# 2004 Adur District Council election

Elections to Adur District Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 reducing the number of seats by 10. The Conservative Party held overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 38.0%.

## Results

Adur Local Election Result 2004 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 24 | -3 | 82.8 | 51.9 | 16,433 | +5.1% |
| Labour | 2 | -6 | 6.9 | 20.4 | 6,456 | -11.1% |
| Independent | 2 | -2 | 6.9 | 11.2 | 3,543 | +7.2% |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | +1 | 3.4 | 13.4 | 4,236 | +2.2% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 686 | -1.4% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 288 | -2.0% |

## Ward results

Buckingham (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Debra Kennard | 872 |
| | Conservative | Melanie Blunden | 871 |
| | Labour | Nigel Sweet | 327 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,070 |
Churchill (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Carol Bradburn | 483 |
| | Conservative | Graham Kerner | 416 |
| | Independent | Joy Hartley | 342 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roy Gibson | 317 |
| | Independent | Denise Ferris | 280 |
| | Labour | Joyce Burns | 223 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,061 |
Cokeham (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Pigott | 488 |
| | Labour | Kenneth Bashford | 452 |
| | Labour | Barry Mear | 432 |
| | Conservative | Vilna Woolhead | 379 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tracey Clarke | 310 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,061 |
Eastbrook (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Carol Eade | 572 |
| | Conservative | James Funnell | 544 |
| | Labour | David Munnery | 483 |
| | Labour | Jean Woolgar | 332 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Painter | 211 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,142 |
Hillside (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Eade | 793 |
| | Conservative | Janet Mockridge | 657 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert King | 429 |
| | Labour | Martin Horner | 353 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,232 |
Manor (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Keith Dollemore | 586 |
| | Conservative | Angela Mills | 480 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Martin | 330 |
| | UKIP | Lionel Parsons | 288 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cathleen Davies | 284 |
| | Independent | Anthony Holmes | 190 |
| | Labour | Jean Turner | 151 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,309 |
Marine (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Elizabeth McKinney | 989 |
| | Independent | Michael Mendoza | 920 |
| | Labour | Stephen Mear | 167 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,076 |
Mash Barn (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Brenda Collard | 342 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Bridges | 295 |
| | Conservative | Maureen Condick | 274 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Burt | 264 |
| | Independent | Patrick Beresford | 200 |
| | Independent | Sharon Wood | 192 |
| | Labour | Roy Banks | 166 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,733 |
Peverel (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Carson Albury | 544 |
| | Conservative | Brian Boggis | 541 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Timothy Clarke | 470 |
| | Labour | John Wales | 312 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,867 |
St. Mary's (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Michael Howard | 560 |
| | Conservative | Victoria Parkin | 503 |
| | Labour | Alan Heselden | 454 |
| | Labour | Sue-Ellen Murrell-Ashworth | 434 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,951 |
St. Nicolas (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Brian Coomber | 851 |
| | Conservative | Neil Parkin | 666 |
| | Green | Moyra Martin | 425 |
| | Labour | Daniel Yates | 312 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,254 |
Southlands (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Laura Graysmark | 555 |
| | Labour | Peter Berry | 535 |
| | Conservative | Paul Graysmark | 517 |
| | Labour | Andrew Bray | 498 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,105 |
Southwick Green (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Robert Dunn | 727 |
| | Conservative | Julie Searle | 692 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Stuart | 308 |
| | Green | Susan Board | 261 |
| | Labour | Steven Carden | 224 |
| | Labour | Julie Scarratt | 218 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,430 |
Widewater (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Wendy Gray | 868 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Nicklen | 843 |
| | Conservative | Christine Turner | 799 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Doris Martin | 521 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Yasoda Dooraree | 497 |
| | Independent | Elizabeth Edwards | 430 |
| | Labour | Adrienne Lowe | 383 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,341 |