2004 Tandridge District Council election

The 2004 Tandridge District Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Tandridge District Council in Surrey, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]

Map of the results of the 2004 Tandridge District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Labour in red. Wards in grey were not contested in 2004.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 28
• Liberal Democrat 11
• Labour 2
• Independent 1[2]

Election result

Overall turnout at the election was 46.25%.[3]

Tandridge local election result 2004[3][4]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	10	1	1	0	66.7	50.8	11,099	+1.3%
	Liberal Democrats	4	1	0	+1	26.7	32.2	7,038	-5.5%
	Labour	1	0	1	-1	6.7	8.2	1,797	+1.5%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	8.8	1,921	+5.4%

Ward results

Bletchingley and Nuffield[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	M Myland	1,104	59.9	-1.2
	Liberal Democrats	R Fowler	394	21.4	-9.9
	UKIP	I Crabb	218	11.8	+11.8
	Labour	P Young	126	6.8	-0.8
Majority			710	38.5	+8.7
Turnout			1,842	42.4	+10.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burstow, Horne and Outwood[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	R Jones	962	54.3	-5.2
	Liberal Democrats	J Brock	412	23.3	-17.2
	UKIP	G Bailey	397	22.4	+22.4
Majority			550	31.0	+12.0
Turnout			1,771	41.0	+12.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Felbridge[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	K Harwood	601	75.4	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	R O'Brien	135	16.9	-12.1
	UKIP	D Milne	61	7.7	+7.7
Majority			466	58.5	+16.5
Turnout			797	51.9	+16.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Godstone[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J Gascoigne	937	48.2	-4.7
	Liberal Democrats	S Paterson	593	30.5	-9.5
	UKIP	E Fisher	282	14.5	+14.5
	Labour	M Mathews	134	6.9	+0.8
Majority			344	17.7	+5.8
Turnout			1,946	45.2	+7.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harestone[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	M Cooper	837	61.5	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats	D Martin	523	38.5	-7.3
Majority			314	23.0	+14.6
Turnout			1,360	48.5	+6.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oxted North and Tandridge[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	G Keymer	1,181	57.9
	Liberal Democrats	M Griffiths	636	31.2
	UKIP	J Stone	224	11.0
Majority			545	26.7
Turnout			2,041	50.0	+9.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oxted South[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	E Parker	864	37.4	+4.8
	Labour	B Harling	825	35.7	-5.2
	Liberal Democrats	C Lewis	330	14.3	-0.7
	UKIP	A Stone	294	12.7	+1.2
Majority			39	1.7
Turnout			2,313	55.7	+6.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Portley[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	H Turner	791	60.9	+2.4
	Conservative	F Bright	508	39.1	-2.4
Majority			283	21.8	+4.8
Turnout			1,299	44.9	+7.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Queens Park[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	J Orrick	824	53.0	+6.6
	Conservative	D Hodge	730	47.0	-1.3
Majority			94	6.0
Turnout			1,554	57.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Valley[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	P Longhurst	413	32.5	+10.6
	Liberal Democrats	C Daly	383	30.2	-22.4
	Conservative	N Marks	340	26.8	+1.3
	UKIP	M Bowes	133	10.5	+10.5
Majority			30	2.3
Turnout			1,269	46.1	+7.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Warlingham East, Chelsham and Farleigh[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	J Pursehouse	675	38.5	-12.8
	Conservative	D Cooley	648	37.0	+1.9
	UKIP	M Haley	312	17.8	+4.2
	Labour	B Garwood	118	6.7	+6.7
Majority			27	1.5	-14.7
Turnout			1,753	43.7	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Warlingham West[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	R Allen	824	69.7	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	R James	358	30.3	+3.6
Majority			466	39.4	-2.0
Turnout			1,182	46.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westway[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	S Altria	521	55.8	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	D Gosling	232	24.8	+11.4
	Labour	R Clements	181	19.4	-16.9
Majority			289	31.0	+17.0
Turnout			934	34.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whyteleafe[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	J Gray	627	64.6	+8.1
	Conservative	M Frankcom	343	35.4	-2.3
Majority			284	29.2	+10.4
Turnout			970	37.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Woldingham[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	R Butcher	699	84.8
	Liberal Democrats	L Martin	125	15.2
Majority			574	69.6
Turnout			824	55.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections between 2004 and 2006

Chaldon

Chaldon by-election 5 May 2005[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Christina Fry	622	63.1	-5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Tomlin	363	36.9	+5.7
Majority			259	26.2	-11.4
Turnout			985	71.2	+33.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Limpsfield

Limpsfield by-election 5 May 2005[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Colin Walker	1,271	64.5	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Wilson	699	35.5	+0.1
Majority			572	29.0	+4.2
Turnout			1,970	73.3	+31.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Tandridge council". BBC News Online. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
2. "How the southeast voted in the District Council polls". Evening Standard. 11 June 2004. p. 9.
3. "Candidates by ward - District Council Elections June 10, 2004" (PDF). Political Science Resources. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
4. "Ballot box". The Times. 12 June 2004. p. 26.
5. "Tandridge District Council By-elections 5 May 2005" (PDF). Tandridge District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2005. Retrieved 8 March 2015.