2003 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election

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The 2003 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Great Yarmouth Borough Council in Norfolk, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Overall turnout at the election was 30.32%. [3]

Great Yarmouth Local Election Result 2003 [3] [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 10+258.848.47,784-2.8%
  Conservative 7-241.244.67,162+1.3%
  Liberal Democrats 000004.7751+1.2%
  Green 000002.4378+0.4%

Ward results

Caister North [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Cunniffe64445.5+2.0
Labour Sandy Griffiths59241.8-1.5
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Dyer14710.4-1.1
Green Roy Walmsley322.3+0.6
Majority523.7+3.5
Turnout 1,415
Caister South [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patrick Hacon55751.1+4.0
Conservative Thomas Andrews47343.4-5.5
Green Robert Chandler615.6+1.6
Majority847.7
Turnout 1,091
Claydon (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Blyth608
Labour Bernard Williamson479
Conservative Peter Meah360
Turnout 1,447
Fleggburgh [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Thompson72380.9
Labour Roger Timms17119.1
Majority55261.8
Turnout 894
Gorleston [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Hodds73756.4-1.3
Labour Sharon Thrasher37628.8-1.0
Liberal Democrats Ivan Lees19414.8+2.4
Majority36127.6-0.3
Turnout 1,307
Lichfield and Cobholm [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Penelope Linden44773.0-5.6
Conservative Jason Delf16527.0+5.6
Majority28246.1-11.1
Turnout 612
Lothingland [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Tate57250.9-6.6
Labour Richard Barker55149.1+6.6
Majority211.9-13.1
Turnout 1,123
Magdalen East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Raymond Peek42948.8-13.3
Conservative David Denning40746.3+8.4
Green Diane Nottage434.9+4.9
Majority222.5-21.8
Turnout 879
Magdalen West [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colleen Walker66171.8-8.9
Conservative John Hayes17118.6-0.7
Green Martyn McCarthy889.6+9.6
Majority49053.3-8.0
Turnout 920
Nelson [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Jeal42465.1-8.7
Conservative Joy Cosaitis16325.0+4.0
Liberal Democrats Michael Tall649.8+9.8
Majority26140.1-12.7
Turnout 651
Northgate [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Taylor66257.3-0.3
Conservative Alan Baugh36831.8-1.2
Liberal Democrats Anthony Harris12610.9+4.1
Majority29425.4+0.8
Turnout 1,156
Ormesby [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Shrimplin72063.5-6.1
Labour Nicholas Dack27324.1+7.3
Liberal Democrats Pamela Mayhew14112.4+1.5
Majority44739.4-13.4
Turnout 1,134
Regent [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gerald Jarvis44649.4+0.2
Labour Valerie Pettit37441.5-3.7
Green Paula Thompson829.1+3.6
Majority728.0+4.0
Turnout 902
Rollesby [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Coleman31061.3
Labour Peter Alexander11723.1
Liberal Democrats Rodney Cole7915.6
Majority19338.2
Turnout 506
St Andrews [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maria Culmer48452.5-4.9
Conservative Patrick Cook43847.5+4.9
Majority465.0-9.8
Turnout 922
Yarmouth North [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ralph Woodcock57951.9-1.2
Conservative John Getliff46541.7-1.7
Green Sheila Chandler726.5+3.0
Majority11410.2+0.5
Turnout 1,116

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References

  1. ↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online . Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Local council election results". The Daily Telegraph . 3 May 2003. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Great Yarmouth Borough Council: Councillors – Elections 1 May 2003 - Results". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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