# 2004 Derby City Council election

The 2004 Derby City Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
The results saw the Labour Party gain a seat from the Conservatives but lose one to the Liberal Democrats. They also saw Frank Leeming from the United Kingdom Independence Party win the party's first council seat in Derby, gaining a seat that had formerly been held by independent, Ron Allen, who had died in March. Leeming was expected to hold the balance of power on the council between Labour and a Liberal Democrat/Conservative alliance depending on the outcome of a by-election in July.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Labour 24
* Liberal Democrat 14
* Conservative 11
* United Kingdom Independence Party 1
* Vacant 1

## Election result

2004 Derby Local Election Result :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Labour | 9 | 1 | 1 | | 50.0 | 32.2 | 25,794 |
| Liberal Democrats | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27.8 | 28.9 | 23,098 |
| Conservative | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16.7 | 27.8 | 22,214 |
| UKIP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.6 | 9.3 | 7,419 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.9 | 743 |
| Respect | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 701 |
| Monster Raving Loony | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 78 |

## Ward results
### Abbey

Abbey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Jackman | 1,558 | 42.4 | −10.1 |
| | Labour | Lisa Higginbottom | 1,054 | 28.7 | −3.6 |
| | UKIP | Margaret Rooney | 530 | 14.4 | +14.4 |
| | Conservative | Douglas Sice | 455 | 12.4 | +0.7 |
| | Monster Raving Loony | Craig Reynolds | 78 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 504 | 13.7 | −6.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,675 | 41.9 | +16.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Allestree

Allestree :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Philip Hickson | 2,879 | 45.4 | −5.3 |
| | Labour | Margot Keats | 1,246 | 19.7 | −4.6 |
| | UKIP | Ronald McKeown | 1,174 | 18.5 | +18.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Jackson | 1,038 | 16.4 | −8.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,633 | 25.7 | +0.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,337 | 60.4 | +21.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Alvaston

Alvaston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alan Graves | 1,638 | 40.1 | −7.4 |
| | UKIP | Martin Bardoe | 1,123 | 27.5 | +27.5 |
| | Conservative | Simon Hart | 702 | 17.2 | −3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lorraine Brown | 618 | 15.1 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 515 | 12.6 | −14.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,081 | 41.3 | +16.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Arboretum

Arboretum :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Shiraz Khan | 2,055 | 45.6 | +0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rehmet Kham | 1,791 | 39.7 | +16.9 |
| | Conservative | Joan Magee | 660 | 14.6 | −5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 264 | 5.9 | −16.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,506 | 49.4 | +23.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Blagreaves

Blagreaves :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sean Marshall | 2,617 | 55.1 | −2.4 |
| | Labour | Prem Shukla | 1,268 | 26.7 | +1.1 |
| | Conservative | David Jennings | 867 | 18.2 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,349 | 28.4 | −3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,752 | 52.2 | +15.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Boulton

Boulton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UKIP | Graham Leeming | 1,781 | | |
| | Labour | Barbara Jackson | 1,452 | | |
| | Labour | Alan Mullarkey | 1,237 | | |
| | UKIP | Paul Roome | 1,163 | | |
| | Conservative | Sean Conway | 870 | | |
| | Conservative | Valerie Clare | 585 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Wendy Harbon | 353 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eric Ashburner | 342 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,783 | 45.6 | +14.3 |
| | UKIP gain from Independent | UKIP gain from Independent | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Chaddesden

Chaddesden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Ahern | 1,929 | 43.2 | −6.0 |
| | Conservative | Vincent Mills | 1,646 | 36.8 | +4.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leslie Alcock | 699 | 15.6 | +0.7 |
| | Independent | Charles McLynn | 196 | 4.4 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 283 | 6.4 | −10.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,470 | 48.2 | +18.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Chellaston

Chellaston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mark Tittley | 1,972 | 41.3 | |
| | Conservative | Julie Hickson | 1,381 | 28.9 | |
| | UKIP | David Black | 1,012 | 21.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Yates | 414 | 8.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 391 | 12.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,779 | 50.7 | +16.5 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Darley

Darley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Finbar Richards | 1,636 | 38.7 | −3.2 |
| | Labour | Michael Futers | 1,320 | 31.2 | +2.2 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Charlesworth | 1,276 | 30.2 | +4.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 316 | 7.5 | −5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,232 | 48.4 | +13.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Derwent

Derwent :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Margaret Redfern | 1,793 | 49.4 | +6.4 |
| | Conservative | Franklyn Harwood | 1,131 | 31.2 | −5.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rafe Nauen | 703 | 19.4 | +7.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 662 | 18.2 | +11.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,627 | 41.6 | +20.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Littleover

Littleover :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leslie Allen | 2,805 | 59.9 | −4.5 |
| | Conservative | Mark Collins | 1,179 | 25.2 | +2.7 |
| | Labour | Linda McGraw | 696 | 14.9 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,626 | 34.7 | −7.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,680 | 51.0 | +13.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Mackworth

Mackworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Richard Gerrard | 1,631 | 43.6 | −3.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Lysaczenko | 1,220 | 32.6 | +12.0 |
| | Conservative | Michael Hickson | 886 | 23.7 | −8.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 411 | 11.0 | −4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,737 | 42.3 | +18.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Mickleover

Mickleover :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hilary Jones | 3,578 | 58.9 | |
| | Conservative | Gillian Tatlow | 1,715 | 28.2 | |
| | Labour | David Whitehead | 781 | 12.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,863 | 30.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,074 | 56.8 | +14.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Normanton

Normanton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hardyal Dhindsa | 1,583 | 32.9 | −14.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lennin Shillingford | 914 | 19.0 | −19.5 |
| | Respect | Jangir Khan | 701 | 14.6 | +14.6 |
| | UKIP | Ronald Harrison | 636 | 13.2 | +13.2 |
| | Independent | Chander Guru | 547 | 11.4 | +8.3 |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Riasat | 432 | 9.0 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 669 | 13.9 | +4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,813 | 53.0 | +24.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Oakwood

Oakwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Smalley | 2,230 | 49.7 | −2.4 |
| | Labour | Phillip Woodhead | 1,468 | 32.7 | −0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon King | 785 | 17.5 | +3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 762 | 17.0 | −1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,483 | 47.2 | +20.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Sinfin

Sinfin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hardial Dhamrait | 1,460 | 45.1 | −8.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Harjonder Naitta | 991 | 30.6 | +11.8 |
| | Conservative | David Hart | 787 | 24.3 | +9.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 469 | 14.5 | −20.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,238 | 37.4 | +16.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Spondon

Spondon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Evonne Berry | 2,533 | 53.0 | −1.0 |
| | Labour | Frank Kirkland | 1,211 | 25.3 | −4.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patrick Peat | 1,036 | 21.7 | +10.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,322 | 27.7 | +3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,780 | 52.3 | +17.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |