# 2004 Eastleigh Borough Council election

Elections to Eastleigh Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 41.4%
After the election, the composition of the council was
* Liberal Democrat 32
* Conservative 9
* Labour 3

## Election result

Eastleigh Local Election Result 2004 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 13 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 81.3 | 45.6 | 13,754 | -1.7% |
| Conservative | 3 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 18.8 | 31.1 | 9,364 | +3.5% |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 13.6 | 4,110 | -6.5% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 2,851 | +5.7% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 55 | -1.0% |

## Ward results

Bishopstoke East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Trevor Mignot | 657 | 36.6 | −8.1 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Rhodes | 543 | 30.3 | +9.0 |
| | UKIP | Stephen Challis | 317 | 17.7 | +6.4 |
| | Labour | Mary Shepherd | 276 | 15.4 | −7.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 114 | 6.3 | −15.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,793 | 42.1 | +13.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Bishopstoke West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Winstanley | 760 | 38.9 | +0.3 |
| | Labour | Ian Pemberton | 693 | 35.5 | −15.1 |
| | UKIP | Peter Stewart | 278 | 14.2 | +14.2 |
| | Conservative | Tristan Rhodes | 222 | 11.4 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 67 | 3.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,953 | 46.6 | +6.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Botley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rupert Kyrle | 1,208 | 61.7 | |
| | Conservative | Thomas Harvey | 492 | 25.1 | |
| | UKIP | Donald Davey | 162 | 8.3 | |
| | Labour | Brian Norgate | 97 | 5.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 716 | 36.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,959 | 49.2 | +11.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Bursledon & Old Netley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Holes | 980 | 49.2 | −0.4 |
| | Conservative | John Milne | 606 | 30.5 | −4.7 |
| | UKIP | Maurice Bennett | 296 | 14.9 | +7.7 |
| | Labour | Edward White | 108 | 5.4 | −2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 374 | 18.7 | +4.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,990 | 36.7 | +7.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Chandler's Ford East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Haulwen Broadhurst | 739 | 47.1 | |
| | Conservative | Ernest Pullen | 714 | 45.5 | |
| | Labour | Gwyneth Hubert | 116 | 7.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 25 | 1.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,569 | 41.7 | +2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Chandler's Ford West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Wray | 1,057 | 58.5 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Gardiner | 637 | 35.3 | |
| | Labour | Philip Grice | 113 | 6.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 420 | 23.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,807 | 43.2 | +4.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Eastleigh Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Glynn Davies-Dear | 994 | 40.9 | −4.5 |
| | Labour | William Luffman | 876 | 36.0 | −6.7 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Gosling | 290 | 11.9 | +3.0 |
| | UKIP | Paul Webber | 216 | 8.9 | +5.9 |
| | Independent | Alan Sneddon | 55 | 2.3 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 118 | 4.9 | +2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,431 | 38.6 | +7.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Eastleigh North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Thomas | 978 | 46.2 | −0.4 |
| | Conservative | Alan Foster | 732 | 34.6 | +18.8 |
| | Labour | Samuel Snook | 408 | 19.3 | −4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 246 | 11.6 | −11.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,118 | 35.3 | +6.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Eastleigh South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Head | 949 | 40.9 | +8.6 |
| | Labour | Christine Hadley | 697 | 30.1 | −18.9 |
| | UKIP | Ann Bays | 343 | 14.8 | +9.2 |
| | Conservative | Susan Hall | 330 | 14.2 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 252 | 10.8 | −5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,319 | 39.6 | +8.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Fair Oak & Horton Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joseph Wright | 1,008 | 45.8 | −17.7 |
| | Conservative | David Gillam | 614 | 27.9 | +7.4 |
| | UKIP | George McGuinness | 365 | 16.6 | +7.4 |
| | Labour | John Sorley | 212 | 9.6 | −2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 394 | 17.9 | −20.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,199 | 33.9 | −4.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Hamble-le-Rice & Butlocks Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Pepper | 934 | 48.2 | −5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Cross | 738 | 38.1 | +0.7 |
| | UKIP | Beryl Humphrey | 164 | 8.5 | +6.8 |
| | Labour | Elsie Truscott | 100 | 5.2 | −2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 196 | 10.1 | −6.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,936 | 47.9 | +9.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Hedge End St Johns :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Welsh | 1,072 | 44.2 | −8.4 |
| | Conservative | Paulette Holt | 700 | 28.9 | −3.0 |
| | UKIP | Doreen Gilbert | 523 | 21.6 | +11.7 |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Kosted | 128 | 5.3 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 372 | 15.3 | −5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,423 | 33.9 | −5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Hiltingbury East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Godfrey Olson | 1,367 | 60.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Courtney Lane | 757 | 33.7 | |
| | Labour | Michael Tibble | 121 | 5.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 610 | 27.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,245 | 54.3 | +3.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Hiltingbury West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Doreen Wellfare | 982 | 48.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Grahame Smith | 962 | 47.9 | |
| | Labour | Kevin Butt | 65 | 3.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20 | 1.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,009 | 51.7 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Netley Abbey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Airey | 895 | 64.7 | +2.2 |
| | Conservative | Edward Brandt | 201 | 14.5 | −9.7 |
| | UKIP | Neil Smith | 187 | 13.5 | +13.5 |
| | Labour | Peter Woodcock | 100 | 7.2 | −6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 694 | 50.2 | +11.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,383 | 34.7 | +5.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |