2004 Tamworth Borough Council election

Elections to Tamworth Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from the Labour Party. Overall turnout was 31.4%

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result
Tamworth Local Election Result 2004
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 8 5 0 +5 80.0 43.0 7,581 +0.2%
  Labour 2 0 5 -5 20.0 37.3 6,571 -4.7%
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 0 0 11.3 1,998 +2.0%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 8.4 1,487 +2.5%

Ward results
Amington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Evelyn Rowe 881 47.4 +2.7
Labour Gordon Owen 623 33.5 -7.0
Liberal Democrats Simon Walton 355 19.1 +4.3
Majority 258 13.9 +9.7
Turnout 1,859 30.7 +6.9
Conservative hold Swing
Belgrave
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Pritchard 575 36.8 +0.9
Labour Brian Granger 544 34.8 -10.1
Independent Robert Taylor 443 28.4 +9.2
Majority 31 2.0
Turnout 1,562 28.5 +9.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Bolehall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Faulkner 925 56.5 +0.5
Conservative Geoffrey Parsons 711 43.5 -0.5
Majority 214 13.0 +1.0
Turnout 1,636 31.1 +7.4
Labour hold Swing
Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Lees 801 43.4 +5.1
Labour Pamela Faulkner 661 35.8 -9.7
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Pinkett 382 20.7 +4.6
Majority 140 7.6
Turnout 1,844 33.2 +7.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Glascote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dennis Powick 593 38.8 +6.1
Independent Mark Green 568 37.1 -13.8
Conservative Diana Wells 369 24.1 +7.7
Majority 25 1.7
Turnout 1,530 26.6 +6.9
Labour hold Swing
Mercian
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Samuel Munn 832 42.1 +2.5
Labour John Garforth 707 35.8 -5.4
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Blake 435 22.0 +2.8
Majority 125 6.3
Turnout 1,974 37.2 +8.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Spital
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ronald Cook 1,063 51.2 -1.5
Labour Karen Hirons 621 29.9 -2.8
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Blake 394 19.0 +4.3
Majority 412 21.3 +1.3
Turnout 2,078 39.6 +7.1
Conservative hold Swing
Stonydelph
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Cook 517 35.8 -16.3
Independent Jacqueline Butcher 476 33.0 +33.0
Labour David Foster 451 31.2 -16.7
Majority 41 2.8 -11.7
Turnout 1,444 24.8 +10.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Trinity
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gerald Pinner 937 48.7 -0.3
Labour Michelle Abbots 557 28.9 -7.3
Liberal Democrats Roger Jones 432 22.4 +7.6
Majority 380 19.8 +7.0
Turnout 1,926 33.1 +6.5
Conservative hold Swing
Wilnecote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mary Oates 895 50.2 -1.0
Labour Joan Jenkins 889 49.8 +1.0
Majority 6 0.4 -2.0
Turnout 1,784 30.3 +10.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

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