2003 Cherwell District Council election

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Results of the 2003 Cherwell District Council election

The 2003 Cherwell District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Cherwell District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

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Before the election the Conservatives were expected to lose seats after a recent large council tax rise. [2] The results saw the Conservatives keep a majority but suffer a net loss of 3 seats after losing 2 seats each to Labour and the Liberal Democrats. [3] The Labour winners included John Hanna who won by 44 votes after losing in the 2002 election by 8 votes. [3] However the Conservatives did gain a seat in Banbury Grimsbury & Castle from Labour for the first in over 20 years. [3] Meanwhile, the National Front stood a candidate for the first time to Cherwell Council and said that they would stand in all of the Bicester wards in the next election in 2004. [3]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Cherwell Local Election Result 2003 [5]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 914-356.347.79,457-3.6%
  Labour 421+125.025.45,034-6.3%
  Liberal Democrats 320+218.823.84,719+7.8%
  Independent 000001.5306+1.1%
  Green 000000.8155+0.2%
  National Front 000000.7142+0.7%

Ward results

Ambrosden & Chesterton [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Fulljames51773.6+8.7
Liberal Democrats Ralph Rookwood18526.4+1.5
Majority 33247.2+7.2
Turnout 702
Conservative hold Swing
The Astons & Heyfords [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Makepeace71851.2
Conservative Terence Miall68448.8
Majority 342.4
Turnout 1,402
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Banbury Easington [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Morris87047.9
Labour David Bullock34018.7
Independent Gordon Gerry30616.8
Liberal Democrats Daphne Nash22312.3
Green Michael Cull-Dodd794.3
Majority 53029.2
Turnout 1,818
Conservative hold Swing
Banbury Grimsbury & Castle [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Back70450.7
Labour Gordon Ross68449.3
Majority 201.4
Turnout 1,388
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Banbury Hardwick [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicholas Turner50460.4
Labour Andrew Coles33139.6
Majority 17320.8
Turnout 835
Conservative hold Swing
Banbury Ruscote [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janet Justice67650.9
Conservative Keith Strangwood65249.1
Majority 241.8
Turnout 1,328
Labour hold Swing
Bicester East [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Hanna54246.6
Conservative Anthony Kempton49842.8
Liberal Democrats Olatunde Afilaka12410.7
Majority 443.8
Turnout 1,164
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Bicester North [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eamonn Gilmore56457.4
Labour Wendy Spencer27327.8
Liberal Democrats Stephen Creed14614.9
Majority 29129.6
Turnout 983
Conservative hold Swing
Bicester South [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rose Stratford40542.6
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Cotter38740.7
Labour Nicholas Cherry15916.7
Majority 181.9
Turnout 951
Conservative hold Swing
Bicester Town [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Diana Edwards56452.3
Labour John Broad34131.6
Liberal Democrats Neil Walton17316.0
Majority 22320.7
Turnout 1,078
Conservative hold Swing
Bicester West [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leslie Sibley77443.3
Conservative Russell Hurle69038.6
Liberal Democrats Lorraine Read18110.1
National Front James Starkey1427.9
Majority 844.7
Turnout 1,787
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Cropredy [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rosemarie Higham70477.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Davis20422.5
Majority 50055.0
Turnout 908
Conservative hold Swing
Hook Norton [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derrick Gasson59777.6
Liberal Democrats Martin Squires17222.4
Majority 42555.2
Turnout 769
Conservative hold Swing
Kidlington North [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Wyse78654.6
Conservative Susan Goodgame40828.4
Labour Catharine Arakelian24517.0
Majority 37826.2
Turnout 1,439
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Kidlington South [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Stansby66937.6
Liberal Democrats Devena Rae60233.9
Conservative Barry Carter50728.5
Majority 673.7
Turnout 1,778
Labour hold Swing
Yarnton, Gosford & Water Eaton [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Evans81855.2
Conservative Maurice Billington58939.7
Green Nicholas Goodwin765.1
Majority 22915.5
Turnout 1,483
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Local elections". BBC News. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
  2. ↑ "Polls open for local elections". Oxford Mail . 1 May 2003. Retrieved 21 October 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Cherwell: Tories drop three seats". Oxford Mail . 2 May 2003. Retrieved 21 October 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "English local elections: Results". The Guardian. 2 May 2003. p. 12.
  5. ↑ "Election Results". The Times. 2 May 2003. p. 17.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Election Results 2003". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
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