2003 Herefordshire Council election

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Results of the 2003 Herefordshire Council election

Elections to Herefordshire Council were held on 1 May 2003, along with other local elections in England and Scotland. Due to prior boundary reviews, all 38 wards were contested - with each ward electing either one two or three members to the council, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2007. The council remained in no overall control, with the Conservative Party replacing the Liberal Democrats as the largest party on the council, winning 20 out of a total of 56 seats on the council.

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Result

Herefordshire Council Election Result 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 20n/c35.7131.8936,515-10.11
  Liberal Democrats 16-528.5726.5030,344-4.90
  Independent 15+826.7928.8533,028+15.85
  Labour 4n/c7.146.267,172-0.96
 No description1+11.792.382,721New
  Green 0-10.004.004,574-0.30
  UKIP 0n/c0.000.12138New

The overall turnout was 60.80% with a total of 114,492 valid votes cast. A total of 2,808 ballots were rejected.

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

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Liberal DemocratsConservativeIndependentLabourG

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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ConservativeLiberal DemocratsIndependentLabourNL

G - Green Party
NL - No description

Ward Results

Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. Councillors seeking re-election were first elected in 2000, and these results are therefore compared to that year's polls. All results are listed below: [1]

Aylestone

Aylestone (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Denis Brian Wilcox90019.69
Liberal Democrats Alan Lloyd Williams87319.10
Liberal Democrats Susan Andrews*81417.80
Conservative Peter Stanton Berry61413.43
Independent Diane Margaret Walker49210.76
Independent James Francis Knipe4489.80
Green Anna Milne2485.42
Green Alison Dorothy Harrington1834.00
Majority 591.30
Turnout 4,57254.05
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Backbury

Backbury (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Josephine Elisabeth Pemberton*68048.89
Liberal Democrats Patricia Gilbert52137.45
Independent Graham Ronald Baker19013.66
Majority 15911.44
Turnout 1,39160.52
Conservative hold Swing

Belmont

Belmont (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Philip James Edwards1,39618.26
Liberal Democrats John Walter Newman*1,14014.91
Independent Glenda Ann Powell99212.97
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Ann Carwardine88711.60
Liberal Democrats Kevin John Charles Wargen80810.56
Independent Arthur Graham Morgan7579.90
Conservative Susan Diane Trout4676.12
Labour Barbara Ann Evans3614.72
Labour John Arthur Hitchin3414.46
Labour David Stewart Thomson2593.39
Conservative Allan Bright Lloyd2383.11
Majority 1051.37
Turnout 7,64647.74
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Independent win (new seat)

Bircher

Bircher (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent William Luis Sebastian Bowen1,03065.77
Conservative Pauline Robinson53634.23
Majority 49431.54
Turnout 1,56672.51
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Bringsty

Bringsty (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas William Hunt*59843.36
Independent Joan Anne Dauncey36426.40
Independent William Albert Gibbard29521.39
Labour David John Goodman1228.85
Majority 695.01
Turnout 1,37964.68
Conservative hold Swing

Bromyard

Bromyard (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Bernard Hunt76821.74
Liberal Democrats Peter John Dauncey76621.68
Conservative Richard Edward James*69419.64
Liberal Democrats Leslie Mervyn Henson Andrews*57816.36
Conservative Carole Surman44612.63
Independent John Bernard Haycock2075.86
Independent Tracy Michael Paton742.09
Majority 722.04
Turnout 3,53355.46
Independent hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Andrews previously served as a cllr for Three Elms. Both Haycock and Paton previously stood as BNP candidates.

Burghill, Holmer & Lyde

Burghill, Holmer & Lyde (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Sally Jane Robertson91558.54
Conservative James Richard Makin*49031.35
Liberal Democrats Mary Ida Short15810.11
Majority 42527.19
Turnout 1,56336.02
Independent win (new seat)

Makin previously served as cllr for Dinmore Hill

Castle

Castle (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John William Hope98459.42
Independent Martin Powell67240.58
Majority 87240.58
Turnout 1,65669.80
Conservative win (new seat)

Central

Central (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David John Fleet*37337.37
Conservative Patricia Edith Paul20820.84
Independent Mark Edward Sayce15115.13
Labour Harold E Bayley13313.33
Green David Gillett13313.33
Majority 16516.53
Turnout 99853.74
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Credenhill

Credenhill (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Robert Ivor Matthews*81955.40
Liberal Democrats Crispin Lawrence Mark Abel45931.06
Conservative Robin Baldry20013.54
Majority 25917.52
Turnout 1,47861.78
Independent hold Swing

Frome

Frome (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Michael Manning79246.67
Green Guy Harry Morgan Woodford*76745.20
UKIP Christopher Rupert Kingsley1388.13
Majority 251.47
Turnout 1,69770.46
Conservative gain from Green Swing

Golden Cross with Weobley

Golden Cross with Weobley (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hutcheson Ruell Goodwin*80950.69
Liberal Democrats Lucy Ann Hurds63239.60
Independent Stephen David Grist1559.71
Majority 17711.09
Turnout 1,59668.78
Conservative win (new seat)

Cllr Goodwin previously served as councillor for Weobley.

Golden Valley North

Golden Valley North (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel John James Davies52636.33
Independent Brendan Charles Treanor46732.25
Liberal Democrats June Margaret Pickering45531.42
Majority 594.08
Turnout 1,44865.98
Conservative win (new seat)

Cllr Davies previously served as councillor for Merbach.

Golden Valley South

Golden Valley South (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Berisford Williams62841.78
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Mary Houston50433.53
Conservative Raymond Maxwell Chillington37124.69
Majority 1248.25
Turnout 1,50367.80
Independent win (new seat)

Hagley

Hagley (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Robert Michael Wilson60741.75
Conservative David William Greenow50334.59
Liberal Democrats Alexander Paul George Wenyon34423.66
Majority 1047.16
Turnout 1,45458.31
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Hampton Court

Hampton Court (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Gordon Grumbley66046.48
Liberal Democrats Michael John Kimbery*48534.15
Independent Edward George Bevan27519.37
Majority 17512.33
Turnout 1,42067.98
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Hollington

Hollington (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats William John Stuart Thomas*35135.28
Independent Gerald Dawe25926.03
Independent Audrey Jennifer Layton24724.82
Conservative Phillip Bernard Howells13813.87
Majority 929.25
Turnout 99567.77
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hope End

Hope End (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy Vincent Stockton*1,55430.71
Conservative Rees Mills*1,46929.03
Liberal Democrats Terence Leonard Kimberley White78515.52
Green Katrina Emma Turnbull68113.46
Green Mark Robert Davies57111.28
Majority 68413.51
Turnout 5,06064.47
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Kerne Bridge

Kerne Bridge (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ruth Frances Lincoln86366.59
Conservative James Hinton Alexander43333.41
Majority 43033.18
Turnout 1,29655.60
Independent win (new seat)

Kington Town

Kington Town (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Terence Morgan James57638.10
Independent Allan William Lloyd55036.37
Conservative Elizabeth Christine Shayler38625.53
Majority 261.73
Turnout 1,51267.19
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Cllr James previously served as councillor for Kington.

Ledbury

Ledbury (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Donald William Rule*1,79119.16
Conservative Peter Edward Harling*1.76218.85
Liberal Democrats Barry Frank Ashton*1,49616.00
Independent Michael Holcroft1,27213.61
Conservative Mary Edna Cooper1,18612.69
Jacqueline Kay Swinburne98210.50
Conservative Jonathan Richard Mills8599.19
Majority 2242.39
Turnout 9,34857.54
Independent win (new seat)
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

This ward previously only elected two members to the council. Both Cllrs Harling and Ashton served in the Ledbury ward, whilst Cllr Rule served as a councillor for Marcle Ridge.

Leominster North

Leominster North (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative June Patricia French99626.65
Conservative Peter Jones99526.63
Labour Peter John Goody52714.10
Labour Pamela Anne Smith44311.86
Independent Patricia Catherine Hales40110.73
Independent David Athelstan Romilly Martin37510.03
Majority 46812.53
Turnout 3,73749.29
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Leominster South

Leominster South (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dick Burke*1,08225.69
Labour John Parry Thomas*88020.89
Conservative Catherine Mary Fothergill67315.98
Labour Ann Elizabeth Leedham-Smith3648.64
Green Julie Anne Howard Haslam3137.43
Independent Susan Elizabeth Wright3057.24
Liberal Democrats Ashley James Bowkett3047.22
Green Joan Thwaites2916.91
Majority 2074.91
Turnout 53.734,212
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Both Cllrs Burke and Thomas previously served as councillors for Leominster East & South prior to the election.

Llangarron

Llangarron (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jennifer Ann Hyde75551.33
Independent Tony Dudfield44630.32
Liberal Democrats Lorraine Fletcher27018.35
Majority 30921.01
Turnout 1,47160.83
Conservative win (new seat)

Mortimer

Mortimer (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lillian Olwyn Barnett*94262.14
Green John Charlton Gaunt22214.64
Independent Steve Dawson20913.79
Labour John Ernest Howard Smith1439.43
Majority 72047.50
Turnout 1,51666.41
Conservative hold Swing

Old Gore

Old Gore (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John William Edwards*87160.15
Conservative Charles Nigel Kenyon57739.85
Majority 29420.30
Turnout 1,44864.18
Independent hold Swing

Penyard

Penyard (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harry Bramer89253.19
Independent Eunice May Saunders*78546.81
Majority 1076.38
Turnout 1,67769.39
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Pontrilas

Pontrilas (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Godfrey William Davis90454.16
Conservative Anthony Robert Phillips76545.84
Majority 1398.32
Turnout 1,66965.34
Independent win (new seat)

Ross-on-Wye East

Ross-on-Wye East (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Anne Elizabeth Gray92128.43
Liberal Democrats Cynthia Joyce Davis*90427.90
Conservative Nigel Thomas Gibbs71121.94
Liberal Democrats Derek Bedford70421.73
Majority 1935.96
Turnout 3,24056.04
Independent hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ross-on-Wye West

Ross-on-Wye West (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Robert Cunningham*74619.03
Conservative Gordon Lucas73618.77
Liberal Democrats Anthony John Allen*70918.09
Conservative Phillip Grenfell Haydn Cutter65316.66
Independent Marilyn Ann Teague65316.66
Independent John William Davies42310.79
Majority 270.68
Turnout 3,92051.71
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

St. Martins & Hinton

St. Martins & Hinton (3 Seats))
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Christopher Richard Chappell*1,26514.26
Labour Robert Preece*1,22213.77
Labour Winefride Ursula Attfield*1,15212.98
Liberal Democrats Aubrey Thomas Oliver1,03511.67
Liberal Democrats Peter John Cecchetto90910.24
Liberal Democrats Catherine Linda Diane Griffiths8119.14
Independent Mark Rone6937.81
Conservative Martha Ann Ball6046.81
Independent Janice Cindy Reid4865.48
Conservative Carol Ellen Courtenay Cranch3974.47
Independent Anthony Ronald Capon2993.37
Majority 1171.31
Turnout 8,87348.42
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Cllrs Chappell and Attfield previously served as councillors for Hinton ward, and Cllr Preece served as a councillor for St. Martins prior to the election.

St. Nicholas

St. Nicholas (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Evaline Mary Bew*1,10524.88
Liberal Democrats David Cyril Short*1,01322.81
Independent Julie Diane Woodward84018.92
Conservative John Hodges53412.02
Conservative David Brian Ellis49111.06
Independent Patrick Henry James45810.31
Majority 1733.89
Turnout 4,44152.59
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Stoney Street

Stoney Street (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
No descriptionDavid Charles Taylor63647.46
Conservative Marsha Elizabeth Barnsley32023.88
Independent Michael John Rogers27620.60
Liberal Democrats Michael Roy Dando1088.06
Majority 31623.58
Turnout 1,34063.32
Independent win (new seat)

Sutton Walls

Sutton Walls (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Gerrans Stuart Guthrie*61242.80
Liberal Democrats Roland Charles Summers56639.58
John Paul Amor25217.62
Majority 463.22
Turnout 1,43062.97
Conservative win (new seat)

Cllr Guthrie previously served as the councillor for Brumarsh prior to the election.

Three Elms

Three Elms (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paulina Averil Andrews1,49115.18
Liberal Democrats Anna Maria Toon1,29713.20
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Petula Ann Daniels1,15611.77
Independent Peter Derwent Evans1,07410.94
Independent David John Benjamin9199.36
Conservative Jason Hankins8678.83
Conservative Arthur George Staton8028.17
Conservative Marion Kathleen Luscombe7737.87
Independent Tracy Wood7247.37
Independent Malcolm Thomas Hankins7187.31
Majority 820.83
Turnout 9,82149.47
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Tupsley

Tupsley (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Marcelle Denise Lloyd1,54415.51
Independent George Vincent Hyde1,30513.11
Liberal Democrats William James Walling1,27512.80
Liberal Democrats Basil Cuthbert Baldwin1,15511.60
Conservative Henry Ball1,04110.45
Conservative Jane Ann Carter*1,03910.43
Guy Griffiths8518.55
Independent Stephen Patrick Davies5835.85
Green Robert Milne4804.82
Green Anthony Charles Shoring3873.89
Green Agnes Mary Glen-Bott2982.99
Majority 1201.20
Turnout 9,95857.50
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Valletts

Valletts (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Philip Guy Turpin1,04873.75
Conservative Robert Anthony Jones37326.25
Majority 67547.50
Turnout 1,42159.93
Independent win (new seat)

Wormsley Ridge

Wormsley Ridge (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Charles Mayson62850.24
Conservative Judith George38130.48
Liberal Democrats Lionel John Meredith24119.28
Majority 24719.76
Turnout 1,25064.41
Independent win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ "Herefordshire election results - Herefordshire Council". Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
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