2003 Crawley Borough Council election

The 2003 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council. ^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 22
• Conservative 8
• Liberal Democrats 2 ^[2]

Election result

Overall turnout at the election was 23.16%. ^[3]

Crawley local election result 2003 ^[3]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	7	1	1	0	58.3	37.2	5,863	-11.0%
	Conservative	4	1	0	+1	33.3	34.4	5,430	+3.2%
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	0	0	8.3	22.1	3,483	+4.7%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	2.6	404	+2.6%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.8	276	+1.8%
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0	1.5	235	+0.0%
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	76	-0.3%

Ward results

Broadfield ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James McGough	569	51.1	−7.3
	Conservative	David Bowen	335	30.1	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Jeffers	209	18.8	+7.9
Majority			234	21.0	−10.2
Turnout			1,113	13.0	−16.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Furnace Green ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan Crow	1,130	38.8	−8.6
	Labour	Raymond Calcott	741	25.5	−7.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Barry	636	21.8	+2.5
	BNP	Vernon Atkinson	404	13.9	+13.9
Majority			389	13.4	−0.6
Turnout			2,911	27.2	+2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gossops Green ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Ward	430	46.6
	Conservative	Lee Burke	317	34.3
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Llewelyn	176	19.1
Majority			113	12.3
Turnout			923	23.7	−3.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Ifield ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Stanley	536	40.4	−9.1
	Conservative	Brian Blake	342	25.8	+4.8
	Independent	Richard Symonds	235	17.7	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Hamilton	213	16.1	−2.5
Majority			194	14.6	−14.0
Turnout			1,326	20.5	−19.8
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Langley Green (2) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Smith	666
	Labour	David Shreeves	619
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Osborne	254
	Conservative	Keith Brockwell	253
	Conservative	Christina Belben	248
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Rana	221
Turnout			2,261	22.8	−1.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Northgate ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Seekings	610	65.0	+1.8
	Labour	Nicholas Webber	225	24.0	−3.5
	Conservative	Corinne Bowen	104	11.1	+1.8
Majority			385	41.0	+5.3
Turnout			939	26.7	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Pound Hill North ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Blake	831	60.9
	Labour	John Stephens	303	22.2
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Aldridge	230	16.9
Majority			528	38.7
Turnout			1,364	27.3	−3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pound Hill South ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Lanzer	847	57.1
	Labour	Alison Cornell	383	25.8
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Reay	253	17.1
Majority			464	31.3
Turnout			1,483	27.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southgate ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lisa Noel	404	31.4	−1.0
	Labour	Mohammed Qamaruddin	401	31.1	−19.5
	Green	Malcolm Liles	276	21.4	+21.4
	Liberal Democrats	Roger McMurray	207	16.1	−1.0
Majority			3	0.3
Turnout			1,288	21.3	−18.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Three Bridges ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Malt	468	42.2
	Conservative	John Rolf	372	33.6
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Seekings	268	24.2
Majority			96	8.6
Turnout			1,108	26.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Tilgate ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Douglas Mayne	522	49.7	−9.5
	Conservative	Alexander Maple	247	23.5	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Wise	206	19.6	+4.4
	Socialist Labour	Derek Isaacs	76	7.2	+1.9
Majority			275	26.2	−12.8
Turnout			1,051	23.2	−3.8
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "Local elections". BBC News. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
2. "English councils". The Times. 3 May 2003. p. 47.
3. "Crawley Council Election Results - 2003" (PDF). Political Science Resources. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2012.