The 2003 Bolsover District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Bolsover District Council in Derbyshire, England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]
Labour won 31 of the 37 seats on the council to keep a 25-seat majority on the council. [2] Of the other 6 seats, 4 were won by independents, while the remaining 2 seats were taken by the Whitwell Residents Association, which won both seats in Whitwell ward. [2] Overall turnout at the election was about 30%, reaching a high of 42.4% in Elmton-with-Creswell. [2]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 31 | -1 | 83.8 | 53.9 | 11,568 | ||||
| Independent | 4 | 0 | 10.8 | 31.6 | 6,791 | ||||
| Whitwell Residents Association | 2 | +1 | 5.4 | 6.4 | 1,373 | ||||
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 1,544 | ||||
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 101 | ||||
| Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 97 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Shaw | unopposed | |||
| Labour | Eion Watts | unopposes | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Clive Moesby | 710 | |||
| Labour | Alan Tomlinson | 631 | |||
| Independent | Sally Gray | 517 | |||
| Turnout | 1,858 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Keith Bowman | unopposed | |||
| Labour | Thomas Rodda | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jennie Bennett | unopposed | |||
| Labour | Alan Hodkin | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Rosemary Bowler | unopposed | |||
| Labour | Bran Huddless | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Brian Hendry | 415 | |||
| Labour | Sidney Patrick | 373 | |||
| Labour | Duncan Haywood | 306 | |||
| Independent | Andrew Patterson | 272 | |||
| Turnout | 1,366 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Paul Hendry | 435 | |||
| Labour | James Smith | 375 | |||
| Labour | Peter Linley | 372 | |||
| Turnout | 1,182 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Duncan McGregor | 1,002 | |||
| Independent | James Clifton | 883 | |||
| Labour | Rita Turner | 777 | |||
| Independent | Shaun Wass | 766 | |||
| Labour | Enid Glassey | 656 | |||
| Independent | Shirley Staniforth | 575 | |||
| Independent | Robert Davis | 261 | |||
| Turnout | 4,920 | 42.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mary Dooley | 534 | |||
| Labour | Dennis Kelly | 476 | |||
| Independent | Leonard Worrall | 386 | |||
| Turnout | 1,396 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Pauline Bowmer | unopposed | |||
| Labour | Ann Syrett | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sandra Peake | 688 | |||
| Labour | Malcolm Crane | 591 | |||
| Independent | Celso Sabido | 530 | |||
| BNP | Mark Stringfellow | 101 | |||
| Socialist Alliance | Raymond Holmes | 97 | |||
| Turnout | 2,007 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Brian Murray-Carr | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kenneth Walker | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Martin Dawkins | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Hazel Ward | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Stephen Fritchley | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Terry Cook | 448 | |||
| Labour | Malcolm Hodges | 396 | |||
| Conservative | Anne Smith | 218 | |||
| Conservative | Keith Smith | 190 | |||
| Turnout | 1,252 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Trevor Lane | 496 | |||
| Labour | Joan Morley | 484 | |||
| Labour | John Phelan | 470 | |||
| Conservative | Susan Curry | 425 | |||
| Independent | John Hudson | 404 | |||
| Conservative | David Blythe | 378 | |||
| Conservative | Paul Smith | 333 | |||
| Turnout | 2,990 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Michael Coupe | 734 | |||
| Labour | Alison Beckett | 622 | |||
| Independent | Raymond Heffer | 613 | |||
| Labour | Graham Parkin | 360 | |||
| Turnout | 2,329 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitwell Residents Association | George Webster | 755 | |||
| Whitwell Residents Association | Vivienne Mills | 618 | |||
| Labour | Dennis Reynolds | 428 | |||
| Labour | Kenneth Stevenson | 373 | |||
| Turnout | 2,174 | ||||
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