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2004 Derby Council election
17 of 51 seats to Derby City Council; 26 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; No overall control;	Council control after election ; No overall control;

The 2004 Derby City Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1]

The results saw the Labour Party gain a seat from the Conservatives but lose one to the Liberal Democrats.^[2] They also saw Frank Leeming from the United Kingdom Independence Party win the party's first council seat in Derby,^[3] gaining a seat that had formerly been held by independent, Ron Allen, who had died in March.^[2] Leeming was expected to hold the balance of power on the council between Labour and a Liberal Democrat/Conservative alliance depending on the outcome of a by-election in July.^[2]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

2004 Derby Local Election Result
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	9	1	1		50.0	32.2	25,794
Liberal Democrats	5	1	0	1	27.8	28.9	23,098
Conservative	3	0	1	1	16.7	27.8	22,214
UKIP	1	1	0	1	5.6	9.3	7,419
Independent	0	0	1	1	0	0.9	743
Respect	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	701
Monster Raving Loony	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	78

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Jackman	1,558	42.4	−10.1
	Labour	Lisa Higginbottom	1,054	28.7	−3.6
	UKIP	Margaret Rooney	530	14.4	+14.4
	Conservative	Douglas Sice	455	12.4	+0.7
	Monster Raving Loony	Craig Reynolds	78	2.1	+2.1
Majority			504	13.7	−6.5
Turnout			3,675	41.9	+16.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Allestree

Allestree^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Hickson	2,879	45.4	−5.3
	Labour	Margot Keats	1,246	19.7	−4.6
	UKIP	Ronald McKeown	1,174	18.5	+18.5
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Jackson	1,038	16.4	−8.6
Majority			1,633	25.7	+0.0
Turnout			6,337	60.4	+21.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Alvaston

Alvaston^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Graves	1,638	40.1	−7.4
	UKIP	Martin Bardoe	1,123	27.5	+27.5
	Conservative	Simon Hart	702	17.2	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Brown	618	15.1	−0.6
Majority			515	12.6	−14.2
Turnout			4,081	41.3	+16.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Arboretum

Arboretum^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shiraz Khan	2,055	45.6	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rehmet Kham	1,791	39.7	+16.9
	Conservative	Joan Magee	660	14.6	−5.9
Majority			264	5.9	−16.1
Turnout			4,506	49.4	+23.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Blagreaves

Blagreaves^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Marshall	2,617	55.1	−2.4
	Labour	Prem Shukla	1,268	26.7	+1.1
	Conservative	David Jennings	867	18.2	+3.1
Majority			1,349	28.4	−3.5
Turnout			4,752	52.2	+15.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Boulton

Boulton (2)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Graham Leeming	1,781
	Labour	Barbara Jackson	1,452
	Labour	Alan Mullarkey	1,237
	UKIP	Paul Roome	1,163
	Conservative	Sean Conway	870
	Conservative	Valerie Clare	585
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Harbon	353
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Ashburner	342
Turnout			7,783	45.6	+14.3
	UKIP gain from Independent		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Chaddesden

Chaddesden^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Ahern	1,929	43.2	−6.0
	Conservative	Vincent Mills	1,646	36.8	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Alcock	699	15.6	+0.7
	Independent	Charles McLynn	196	4.4	+1.0
Majority			283	6.4	−10.3
Turnout			4,470	48.2	+18.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Chellaston

Chellaston^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Tittley	1,972	41.3
	Conservative	Julie Hickson	1,381	28.9
	UKIP	David Black	1,012	21.2
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Yates	414	8.7
Majority			391	12.4
Turnout			4,779	50.7	+16.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Darley

Darley^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Finbar Richards	1,636	38.7	−3.2
	Labour	Michael Futers	1,320	31.2	+2.2
	Conservative	Christopher Charlesworth	1,276	30.2	+4.1
Majority			316	7.5	−5.4
Turnout			4,232	48.4	+13.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Derwent

Derwent^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Redfern	1,793	49.4	+6.4
	Conservative	Franklyn Harwood	1,131	31.2	−5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Rafe Nauen	703	19.4	+7.7
Majority			662	18.2	+11.4
Turnout			3,627	41.6	+20.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Littleover

Littleover^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Allen	2,805	59.9	−4.5
	Conservative	Mark Collins	1,179	25.2	+2.7
	Labour	Linda McGraw	696	14.9	+1.8
Majority			1,626	34.7	−7.2
Turnout			4,680	51.0	+13.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Mackworth

Mackworth^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Gerrard	1,631	43.6	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Lysaczenko	1,220	32.6	+12.0
	Conservative	Michael Hickson	886	23.7	−8.2
Majority			411	11.0	−4.6
Turnout			3,737	42.3	+18.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Mickleover

Mickleover^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Jones	3,578	58.9
	Conservative	Gillian Tatlow	1,715	28.2
	Labour	David Whitehead	781	12.9
Majority			1,863	30.7
Turnout			6,074	56.8	+14.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Normanton

Normanton^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hardyal Dhindsa	1,583	32.9	−14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Lennin Shillingford	914	19.0	−19.5
	Respect	Jangir Khan	701	14.6	+14.6
	UKIP	Ronald Harrison	636	13.2	+13.2
	Independent	Chander Guru	547	11.4	+8.3
	Conservative	Mohammed Riasat	432	9.0	−1.8
Majority			669	13.9	+4.8
Turnout			4,813	53.0	+24.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Oakwood

Oakwood^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Smalley	2,230	49.7	−2.4
	Labour	Phillip Woodhead	1,468	32.7	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Simon King	785	17.5	+3.0
Majority			762	17.0	−1.8
Turnout			4,483	47.2	+20.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sinfin

Sinfin^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hardial Dhamrait	1,460	45.1	−8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Harjonder Naitta	991	30.6	+11.8
	Conservative	David Hart	787	24.3	+9.9
Majority			469	14.5	−20.4
Turnout			3,238	37.4	+16.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Spondon

Spondon^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Evonne Berry	2,533	53.0	−1.0
	Labour	Frank Kirkland	1,211	25.3	−4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Peat	1,036	21.7	+10.0
Majority			1,322	27.7	+3.9
Turnout			4,780	52.3	+17.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Derby council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Euro sceptic takes crucial seat". BBC News Online. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
^ Beattie, Jason; Oakeshott, Isabel (11 June 2004). "Losses in the heartlands and there may be more defeats". Evening Standard. p. 7.
^ "Derby Council". BBC News. 11 June 2004.
^ "Local elections 2004" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 23 June 2004.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "Election 2004". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2009.

[hold-1] "Derby council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 30 September 2009.

[crucial-2] "Euro sceptic takes crucial seat". BBC News Online. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 1 October 2009.

[heartlands-3] Beattie, Jason; Oakeshott, Isabel (11 June 2004). "Losses in the heartlands and there may be more defeats". Evening Standard. p. 7.

[4] "Derby Council". BBC News. 11 June 2004.

[5] "Local elections 2004" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 23 June 2004.

[archive-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "Election 2004". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2009.

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