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2004 Eastbourne Borough Council election

2004 UK local government election

2004 UK local government election

The 2004 Eastbourne Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Eastbourne Borough Council in East Sussex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from the Liberal Democrats.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

  • Conservative 14
  • Liberal Democrats 13

Background

10 seats were contested at the election, with 2 seats being available in Old Town ward after Liberal Democrat councillor Bert Leggett stood down.

During the campaign both the national Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy and Conservative leader Michael Howard came to Eastbourne to support their parties.

Election result

The Conservatives gained a seat from the Liberal Democrats to take a one-seat majority on the council with 14 councillors, compared to 13 for the Liberal Democrats. The Conservative gain came in Old Town ward, where Conservative Simon Herbert gained one of the two seats from the Liberal Democrats with 1,926 votes, while Liberal Democrat Maurice Skilton held the other seat with 1,854 votes.

|seats % = 50.0 |votes % = 50.3 |plus/minus = +0.8 |seats % = 50.0 |votes % = 36.0 |plus/minus = -3.2 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 7.9 |plus/minus = +3.8 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 5.9 |plus/minus = -0.8

Ward results

References

References

  1. (11 June 2004). "Eastbourne council". BBC News.
  2. "Local elections 2004". House of Commons Library.
  3. (14 June 2004). "Local elections: Tory joy in Eastbourne". [[The Argus (Brighton).
  4. (19 May 2004). "Kennedy on electoral trail". [[The Argus (Brighton).
  5. Lydall, Ross. (11 June 2004). "Tories claim to have turned tide". Evening Standard.
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