# 2004 Havant Borough Council election

The 2004 Havant Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Havant Borough Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Conservative 27
* Labour 6
* Liberal Democrats 5

## Election result

The Conservatives gained seats to hold 27 of the 38 seats on the council, while Labour fell to 6 seats and the Liberal Democrats dropped to hold 5 seats. The Conservative gains included taking Barncroft and Battins wards in Leigh Park from Labour; the first time in over 30 years that Labour had not won all the seats in Leigh Park. Overall turnout at the election was 32.4%.
Havant local election result 2004 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 12 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 75.0 | 51.5 | 18,290 | -5.1% |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 12.5 | 26.5 | 9,401 | +0.5% |
| Labour | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 5,149 | +1.8% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 1,970 | +1.5% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 711 | +1.4% |

## Ward results
### Barncroft

Barncroft :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Yvonne Weeks | 472 | 48.1 | |
| | Labour | Carl Roberts | 282 | 28.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Flora Ponsonby | 228 | 23.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 190 | 19.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 982 | 22.4 | +3.5 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Battins

Battins :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jane Rayner | 386 | 36.6 | |
| | Labour | Paul Hansford | 361 | 34.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Stocker | 188 | 17.8 | |
| | Green | Louise Lumb | 120 | 11.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 25 | 2.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,055 | 21.9 | +1.6 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Bedhampton

Bedhampton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Smith | 1,254 | 42.9 | +2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Marshall | 1,211 | 41.5 | −1.2 |
| | Labour | Anne Edwards | 276 | 9.5 | +0.8 |
| | Green | Terry Mitchell | 179 | 6.1 | −2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 43 | 1.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,920 | 42.0 | +7.7 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Bondfields

Bondfields :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Terence Hart | 555 | 49.0 | |
| | Conservative | Mary Brown | 293 | 25.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cecil Sargent | 285 | 25.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 262 | 23.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,133 | 22.6 | −1.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Cowplain

Cowplain :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Keast | 1,598 | 62.3 | +3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Jacobs | 662 | 25.8 | −5.2 |
| | Labour | Kenneth Monks | 307 | 12.0 | +1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 936 | 36.5 | +8.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,567 | 35.6 | +9.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Emsworth

Emsworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brendan Gibb-Gray | 2,207 | 60.3 | +1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Cosslett | 879 | 24.0 | −5.2 |
| | Labour | William Gilchrist | 362 | 9.9 | −1.6 |
| | Green | Susan Dawes | 214 | 5.8 | +5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,328 | 36.3 | +6.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,662 | 47.6 | +8.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Hart Plain

Hart Plain (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Pearce | 1,171 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila Troke | 1,165 | | |
| | Conservative | Leonard Shaw | 977 | | |
| | Conservative | Mark Masterton | 945 | | |
| | Labour | Ronald Hoyle | 203 | | |
| | Labour | William Wheeler | 190 | | |
| | Green | Barry Gleed | 184 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,835 | 33.0 | +9.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Hayling East

Hayling East (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sheila Pearce | 1,331 | | |
| | Conservative | Charles Goulding | 1,316 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Causer | 497 | | |
| | Labour | John Mealy | 396 | | |
| | Labour | Sheila Mealy | 363 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janis Shawashi | 344 | | |
| | Green | Ann Ansari | 289 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,536 | 34.5 | −2.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Hayling West

Hayling West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Victor Pierce-Jones | 1,737 | 64.0 | −7.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Steentoft | 446 | 16.4 | +0.9 |
| | Labour | Graham Manning | 311 | 11.5 | −1.3 |
| | Green | Gillian Leek | 222 | 8.2 | +8.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,291 | 47.5 | −8.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,716 | 39.6 | +6.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Purbrook

Purbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Farrow | 1,255 | 49.0 | −14.9 |
| | Independent | Pamela Cooper | 711 | 27.8 | +27.8 |
| | Labour | Nicola Potts | 317 | 12.4 | −7.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pamela Welch | 276 | 10.8 | −5.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 544 | 21.3 | −22.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,559 | 35.3 | +9.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Faiths

St. Faiths :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Guest | 1,659 | 54.2 | +2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hugh Benzie | 808 | 26.4 | +4.7 |
| | Green | Timothy Dawes | 329 | 10.7 | −9.3 |
| | Labour | Rosemary Osborne | 266 | 8.7 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 851 | 27.8 | −2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,062 | 44.5 | +5.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Stakes

Stakes :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Nigel Tarrant | 929 | 49.9 | +1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Pylee | 409 | 22.0 | +4.0 |
| | Labour | Derek Smith | 335 | 18.0 | −15.9 |
| | Green | Stephen Carver | 189 | 10.2 | +10.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 520 | 27.9 | +13.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,862 | 25.0 | +6.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Warren Park

Warren Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Virginia Steel | 319 | 40.1 | |
| | Conservative | Jacqueline Branson | 270 | 34.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Moore-Blunt | 206 | 25.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 49 | 6.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 795 | 17.3 | +2.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Waterloo

Waterloo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Hunt | 1,661 | 58.5 | −10.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Valerie Hartridge | 626 | 22.1 | −8.5 |
| | Labour | Peter Benjamin | 306 | 10.8 | +10.8 |
| | Green | Jacqueline Turner | 244 | 8.6 | +8.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,035 | 36.5 | −2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,837 | 37.9 | +10.5 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

## By-elections between 2004 and 2006

Bedhampton By-election 24 February 2005 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 1,064 | 47.5 | +6.0 |
| | Conservative | | 1,007 | 44.9 | +2.0 |
| | Labour | | 136 | 6.1 | −3.4 |
| | Green | | 34 | 1.5 | −4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 57 | 2.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,241 | 32.5 | −9.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |