2004 Cherwell District Council election

The 2004 Cherwell District Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Cherwell District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 36
• Labour 10
• Liberal Democrat 4

Election result

Cherwell Local Election Result 2004

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	14	2	0	+2	87.5	57.1	14,099	+9.4%
	Labour	2	0	2	-2	12.5	24.2	5,982	-1.2%
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	17.1	4,220	-6.7%
	National Front	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	231	+0.2%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	152	-0.2%

Ward results

Adderbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Harper	637	61.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Thomas	401	38.6
Majority			236	22.8
Turnout			1,038
	Conservative hold		Swing

Banbury Easington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Blackwell	1,511	69.3	+21.4
	Labour	Royston Mold	668	30.7	+12.0
Majority			843	38.6	+9.4
Turnout			2,179
	Conservative hold		Swing

Banbury Grimsbury & Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carole Bonner	1,099	57.1	+6.4
	Labour	Neil Mepham	827	42.9	−6.4
Majority			272	14.2	+12.8
Turnout			1,926
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Banbury Hardwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Donaldson	819	66.1	+5.7
	Labour	Martin Weir	420	33.9	−5.7
Majority			399	32.2	+11.4
Turnout			1,239
	Conservative hold		Swing

Banbury Neithrop

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Surinder Dhesi	656	55.3
	Conservative	Wendy Moore	530	44.7
Majority			126	10.6
Turnout			1,186
	Labour hold		Swing

Banbury Ruscote

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Cartledge	883	53.6	+2.7
	Conservative	Keith Strangwood	763	46.4	−2.7
Majority			120	7.2	+5.4
Turnout			1,646
	Labour hold		Swing

Bicester East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ajit Bhart	755	55.6	+12.8
	Labour	John Broad	603	44.4	−2.2
Majority			152	11.2
Turnout			1,358
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bicester North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynn Pratt	957	64.2	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Creed	533	35.8	+20.9
Majority			424	28.4	−1.2
Turnout			1,490
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bicester South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Sames	688	55.0	+12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Cotter	564	45.0	+4.3
Majority			124	10.0	+8.1
Turnout			1,252
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bicester Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Deborah Pickford	852	63.3	+11.0
	Labour	Nicholas Cherry	494	36.7	+5.1
Majority			358	26.6	+5.9
Turnout			1,346
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bicester West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell Hurle	1,144	57.4	+18.8
	Labour	Alan Hasted	618	31.0	−12.3
	National Front	James Starkey	231	11.6	+3.7
Majority			526	26.4
Turnout			1,993
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bloxham & Bodicote

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynda Smart	1,310	63.2
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Davies	763	36.8
Majority			547	26.4
Turnout			2,073
	Conservative hold		Swing

Caversfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Catherine Fulljames	505	71.6	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Murray	200	28.4	+15.1
Majority			305	43.2	−18.5
Turnout			769
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kidlington South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maurice Billington	1,004	38.0	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Devena Rae	833	31.5	−2.4
	Labour	Robert Laynes	656	24.8	−12.8
	Green	Janet Warren	152	5.7	+5.7
Majority			171	6.5
Turnout			2,645
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Launton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Hughes	740	78.4	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Walton	204	21.6	−1.4
Majority			536	56.8	+2.8
Turnout			944
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yarnton, Gosford & Water Eaton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maureen Hastings	785	47.2	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Brendan Morrison	722	43.4	−11.8
	Labour	Joyce Ruiz	157	9.4	+9.4
Majority			63	3.8
Turnout			1,664
	Conservative hold		Swing

External links

• Ward results with map