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All 44 seats in the Gravesham Borough Council 23 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Map of the results of the 2003 Gravesham council election. Labour in red and Conservatives in blue. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2003 Gravesham Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Gravesham Borough Council in Kent, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999. [1] The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council. [2]
Overall turnout at the election was 31%. [3]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 23 | -6 | 52.3 | 43.0 | 8,754 | ||||
| Conservative | 21 | +6 | 47.7 | 55.3 | 11,241 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 155 | ||||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 190 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Caerys Ayling | 862 | ||
| Conservative | Bronwen McGarrity | 838 | ||
| Conservative | Anthony Pritchard | 806 | ||
| Labour | Lana Aitchison | 704 | ||
| Labour | Tarsem Mahil | 663 | ||
| Labour | Wayne Bushbridge | 640 | ||
| Turnout | 4,513 | 37.3 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Lynne Ennis-Goatham | 427 | 66.0 | |
| Labour | Paul McNulty | 220 | 34.0 | |
| Majority | 207 | 32.0 | ||
| Turnout | 647 | 37.7 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Valerie Ashenden | 463 | ||
| Labour | Ernest Brook | 442 | ||
| Conservative | Joan Beer | 225 | ||
| Conservative | Marjorie Knight | 216 | ||
| Turnout | 1,346 | 22.3 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Patricia Oakeshott | 858 | ||
| Conservative | Colin Jupp | 791 | ||
| Labour | Eileen Rice | 275 | ||
| Labour | Douglas Christie | 254 | ||
| Turnout | 2,178 | 36.5 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Kenneth Jones | 901 | ||
| Conservative | David Turner | 882 | ||
| Labour | Richard Cook | 192 | ||
| Labour | Derek Sales | 175 | ||
| Turnout | 2,150 | 39.1 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Snelling | 892 | ||
| Conservative | Donald Menzies | 887 | ||
| Labour | Eileen Abbott | 243 | ||
| Labour | Pamela Sales | 216 | ||
| Green | Richard Crawford | 190 | ||
| Turnout | 2,428 | 37.8 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Raymonde Collins | 706 | ||
| Conservative | Patrick McSweeney | 697 | ||
| Labour | Dorothy Riley | 209 | ||
| Labour | Mary Williams | 196 | ||
| Turnout | 1,808 | 29.7 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Raymond Parker | 530 | ||
| Labour | Colin Meredith | 527 | ||
| Labour | Richard Target | 503 | ||
| Conservative | Constance Dyke | 279 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Somerset | 270 | ||
| Conservative | Paul Parrin | 266 | ||
| Turnout | 2,375 | 20.6 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James Loughlin | 735 | ||
| Labour | John Burden | 726 | ||
| Labour | Narinder Thandi | 713 | ||
| Conservative | Jeremy Black | 392 | ||
| Conservative | Julia Burgoyne | 360 | ||
| Conservative | Malcolm Burgoyne | 342 | ||
| Turnout | 3,268 | 25.8 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jean Christie | 827 | ||
| Labour | Ronald Bowman | 804 | ||
| Labour | Henry Smith | 758 | ||
| Conservative | James Hall | 639 | ||
| Conservative | Yvonne Stanford | 630 | ||
| Conservative | Eileen Tuff | 602 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Stevenson | 155 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Gillian McGill | 152 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mervyn McGill | 137 | ||
| Turnout | 4,704 | 35.7 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Makhan Singh | 844 | ||
| Labour | Catherine Cribbon | 826 | ||
| Labour | David Thomas | 805 | ||
| Conservative | Clarice Masterson | 562 | ||
| Conservative | Anne Barrow | 512 | ||
| Conservative | John Subbings | 506 | ||
| Turnout | 4,055 | 32.6 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Lee Croxton | 684 | ||
| Labour | Richard Smith | 675 | ||
| Labour | Lyn Milner | 668 | ||
| Conservative | Christopher Barnes | 304 | ||
| Conservative | Helen Skellorn | 270 | ||
| Conservative | Clifford Hayes | 265 | ||
| Turnout | 2,866 | 24.8 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Lambert | 714 | ||
| Conservative | David Hurley | 666 | ||
| Labour | Kenneth Green | 466 | ||
| Labour | John Thompson | 419 | ||
| Turnout | 2,265 | 34.8 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robin Theobald | 1,039 | ||
| Conservative | Frank Marven | 1,020 | ||
| Labour | Maureen Newell | 218 | ||
| Labour | Rupinder Thandi | 176 | ||
| Turnout | 2,453 | 40.4 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Peter Rayner | 615 | ||
| Labour | Margaret Mersh | 595 | ||
| Labour | Andrea Webb | 559 | ||
| Conservative | Margaret Lambert | 495 | ||
| Conservative | Frederick Mapham | 464 | ||
| Conservative | Cyril Wheeler | 436 | ||
| Turnout | 3,164 | 22.8 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Eileen Leadley | 675 | ||
| Labour | Colin Caller | 670 | ||
| Labour | Brian Newell | 637 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Brereton | 417 | ||
| Conservative | Juliet Baker | 408 | ||
| Conservative | Graeme Biggs | 395 | ||
| Turnout | 3,202 | 25.1 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George Lambton | 651 | ||
| Conservative | Derek Robinson | 641 | ||
| Labour | John Caller | 495 | ||
| Labour | Stephen Webb | 452 | ||
| Turnout | 2,239 | 36.8 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ronald Stanford | 878 | ||
| Conservative | William Dyke | 874 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Wenban | 867 | ||
| Labour | Carole Bowman | 359 | ||
| Labour | Peter Leadley | 353 | ||
| Labour | Surinder Singh | 327 | ||
| Turnout | 3,658 | 29.0 | ||
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