The 2004 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Walsall

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Council in the

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, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003. The

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gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

Background

Before the election the council was run by a coalition between the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties, with

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holding 27 seats, the Conservatives 24, Liberal Democrats 7 and UK Independence Party 2. 60 seats were contested with the candidates including 7 from the British National Party.

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives win a majority on the council with 35 of the 60 seats. Labour were reduced to 16 seats, with the

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s of the

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and West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive, Mohammed Nazir and Richard Worrell, among those to lose at the election. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats won 6 seats and there was 1 independent, while the 2 UK Independence Party councillors both lost their seats. After results were declared, a box with 200 ballot papers in it was discovered underneath a table. These were then counted, but the returning officer did not include them in the declarations, as they said it would not have affected the results.

Ward results

References

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2000s in the West Midlands (county)