2003 Gravesham Borough Council election

2003 Gravesham Borough Council election

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All 44 seats in the Gravesham Borough Council 23 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour Conservative Last election 29 seats, 51.0% 15 seats, 42.3% Seats won 23 21 Seat change 6 6 Popular vote 8,754 11,241 Percentage 43.0% 55.3% Swing 8.0% 13.0%
Map of the results of the 2003 Gravesham council election. Labour in red and Conservatives in blue.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

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]

Election result

Overall turnout at the election was 31%. ^[3]

Gravesham Local Election Result 2003 ^{[4] [2]}

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

Ward results

Central (3) ^[4]

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

Chalk ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lynne Ennis-Goatham	427	66.0
	Labour	Paul McNulty	220	34.0
Majority			207	32.0
Turnout			647	37.7

Coldharbour (2) ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Valerie Ashenden	463
	Labour	Ernest Brook	442
	Conservative	Joan Beer	225
	Conservative	Marjorie Knight	216
Turnout			1,346	22.3

Higham (2) ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Patricia Oakeshott	858
	Conservative	Colin Jupp	791
	Labour	Eileen Rice	275
	Labour	Douglas Christie	254
Turnout			2,178	36.5

Istead Rise (2) ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kenneth Jones	901
	Conservative	David Turner	882
	Labour	Richard Cook	192
	Labour	Derek Sales	175
Turnout			2,150	39.1

Meopham North (2) ^[4]

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

Meopham South & Vigo (2) ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Raymonde Collins	706
	Conservative	Patrick McSweeney	697
	Labour	Dorothy Riley	209
	Labour	Mary Williams	196
Turnout			1,808	29.7

Northfleet North (3) ^[4]

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

Northfleet South (3) ^[4]

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

Painters Ash (3) ^[4]

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

Pelham (3) ^[4]

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

Riverside (3) ^[4]

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

Riverview (2) ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Lambert	714
	Conservative	David Hurley	666
	Labour	Kenneth Green	466
	Labour	John Thompson	419
Turnout			2,265	34.8

Shorne, Cobham & Luddesdown (2) ^[4]

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

Singlewell (3) ^[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

Westcourt (3) ^[4]

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

Whitehill (2) ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Lambton	651
	Conservative	Derek Robinson	641
	Labour	John Caller	495
	Labour	Stephen Webb	452
Turnout			2,239	36.8

Woodlands (3) ^[4]

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

References

1. "Local elections". BBC News. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
2. "Local council election results". The Daily Telegraph. 3 May 2003. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
3. Goodson, Barry; White, Alison (4 May 2007). "Tories rule in Gravesham". News Shopper. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
4. "Borough Council election" (PDF). Political Science Resources. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2011.