2003 Fenland District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2003 Fenland council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and independent in grey. Fenland UK local election 2003 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2003 Fenland council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and independent in grey.

The 2003 Fenland District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Fenland District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999. [1] The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [2]

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2003 Fenland District Council election
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All 40 seats to Fenland District Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election ? seats, ?% ? seats, ?% ? seats, ?%
 Fourth party
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Party Independent
Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives easily stay in control of the council taking 36 of the 40 seats, with Conservative candidates having been unopposed in 11 wards. [3] The only ward where any other group won all of the seats was in Waterlees in Wisbech, where Labour took both seats. [3]

Fenland Local Election Result 2003 [4] [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 36--+790.067.513,088
  Labour 3---47.521.74,209
  Independent 1---22.56.71,306
  Liberal Democrats 0---102.9567
  Green 0--001.1223

14 Conservative candidates were unopposed at the election. [4]

Ward results

Bassenhally (Whittlesey) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Kenneth Mayor unopposed
Conservative win (new seat)
Benwick, Coates and Eastrea (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Thomas Butcher unopposed
Conservative Pamela Potts unopposed
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Birch (Chatteris) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Alan Melton 304 66.5
Labour David Biggs15333.5
Majority15133.0
Turnout 45728.7
Conservative win (new seat)
Clarkson (Wisbech) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Carol Cox 245 64.6
Labour Ann Purt13435.4
Majority11129.2
Turnout 37923.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Delph [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Denise Laws unopposed
Conservative win (new seat)
Doddington [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Geoffrey Harper unopposed
Conservative win (new seat)
Elm and Christchurch (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Malcolm Cotterell 550
Conservative Evelyn Green 486
Independent Phillip Webb368
Turnout 1,40427.2
Hill (Wisbech) (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Simon King 621
Conservative Henry Wegg 574
Labour Lewis Purt258
Turnout 1,45325.4
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Kingsmoor (Whittlesey) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Curtis 239 57.6
Labour Douglas Costain17642.4
Majority6315.2
Turnout 41532.1
Kirkgate (Wisbech) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Leslie Sims 245 66.9
Labour Ronald Harris12133.1
Majority12433.8
Turnout 36621.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Lattersey [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Stephen Garratt unopposed
Conservative win (new seat)
Manea [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Jolley unopposed
March East (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bernard Keane 805
Conservative Frederick Yeulett 674
Labour Barry Howlett 672
Labour Barry Wales662
Conservative Leon Hyde624
Labour Martin Field509
Green Christopher Bennett223
Turnout 4,16929.0
March North (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Patricia Brewin 716
Conservative Trevor Quince 641
Conservative John West 633
Conservative Kimberley French612
Turnout 2,60224.1
March West (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Janet French unopposed
Conservative Christopher Owen unopposed
Conservative Peter Skoulding unopposed
Medworth (Wisbech) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Jonathon Farmer unopposed
Conservative win (new seat)
Parson Drove and Wisbech St Mary (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cyril Bellamy 683
Conservative Clifford Edwards 630
Labour John Cook264
Turnout 1,57729.7
Peckover (Wisbech) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Elizabeth Carlisle 295 77.2
Labour Simon Massen8722.8
Majority20854.4
Turnout 38222.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Roman Bank (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Michael Humphrey 851
Conservative Brian Hardy 849
Conservative Peter Ward 810
Labour Richard Hibbert329
Turnout 2,83927.8
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Slade Lode [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Peter Dickinson 165 39.4
Liberal Democrats Christopher Howes12930.8
Labour Grant Osbourn12529.8
Majority368.6
Turnout 41925.6
Conservative win (new seat)
St Andrews [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Ronald Speechley unopposed
Conservative win (new seat)
St Marys [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Ursula Cuffe unopposed
Conservative win (new seat)
Staithe (Wisbech) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Anthony Green unopposed
Conservative win (new seat)
The Mills [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Albert German 360 61.9
Independent Stephen Wilson22238.1
Majority13823.8
Turnout 58231.1
Conservative win (new seat)
Waterlees (Wisbech) (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Stephen Cawthorne 317
Labour Avis Gilliatt 297
Conservative Yvonne Lawrence230
Conservative Susanah Farmer192
Liberal Democrats Paul Clapp162
Turnout 1,19817.7
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Wenneye [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Peter Murphy 353 56.1
Liberal Democrats Florence Newell27643.9
Majority7712.2
Turnout 62935.1
Conservative win (new seat)
Wimblington [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jillian Tuck 417 79.9
Labour Claire Osbourn10520.1
Majority31259.8
Turnout 52237.4

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References

  1. ↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online . Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Local council election results". The Daily Telegraph . 3 May 2003. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Fenland District Council results 2003". BBC News Online . Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 "Election Results". Fenland District Council. Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
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