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2004 Wokingham District Council election

2004 Wokingham District Council election

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The 2004 Wokingham District Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003.[1] The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[2]

Map of the results of the 2004 Wokingham council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Background

Since 2003 boundary changes meant that almost every ward was changed from the previous election with the only ones that remained the same being Charvil, Norreys and Winnersh.[3] The number of wards was also increased from 24 to 25,[3] but the number of seats on the council remaining the same.[1] The boundary changes meant the whole council was up for election for the first time since the unitary authority was founded in 1997.[4] Before the election the Conservatives had 33 seats and had controlled the council since the 2002 election.[4]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives strengthen their control of the council after gaining 6 seats to hold 39 of the 54 seats.[5] The Liberal Democrats fell back to 15 seats, while Labour lost their only seat on the council.[5] The leader of the Liberal Democrats on the council, Coling Lawley, only survived the election by 4 votes in Coronation ward after 3 recounts.[6] Overall turnout was 40.3% a rise of over 10% from the 2003 election.[6]

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References

  1. "Wokingham council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  2. "Elections 2004: Results at a glance". The Guardian. 12 June 2004. p. 10.
  3. "Local election results". Wokingham Borough Council. Archived from the original on 12 May 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  4. "Voters all set to go to June polls". getwokingham. 28 April 2004. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  5. "Labour loses control over Slough". BBC News Online. 12 June 2004. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  6. "Lib Dems feeling blue as Tories tighten grip". getwokingham. 16 June 2004. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  7. "Local election results". Reading Post. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 14 January 2010.

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