# 2004 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2004 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Sandwell 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 Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

## Campaign

Before the election the council was controlled by Labour with 55 seats, compared to 9 for the Conservatives, 6 Liberal Democrats and 2 British National Party.
During the campaign the Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown visited Sandwell and called on voters to reject the British National Party.

## Election result

The results saw Labour easily hold on to control of the council after dropping just 3 seats. The leader of the council, Bill Thomas, described the results as "remarkable" considering it was a mid term election and called it a "vote of confidence". However Labour did lose seats to the Conservatives, including 2 in St Paul's ward, meaning that the Conservatives made a gain of 4 seats. The Liberal Democrats stayed on 6 seats, while the British National Party dropped to just 1 seat. The only successful BNP candidate was in Princes End ward, where James Lloyd was elected, while in the same ward his party colleague John Salvage lost his seat on the council.
Sandwell Local Election Result 2004 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 52 | -3 | 72.2 | 50.7 | 97,638 | +3.7% |
| Conservative | 13 | +4 | 18.1 | 28.1 | 54,028 | -0.5% |
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | 0 | 8.3 | 13.3 | 25,631 | +2.7% |
| BNP | 1 | -1 | 1.4 | 4.0 | 7,750 | -1.9% |
| Freedom Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 2,872 | -0.6% |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1,934 | -3.2% |
| 2003 Community Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 1,759 | -0.3% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 588 | +0.2% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 207 | +0.1% |

## Ward results

Abbey (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Ann Jaron | 2,007 |
| | Labour | Steven Eling | 1,941 |
| | Labour | Robert Piper | 1,850 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Prior | 840 |
| | Conservative | Ewart Johnson | 801 |
| | Conservative | Roger Hickman | 793 |
| | Conservative | William Shipman | 706 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,938 |
Blackheath (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Mary Docker | 1,369 |
| | Labour | Robert Price | 1,368 |
| | Labour | Glenn Harris | 1,346 |
| | Labour | David Walker | 1,310 |
| | Conservative | Debbie Elwell | 1,237 |
| | Conservative | Shirley Ching | 1,155 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,785 |
Bristnall (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Malcolm Bridges | 1,313 |
| | Labour | Lois Griffin | 1,247 |
| | Conservative | Terence Grainger | 1,235 |
| | Labour | Vicky Handy | 1,073 |
| | Conservative | John Irons-Patterson | 1,062 |
| | Conservative | Leslie Pawlowski | 940 |
| | Socialist Labour | Sukhjinder Clair | 256 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,126 |
Charlemont with Grove Vale (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Alan Burkit | 1,646 |
| | Conservative | Anne Hughes | 1,521 |
| | Conservative | Tony Ward | 1,463 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Allcock | 985 |
| | Labour | Mark Handy | 923 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diane Gorton | 837 |
| | Labour | Jean Heywood | 808 |
| | Labour | Bob Patel | 714 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bhajan Rai | 696 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,593 |
Cradley Heath and Old Hill (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Margaret James | 1,549 |
| | Labour | Ann Shackleton | 1,397 |
| | Labour | Glenis Webb | 1,277 |
| | Conservative | Liz Bowler | 1,115 |
| | Conservative | Ronald Griffiths | 918 |
| | BNP | Stuart Deeley | 850 |
| | Conservative | Michael Hardy | 840 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,946 |
Friar Park (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Lewis | 1,463 |
| | Labour | Joyce Edis | 1,190 |
| | Labour | Simon Hackett | 1,179 |
| | Conservative | Raymond Webb | 880 |
| | Conservative | Barry Nelson | 820 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Brayshaw | 651 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,183 |
Great Barr with Yew Tree(3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sadie Smith | 1,612 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Macklin | 1,221 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Wilson | 1,009 |
| | Conservative | Robert Lawrence | 886 |
| | Labour | Harbinder Deol | 850 |
| | Labour | Janet Bott-Obi | 811 |
| | BNP | Derrick Dale | 798 |
| | Labour | Michael Shackleton | 767 |
| | BNP | Scott Dale | 757 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,711 |
Great Bridge (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Derek Rowley | 1,115 |
| | Labour | Peter Allen | 1,081 |
| | Labour | Maureen Whitehouse | 983 |
| | BNP | Arthur Copson | 880 |
| | 2003 Community Party | Fred Perry | 770 |
| | BNP | Simon Smith | 767 |
| | 2003 Community Party | Robert Roper | 506 |
| | 2003 Community Party | Malcolm Beckley | 483 |
| | Conservative | Philip Mansell | 366 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Roberts | 213 |
| | Conservative | Onkar Badial | 212 |
| | Independent | Naranjan Khag | 207 |
| | Conservative | Avtar Sandhu | 190 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,773 |
Greets Green and Lyng (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | John Edwards | 1,360 |
| | Labour | Gurchuran Sidhu | 1,345 |
| | Labour | Robert Badham | 1,284 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Jones | 768 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mazar Hussain | 732 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Darren Saxon | 707 |
| | Conservative | Rosemarie Campbell | 664 |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Ahmed | 616 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,476 |
Hateley Heath (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Joanna Watson | 1,480 |
| | Labour | John Blyth | 1,443 |
| | Labour | Terry Williams | 1,404 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Reg Hackett | 744 |
| | Conservative | Kathleen Ryan | 614 |
| | Conservative | Gaynor Skeldon | 582 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jarnail Sandhu | 494 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shaju Islam | 437 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,198 |
Langley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Pauline Hinton | 1,493 |
| | Labour | Martin Prestidge | 1,485 |
| | Labour | Michael Davies | 1,381 |
| | Conservative | Robert Unitt | 994 |
| | Conservative | Arthur Worley | 898 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,251 |
Newton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joyce Underhill | 1,928 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martyn Smith | 1,795 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Underhill | 1,761 |
| | Labour | David Hosell | 992 |
| | Labour | Delia Edwards | 882 |
| | Labour | Ravi Kumar | 785 |
| | Conservative | Valerie Ward | 693 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,836 |
Oldbury (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Babu Bawa | 1,823 |
| | Labour | Elaine Giles | 1,686 |
| | Labour | Mahboob Hussain | 1,612 |
| | Conservative | David Hadley | 1,233 |
| | Conservative | Abdul Qayyum | 959 |
| | Conservative | Harbhajan Mann | 859 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tofayal Ahmed | 371 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,543 |
Old Warley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Karen Bissell | 1,822 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Meacham | 1,669 |
| | Conservative | John McHard | 1,667 |
| | Labour | Trevor Crompton | 1,439 |
| | Labour | Gordon McKenzie | 1,372 |
| | Labour | Janice Whitehead | 1,326 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,295 |
Princes End (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | BNP | James Lloyd | 987 |
| | Labour | Raymond Howes | 947 |
| | Labour | June Newell | 939 |
| | BNP | John Savage | 886 |
| | Labour | Andrew Millard | 866 |
| | UKIP | Kevin Walker | 588 |
| | Conservative | Mark Nelson | 423 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,636 |
Rowley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Iris Boucher | 1,667 |
| | Labour | Barbara Price | 1,638 |
| | Labour | William Thomas | 1,613 |
| | Conservative | Joanne Hadley | 1,075 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Millward | 1,040 |
| | Conservative | Donald O'Connor | 1,011 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,044 |
St Paul's (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Sakhi | 1,873 |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Zaheer | 1,861 |
| | Labour | Gurinder Josan | 1,855 |
| | Labour | Bawa Dhallu | 1,760 |
| | Labour | Jagwant Gill | 1,746 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sahbud Ullah | 1,621 |
| | Conservative | Manjit Lall | 682 |
| | Socialist Labour | Ranjit Tagger | 462 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,860 |
Smethwick (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Linda Horton | 1,707 |
| | Labour | Keith Davies | 1,602 |
| | Labour | Victor Silvester | 1,363 |
| | Conservative | Beryl Hickman | 892 |
| | Socialist Labour | Balkar Sandhu | 495 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Majied | 423 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,482 |
Soho and Victoria (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Darren Cooper | 1,852 |
| | Labour | Roger Horton | 1,736 |
| | Labour | Mohammad Rouf | 1,679 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shamin Ahmed | 888 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Wasim Abbas | 829 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Reed | 703 |
| | Conservative | Salahadin Adrwish | 354 |
| | Conservative | David Dixon | 353 |
| | Socialist Labour | Malcolm Connigale | 213 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,607 |
Tipton Green (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Ian Jones | 1,591 |
| | Labour | Syeda Khatun | 1,506 |
| | Labour | Stephen Edwards | 1,460 |
| | Freedom Party | Stephen Edwards | 1,178 |
| | Freedom Party | Alison Aitken-Jones | 859 |
| | Freedom Party | William Aitken-Jones | 835 |
| | Conservative | Basharat Khan | 686 |
| | Conservative | Lorraine Nelson | 657 |
| | BNP | Terence Taylor | 651 |
| | Conservative | Montaj Ali | 541 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Yvonne Reed | 305 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ansar Hussain | 258 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,527 |
Tividale (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Maria Crompton | 1,735 |
| | Labour | David Hinton | 1,539 |
| | Labour | Douglas Parish | 1,438 |
| | BNP | Carl Butler | 1,174 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,886 |
Wednesbury North (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | William Archer | 1,954 |
| | Conservative | Elaine Costigan | 1,739 |
| | Conservative | Mavis Hughes | 1,537 |
| | Labour | Roy Melia | 739 |
| | Labour | Lorraine Ashman | 643 |
| | Labour | Gulshan Chowdhury | 592 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,204 |
Wednesbury South (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Robert Evans | 1,522 |
| | Labour | George Turton | 1,327 |
| | Labour | Susan Downing | 1,301 |
| | Conservative | Alan Nugent | 1,096 |
| | Conservative | Jean Nugent | 1,015 |
| | Conservative | Atma Matharu | 841 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Mitchener | 493 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,595 |
West Bromwich Central (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Linda Turton | 1,796 |
| | Labour | Tarsem King | 1,766 |
| | Labour | Mohinder Tagger | 1,559 |
| | Conservative | Norman Lawley | 973 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sandra Beriford | 870 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bertram Richards | 787 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Ashgar | 653 |
| | Socialist Labour | Ranjit Powar | 508 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,912 |