# 2004 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2004 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

## Background

Before the election the council was run by a coalition between the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties, with Labour holding 27 seats, the Conservatives 24, Liberal Democrats 7 and UK Independence Party 2. 60 seats were contested with the candidates including 7 from the British National Party.

## Election result

The results saw the Conservatives win a majority on the council with 35 of the 60 seats. Labour were reduced to 16 seats, with the chairs of the West Midlands Police Authority and West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive, Mohammed Nazir and Richard Worrell, among those to lose at the election. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats won 6 seats and there was 1 independent, while the 2 UK Independence Party councillors both lost their seats.
After results were declared, a box with 200 ballot papers in it was discovered underneath a table. These were then counted, but the returning officer did not include them in the declarations, as they said it would not have affected the results.
Walsall Local Election Result 2004 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 35 | +11 | 58.3 | 41.2 | 71,791 | -0.8% |
| Labour | 18 | -9 | 30.0 | 30.8 | 53,684 | -4.4% |
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | -1 | 10.0 | 13.3 | 23,212 | +2.4% |
| Independent | 1 | +1 | 1.7 | 4.5 | 7,912 | -0.4% |
| UKIP | 0 | -2 | 0 | 5.5 | 9,662 | +3.1% |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 4,878 | +2.8% |
| Democratic Socialist Alliance – People Before Profit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | 3,130 | -2.8% |

## Ward results

Aldridge Central and South (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Thomas Ansell | 2,238 | |
| | Conservative | John Rochelle | 2,207 | |
| | Conservative | John O'Hare | 2,054 | |
| | UKIP | Anthony Lenton | 1,087 | |
| | BNP | Julie Locke | 751 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sandra Johnson | 718 | |
| | Labour | Ian Geary | 714 | |
| | Labour | Christopher Daniel | 691 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Royston Sheward | 680 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Natalie Greveson | 584 | |
| | Labour | Christopher Wellings | 536 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,260 | 43.8 |
Aldridge North and Walsall Wood (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Keith Sears | 1,489 | |
| | Conservative | Roger Collins | 1,488 | |
| | Conservative | Anthony Harris | 1,300 | |
| | UKIP | Graham Eardley | 1,037 | |
| | Labour | Angus McGhee | 656 | |
| | Labour | Gary Hills | 655 | |
| | Labour | Veronica Walker | 589 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Greveson | 448 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shirley Balgobin | 404 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stanley Evans | 376 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,442 | 35.4 |
Bentley and Darlaston North (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Stanley Madeley | 1,322 | |
| | Labour | Keith Chambers | 1,063 | |
| | Labour | Ayshea Johnson | 937 | |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Chaudray | 795 | |
| | Conservative | Doris Silvester | 659 | |
| | BNP | Kevin Smith | 632 | |
| | UKIP | Steven Johnson | 630 | |
| | Conservative | Daniel Lloyd | 599 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Pearce | 377 | |
| | Democratic Socialist Alliance – People Before Profit | Terence Durrant | 197 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,211 | 32.0 |
Birchills-Leamore (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Joan Barton | 1,023 | |
| | Labour | Timothy Oliver | 902 | |
| | Labour | Carol Rose | 894 | |
| | Conservative | Mazhar Iqbal | 699 | |
| | Conservative | Hilda Derry | 691 | |
| | Conservative | Nagman Aftab | 650 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Willoughby | 437 | |
| | Democratic Socialist Alliance – People Before Profit | Alan Davies | 369 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,665 | 26.0 |
Blakenall (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ian Robertson | 910 | |
| | Labour | Robert Robinson | 867 | |
| | Labour | Patricia Young | 847 | |
| | Democratic Socialist Alliance – People Before Profit | Peter Smith | 736 | |
| | Independent | Ray Cooper | 471 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Roberts | 408 | |
| | Conservative | Pervaiz Khan | 295 | |
| | Conservative | Mehnawaz Khan | 251 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Russell | 242 | |
| | Independent | Peter Aston | 227 | |
| | Independent | Julie Corser | 211 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,465 | 26.7 |
Bloxwich East (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Tweddle | 1,159 | |
| | Conservative | Lesley Beeley | 1,033 | |
| | Labour | Kathleen Phillips | 1,001 | |
| | Conservative | Alan Venables | 933 | |
| | Labour | Jonathan Phillips | 862 | |
| | Labour | Shaun Fitzpatrick | 837 | |
| | BNP | Steven Price | 514 | |
| | Independent | Andrew Ball | 474 | |
| | Independent | Janet Pitt | 292 | |
| | Independent | Karen Carter | 262 | |
| | Democratic Socialist Alliance – People Before Profit | Stephanie Peart | 155 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,522 | 33.5 |
Bloxwich West (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Melvin Pitt | 1,172 | |
| | Conservative | Desmond Pitt | 1,143 | |
| | Conservative | Louise Harrison | 1,127 | |
| | Labour | Frederick Westley | 1,079 | |
| | Labour | Kenneth Worley | 1,062 | |
| | Labour | Diane Coughlan | 913 | |
| | BNP | Neil Davies | 653 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Rudge | 275 | |
| | Democratic Socialist Alliance – People Before Profit | David Church | 255 | |
| | Independent | Amanda Pitt | 247 | |
| | Independent | Kerrie Pitt | 237 | |
| | Independent | John Pitt | 187 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,350 | 33.1 |
Brownhills (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Alan Paul | 1,282 | |
| | Labour | Barbara Cassidy | 1,072 | |
| | Conservative | David Turner | 970 | |
| | Conservative | Robert Culbert | 952 | |
| | Labour | Richard Worrall | 935 | |
| | Labour | Stephen Docherty | 890 | |
| | BNP | William Vaughan | 792 | |
| | UKIP | Elizabeth Hazell | 645 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Josephine Baddeley | 495 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,033 | 34.6 |
Darlaston South (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Tony Rowley | 1,103 | |
| | Labour | Maria-Rosaria Burley | 1,009 | |
| | Independent | Paul Bott | 1,007 | |
| | Labour | Graham Wilkes | 1,004 | |
| | Conservative | Michelle Martin | 546 | |
| | Conservative | James Letts | 536 | |
| | Conservative | Lorna Rattigan | 463 | |
| | Democratic Socialist Alliance – People Before Profit | Alan Johnston | 459 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jody Pearce | 392 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,519 | 28.0 |
Paddock (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Rose Martin | 2,197 | |
| | Conservative | Barry Sanders | 1,985 | |
| | Conservative | Zahid Ali | 1,857 | |
| | Labour | Baldev Mavi | 1,228 | |
| | Labour | Khizar Hussain | 1,211 | |
| | Labour | Martin Evans | 1,104 | |
| | UKIP | Derek Bennett | 989 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daniel Barker | 832 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Barker | 790 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Murli Sinha | 616 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,809 | 52.0 |
Palfrey (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Joan Beilby | 2,043 | |
| | Conservative | Mohammad Yasin | 1,991 | |
| | Conservative | Mohammad Munir | 1,821 | |
| | Labour | Mohammad Nazir | 1,773 | |
| | Labour | Nasar Ali | 1,532 | |
| | Labour | Mark Pulford | 1,403 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Karen Pandaal | 550 | |
| | Independent | Mohammed Mulla | 463 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,576 | 45.8 |
Pelsall (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Garry Perry | 2,330 | |
| | Conservative | Marco Longhi | 1,999 | |
| | Conservative | Clive Ault | 1,596 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simeon Mayou | 1,073 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Linda Dickins | 723 | |
| | BNP | Dominic Bugler | 692 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Jones | 628 | |
| | Labour | Neil Perrett | 502 | |
| | Labour | Walter Burley | 484 | |
| | Labour | Ronald Rock | 433 | |
| | Democratic Socialist Alliance – People Before Profit | Derek Roddy | 176 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,636 | 43.4 |
Pheasey Park Farm (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Adrian Andrew | 1,514 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Bird | 1,259 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher Towe | 1,232 | |
| | Independent | Darren Porter | 1,124 | |
| | Labour | Spedding McMullen | 809 | |
| | Labour | Brenda Etchells | 795 | |
| | Labour | Paulette Green | 773 | |
| | Independent | Edmund Newman | 695 | |
| | Independent | Gloria Newman | 592 | |
| | Independent | Peter Ruston | 323 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Cockayne | 306 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,422 | 42.7 |
Pleck (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Dennis Anson | 1,518 | |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Aslam | 1,338 | |
| | Labour | Harbans Sarohi | 1,308 | |
| | Labour | Ann Wilson | 1,235 | |
| | Conservative | Mark Dabbs | 1,183 | |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Arshad | 1,101 | |
| | Independent | Norman Matthews | 800 | |
| | Democratic Socialist Alliance – People Before Profit | Brian Powell | 371 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,854 | 39.2 |
Rushall-Shelfield (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Catherine Micklewright | 1,217 | |
| | Conservative | Albert Griffiths | 1,191 | |
| | Conservative | Rachel Walker | 979 | |
| | Labour | Thomas Perrett | 891 | |
| | BNP | Williams Locke | 844 | |
| | UKIP | Jenny Mayo | 798 | |
| | Labour | Lorraine Smith | 688 | |
| | Labour | Robert Thomas | 654 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Dickins | 519 | |
| | Democratic Socialist Alliance – People Before Profit | Louise Bradburn | 275 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,056 | 35.8 |
Short Heath (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Doreen Shires | 1,458 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eileen Pitt | 1,439 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Cook | 1,313 | |
| | Conservative | Bryan Bond | 563 | |
| | Conservative | Terence Sharp | 540 | |
| | Conservative | Wendy Sharp | 525 | |
| | Labour | Richard Walker | 497 | |
| | Labour | Douglas James | 452 | |
| | Labour | Sumit Grover | 433 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,220 | 30.7 |
St. Matthews (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Arif | 1,618 | |
| | Conservative | Barbara McCracken | 1,586 | |
| | Conservative | Haqnawaz Khan | 1,505 | |
| | Labour | Mohammed Yaqoob | 1,210 | |
| | Labour | Moses Whyte | 1,051 | |
| | UKIP | Jennifer Beale | 1,027 | |
| | Labour | Gareth Walker | 1,023 | |
| | UKIP | Mohammed Yaqub | 823 | |
| | UKIP | Andrew Scullion | 817 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Louise Shires | 658 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,318 | 46.6 |
Streetly (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Brian Douglas-Maul | 2,472 | |
| | Conservative | Arthur Clarke | 1,984 | |
| | Conservative | Edmund Hughes | 1,886 | |
| | UKIP | Steven Grey | 1,291 | |
| | Labour | Thomas Charlton | 753 | |
| | Labour | Steven King | 670 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Josephine Levine | 664 | |
| | Labour | Kathryn Ibbotson | 522 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,242 | 40.7 |
Willenhall North (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Shires | 1,507 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Arthur Bentley | 1,382 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Valerie Woodruff | 1,209 | |
| | UKIP | Alan Sheath | 518 | |
| | Labour | Robert Matthews | 428 | |
| | Conservative | Joy Kemp | 417 | |
| | Labour | Stephen Rose | 407 | |
| | Labour | Ian Pearson | 398 | |
| | Conservative | Margaret Salt | 361 | |
| | Conservative | Iris Turner | 347 | |
| | Independent | Tim Woodley | 300 | |
| | Democratic Socialist Alliance – People Before Profit | Alan Paddock | 137 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,411 | 29.4 |
Willenhall South (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Sean Coughlan | 1,133 | |
| | Labour | Harold Withnall | 1,022 | |
| | Labour | Angela Underhill | 971 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Wendy Evans | 737 | |
| | Conservative | Chad Pitt | 727 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Hughes | 702 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Pearce | 680 | |
| | Conservative | Justin Douglas-Maul | 677 | |
| | Conservative | Parmjit Singh | 611 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,260 | 28.0 |