| Election name | 2004 Manchester City Council election |
|---|---|
| Country | England |
| Ongoing | no |
| Previous election | 2003 Manchester City Council election |
| Previous year | 2003 |
| Election date | 10 June 2004 |
| Next election | 2006 Manchester City Council election |
| Next year | 2006 |
| Seats for election | 96 of 96 seats to Manchester City Council |
| Majority seats | 49 |
| Before election | Richard Leese |
| Before party | Labour Party (UK) |
| Posttitle | Leader of the Council after election |
| After election | Richard Leese |
| After party | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leader 1 | Richard Leese |
| Party 1 | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last election 1 | 21 seats, 44.8% |
| Leaders seat 1 | Crumpsall |
| Seats before 1 | 71 |
| Seats 1 | 57 |
| Seats after 1 | 57 |
| Seat change 1 | 10 |
| Popular vote 1 | 122,273 |
| Percentage 1 | 43.2% |
| Swing 1 | 1.6% |
| Leader 2 | Simon Ashley |
| Party 2 | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last election 2 | 12 seats, 36.2% |
| Leaders seat 2 | Gorton South |
| Seats before 2 | 27 |
| Seats 2 | 27 |
| Seats after 2 | 38 |
| Seat change 2 | 10 |
| Popular vote 2 | 102,321 |
| Percentage 2 | 36.2% |
| Leader 3 | Vanessa Hall |
| Party 3 | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Leaders seat 3 | Hulme |
| Last election 3 | 1 seats, 6.5% |
| Seats before 3 | 1 |
| Seats 3 | 1 |
| Seats after 3 | 1 |
| Popular vote 3 | 22,075 |
| Percentage 3 | 7.8% |
| Swing 3 | 1.3% |
Manchester City Council elections were held on 10 June 2004.
Due to demographic changes in the Borough since its formation in 1973, and in common with most other English Councils in 2004, substantial boundary changes were implemented in time for these elections. Due to these changes, it was necessary for the whole Council to be re-elected for the first time since 1973. Each ward elected three candidates, with the first-placed candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2008, the second-placed candidate serving a three-year term of office, expiring in 2007, and the third-placed candidate serving a two-year term of office, expiring in 2006. The three Independent Labour candidates stood as "Independent Progressive Labour". Turnout was dramatically improved at 34.3%, up by a third upon the previous election and much higher than the norm set in recent elections of low twenties. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council, but with a majority reduced to the teens for the first time since the 1970s.[1][2]
Election result
| Party | Votes | Seats | |||||
| Labour Party | 122,273 (43.2%) | 1.6 | 57 (59.4%) | 10 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 102,321 (36.2%) | 38 (39.6%) | 10 | ||||
| Green Party | 22,075 (7.8%) | 1.3 | 1 (1.0%) | ||||
| Conservative Party | 31,401 (11.1%) | 1.1 | 0 (0.0%) | ||||
| Independent Labour | 1,491 (0.5%) | 0.6 | 0 (0.0%) | ||||
| Respect | 1,132 (0.4%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | N/A | |||
| Independent | 887 (0.3%) | 0.2 | 0 (0.0%) | ||||
| BNP | 480 (0.2%) | 0.1 | 0 (0.0%) | ||||
| Socialist Labour | 343 (0.1%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | N/A | |||
| UKIP | 205 (0.1%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | N/A | |||
| Socialist Alliance | 162 (0.1%) | 0.9 | 0 (0.0%) | ||||
| 1 | 57 | 38 |
References
- ^ Manchester Evening News, 11 June 2004.
- ^ "Manchester 2004 council election results". manchester.gov.uk. Archived 2004-06-26 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-01-12.