2003 East Dorset District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2003 East Dorset District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independent in grey. East Dorset UK local election 2003 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2003 East Dorset District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independent in grey.

The 2003 East Dorset District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of East Dorset District Council in Dorset, England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

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Election result

East Dorset local election result 2003 [2] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 24-266.759.924,753
  Liberal Democrats 11+230.636.114,921
  Independent 102.81.1435
  Labour 0001.7723
 Dorset Stop The War0000.7310
  UKIP 0000.5195

Ward results

Alderholt [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Cozier53075.8
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Haynes16924.2
Majority36151.6
Turnout 69932.2
Ameysford [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pauline Reynolds50073.6
Liberal Democrats David Roberts17926.4
Majority32147.3
Turnout 67932.6
Colehill East (2 seats) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Janet Dover799
Liberal Democrats Donald Wallace709
Conservative Kevin Johnson480
Conservative Peter Finney459
Independent John Bell132
Labour Kathryn Parish92
Turnout 2,67136.8
Colehill West [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Packer45658.4
Liberal Democrats Elena Pujol32541.6
Majority13116.8
Turnout 78140.5
Corfe Mullen Central (2 seats) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Holland707
Liberal Democrats Byron Kimber652
Conservative John Harrington442
Conservative Peter Haward405
Turnout 2,20628.8
Corfe Mullen North [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anne Holland45671.3
Conservative Andrew Russell18428.8
Majority27242.5
Turnout 64032.8
Corfe Mullen South [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stewart Hearn44163.3
Conservative Michael Soper25636.7
Majority18526.5
Turnout 69735.1
Crane [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Timothy Palmer48374.0
Liberal Democrats Dora Aburrow17026.0
Majority31347.9
Turnout 65338.6
Ferndown Central (2 seats) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Queenie Comfort1,035
Conservative Derek Burt999
Liberal Democrats Mary Angus337
Liberal Democrats Percival Bartlett269
Turnout 2,64037.5
Ferndown Links (2 seats) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Maureen Godfrey889
Conservative John Little837
Liberal Democrats Roger Angus303
Liberal Democrats Philip Harknett240
Turnout 2,26929.5
Handley Vale [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Pauline Bailey-Wright41557.5
Conservative Phyllis Packer30742.5
Majority10815.0
Turnout 72236.5
Holt [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Spencer Flower57274.3
Liberal Democrats Heather Gurney19825.7
Majority37448.6
Turnout 77040.7
Longham [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gladys Elliot36559.0
Liberal Democrats Allan White25441.0
Majority11117.9
Turnout 61933.9
Parley (2 seats) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronald Daw909
Conservative Barbara Manuel895
Liberal Democrats Helen Reay230
Liberal Democrats Stephen Dix226
Labour Christopher Hampton155
Turnout 2,41532.4
St Leonards & St Ives East (2 seats) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ann Warman1,102
Conservative Michael Dyer1,014
Liberal Democrats Deirdre Briggs227
UKIP Allan Tallett195
Liberal Democrats Lilian Rowe183
Labour Duncan Finch129
Turnout 2,85038.4
St Leonards & St Ives West [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raymond Dudman78181.9
Liberal Democrats Dennis Truscott17318.1
Majority60863.7
Turnout 95447.0
Stapehill [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Russell54180.9
Liberal Democrats Mario Rouse12819.1
Majority41361.7
Turnout 66934.6
Stour [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Guinn33456.6
Conservative John Moore25643.4
Majority7813.2
Turnout 59030.5
Three Cross & Potterne [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Victor Redpath24357.9
Liberal Democrats Carol Bond17742.1
Majority6615.7
Turnout 42022.7
Verwood Dewlands (2 seats) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Toni Coombs809
Conservative Josephine Staunton-Lambert684
Liberal Democrats Peter Baker481
Liberal Democrats Adam Reay408
Turnout 2,38234.0
Verwood Newtown [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Boyden Mortimer38653.8
Liberal Democrats Lindsey Dedden27137.8
Independent Derrick Crisp608.4
Majority11516.0
Turnout 71735.8
Verwood Stephen's Castle (2 seats) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Burt776
Conservative Lucy Clark762
Liberal Democrats Michael Daymond617
Liberal Democrats Poppy Baker611
Turnout 2,76640.1
West Moors (3 seats) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alexander Clarke1,525
Conservative David Durley1,511
Conservative Andrew Skeats1,368
Liberal Democrats Jeanne Roberts402
Liberal Democrats Alan Dedden375
Liberal Democrats Frank Gardiner372
Labour Michael Shine347
Turnout 5,90134.0
Wimborne Minster (3 seats) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Hymers1,224
Liberal Democrats David Morgan968
Liberal Democrats Marilyn Osner891
Conservative Ivy Ellis833
Conservative Alan Flint775
Conservative Christine Reaks627
Dorset Stop The WarDamien Stone194
Dorset Stop The WarGeoffrey Stone116
Turnout 5,62835.8

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