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2004 Eastbourne Borough Council election

2004 Eastbourne Borough Council election

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The 2004 Eastbourne Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Eastbourne Borough Council in East Sussex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from the Liberal Democrats.[1]

Map of the results of the 2004 Eastbourne Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

10 seats were contested at the election, with 2 seats being available in Old Town ward after Liberal Democrat councillor Bert Leggett stood down.[3]

During the campaign both the national Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy and Conservative leader Michael Howard came to Eastbourne to support their parties.[3][4]

Election result

The Conservatives gained a seat from the Liberal Democrats to take a one-seat majority on the council with 14 councillors, compared to 13 for the Liberal Democrats.[5] The Conservative gain came in Old Town ward, where Conservative Simon Herbert gained one of the two seats from the Liberal Democrats with 1,926 votes, while Liberal Democrat Maurice Skilton held the other seat with 1,854 votes.[3] Overall turnout at the election was 40.97%, up from 33.6% at the 2003 election.[6]

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References

  1. "Eastbourne council". BBC News Online. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  2. "Local elections 2004" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  3. "Local elections: Tory joy in Eastbourne". The Argus. 14 June 2004. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  4. "Kennedy on electoral trail". The Argus. 19 May 2004. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  5. Lydall, Ross (11 June 2004). "Tories claim to have turned tide". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  6. "Results of elections held Thursday 10 June 2004". Eastbourne Borough Council. Archived from the original on 28 November 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2011.

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