2004 Hastings Borough Council election

Elections to Hastings Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. Half of the council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. Overall turnout was 34.5%.

Map of the results of the 2004 Hastings council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 15
• Conservative 13
• Liberal Democrat 4

Election result

Hastings Local Election Result 2004

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	/−
	Conservative	8	3	0	3	50.0	37.0	7,972	4.0%
	Labour	5	0	6	-6	31.3	33.0	7,107	-12.7%
	Liberal Democrats	3	3	0	3	18.8	23.6	5,093	6.0%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	4.3	930	1.5%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	449	2.1%

Ward results

Ashdown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cooke	800	56.0
	Liberal Democrats	Kennelly	325	22.8
	Labour	Wilde	303	21.2
Majority			475	33.2
Turnout			1,428	35.5	3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Baird

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vallery	572	45.8
	Labour	Castro	436	34.9
	Liberal Democrats	Coffey	241	19.3
Majority			136	10.9
Turnout			1,249	33.6	6.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Braybrooke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sabetian	748	49.5
	Conservative	Prince	437	28.9
	Liberal Democrats	Saxby	184	12.2
	Green	Phillips	143	9.5
Majority			311	20.6
Turnout			1,512	40.6	2.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Smith	576	40.6
	Labour	Jackson	431	30.4
	Conservative	Willard	223	15.7
	Green	Homewood	187	13.2
Majority			145	10.2
Turnout			1,417	32.3	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Central St Leonards

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Webb	469	39.7
	Liberal Democrats	Modlinger	423	35.8
	Conservative	Evans	288	24.4
Majority			46	3.9
Turnout			1,180	27.3	−3.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Conquest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pragnell	837	52.9
	Liberal Democrats	Dormer	385	24.3
	Labour	Worsley	283	17.9
	Green	Phillips	78	4.9
Majority			452	28.6
Turnout			1,583	40.6	5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gensing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bond	433	33.0
	Labour	Rushbrook	421	32.0
	Conservative	Lock	320	24.4
	Green	Carey-Stuart	140	10.7
Majority			12	1.0
Turnout			1,314	30.1	2.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Hollington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Soan	443	44.3
	Conservative	Madlani	275	27.5
	Liberal Democrats	Campbell	177	17.7
	Green	Young	104	10.4
Majority			168	16.8
Turnout			999	24.9	2.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Maze Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charlesworth	687	48.1
	Liberal Democrats	Russell	261	18.3
	Labour	Maloney	250	17.5
	UKIP	Manning	229	16.0
Majority			426	29.8
Turnout			1,427	36.3	2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Old Hastings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stevens	662	36.3
	Labour	Kitson	548	30.1
	Conservative	Keen	456	25.0
	Green	Robertson	156	8.6
Majority			114	6.2
Turnout			1,822	42.8	3.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Ore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bird	543	46.3
	Labour	Chowney	392	33.4
	Liberal Democrats	Edmonds	239	20.4
Majority			151	12.9
Turnout			1,174	32.4	5.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Silverhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lambrechs	545	40.6
	Labour	Roberts	430	32.1
	Liberal Democrats	Third	244	18.2
	Green	Medhurst	122	9.1
Majority			115	8.5
Turnout			1,341	39.2	3.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St Helens

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lock	929	50.7
	Labour	Rycroft	640	34.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alders	264	14.4
Majority			289	15.8
Turnout			1,833	45.6	4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tressell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	McDonnell	358	43.3
	Conservative	Cooke	239	28.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ayres	230	27.8
Majority			119	14.4
Turnout			827	24.7	1.5
	Labour hold		Swing

West St. Leonards

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beaver	443	38.2
	Liberal Democrats	Wise	255	22.0
	Labour	Wood	243	20.9
	UKIP	Powell	219	18.9
Majority			188	16.2
Turnout			1,160	31.2	0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wishing Tree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Scott	712	55.5
	Conservative	Molloy	378	29.4
	Liberal Democrats	Pickard	194	15.1
Majority			334	26.1
Turnout			1,284	35.6	1.2
	Labour hold		Swing

References

• 2004 Hastings election result
• Ward results
• Labour loses control of Hastings