2004 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election

Elections to Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. Half of the council was up for election and the Labour Party retained control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Labour 22
Conservative 11
Liberal Democrat 1

Election results[]

Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election, 2004 - Summary
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	7	3	0	+3	41.2	47.4	14,183
Labour	9	0	4	-4	52.9	38.1	11,402
Liberal Democrats	1	1	0	+1	5.9	9.2	2,753
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	932
Liberal	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	669

Ward results[]

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2004: Abbey Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Ashby	719	40.8
	Labour	Daniel De'Ath	559	31.7
	Conservative	Peter Gilbert	483	27.4
Majority			160
Turnout			1761
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2004: Arbury Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Preedy	535	40.1
	Conservative	David Bryden	504	37.8
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Randle	295	22.1
Majority			31
Turnout			1334
	Labour hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2004: Attleborough Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Clive Stringer	689	37.8
	Labour	Colin Richards	516	28.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Lee	373	20.5
	Independent	James Hannan	244	13.4
Majority			173
Turnout			1822
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2004: Barpool Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kieron Murphy	622	45.4
	Liberal	Frank Smith	377	27.5
	Conservative	Dharmy Patel	371	27.1
Majority			245
Turnout			1370
	Labour hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2004: Bede Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Hancox	841	51.7
	Conservative	Alan Robinson	785	48.3
Majority			56
Turnout			1626
	Labour hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2004: Bulkington Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Ross	1,343	64.8
	Labour	Gerald Hancock	729	35.2
Majority			614
Turnout			2072
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2004: Camp Hill Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael McMahon	688	56.8
	Conservative	Mark Grant	523	43.2
Majority			165
Turnout			1211
	Labour hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2004: Exhall Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Don Navarro	901	51
	Conservative	Reg Lovick	866	49
Majority			35
Turnout			1767
	Labour hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2004: Galley Common Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bryan Grant	539	35.4
	Labour	Alan Clarke	445	29.3
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Naylor	331	21.8
	Independent	David Ward	206	13.5
Majority			94
Turnout			1521
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2004: Heath Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ian Lloyd	702	41.6
	Conservative	Barry Lobbett	582	34.5
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Behan	402	23.8
Majority			120
Turnout			1686
	Labour hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2004: Kingswood Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Patricia Henry	546	38.8
	Conservative	Sonja Wilson	421	29.9
	Independent	Peter Everitt	235	16.7
	Liberal Democrats	Donald Thoburn	206	14.6
Majority			125
Turnout			1408
	Labour hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2004: Poplar Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Samuel Margrave	905	52.8
	Conservative	Steven O'Neill	562	32.8
	Independent	Rita Anand	247	14.4
Majority			343
Turnout			1714
	Labour hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2004: Slough Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jim O'Brien	842	46
	Labour	Roma Taylor	696	38
	Liberal	Frank Mills	292	16
Majority			146
Turnout			1830
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2004: St. Nicolas Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Wilson	1,750	77
	Labour	Kanwardeep Singh	522	23
Majority			1228
Turnout			2272
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2004: Weddington Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Clarke	1,652	69.6
	Labour	Brian Hawkes	722	30.4
Majority			930
Turnout			2374
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2004: Wembrook Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Julie Jackson	768	45
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Dijkhuisen	481	28.2
	Conservative	Marcus Jones	456	26.7
Majority			287
Turnout			1705
	Labour hold		Swing

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2004: Whitestone Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nicholas Grant	1,815	72
	Labour	Jeffrey Hunt	705	28
Majority			1110
Turnout			2520
	Conservative hold		Swing

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