2003 Chichester District Council election

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2003 Chichester District Council election
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 19991 May 2003 2007  

All 48 seats to Chichester District Council
25 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won2621
Popular vote23,68020,153
Percentage44.5%37.9%

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

Elections to Chichester District Council in West Sussex, United Kingdom were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control.

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Election result

Chichester District Council Election Result 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 2600054.244.523,680
  Liberal Democrats 2100043.737.920,153
  Independent 10002.12.31,220
  Labour 000009.24,913
  UKIP 000004.82,559
  Green 000001.3715

1 Independent candidate was unopposed.

26211
ConservativeLiberal DemocratI.

Ward results

Bosham (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David John Myers64926.2
Conservative Myles Antony Cullen62325.1
Independent Clifford Michael Archer58823.7
Liberal Democrats Gerald Patrick Lynch44117.8
UKIP Douglas Ernest Denny1787.2
Turnout 247942.5
Boxgrove (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Norman Hall43151.1
Conservative Jane Louise Chevis35842.5
UKIP Antony Edward Bird546.4
Turnout 84347.2
Bury (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Mary Hallock48170.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Ernest Wellstead20529.9
Turnout 68638.7
Chichester East (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Quentin Robson Cox65319.0
Liberal Democrats Anthony John French63918.6
Liberal Democrats Eva Marliese French63518.5
Conservative Rebecca Elizabeth Harris3048.8
Conservative Gina Margaret Simpson2838.2
UKIP Nigel Degge Wilmot Sitwell 2477.2
Green Josephine Eckhard1915.6
Labour Peter John Nutt1915.6
Labour John Smith1564.5
Labour Doris Bryson Walton1414.1
Turnout 344024.5
Chichester North (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gloria Patricia Hooley100217.7
Liberal Democrats Edith Pingree96117.0
Liberal Democrats Richard Edward Plowman90315.9
Conservative Stuart Ian King73112.9
Conservative Nicholas Hart Roberts71512.6
Conservative Timothy John Roberts64011.3
UKIP Michael Alan Mason2053.6
Green Valerie Anne Briginshaw1733.1
Labour David Morrison1222.2
Labour John Wallace Barr1172.1
Labour Frances Turner981.7
Turnout 566743.1
Chichester South (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anne Mary Dorothy Scicluna87620.5
Liberal Democrats Alan David Chaplin74117.4
Liberal Democrats David John Siggs75317.6
Conservative Hilary Anne Flynn3778.8
Conservative Dorothy June Spirit3658.5
Conservative Robin William Bell3367.9
Labour John Bennett2145.0
UKIP Anne Patricia Craven1593.7
Labour Benjamin Earnshaw-Mansell1543.6
Labour Susan Mary Barnardo Bramwell-Smith1513.5
Green Prudence Dwyer1493.5
Turnout 427531.1
Chichester West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Clare Margaret Apel65530.0
Liberal Democrats Michael Raymond Shone62828.7
Conservative Julie Ann Rooker41419.0
UKIP James McCulloch2059.4
Labour Andrew Emerson1657.6
Labour Margaret Denis1165.3
Turnout 218333.2
Donnington (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Ridd35649.9
Liberal Democrats Alan George Wells31243.7
Labour Micheline Lawson466.4
Turnout 71441.2
Easebourne (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Alan Fay34451.0
Conservative Norma Dorothy Graves33149.0
Turnout 67535.7
East Wittering (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Karen Marion Graham Clay52425.1
Liberal Democrats Dr Mary Ellen Green48523.2
Conservative Thea Pauline Hucklesby41219.7
Labour Celia Anne Barlow22110.6
Labour Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan1889.0
UKIP Gordon Alexander Simpson1487.2
Green Jacqueline Susan Taylor1095.2
Turnout 208735.1
Fernhurst (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Cheason Mitchell71825.9
Conservative Heather Penelope Caird60621.9
Liberal Democrats William Edwin Quinn59321.4
Independent Dr Mamdouh George Salameh45016.2
Conservative Nola Jane Hendon40514.6
Turnout 277239.8
Conservative hold Swing
Fishbourne (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Adrian Geoffrey Frank Moss60773.1
Conservative Clifford William Spawton22326.9
Turnout 83052.5
Funtington (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Ernest Garrett54269.0
Liberal Democrats John Cooper Rankin24331.0
Turnout 78538.4
Harting (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Andrew Michael Shaxson (Re-elected Unopposed)n/an/a
Lavant (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Robert Homan Smith44272.9
Conservative Mary Louise Goldsmith16427.1
Turnout 60636.8
Midhurst (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Joseph Robert Cartwright67830.1
Conservative Brian John Weekes58726.2
Liberal Democrats Judith Russell Fowler53223.6
Liberal Democrats Robert Humphrey Bourchier Devereux45320.1
Turnout 225030.7
North Mundham (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Quigley36855.8
Conservative Anthony Peter Dignum29244.2
Turnout 66039.7
Petworth (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Janet Elizabeth Duncton95235.5
Conservative Margaret Valerie Field80830.2
Liberal Democrats Sarah Margaret Barstow47717.8
Liberal Democrats Catherine Gillian Alderson Perschke44216.5
Turnout 267938.3
Plaistow (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian James Hooton67731.9
Conservative Anthony Malcolm Walker66731.4
Liberal Democrats Raymond Ernest John Cooper39718.7
Liberal Democrats Paul Colville38318.0
Turnout 212430.9
Rogate (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Ann Janes53160.8
Liberal Democrats Kevin George Campbell25429.0
UKIP Ashley Mote8910.2
Turnout 87441.2
Selsey North (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Melva Kathleen Bateman69419.4
Conservative Stewart Marr Adamson65718.4
Conservative Alan John Dyer61517.2
Labour Ian Bell45712.8
Labour Margaret Dyer45112.6
Labour Wendy Virginia Pengelly41411.5
UKIP Andrew Edward Wilkinson2918.1
Turnout 357928.3
Selsey South (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Albert Edward Vines56727.3
Conservative John Thomas Curtis55126.6
Labour Janet Cynthia Miller32415.6
UKIP Bernard Arthur Smith32115.5
Labour Sidney William Hoy31215.0
Turnout 207533.3
Sidlesham (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Diana Joy Pound29547.4
Independent Patricia Mary Tull18229.3
Labour Robert Harvey Jaffa7912.7
UKIP Derek Hunnikin6610.6
Turnout 62234.6
Southbourne (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mary Marrs74316.1
Conservative Graham Hamilton Hicks73916.0
Liberal Democrats Barbara Gowlett68414.8
Conservative Nigel Charles Brown67914.7
Liberal Democrats James Richard Jennings62313.5
Liberal Democrats Penelope Anne Blackmore53011.5
UKIP Alicia Ruth Denny1703.7
Labour June Mary Leonard1593.4
Labour Duncan Hollowood1493.2
Labour Marguerite Lawrence1453.1
Turnout 462130.7
Stedham (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Lorraine Cherry54767.8
Liberal Democrats Daniel John Warner26032.2
Turnout 80743.1
Tangmere (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Joyce Meyer25852.1
Conservative Paul Newton-Lewis20441.2
Labour Andrew Young336.7
Turnout 49528.7
Westbourne (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Maureen Eleanor Elliott39163.7
Labour John Baker12219.9
UKIP Reginald Rodger Willoughby Musgrave10116.4
Turnout 61436.5
West Wittering (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony John Davies93831.1
Conservative Peter Edward Jones84327.9
Liberal Democrats Roger Walter Tilbury34611.5
UKIP Roger Lewis Wilson32510.8
Liberal Democrats Simon Green2859.4
Labour Gordon Trevor Churchill1073.5
Green Joan Marjorie Welch933.1
Labour Kenneth Alex Newman812.7
Turnout 301840.8
Wisborough Green (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Harry Field48161.7
Liberal Democrats John Edward Barstow29938.3
Turnout 78040.8

By-Election results

See Chichester local elections for by-election results after this election.

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