2003 Brighton and Hove City Council election

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2003 Brighton and Hove City Council election
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All 54 council seats
28 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
LeaderKen Bodfish
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since1999
Last election3417
Seats won2420
Seat changeDecrease2.svg10Increase2.svg3
Popular vote70,41276,578
Percentage31.71%34.49%
 Third partyFourth party
 
Party Green Liberal Democrats
Last election35
Seats won63
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg2
Popular vote36,81033,586
Percentage16.58%15.13%
Brighton and Hove City Council election 2003 map.svg
Map of results of 2003 election
Leader,
Majority Party before election

Ken Bodfish
Labour

Leader,
Council Control after election

Ken Bodfish
No overall control

Elections to Brighton and Hove City Council on the south coast of England were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council (a unitary authority) was up for election and all 54 councillors were elected from 21 wards. [1] Labour lost their majority on the council but continued to govern in a minority administration.

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Summary

Election result

2003 Brighton and Hove City Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour Co-op 542422Decrease2.svg 2144.431.670,412–14.2
  Conservative 542013Decrease2.svg 737.034.476,578–3.0
  Green 53600Increase2.svg 311.116.536,810+5.5
  Liberal Democrats 54310Steady2.svg5.615.434,374+10.2
  Independent 7110Increase2.svg 11.91.53,286+1.4
 Socialist Alliance (England)2000Steady2.svg0.00.2476N/A
  Socialist Labour 2000Steady2.svg0.00.2357+0.1
  BNP 1000Steady2.svg0.00.1314N/A
  UKIP 1000Steady2.svg0.00.1197N/A

Ward Results

Brunswick and Adelaide

Brunswick & Adelaide (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Elgood 1,222 29.40
Liberal Democrats David Watkins 1,103 26.54
Labour Co-op Daniel Fox62214.97
Labour Co-op John Warmington54213.04
Green Felicity Tanous2917.00
Conservative Harry Haynes2696.47
Conservative Debra Wade2666.40
Independent Nigel Furness631.16
Independent Valentine Hogan471.13
Turnout 2,54933.0
Registered electors 7,725
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Central Hove

Central Hove (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Averil Older 1,092 19.64
Conservative Jan Young 1,062 19.10
Liberal Democrats Jenny Barnard-Langston88415.90
Liberal Democrats Mark Barnard84715.23
Labour Co-op Christopher Wainwright5449.78
Labour Co-op Alun Jones5139.23
Green Michael Butler3275.88
Green Jacqueline DaCosta2915.23
Turnout 41.58
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

East Brighton

East Brighton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Gilliam Mitchell 1,545 14.12
Labour Co-op Warren Morgan 1,451 13.26
Labour Co-op Craig Turton 1,223 11.18
Conservative Edward Faulkner1,0629.71
Conservative Sally Wells1,0179.30
Conservative Ian Middleton9768.92
Liberal Democrats Richard Bowden7707.04
Liberal Democrats John Barrow6826.23
Green Diana Hicks6235.69
Liberal Democrats Thomas William Stokes5535.05
Green Julia Knowles4754.34
Green Stephen McLaren Watson3963.62
Socialist Labour John McLeod1671.53
Turnout 38.6
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Goldsmid

Goldsmid (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Giebeler 1,521 10.92
Labour Co-op Simon Battle 1,495 10.73
Labour Co-op Vincent Meegan 1,490 10.70
Labour Co-op Frieda Warman-Brown1,46310.50
Conservative Steven Harmer-Strange1,45610.45
Conservative Brian Rowe1,45110.42
Liberal Democrats Bob Bailey1,1007.90
Liberal Democrats Josephine Lake1,0197.32
Green Susan Board8816.33
Liberal Democrats Ronald Bakere8776.30
Green Jenny Deadman6334.55
Green Gordon Hudson5413.88
Turnout 43.73
Conservative hold
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Hangleton and Knoll

Hangleton & Knoll (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Brian Fitch 2,550 15.25
Labour Co-op Gerry Kielty 2,394 14.32
Conservative Peter Willows 2,449 14.65
Conservative Dawn Barnett2,31513.85
Labour Co-op James Edward2,17513.01
Conservative Stephen Wade2,12312.70
Liberal Democrats David Sears5173.09
Liberal Democrats Emily Pearson4772.85
Green Lucette Forrest4482.68
Liberal Democrats Lee Shingles4342.60
Green Jean Jones2701.62
Socialist Alliance Maggie Clifford2101.26
Green Matthew Dunton2071.24
Independent Gregory McAusland1490.89
Turnout 56.31
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hanover and Elm Grove

Hanover & Elm Grove (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Joseph Randall 2,198 16.05
Green Georgia Wrighton 1,895 13.84
Labour Co-op Joyce Edmond-Smith 1,886 13.77
Labour Co-op John Ballance1,72212.57
Labour Co-op John Newington1,51011.03
Green Robert Jarrett1,38210.09
Liberal Democrats Diana Owen5173.77
Conservative James Roochove4893.57
Conservative Luke McCabe4663.40
Liberal Democrats Martin Lindsay-Hills4603.36
Conservative Peter Neish4553.32
Liberal Democrats Graham Hunnable4503.29
Socialist Alliance David Fellows2661.94
Turnout 44.76
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Hollingbury and Stanmer

Hollingbury and Stanmer (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Jeane Lepper 1,882 16.36
Labour Co-op Pat Hawkes 1,711 14.88
Labour Co-op Tehmtan Framroze 1,680 14.61
Conservative Carol Ramsden1,0068.75
Conservative Roger McCabe9778.49
Conservative Michael Weatherley9147.95
Green Anthony Ackroyd6695.82
Liberal Democrats Matthew Barker4944.30
Green Amelia Mills4784.16
Liberal Democrats Ellen Woolley4573.97
Liberal Democrats Hector Gow3753.26
Green Steven Sorrell3392.95
Independent Anthony Greenstein3292.86
Socialist Labour Ian Fyvie1901.65
Turnout 37.91
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Moulsecoomb and Bevendean

Moulcoomb and Bevendean (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Francis Tonks 1,659 15.48
Labour Co-op Anne Meadows 1,635 15.25
Labour Jack Hazelgrove 1,632 15.23
Conservative Joan Champion9338.70
Conservative Brian Dando9038.43
Conservative Martin Smith8918.31
Liberal Democrats Andrea Bain6145.73
Green Kate Chapman5395.03
Liberal Democrats Paul Durden5004.66
Liberal Democrats Bernard Huggins4954.62
Green Barry Mills3993.72
Green Ian Needham3223.00
UKIP Ian Hills1971.84
Turnout 36.91
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

North Portslade

North Portslade (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Robert Carden 1,897 29.37
Labour Co-op Donald Turner 1,755 27.17
Conservative Timothy Catt86313.36
Conservative Harinder Gill72811.27
Liberal Democrats Ann Barnard4086.32
Liberal Democrats Anthony Barnard3505.42
Green Deborah McElroy3074.75
Green Guy Richardson1522.35
Turnout 48.12
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold

Patcham

Patcham (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Pidgeon 3,120 19.66
Conservative Carol Theobald 3,003 18.93
Conservative Geoffrey Theobald 2,970 18.72
Labour Co-op Derek Betts1,4218.96
Labour Co-op William Chalmers1,0836.83
Labour Co-op Phillip Jones1,0576.66
Liberal Democrats Daphne Latimer7364.64
Liberal Democrats David Latimer7024.42
Liberal Democrats John Lovatt5803.66
Green Elizabeth Fakhr4362.75
Green Geraldine Keenan3922.47
Green Alison Varey3672.31
Turnout 53.22
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Preston Park

Preston Park (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green George Mallender 1,951 13.43
Labour Co-op Juliet McCaffery 1,623 11.18
Labour Co-op Kevin Allen 1,551 10.68
Green Alison Plaumer1,46210.07
Labour Co-op Michael Middleton1,4489.97
Green Laurence Littman1,3429.24
Conservative Andrew Garrood9196.33
Liberal Democrats Christopher Anderson8856.09
Liberal Democrats Birgit Gutheridge8716.00
Conservative Marie-Anne Bezencon8565.89
Conservative Pamela Stiles8275.69
Liberal Democrats Trefor Hunter7885.43
Turnout 49.91
Green win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Queen's Park

Queens Park (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Kenneth Bodfish 1,713 13.51
Labour Co-op Simon Burgess 1,647 12.99
Labour Co-op Delia Forester 1,614 12.73
Green Nigel Tart1,1479.05
Conservative Robin Cecil9477.47
Conservative Patricia Smith9227.27
Conservative Michael Williams9117.19
Green Mjka Scott8957.06
Green Rebecca Whale8106.39
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Robinson7756.11
Liberal Democrats Joseph Blease6955.48
Liberal Democrats Douglas Janke6024.75
Turnout 41.48
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold

Regency

Regency (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dawn Davidson 770 15.51
Labour Co-op Roy Pennington 736 14.82
Liberal Democrats Kevin Donnelly73114.72
Labour Co-op Michael Fisher72014.50
Green Ian Poyser69614.02
Conservative John Hutchinson4649.35
Conservative Joyce Pidgeon4358.76
Green Hugh Miller4138.32
Turnout 35.10
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Co-op
Labour Co-op hold

Rottingdean Coastal

Rottingdean Coastal (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lynda Hyde 3,270 20.61
Conservative David Smith 2,910 18.34
Conservative Mary Mears 2,880 18.15
Labour Co-op Norman William9405.92
Labour Co-op Roger Page8395.29
Liberal Democrats Harold DeSouza8055.07
Liberal Democrats Joy DeSouza8055.07
Green Geoffrey Bowden7494.72
Labour Co-op Hitesh Tailor7444.69
Liberal Democrats Lisa Winter5913.72
Green Susan Gilson5453.44
Green Gregory Taylor4742.99
BNP Renzo Ferrari3141.98
Turnout 53.76
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

South Portslade

South Portslande (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Leslie Hamilton 1,347 23.23
Labour Co-op Sue John 1,085 18.71
Conservative Richard Biggs83514.40
Independent Steve Collier80413.86
Conservative Michael Long71812.38
Liberal Democrats Nicola Searle3035.23
Liberal Democrats Neville Searle2874.95
Green Christopher Fry2143.69
Green Janette Ackroyd2063.55
Turnout 46.61
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold

Stanford

Stanford (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Vanesse Brown 2,497 31.39
Independent Jayne Bennett 1,771 22.27
Conservative Michael Switzer1,70021.37
Labour Co-op Patrick Gill4675.87
Labour Co-op Nicole Murphy4365.48
Liberal Democrats Roy Alldred4175.24
Liberal Democrats Peter Denyer2753.46
Green Alan Pegg2413.03
Green Molly Taylor1501.89
Turnout 55.94
Conservative hold
Independent gain from Conservative

St Peter's and North Laine

St Peter's and North Laine (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Keith Taylor 2,347 17.27
Green Susan Paskins 2,266 16.68
Green Simon Williams 2,254 16.59
Labour Co-op Christine Simpson1,2008.83
Labour Co-op Harry Spillman1,1038.12
Labour Co-op Robert Stephenson1,0948.05
Liberal Democrats Madelaine Hunter6374.69
Liberal Democrats Ruth Berry6274.61
Liberal Democrats William Parker5173.81
Conservative Paul Bowes4743.49
Conservative Carole Franklin4743.49
Conservative James Gowans4713.47
Independent Gerald O’Brien1230.91
Turnout 40.59
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Westbourne

Westbourne (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Oxley 1,482 23.06
Conservative Denise Cobb 1,431 22.27
Labour Co-op Don Brown90414.07
Labour Co-op David Jones81312.65
Liberal Democrats Valerie Paynter66110.28
Liberal Democrats Brian Ralfe5538.60
Green Philip Dymond3585.57
Green Anita Phillips2253.50
Turnout 46.93
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Wish

Wish (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Garry Dunn1,61622.96
Conservative Edward Kemble1,52221.63
Labour Co-op Heather James1,36819.44
Labour Co-op Patrick Murphy1,24217.65
Liberal Democrats Stephen Potts4546.45
Green Susan Baumgardt3244.60
Liberal Democrats Robert Stockman2964.21
Green Elizabeth Wakefield2153.06
Turnout 55.05
Conservative gain from Labour Co-op
Conservative hold

Withdean

Withdean (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Drake 2,800 17.07
Conservative Ann Norman 2,758 16.81
Conservative Kenneth Norman 2,726 16.62
Labour Co-op Iain Findlay1,1927.27
Labour Co-op Jane Peckham1,1356.92
Labour Co-op Gareth Jones1,0736.54
Liberal Democrats Peter Garratt1,0006.10
Liberal Democrats Donald McBeth9305.67
Liberal Democrats Derek Hall8955.46
Green James Lea7454.54
Green Lynn MacKenzie6804.14
Green Fiona Williams4722.88
Turnout 53.74
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Woodingdean

Woodingdean (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Wells 2,500 32.26
Conservative Deirdre Simson 2,456 31.69
Labour Co-op Raymond Blackwood95612.34
Labour Co-op Malcolm Prescott88511.42
Liberal Democrats Season Prater2893.73
Liberal Democrats Tim Prater2923.77
Green Stella Pentecost2182.81
Green Paul Ward1531.97
Turnout 55.33
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

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