomas Lewis	850
	Conservative	Philip Keane	840
Turnout			11,459	43.0

Netherton and Orrell (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Brennan	1,853
	Labour	David Martin	1,757
	Labour	Ian Maher	1,743
	Socialist	Peter Glover	706
	Socialist	Marie Savin	537
	Conservative	Hilary Bowden	497
	Socialist	Michael Brierley	485
Turnout			7,578	37.3

Norwood (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Fearn	2,410
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Rimmer	2,017
	Liberal Democrats	David Sumner	1,915
	Southport Party	James Ford	878
	Southport Party	George Halsall	866
	Conservative	Pamela Gore	580
	Conservative	Jean Smart	566
	Conservative	David Haslehurst	518
	BNP	Michael McDermott	417
	Labour	Michael Nolan	390
	Labour	Stephen Jowett	339
Turnout			10,896	43.2

Park (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Robbie Fenton	2,670
	Liberal Democrats	James Byrne	2,632
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Blackburn	2,551
	Labour	Sandra Williams	1,024
	Conservative	Christine Barber	827
	Conservative	Nigel Barber	819
Turnout			10,523	45.5

Ravenmeols (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Barry Griffiths	2,315
	Conservative	Anne Ibbs	2,160
	Conservative	Vincent Platt	2,120
	Labour	Margaret Leyland	1,452
	Labour	Paul Flodman	1,355
	Labour	Andrew Smith	1,048
	Liberal Democrats	David Walker	835
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Milne	833
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Harrison	614
Turnout			12,732	48.6

St Oswald (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Mahon	2,164
	Labour	Mark Dowd	1,944
	Labour	Peter Dowd	1,896
	Liberal Democrats	Johanna Blackburn	582
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen Jones	543
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Jones	515
Turnout			7,644	34.4

Sudell (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Clifford Mainey	2,749
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Mainey	2,619
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Connell	2,037
	Labour	Stephen Kermode	1,292
	Conservative	Paul Barber	919
	Conservative	Jeannette Greaves-Smith	908
	Conservative	Bradley Hankin	892
Turnout			11,416	46.4

Victoria (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Hill	2,530
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Firth	2,334
	Liberal Democrats	Sara Murray	2,205
	Labour	Giles Blundell	1,498
	Labour	Christopher Larkin	1,209
	Labour	James Reardon	1,178
	Conservative	Joseph Owens	787
	Conservative	Yvonne Bennett de Rothschild	765
	Conservative	Theresa Rossiter	730
Turnout			13,236	48.2

References

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