2003 Hart District Council election

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2003 Hart District Council election
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  2002 1 May 2003 2004  

12 of 35 seats to Hart District Council
18 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats before2210
Seats after2210
Popular vote6,3155,358
Percentage51.8%44.0%

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Results by Ward

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

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

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

12 seats were to be contested in the 2003 election, but Eversley ward saw Conservative councillor Hugo Eastwood re-elected without opposition. [3] The other 11 seats had the Conservatives defending 6 seats compared to 5 for the Liberal Democrats, with 10 of them having sitting councillors standing for re-election. [3] The only candidates from other parties standing were 4 from the Labour Party and 3 from the Green Party. [3]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives retain control of the council after no seats changed parties. [4] There were 2 close results with the Conservatives holding Fleet North by 19 votes over the Liberal Democrats, while the Liberal Democrats held Blackwater and Hawley by 16 votes over the Conservatives. [4] This meant the Conservatives retained 22 seats, compared to 10 for the Liberal Democrats and 3 Independents. [4] Overall turnout in the election was 28.52%. [5]

Following the election, councillor Jan Pearson, quit the Conservative group to sit as an Independent saying she was unhappy about how the group made decisions. [6] Meanwhile, Conservative Lorraine Fullbrook became the new leader of the council after only having been first elected to the council in the 2002 election. [7]

Hart local election result 2003 [5] [8]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 700058.351.86,315+6.2
  Liberal Democrats 500041.744.05,358+2.4
  Labour 00000.03.0364-0.6
  Green 00000.01.2144+0.8

Ward results

Blackwater and Hawley

Blackwater and Hawley [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Neighbour55750.7
Conservative Vivienne Gascoigne54149.3
Majority 161.4
Turnout 1,09831.9+6.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Church Crookham West

Church Crookham West [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lorraine Fullbrook 59355.5
Liberal Democrats Nicola Dommett42439.7
Green Nigel Moakes524.9
Majority 16915.8
Turnout 1,06928.3−3.2
Conservative hold Swing

Eversley

Eversley [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugo Eastwoodunopposed
Conservative hold Swing

Fleet Courtmoor

Fleet Courtmoor [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Wallace Vincent67359.5
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Smith45840.5
Majority 21519.0
Turnout 1,13129.9−6.2
Conservative hold Swing

Fleet North

Fleet North [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Barrell35551.4
Liberal Democrats Richard Robinson33648.6
Majority 192.8
Turnout 69123.6−2.6
Conservative hold Swing

Frogmore and Darby Green

Frogmore and Darby Green [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Viv Street60162.1
Conservative Colin Mortimer25626.4
Labour John Davies11111.5
Majority 34535.7
Turnout 96823.3−5.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hartley Wintney

Hartley Wintney [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Fullbrook88875.7
Liberal Democrats Helen Whitcroft28524.3
Majority 60351.4
Turnout 1,17330.3−3.5
Conservative hold Swing

Hook

Hook [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Henderson95564.7
Liberal Democrats David Evans45330.7
Green Lars Mosesson684.6
Majority 50234.0
Turnout 1,47626.4−4.9
Conservative hold Swing

Odiham

Odiham [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Jones98476.7
Liberal Democrats Anthony Over29923.3
Majority 68553.4
Turnout 1,28337.8
Conservative hold Swing

Yateley East

Yateley East [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Cockarill65256.5
Conservative Thomas Schwartz40435.0
Labour Sophie Shepherd978.4
Majority 24821.5
Turnout 1,15328.7+2.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Yateley North

Yateley North [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Simpson77561.1
Conservative James Lawrence43033.9
Labour Keith Spendlove635.0
Majority 34527.2
Turnout 1,26833.1+9.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Yateley West

Yateley West [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Myra Billings51859.5
Conservative Edward Bromhead23627.1
Labour Mary Jenkins9310.7
Green Margaret Adhemar242.8
Majority 28232.4
Turnout 87122.2−1.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. "Local elections". BBC News Online . Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  2. "English local elections: Results". The Guardian . 2 May 2003. p. 12.
  3. 1 2 3 "Hart's election line-up". gethampshire. 10 April 2003. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Election round-up". gethampshire. 8 May 2003. Archived from the original on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Election Results for 1 May 2003". Hart District Council. Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  6. "'Excluded' Tory quits". Reading Post . 8 May 2003. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  7. "Rapid rise for council leader". gethampshire. 15 May 2003. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  8. "Election Results". The Times . 2 May 2003. p. 17.
Preceded by
2002 Hart Council election
Hart local elections Succeeded by
2004 Hart Council election