2003 North Somerset Council election
The 2003 North Somerset Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of North Somerset Unitary Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.[1]
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Map of the results of the 2003 North Somerset council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red, independent in grey and Green Party in green.
Election result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 24 | -8 | 39.3 | 37.6 | 38,862 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 23 | +11 | 37.7 | 38.0 | 39,307 | ||||
Labour | 10 | -1 | 16.4 | 20.0 | 20,620 | ||||
Independent | 3 | -1 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 3,781 | ||||
Green | 1 | 0 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 627 | ||||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 124 | ||||
Others | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Felicity Baker | 1,023 | |||
Conservative | Peter Burden | 903 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Helen Madge | 648 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alan Armstrong | 517 | |||
Labour | David Punter | 234 | |||
Turnout | 3,325 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ann Harley | 1,311 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Lake | 1,297 | |||
Conservative | Hugh Parsons | 1,261 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Bibb | 846 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Amanda Brading | 801 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Luke | 649 | |||
Labour | Stanley Banks | 336 | |||
Labour | Simon Arlidge | 324 | |||
Labour | Andrew Hughes | 263 | |||
Turnout | 7,088 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Elizabeth Wells | 644 | 57.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Hughes | 372 | 33.4 | ||
Labour | Ernest Barnhurst | 98 | 8.8 | ||
Majority | 272 | 24.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,114 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Nobes | 375 | 51.1 | ||
Conservative | Carl Francis-Pester | 219 | 29.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anne Carpenter | 140 | 19.1 | ||
Majority | 156 | 21.3 | |||
Turnout | 734 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Shopland | 445 | 47.7 | ||
Conservative | William Lavelle | 227 | 24.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mary Mclean | 144 | 15.4 | ||
Labour | Jeremy Callaghan | 117 | 12.5 | ||
Majority | 218 | 23.4 | |||
Turnout | 933 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lionel Bates | 495 | 58.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Joan Watkins | 229 | 27.0 | ||
Labour | John Farley | 123 | 14.5 | ||
Majority | 266 | 31.4 | |||
Turnout | 847 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Cotton | 316 | 39.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Graham Watkins | 271 | 33.7 | ||
Conservative | Christopher Blades | 216 | 26.9 | ||
Majority | 45 | 5.6 | |||
Turnout | 803 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Morris | 592 | 52.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jack Dagnall | 537 | 47.6 | ||
Majority | 55 | 4.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,129 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chanel Stevens | 409 | 45.9 | ||
Conservative | Ericka Blades | 251 | 28.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Patrick Mcneill | 231 | 25.9 | ||
Majority | 158 | 17.7 | |||
Turnout | 891 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Norton-Sealey | 351 | 45.7 | ||
Labour | Bryan Moore | 240 | 31.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Julian Carpenter | 177 | 23.0 | ||
Majority | 111 | 14.5 | |||
Turnout | 768 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Thomas Leimdorfer | 627 | 58.7 | ||
Conservative | Gillian Bute | 442 | 41.3 | ||
Majority | 185 | 17.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,069 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Fisher | 636 | 61.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Wendy Griggs | 237 | 22.9 | ||
Labour | Derek Waters | 163 | 15.7 | ||
Majority | 399 | 38.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,036 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nigel Ashton | 639 | 67.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Charles Pritchard | 198 | 20.8 | ||
Labour | Barry Cooper | 115 | 12.1 | ||
Majority | 441 | 46.3 | |||
Turnout | 952 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Peddlesden | 1,039 | |||
Conservative | Elfan Rees | 946 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Bryan Mcgrath | 687 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Bartlett | 637 | |||
Labour | Timothy Taylor | 270 | |||
Labour | David Roxburgh | 220 | |||
Turnout | 3,799 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Porter | 424 | 52.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Evans | 255 | 31.7 | ||
Labour | Jacqueline Scholes | 125 | 15.5 | ||
Majority | 169 | 21.0 | |||
Turnout | 804 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Cole | 1,119 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Coleman | 986 | |||
Conservative | Angela Barber | 836 | |||
Conservative | Anita Heappey | 663 | |||
Turnout | 3,604 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Robert Steadman | 1,062 | |||
Conservative | Jeremy Blatchford | 1,031 | |||
Liberal Democrats | James Tonkin | 960 | |||
Conservative | Mary Blatchford | 958 | |||
Conservative | Suzanne Williams | 955 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alan Clarke | 954 | |||
Labour | Julian Parry | 756 | |||
Labour | Sarah Obrien | 745 | |||
Labour | Catherine Elliott | 738 | |||
Turnout | 8,159 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Glyndwr Duck | 587 | 61.2 | ||
Conservative | Adrian Phillips | 222 | 23.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Maw | 150 | 15.6 | ||
Majority | 365 | 38.1 | |||
Turnout | 959 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Clark | 204 | 41.3 | ||
Conservative | James Mcmurray | 174 | 35.2 | ||
Labour | Andrew Hamblin | 116 | 23.5 | ||
Majority | 30 | 6.1 | |||
Turnout | 494 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Walters | 608 | 59.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Philip Palmer | 414 | 40.5 | ||
Majority | 194 | 19.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,022 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Terry | 386 | 39.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Daisy Bickley | 309 | 31.6 | ||
Labour | Roger Whitfield | 284 | 29.0 | ||
Majority | 77 | 7.9 | |||
Turnout | 979 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Daws | 606 | 60.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Clark | 401 | 39.8 | ||
Majority | 205 | 20.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,007 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Gething | 389 | 41.4 | ||
Conservative | Alan Mcmurray | 299 | 31.8 | ||
Labour | Patricia Gardener | 252 | 26.8 | ||
Majority | 90 | 9.6 | |||
Turnout | 940 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Nicholas Brown | 898 | 81.9 | ||
Conservative | Rosalind Cruse | 198 | 18.1 | ||
Majority | 700 | 63.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,096 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Crockford-Hawley | 693 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ian Baker | 655 | |||
Conservative | Mark Terry-Short | 375 | |||
Conservative | David Hunt | 360 | |||
Labour | Josephine Bateman | 222 | |||
Labour | Frederick Roberts | 199 | |||
Independent | Adam Nash | 92 | |||
UKIP | Alan James | 51 | |||
Turnout | 2,647 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Roe | 1,385 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Bryant | 1,368 | |||
Conservative | Clive Webb | 1,345 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Tucker | 647 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Solomon | 620 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Hobb-Titchard | 599 | |||
Labour | Stephen Varney | 339 | |||
Labour | Jamie Dormer-Durling | 337 | |||
Labour | Karoline Bateman | 328 | |||
Turnout | 6,968 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derek Kraft | 1,034 | |||
Labour | Richard Tucker | 990 | |||
Labour | Muriel Kraft | 944 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Grace Atkinson | 629 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Bryan Osborne | 610 | |||
Conservative | Raymond Hicks | 591 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Brian Hampson | 543 | |||
Turnout | 5,341 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Gosden | 1,169 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Astra Brand | 1,118 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Rosslyn Willis | 1,112 | |||
Conservative | Peter Crew | 1,025 | |||
Conservative | Patrick Taylor | 1,018 | |||
Conservative | Frederick Hogg | 1,009 | |||
Labour | Simon Stokes | 481 | |||
Labour | Elizabeth Swan | 450 | |||
Labour | William Swan | 424 | |||
Independent | Jeffrey Bullingham | 407 | |||
Turnout | 8,213 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Alan Hockridge | 1,356 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ronald Moon | 1,236 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Skinner | 1,143 | |||
Conservative | Frederick Parsons | 627 | |||
Conservative | Frederick Gamble | 610 | |||
Labour | Paul Francis | 268 | |||
Labour | Lynda Pearcey | 248 | |||
Labour | Simon Morse | 243 | |||
Turnout | 5,731 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Parker | 1,122 | |||
Labour | Mari Owens | 1,057 | |||
Labour | Robert Bateman | 1,056 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Raymond Armstrong | 388 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Celia Davies | 386 | |||
Liberal Democrats | June How | 357 | |||
Conservative | Michael Marriott | 338 | |||
Turnout | 4,704 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sally Tabrett | 989 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Colin Golland | 953 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Wright | 921 | |||
Labour | Christopher Flint | 621 | |||
Labour | Michael Lyall | 608 | |||
Labour | Christopher Belton-Reed | 584 | |||
Conservative | Ena King | 533 | |||
Conservative | Sidney Carter | 526 | |||
Conservative | Alan Lane | 479 | |||
Independent | John Heenan | 109 | |||
Turnout | 6,323 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mark Canniford | 1,337 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Bell | 1,336 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Payne | 1,179 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Horler | 895 | |||
Conservative | Robert Cleland | 864 | |||
Conservative | Michael Fazackerley | 853 | |||
Independent | Paul Spencer | 223 | |||
Labour | Robert Craig | 210 | |||
Labour | Christopher Hollebon | 197 | |||
Labour | Vanessa Hollebon | 188 | |||
UKIP | Mervyn Gibbs | 73 | |||
Turnout | 7,355 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Audrey Telling | 456 | 57.6 | ||
Labour | Jessica Monks | 335 | 42.4 | ||
Majority | 121 | 15.3 | |||
Turnout | 791 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Cook | 1,097 | |||
Conservative | Howard Roberts | 1,000 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Angela Neale | 807 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Donald Barritt | 653 | |||
Labour | Christopher Smart | 317 | |||
Turnout | 3,874 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Deborah Yamanaka | 708 | 67.8 | ||
Conservative | Teresa Kemp | 336 | 32.2 | ||
Majority | 372 | 35.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,044 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Greta Lewis | 1,607 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Isabel Cummings | 1,388 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Kehoe | 1,251 | |||
Conservative | Stanley Kehoe | 1,048 | |||
Conservative | Alison Tull | 872 | |||
Labour | Douglas May | 612 | |||
Turnout | 6,778 |
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References
- "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- "Council Elections - 1 May 2003". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 20 August 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- "Local council election results". The Daily Telegraph. 3 May 2003. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
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