2003 Colchester Borough Council election

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2003 Colchester Borough Council election
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21 out of 60 seats to Colchester Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout27.5% (Decrease2.svg3.4%)
 First partySecond party
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Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election26 seats, 36.4%24 seats, 39.5%
Seats before2324
Seats won810
Seats after2524
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Steady2.svg
Popular vote8,74011,108
Percentage32.0%40.6%
SwingDecrease2.svg 4.4%Increase2.svg 1.1%
 Third partyFourth party
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Party Independent Labour
Last election4 seats, 3.7%6 seats, 19.1%
Seats before84
Seats won12
Seats after65
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote1,5635,467
Percentage5.7%20.0%
SwingIncrease2.svg 2.0%Increase2.svg 0.9%
Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control

Map of the results of the 2003 Colchester council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and independents in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2003. Colchester UK local election 2003 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2003 Colchester council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and independents in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2003.

The 2003 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. This was the same day as the other 2003 United Kingdom local elections. One third of the seats were up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. [1]

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Background

Prior to the election, two sitting Labour councillors resigned from the party, leaving the Labour group with 4 seats. Don Quinn (St Andrew's) left the Labour group to sit as an Independent, whilst Phillip Hawkins (Wivenhoe Cross) resigned his seat after moving to Scotland. [2]

Before the election the Conservatives were the largest party with 24 seats, the Liberal Democrats had 23 seats, Labour had 4 seats, there were 8 independents and 1 seat was vacant. [3] The council was run by a cabinet comprising 3 Conservatives, 3 Liberal Democrats and 1 Labour members. [4]

21 seats were being contested, with 2 seats available in Wivenhoe Cross due to the vacancy. [3] The remaining 20 seats all had the sitting councillors defending their seats and included the Labour group leader Tim Young in St Andrew's and the Conservative mayor Nigel Chapman in Fordham and Stour. [3] Meanwhile, in Highwoods, Ian Ringer, defended the seat as an independent after leaving the Liberal Democrats earlier in 2003. [3]

Election result

Prior to the election, 3 Liberal Democrat councillors from Highwoods ward defected and sat as Independents, reducing the Liberal Democrat group to 23 councillors.

2003 Colchester Borough Council election [5] [6]
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Liberal Democrats 8Increase2.svg 238.1172541.78,74032.0–4.4
  Conservative 10Steady2.svg47.6142440.011,10840.6+1.1
  Independent 1Decrease2.svg 24.85610.01,5635.7+2.0
  Labour 2Increase2.svg 19.5358.35,46720.0+0.9
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.03701.4+0.2
  Socialist Alliance 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0960.4+0.3

Before the election one seat was vacant in Wivenhoe Cross ward.

Ward results

Shown below are ward results according to the council's election results archive. [6] [7] [8]

Three of the single-seat wards (Dedham & Langham, East Donyland, Marks Tey) were not up for election this year. Neither were three of the two-seat wards (Harbour, Lexden, St John's).

Berechurch

Berechurch Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Brooks* 746 52.1 +2.3
Labour Julia Thomas40428.2-7.9
Conservative Sarah McLean27419.2+5.5
Majority34223.9N/A
Turnout 1,43224.5-6.5
Registered electors 5,844
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase2.svg5.1

Birch & Winstree

Birch & Winstree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Crowe* 966 71.8 +9.8
Liberal Democrats Barry Woodward19014.1-6.1
Labour Audrey Spencer18313.6-3.7
Majority77657.7N/A
Turnout 1,34531.0-8.0
Registered electors 4,338
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg8.0

Castle

Castle Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Jones* 903 54.4 -1.6
Conservative Pauline Lucas40424.3+5.0
Labour Malcolm Cannon21012.7-1.4
Green Walter Schwarz1328.0-2.0
Majority49930.1N/A
Turnout 1,66028.6-3.4
Registered electors 5,809
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.svg3.3

Christ Church

Christ Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Hunt 662 48.0 +6.3
Conservative Roger Buston*58742.6+2.0
Labour David Canning1249.0-8.3
Majority755.4N/A
Turnout 1,37943.4+3.4
Registered electors 3,174
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg2.2

Copford & West Stanway

Copford & West Stanway Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Blundell* 353 70.5 -4.7
Independent Patrick Mead7014.0N/A
Labour Anna Trudgian408.0N/A
Liberal Democrats Anthony Scott-Boutell377.4-17.1
Majority28356.5+5.8
Turnout 50134.0-1.0
Registered electors 1,475
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Fordham & Stour

Fordham & Stour Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Chapman* 797 71.9 +9.9
Liberal Democrats Wilma Sutton16114.5-7.5
Labour Gary Griffiths14413.0-3.0
Majority63657.4N/A
Turnout 1,10827.6-5.4
Registered electors 4,021
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg8.7

Great Tey

Great Tey Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Chillingworth 645 68.6 +2.9
Liberal Democrats Carolyn Catney19620.9-13.4
Labour Alan Trudigan10811.5N/A
Majority44947.8+16.3
Turnout 94042.7+2.7
Registered electors 2,199
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg8.2

Highwoods

Highwoods
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Maris Fuller 417 32.5 +7.7
Liberal Democrats Alan Hayman40831.8-24.2
Independent Ian Ringer*33926.4N/A
Labour Edmund Chinnery1219.4-9.8
Majority90.7N/A
Turnout 1,29022.0+2.0
Registered electors 5,854
Conservative gain from Independent Swing Increase2.svg15.7

Mile End

Mile End Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anne Turrell* 589 44.5 +13.8
Conservative Shahid Husain40030.2-3.5
Labour Janet Smith17112.9-12.2
Independent Jane Chinnery1249.4N/A
Green Mary Bryan403.0N/A
Majority18914.2N/A
Turnout 1,33126.3+0.3
Registered electors 5,058
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase2.svg8.6

New Town

New Town Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Fisher* 767 55.9 -1.1
Conservative Glenn Bath32523.7+8.0
Labour Jane Green28120.5-6.8
Majority44231.7N/A
Turnout 1,39522.9-3.1
Registered electors 6,088
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.svg4.6

Prettygate

Prettygate Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sandra Gray 1,044 48.3 +4.9
Conservative Ron Levy*93543.3+0.7
Labour Luke Dopson1828.4-5.5
Majority1095.0N/A
Turnout 2,16136.2-0.8
Registered electors 6,002
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg2.1

St. Andrew's

St Andrew's Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tim Young* 813 62.2 +6.1
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Berriman27020.6-0.7
Conservative Anne Allan18414.1-1.6
Socialist Alliance Jeremy Jepps413.1-3.9
Majority54341.4N/A
Turnout 1,31319.7-0.3
Registered electors 6,676
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg3.4

St. Anne's

St Annes's Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Barrie Cook* 853 58.3 +3.0
Labour Peter Brine29520.2-6.1
Conservative Angus Allan28319.4+0.9
Socialist Alliance David Isaacson312.1N/A
Majority55838.2N/A
Turnout 1,46122.7-2.3
Registered electors 6,433
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase2.svg4.6

Shrub End

Shrub End
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Bourne 596 38.3 +4.5
Conservative Alan Scattergood*53034.0-2.2
Liberal Democrats Barbara Williamson40826.2-3.8
Socialist Alliance John Coombes241.5N/A
Majority664.2N/A
Turnout 1,56824.5-0.5
Registered electors 6,410
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg3.4

Stanway

Stanway Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lesley Scott-Boutell* 918 52.3 -0.9
Conservative John Reeves61034.8+0.6
Labour John Spademan22212.7+0.4
Majority30817.6N/A
Turnout 1,75528.8-5.2
Registered electors 6,090
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.svg0.8

Tiptree

Tiptree Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Crowe 546 35.0 +17.2
Independent Anne Burgess54234.7-1.0
Labour Alan Mogridge41526.6+1.2
Green Stella Barnes563.6-4.6
Majority40.3N/A
Turnout 1,56126.4-2.6
Registered electors 5,908
Conservative gain from Independent Swing Increase2.svg9.1

West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green

West Bergholt & Ash Green Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jill Todd* 774 66.7 +19.5
Liberal Democrats Una Jones23820.5+0.4
Labour Ian Yates14912.8-5.1
Majority53646.0N/A
Turnout 1,16630.3-2.7
Registered electors 3,846
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg19.6

No Green candidate as previous (14.8%).

West Mersea

West Mersea Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Kimberley* 1,107 63.0 +2.3
Labour Bry Mogridge35920.4+1.1
Liberal Democrats Ronald Baker24914.2-3.5
Majority74842.6N/A
Turnout 175730.1-0.9
Registered electors 5,844
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg0.6

Wivenhoe Cross

Wivenhoe Cross Ward (2 seats due to by-election)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative David Adams* 313 57.5
Conservative Eugene Kraft 264 48.5
Labour Aulay MacKenzie17231.6
Labour Paul Bishop14226.1
Liberal Democrats Barry James10118.6
Turnout 54416.8
Registered electors 3,246
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Wivenhoe Quay

Wivenhoe Quay Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Richard Davies* 488 35.9 +4.4
Conservative Kenneth Rogers39429.0+6.1
Labour Stephen Ford33624.7-8.2
Green Christopher Fox14210.4-2.4
Majority946.9N/A
Turnout 1,37135.6-2.4
Registered electors 3,846
Independent hold Swing Increase2.svg0.9

    By-elections

    Wivenhoe Quay

    A by-election took place on 22 April 2004 after the death of the independent councillor Richard Davies. [9]

    Wivenhoe Quay By-Election 22 April 2004 [10]
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Stephen Ford 626 34.4 +9.7
    Conservative Anne Quarrie61433.7+4.7
    Liberal Democrats Jeremy Jacobs58131.9N/A
    Majority120.7N/A
    Turnout 1,82144.0+8.4
    Labour gain from Independent Swing Increase2.svg2.5

    No Independent (35.9%) or Green (10.4%) candidates as previous.

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