# 2004 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election

Elections to Weymouth and Portland Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 increasing the number of seats by 1. The council stayed under no overall control.

## Election result

Weymouth and Portland Local Election Result 2004 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 14 | +3 | 38.9 | 32.0 | 14,726 | +2.8% |
| Labour | 9 | -4 | 25.0 | 27.9 | 12,849 | -3.5% |
| Conservative | 8 | +2 | 22.2 | 28.8 | 13,264 | +9.1% |
| Independent | 5 | 0 | 13.9 | 9.0 | 4,145 | -7.2% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 1,030 | -1.3% |

## Ward results

Littlemoor (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Simon Bowkett | 430 | |
| | Labour | Mary Tewkesbury | 401 | |
| | Conservative | Ashley Newman | 319 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,150 | 33.1 |
Melcombe Regis (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Farrell | 705 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joy Stanley | 671 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lynne Herbert | 628 | |
| | Conservative | Barbara Bonser | 415 | |
| | Conservative | Lyn Graham | 402 | |
| | Conservative | Derek Model | 378 | |
| | Labour | Stephen James | 236 | |
| | Labour | Margaret Baker | 211 | |
| | Labour | Mary McHugh | 206 | |
| | UKIP | Gordon Lake | 180 | |
| | UKIP | Roy Child | 174 | |
| | UKIP | Alvin Hopper | 171 | |
| | Independent | Victor Hamilton | 48 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,425 | 35.0 |
Preston (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Ellis | 1,488 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Mannings | 1,209 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Collings | 1,144 | |
| | Conservative | Hazel Bruce | 1,088 | |
| | Conservative | Mark Johnson | 883 | |
| | Conservative | Kevin Brookes | 849 | |
| | Labour | Maureen Drake | 184 | |
| | Labour | Richard Besant | 151 | |
| | Labour | Gareth Thomas | 138 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,134 | 60.1 |
Radipole (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | George Molyneux | 677 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | William White | 656 | |
| | Conservative | George Granycome | 475 | |
| | Conservative | Vivian Schofield | 427 | |
| | Labour | Lorna Byatt | 156 | |
| | Labour | Stewart Pearson | 144 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,535 | 46.8 |
Tophill East (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Jacqueline Redfern | 492 | |
| | Independent | Margaret Leicester | 363 | |
| | Independent | James Holt | 335 | |
| | Labour | James Draper | 181 | |
| | Conservative | Timothy Simmons | 175 | |
| | Labour | Rosemary Smith | 97 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,643 | 39.4 |
Tophill West (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Leslie Ames | 946 | |
| | Conservative | Raymond Nash | 527 | |
| | Independent | David Hawkins | 412 | |
| | Labour | Timothy Woodcock | 338 | |
| | Conservative | Reginald Strong | 302 | |
| | Labour | Carole Weaver | 270 | |
| | Labour | Gillian Demuth | 255 | |
| | Independent | William Burge | 249 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,299 | 37.8 |
Underhill (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Timothy Munro | 427 | |
| | Labour | Paul Kimber | 363 | |
| | Labour | Sandra West | 269 | |
| | Independent | Elspie Price | 205 | |
| | Conservative | Jerry Hepburn | 167 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,432 | 33.3 |
Upwey and Broadwey (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Michael Goodman | 561 | |
| | Conservative | Robert Dunster | 417 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daphne Grout-Smith | 351 | |
| | Labour | Suzanne Hutton | 328 | |
| | Labour | Elaine Walker | 310 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,967 | 42.2 |
Westham East (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Howard Legg | 508 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian James | 487 | |
| | Labour | David Dowle | 229 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Cooke | 211 | |
| | Labour | Lorraine Rodgers | 207 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,642 | 37.6 |
Westham North (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Harris | 901 | |
| | Labour | Andrew Hutchings | 708 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine James | 702 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Phillips | 693 | |
| | Labour | Michael Byatt | 490 | |
| | Labour | Lindsay Drage | 425 | |
| | Conservative | George Afentakis | 375 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,294 | 43.7 |
Westham West (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Kathleen Wheller | 487 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Stewkesbury | 482 | |
| | Labour | Christopher Cook | 447 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gillian Taylor | 425 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Shutlar | 301 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,142 | 45.2 |
Wey Valley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ian Strong | 658 | |
| | Conservative | Alison Scott | 656 | |
| | Labour | Sharon Mitchell | 500 | |
| | Labour | Jonathan Robbins | 469 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Harris | 365 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,648 | 53.5 |
Weymouth East (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Nigel Reed | 459 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Birtwistle | 456 | |
| | Conservative | Samantha Lindley | 432 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Comely | 378 | |
| | Labour | Anthony Reed | 229 | |
| | Labour | James Kimber | 223 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,177 | 42.2 |
Weymouth West (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Kay Wilcox | 672 | |
| | Labour | Andrew Blackwood | 659 | |
| | Labour | Antony Prowse | 585 | |
| | Conservative | Peter O'Neill | 584 | |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Wyness | 552 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Julian | 527 | |
| | UKIP | Hugh Chalker | 505 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lydia Roe | 428 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Gifford | 388 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,900 | 47.3 |
Wyke Regis (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Douglas Hollings | 949 | |
| | Conservative | Margaret Alsop | 702 | |
| | Labour | Anne Kenwood | 688 | |
| | Independent | Jack Biggs | 668 | |
| | Labour | Bruce Bonwell | 582 | |
| | Labour | Richard Phelps | 581 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Roe | 448 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,618 | 45.7 |