# 2004 Wokingham District Council election

The 2004 Wokingham District Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003. The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

## Background

Since 2003 boundary changes meant that almost every ward was changed from the previous election with the only ones that remained the same being Charvil, Norreys and Winnersh. The number of wards was also increased from 24 to 25, but the number of seats on the council remaining the same. The boundary changes meant the whole council was up for election for the first time since the unitary authority was founded in 1997. Before the election the Conservatives had 33 seats and had controlled the council since the 2002 election.

## Election result

The results saw the Conservatives strengthen their control of the council after gaining 6 seats to hold 39 of the 54 seats. The Liberal Democrats fell back to 15 seats, while Labour lost their only seat on the council. The leader of the Liberal Democrats on the council, Coling Lawley, only survived the election by 4 votes in Coronation ward after 3 recounts. Overall turnout was 40.3% a rise of over 10% from the 2003 election.
Wokingham Local Election Result 2004 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 39 | +6 | 72.2 | 53.2 | 53,421 | +4.8% |
| Liberal Democrats | 15 | -5 | 27.8 | 35.3 | 35,400 | -6.0% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 5,730 | +3.2% |
| Labour | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5.4 | 5,470 | -1.7% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 367 | +0.4% |

## Ward results

Arborfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Gary Cowan | 512 | 78.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Bray | 85 | 13.0 |
| | UKIP | Joan Huntley | 57 | 8.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 427 | 65.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 654 | 39.6 |
Barkham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Pamela Stubbs | 601 | 73.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Allan Wrobel | 123 | 15.0 |
| | UKIP | Robert Johnson | 96 | 11.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 478 | 58.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 820 | 34.1 |
Bulmershe & Whitegates (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Lissaman | 1,167 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | George Storry | 1,158 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sellam Rahmouni | 1,089 | |
| | Conservative | Keith Baker | 736 | |
| | Conservative | Susan Vosser | 691 | |
| | Conservative | William Soane | 688 | |
| | Labour | Pippa White | 338 | |
| | Labour | Gerald Copitch | 334 | |
| | Labour | Christopher Weavers | 329 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,530 | 38.1 |
Charvil :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Pamela Graddon | 583 | 51.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Arthur Illenden | 480 | 42.0 |
| | UKIP | Vincent Pearson | 47 | 4.1 |
| | Labour | Brian Scott | 34 | 3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 103 | 9.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,144 | 53.4 |
Coronation (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Patricia Sherratt | 900 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Coling Lawley | 842 | |
| | Conservative | Tanya De Hoedt | 838 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Denis Thair | 758 | |
| | UKIP | Amy Thornton | 274 | |
| | Labour | Jasdip Garcha | 115 | |
| | Labour | Ian Hills | 113 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,840 | 46.1 |
Emmbrook (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ullakarin Clark | 1,549 | |
| | Conservative | John Mirfin | 1,306 | |
| | Conservative | Deborah Lewis | 1,258 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Gavin | 774 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Harley | 668 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Hallam | 666 | |
| | UKIP | Ann Davis | 492 | |
| | UKIP | Peter Jackson | 355 | |
| | Labour | Stella Howell | 276 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,344 | 44.9 |
Evendons (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Dianne King | 1,302 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher Bowring | 1,228 | |
| | Conservative | Denis Morgan | 1,125 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tina Marinos | 1,075 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Malvern | 954 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frances Baylis | 879 | |
| | UKIP | Jeremy Allison | 353 | |
| | Labour | Paul French | 257 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,173 | 40.7 |
Finchampstead North (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Tim Charlesworth | 1,268 | |
| | Conservative | Robert Stanton | 1,178 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roland Cundy | 485 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Bristow | 421 | |
| | UKIP | Donald Campbell | 421 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,540 | 46.9 |
Finchampstead South (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Gerald Cockroft | 1,037 | |
| | Conservative | Simon Weeks | 1,024 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew May | 435 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Randall | 355 | |
| | UKIP | Leslie Huntley | 249 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,100 | 40.2 |
Hawkedon (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Matthew Deegan | 954 | |
| | Conservative | Timothy Holton | 943 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Firmager | 942 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Eastwell | 681 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Long | 647 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tahir Maher | 583 | |
| | UKIP | Peter Williams | 269 | |
| | Labour | John Cunningham | 252 | |
| | Green | David Chapman | 142 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,413 | 32.2 |
Hillside (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Spratling | 1,205 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Hare | 1,170 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tania Christidis | 1,110 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Bradley | 1,084 | |
| | Conservative | Bharminder Bhathal | 969 | |
| | Conservative | Paul Swaddle | 961 | |
| | Labour | David Sharp | 265 | |
| | UKIP | Kenneth Holman | 200 | |
| | UKIP | Andrew Findlay | 167 | |
| | UKIP | Jane Orme | 150 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,281 | 39.4 |
Hurst :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Annette Drake | 647 | 71.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Haydon Trott | 192 | 21.2 |
| | Labour | Daniel Clifton | 65 | 7.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 455 | 50.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 904 | 43.4 |
Loddon (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Clifford | 774 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Clacey | 719 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Mattingley | 677 | |
| | Conservative | Joanna Vosser | 662 | |
| | Conservative | Kathryn Lewis | 644 | |
| | Conservative | Abdul Loyes | 558 | |
| | UKIP | William Brooks | 252 | |
| | UKIP | John Inglese | 229 | |
| | Labour | Robert Barker | 212 | |
| | Labour | Janice Kite | 204 | |
| | Labour | Gillian Smith | 200 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,131 | 28.7 |
Maiden Erlegh (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Christopher Edmunds | 1,432 | |
| | Conservative | David Chopping | 1,372 | |
| | Conservative | John Newman | 1,263 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Caroline Smith | 1,013 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roy Neall | 936 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shalid Younis | 761 | |
| | UKIP | David Lamb | 365 | |
| | Labour | Jacqueline Rupert | 340 | |
| | Green | Russell Seymour | 225 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,707 | 39.3 |
Norreys (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Iain Brown | 1,655 | |
| | Conservative | Marian Robertson | 1,601 | |
| | Conservative | David Lee | 1,556 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shelagh Flower | 495 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Samuel | 452 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vivienne Samuel | 429 | |
| | Labour | John Woodward | 358 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,546 | 39.0 |
Remenham, Wargrave & Ruscombe (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Frank Browne | 1,259 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher Schutz | 1,139 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lindsay Ferris | 742 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Alder | 639 | |
| | Labour | Richard Fort | 96 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,875 | 50.2 |
Shinfield North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Norman Gould | 343 | 58.2 |
| | Labour | Paul Sharples | 150 | 25.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Fiona Rolls | 96 | 16.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 193 | 32.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 589 | 36.1 |
Shinfield South (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Bryant | 918 | |
| | Conservative | Anthony Pollock | 889 | |
| | Conservative | Barrie Patman | 878 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elaine Spratling | 296 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carolyn Hare | 279 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Thompson | 257 | |
| | Labour | Julianne Grafton | 199 | |
| | UKIP | Alfred Newton | 159 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,875 | 37.7 |
Sonning :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Ashman | 603 | 56.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carol Jewell | 315 | 29.7 |
| | UKIP | David Abbott | 75 | 7.1 |
| | Labour | Roger Hayes | 68 | 6.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 288 | 27.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,061 | 49.1 |
South Lake (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kay Gilder | 724 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Rowland | 682 | |
| | Conservative | William Henderson | 409 | |
| | Conservative | Susan Doughty | 406 | |
| | UKIP | David Hill | 205 | |
| | Labour | John Flen | 163 | |
| | Labour | John Goodman | 150 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,739 | 32.0 |
Swallowfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Diana Beatty | 534 | 68.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Jackson | 160 | 20.5 |
| | UKIP | Rose Newton | 87 | 11.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 374 | 47.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 781 | 40.7 |
Twyford (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Conway | 1,260 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Deidre Tomlin | 1,081 | |
| | Conservative | John Jarvis | 611 | |
| | Conservative | Mark Wilkins | 435 | |
| | UKIP | Paul Dunn | 158 | |
| | Labour | Roy Mantel | 119 | |
| | Labour | Stuart Crainer | 116 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,780 | 47.4 |
Wescott (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Robert Wyatt | 941 | |
| | Conservative | John Green | 877 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Vaughan | 498 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joyce Wise | 355 | |
| | UKIP | Franklin Carstairs | 225 | |
| | Labour | Anna Nemeth | 186 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,082 | 41.3 |
Winnersh (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Siggery | 1,177 | |
| | Conservative | David Ball | 1,159 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Prue Bray | 1,086 | |
| | Conservative | Derek Sefton | 1,056 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Armstrong | 846 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Bacon | 752 | |
| | UKIP | Anthony Pollock | 406 | |
| | Labour | John Baker | 160 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,642 | 41.6 |
Wokingham Without (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Pauline Helliar-Symons | 1,615 | |
| | Conservative | Perry Lewis | 1,566 | |
| | Conservative | Angus Ross | 1,539 | |
| | UKIP | Graham Widdows | 439 | |
| | Labour | Roy Bailey | 371 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Jewell | 370 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kay Collins | 367 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Llewellin | 337 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,604 | 41.0 |