2003 Huntingdonshire District Council election

Map of the results of the 2003 Huntingdonshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in white. Wards in grey were not contested in 2003.

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

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 36
• Liberal Democrats 14
• Independent 3 ^[2]

Election result

Huntingdonshire local election result 2003 ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	12	1	1	0	66.7	50.7	11,156	+4.6%
	Liberal Democrats	5	1	1	0	27.8	37.2	8,179	-0.3%
	Independent	1	0	0	0	5.6	1.5	333	-3.1%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	10.6	2,325	-1.1%

Ward results

Earith ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Eddy	543	53.1	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Owen McLaughlin	380	37.2	−3.2
	Labour	Carol Harper	99	9.7	+4.2
Majority			163	15.9	+2.2
Turnout			1,022	30.7	−1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ellington ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Baker	626	64.3	+12.2
	Conservative	Joan Meiklejohn	310	31.8	−12.8
	Labour	David Brown	38	3.9	+0.6
Majority			316	32.4	+24.9
Turnout			974	53.0	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Fenstanton ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Rainer	424	57.5	+1.2
	Conservative	David Mead	275	37.3	−0.1
	Labour	Angela Richards	39	5.3	−1.0
Majority			149	20.2	+1.2
Turnout			738	33.2	−7.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Gransden ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barbara Boddington	454	54.8	−18.9
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Jose	343	41.4	+22.9
	Labour	Karen Webb	31	3.7	−4.1
Majority			111	13.4	−41.7
Turnout			828	38.6	+2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Huntingdon North ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lawrence Simpson	910	53.6	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Priestman	446	26.3	+8.3
	Labour	Ruth Pugh	342	20.1	−7.4
Majority			464	27.3	+0.3
Turnout			1,698	24.3	−0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Huntingdon West ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Sanderson	1,126	51.1	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Justin Meadows	708	32.1	+10.6
	Labour	Ann Beevor	369	16.7	−13.2
Majority			418	19.0	+0.2
Turnout			2,203	30.2	+8.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Needingworth ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Brant	358	63.5	+17.4
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Robelou	134	23.8	+23.8
	Labour	Sharon Nania	72	12.8	+3.7
Majority			224	39.7	+38.4
Turnout			564	29.0	−13.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ramsey ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phillip Swales	954	58.5	+8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Dutton	678	41.5	−8.8
Majority			276	17.0
Turnout			1,632	27.0	−1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Somersham ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Hulme	615	54.2	+4.8
	Conservative	Stephen Criswell	473	41.7	−2.2
	Labour	Susan Coomey	46	4.1	−2.5
Majority			142	12.5	+7.0
Turnout			1,134	40.1	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. Ives South ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas Dew	928	50.6	−8.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Hodge	779	42.5	+9.6
	Labour	Richard Allen	127	6.9	−1.1
Majority			149	8.1	−18.0
Turnout			1,834	34.1	−5.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Neots Eaton Ford ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Harty	673	49.6	−17.4
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Cooper	601	44.3	+20.0
	Labour	Graham Hitchings	83	6.1	−2.6
Majority			72	5.3	−37.5
Turnout			1,357	34.0	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Neots Eaton Socon ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Giles	903	63.8	+8.3
	Conservative	Robert Law	417	29.5	−8.5
	Labour	David Nicholls	95	6.7	+0.2
Majority			486	34.3	+16.8
Turnout			1,415	25.7	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. Neots Eynesbury ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Ursell	628	44.0	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Taylor	591	41.4	+1.1
	Labour	Patricia Nicholls	209	14.6	−0.5
Majority			37	2.6	−1.7
Turnout			1,428	23.0	−3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Neots Priory Park ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paula Longford	916	65.7	+14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Collins	352	25.3	−16.6
	Labour	William O'Connor	126	9.0	+2.6
Majority			564	40.5	+30.7
Turnout			1,394	33.7	−3.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Staughton ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Archibald "Hugh" Duberly	333	46.1	−17.8
	Conservative	William Sinclair	249	34.4	+15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Howlett	88	12.2	+2.0
	Labour	Carole Hitchings	53	7.3	+0.4
Majority			84	11.6	−33.2
Turnout			723	34.5	−18.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Stilton ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Mitchell	788	73.6	+7.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Davidson	168	15.7	+15.7
	Labour	Graeme Watkins	114	10.7	−23.6
Majority			620	57.9	+26.6
Turnout			1,070	32.6	−4.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Upwood and The Raveleys ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Souter	343	50.0	+18.0
	Conservative	John Bell	316	46.1	−9.6
	Labour	Margaret Cochrane	27	3.9	−8.4
Majority			27	3.9	N/A
Turnout			686	46.9	+10.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Yaxley ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Watt	838	64.8	+8.5
	Labour	Kevin Goddard	455	35.2	−8.5
Majority			383	29.6	+17.1
Turnout			1,293	22.2	−4.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Local elections". BBC News Online . Retrieved 2 July 2014.
2. "Huntingdonshire". The Guardian . 2 May 2003.
3. "English councils - Non-metropolitan districts". The Times . 3 May 2003. p. 47.
4. "District Council Election" (PDF). Huntingdonshire District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
5. "Hunts District Council results 2003". BBC Online . Retrieved 3 July 2014.