2003 Gedling Borough Council election

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2003 Gedling Borough Council election
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All 50 seats to Gedling Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats won21217
 Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won1
Map of the results of the 2003 Gedling council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Independent in grey. Gedling UK local election 2003 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2003 Gedling council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Independent in grey.

An election was held on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Gedling Borough Council in Nottinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 reducing the number of seats by 7. [1] The Conservative Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. [2]

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Background

At the last election in 1999 the Conservatives gained control of the council from the Labour Party with 29 seats, compared to 18 for Labour, 7 Liberal Democrats and 3 independents. [3]

Boundary changes between 1999 and 2003 reduced the number of seats from 57 to 50. [3] The changes included removing the wards of Cavendish, Conway and Priory, while creating new wards of Daybrook and Valley. [4]

Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 32.4%, down from 35.0% in 1999. [3]

Following the election a power sharing agreement was reached with the Conservative and Labour parties agreeing to share the post of leader of the council. [5]

Gedling Local Election Result 2003 [6] [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 21-842.042.929,511
  Labour 21+242.041.128,321
  Liberal Democrats 7014.011.37,777
  Independent 1-12.04.63,160
  Green 0000.173

Ward results

Bestwood Village [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Denis Beeston30670.3
Conservative Thomas Roach12929.7
Majority17740.6
Turnout 43533.5
Bonington (3) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stella Lane748
Labour Stephen Rigby735
Labour Vivienne McCrossen703
Conservative Terence Pepper567
Conservative Robert Tait560
Conservative Balraj Johal499
Turnout 3,81225.9
Burton Joyce & Stoke Bardolph (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Blandamer551
Conservative Alan Bexon515
Liberal Democrats Richard Berry449
Liberal Democrats Andrew Ellwood362
Labour Jeanette Johnson331
Labour Brigitte Maguire301
Turnout 2,50943.9
Calverton (3) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Calverton First IndependentsWilliam Peet808
Labour James Woodward786
Labour Gareth Griffiths785
Calverton First IndependentsWilliam Mellors761
Labour Alan Woodward730
Calverton First IndependentsGrant Withers716
Conservative Mark Winter383
Conservative Simon Massey314
Turnout 5,28335.0
Carlton (3) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Day712
Conservative Wendy Golland691
Conservative Richard Goodwin681
Labour Cheryl Hewlett653
Labour Damian Belshaw623
Labour Barbara Miller611
Liberal Democrats Andrew Sowter299
Turnout 4,27028.6
Carlton Hill (3) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Darrell Pulk942
Labour Paul Feeney939
Labour Seamus Creamer938
Conservative Susan Jakeman601
Conservative Peter Foulkes594
Conservative Thomas Butcher592
Turnout 4,60629.7
Daybrook (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Barnes731
Labour Sandra Barnes713
Conservative Lorraine Beaumont308
Conservative Michael Smedley298
Turnout 2,05028.4
Gedling (3) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gordon Tunniclife1,067
Liberal Democrats Marguerite Wright1,060
Liberal Democrats Margaret Dunkin970
Conservative Edward Godfrey508
Conservative Andrew Bell489
Conservative Kevin Alcock461
Labour Jennifer Hollingsworth317
Labour Allan Leadbeater303
Labour James O'Riordan269
Turnout 5,44436.2
Killisick [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harvey Maddock28052.7
Liberal Democrats Anthony Turner9217.3
Conservative Derek Smith8616.2
Green Henry Wheeler7313.7
Majority18835.4
Turnout 53128.6
Kingswell (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rodney Kempster845
Conservative Vernon Bradley749
Labour Martin Hall374
Labour Julia Buckby335
Independent Edna Hindle214
Independent Clifford Hindle179
Turnout 2,69637.1
Lambley [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roland Spencer41774.3
Labour Marjorie Paling14425.7
Majority27348.6
Turnout 56134.5
Mapperley Plains (3) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Veronica Pepper1,013
Conservative John Parr989
Conservative Gerald Clarke979
Labour Peter Crossley607
Labour Nicola Brooks606
Labour Alan Hardy592
Turnout 4,78628.0
Netherfield & Colwick (3) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Albert Clarke768
Labour William Clarke760
Labour Christina Lockett728
Conservative Anthony Morris397
Conservative Judith Nicholson368
Conservative Richard Smedley362
Turnout 3,38323.3
Newstead [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John McCauley26550.1
Conservative Bruce Andrews26449.9
Majority10.2
Turnout 52932.9
Phoenix (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ivan Gollop539
Liberal Democrats Raymond Poynter519
Labour Arthur Turney501
Liberal Democrats Paul Hughes471
Conservative Ann Collin187
Conservative Colin Blandamer186
Turnout 2,40333.6
Porchester (3) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Tanner907
Conservative Donald Pycroft892
Conservative Jennifer Spencer854
Labour John Truscott832
Labour Paul Barton811
Labour Leslie Nourse779
Turnout 5,07534.0
Ravenshead (3) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Grainger1,226
Conservative Thambithurai Chandran1,098
Conservative Mark Spencer (British politician) 1,085
Labour Gwilym Griffith582
Labour John Kendrick564
Labour Barrie Bowker404
Turnout 4,95937.7
St. James (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anthony Gillam654
Liberal Democrats Christopher Pratt598
Conservative Eric Collin351
Conservative Elaine Goodwin325
Labour Gary Gregory257
Labour Paul Wilkinson234
Turnout 2,41925.1
St. Marys (3) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jennifer Cole794
Labour Grace Millar779
Labour Stewart Ragsdale762
Conservative Magdalen Roach689
Conservative Paul Beaumont647
Conservative Mavis Gunson639
Turnout 4,31029.0
Valley (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Dunkin404
Labour Christopher Preston379
Labour Daniel Taylor368
Liberal Democrats Andrew Swift353
Conservative Wesley Bleakley208
Conservative Bernard Leaper205
Turnout 1,91730.6
Woodborough [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Glass48579.6
Labour Liz Delaney12420.4
Majority36159.2
Turnout 60940.0
Woodthorpe (3) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Suzanne Prew-Smith1,216
Conservative Richard Nicholson1,206
Conservative Francis Boot1,183
Labour Ronald McCrossen613
Labour Christine Russell576
Labour Philip Miller500
Liberal Democrats Margaret Swift479
Independent Christine Hindle266
Independent David Hindle216
Turnout 6,25539.7

References

  1. ↑ "Local elections". BBC News. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Local council election results". The Daily Telegraph. 3 May 2003. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 "Gedling Borough Council elections summary" (PDF). Gedling Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  4. ↑ "Council Elections May 2003". Gedling Borough Council. Archived from the original on 21 April 2003. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  5. ↑ "Parties Share Power". Gedling Borough Council. Archived from the original on 23 May 2003. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "Borough Council Elections 1 May 2003" (PDF). Gedling Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
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