2003 Exeter City Council election

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2003 Exeter City Council election [1] [2]
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14 of the 40 seats to Exeter City Council
21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout35.6%
 First partySecond party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election228
Seats won54
Seats after2010
Seat changeDecrease2.svg2Increase2.svg2
Popular vote7,0165,306
Percentage32.2%24.3%
 Third partyFourth party
 
Party Conservative Liberal
Last election64
Seats won22
Seats after64
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote5,7782,348
Percentage26.5%10.8%
Exeter UK local election 2003 map.svg
Map showing the results of the 2003 Exeter City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats, blue shows the Conservatives, yellow shows the Liberal Democrats and orange shows the Liberals. Wards in grey had no election.
Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

No overall control

The 2003 Exeter City Council election took place on 1 May 2003, to elect members of Exeter City Council in Devon, England. The election was held concurrently with other local elections in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party lost control of the council, which it had held since 1995. [3]

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Results summary

2003 Exeter City Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 5Decrease2.svg 238.5152050.07,01632.6-7.0
  Liberal Democrats 4Increase2.svg 230.861025.05,30624.6+2.7
  Conservative 2Steady2.svg15.44615.05,77826.8+2.7
  Liberal 2Steady2.svg15.42410.02,1039.8+2.4
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.07913.7-2.2
  Independent 0Steady2.svg0.0000.03241.5+0.7
  UKIP 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01640.8+0.4
  Socialist Alternative 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0670.3N/A

Ward results

Alphington

Alphington
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Peter Wadham 1,229 54.5%
Conservative Peter Cox62827.8%
Labour Celia Morrish39817.6%
Majority60126.7%
Turnout 2,255
Liberal Democrats hold

Cowick

Cowick
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Michael Mills 701 42.5%
Conservative Margaret Baldwin62638.0%
Liberal Democrats Rodney Ruffle19611.9%
UKIP David Challice774.7%
Green John Hayward493.0%
Majority754.5%
Turnout 1,649
Labour hold

Duryard

Duryard
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Cherry Luxton 553 47.6%
Conservative Graham Stone38032.7%
Labour Dominic O'Brien12510.8%
Green Suzanne Dunstan1038.9%
Majority17314.9%
Turnout 1,161
Liberal Democrats hold

Exwick

Exwick
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Roy Slack 843 47.8%
Independent David Mashiter26014.7%
Conservative Daniel Bower25314.4%
Liberal Democrats Paul Pettinger24013.6%
UKIP Lawrence Harper874.9%
Green Thomas Chant804.5%
Majority58333.1%
Turnout 1,763
Labour hold

Heavitree

Heavitree
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal David Morrish 1,176 67.7%
Labour Ian Martin27215.7%
Conservative Jonathan Farquharson19411.2%
Liberal Democrats Pamela Thickett955.5%
Majority90452.0%
Turnout 1,737
Liberal hold

Mincinglake

Mincinglake & Whipton
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Dilys Baldwin 566 53.5%
Conservative Richard Briggs24623.3%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Soper17516.6%
Green Alison Raddon424.0%
Socialist Alternative Peter Sloman282.6%
Majority32030.3%
Turnout 1,057
Labour hold

Priory

Priory
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Mark Baldwin 1,007 55.4%
Conservative Iris Newby46725.7%
Liberal Democrats Maxwell Carrolle34519.0%
Majority54029.7%
Turnout 1,819
Labour hold

St James

St Davids
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Kevin Mitchell 532 39.5%
Labour Marcel Choules48335.9%
Conservative Alexander Barahona17012.6%
Green Anita Sutcliffe16212.0%
Majority493.6%
Turnout 1,347
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

St Leonards

St Leonards
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative John Winterbottom 873 48.5%
Labour Eileen Digweed51528.6%
Liberal Democrats Sheila Hobden19911.1%
Green Nicholas Discombe1498.3%
Independent Terence Griffin643.6%
Majority35819.9%
Turnout 1,800
Conservative hold

St Loyes

St Loyes
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Margaret Danks 749 59.9%
Conservative Emily Dover22317.8%
Labour Christine Buswell20716.5%
Liberal Democrats Thomas Revesz725.8%
Majority52642.0%
Turnout 1,251
Liberal hold

St Thomas

St Thomas
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Adrian Fullam 1,108 54.8%
Labour Connel Boyle66032.6%
Conservative Gerald Sclater1798.8%
Green Paul Edwards763.8%
Majority44822.1%
Turnout 2,023
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Topsham

Topsham
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Robert Bewby 1,199 59.8%
Liberal Democrats John Bryant38419.1%
Labour Michael Groves29314.6%
Green Joyce Barkla1306.5%
Majority81540.6%
Turnout 2,006
Conservative hold

Whipton & Barton

Whipton & Barton
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Hilda Sterry 946 49.1%
Liberal Keith Danks42322.0%
Conservative Keith Nelson-Tomsen34017.7%
Liberal Democrats Pauline Osterly1789.2%
Socialist Alternative Elizabeth Allnatt392.0%
Majority52327.1%
Turnout 1,926
Labour hold

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References

  1. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2015). Exeter City Council Election Results 1973-2012 (PDF). University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. p. 11.
  2. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2003). Local Elections Handbook 2003 (PDF). University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. p. 8.
  3. ↑ "Vote 2003". BBC News.
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