The 2003 Mid Sussex District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Mid Sussex District Council in England. [1] It was held on the same day as other local elections. The Conservatives won a majority of one on the council.
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All 54 seats to Mid Sussex District Council 28 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat |
After the election, the composition of the council was:
28 | 24 | 2 |
Con | LDem | Lab |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 28 | 1 | 51.9 | 53.4 | 30,973 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 24 | 3 | 44.4 | 40.1 | 23,289 | ||||
Labour | 2 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 3,036 | |||||
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 381 | |||||
Independent | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 300 | ||||
Monster Raving Loony | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 36 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gary Marsh | 868 | 72.6 | ||
Conservative | Andrew MacNaughton | 706 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Donald Morrison | 328 | 27.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ben Ross | 222 | |||
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Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Stephen Barnett | 485 | 67.5 | ||
Conservative | John Saull | 234 | 32.5 | ||
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Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Susan Seward | 603 | 74.4 | -3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anna Hodgetts | 112 | 13.8 | +4.0 | |
Labour | Dawn Houghton | 59 | 7.3 | -4.6 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Baron von Thunderclap | 36 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
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Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Suzanne Cosgrave | 453 | 53.7 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Barrett-Miles | 449 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Drew | 391 | 46.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Betty Davies | 382 | |||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Heather Ross | 909 | 56.1 | +11.9 | |
Conservative | Michael Sullivan | 712 | 43.9 | -1.3 | |
Conservative | Barbara Selby | 645 | |||
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Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Gillian Balsdon | 711 | 71.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anne Jones | 711 | |||
Conservative | Peter Burgess | 288 | 28.8 | ||
Conservative | Alfred May | 235 | |||
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Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Kathleen Dumbovic | 690 | 66.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Patrick Cutler | 626 | |||
Conservative | John Boulter | 348 | 33.5 | ||
Conservative | Julian Wadey | 324 | |||
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Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Shevels | 563 | 63.1 | -0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Diane Shevels | 522 | |||
Conservative | Jacqueline Landriani | 329 | 36.9 | +13.1 | |
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Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Graham Knight | 471 | 61.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lyn Williams | 451 | |||
Conservative | Edward Holland | 299 | 38.8 | ||
Conservative | Geraldine May | 289 | |||
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Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Martin Forde | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Edward Livesey | Unopposed | |||
Turnout | N/A | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Phillip Coote | 804 | 56.8 | ||
Conservative | Ian Scotland | 795 | |||
Conservative | Julian Calvert | 794 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Fynn | 612 | 43.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Felicity Bunting | 603 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Janette Wilson | 530 | |||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David King | 717 | 55.2 | -11.0 | |
Conservative | Brenda Binge | 687 | |||
Independent | Peter Davis | 300 | 23.1 | +23.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Marianne Griffin | 281 | 21.6 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mira McMichael | 255 | |||
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Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Roland Lord | 541 | 55.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Johnson | 536 | |||
Conservative | Margaret Ball | 435 | 44.6 | ||
Conservative | Matthew Madgwick | 427 | |||
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Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Deborah Adams | 506 | 58.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Bernard Gillbard | 502 | |||
Conservative | Sally Beal | 366 | 42.0 | ||
Conservative | hillip Coote | 314 | |||
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Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Heasman | 631 | 50.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ian Dixon | 626 | |||
Conservative | Edward Belsey | 626 | 49.8 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Lea | 563 | |||
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Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Second seat decided on drawing of lots due to second and third place getting the same number of votes. Ian Dixon, the Liberal Democrat won therefore Edward Belsey was not elected.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jean Glynn | 624 | 57.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Barry Starmer | 565 | |||
Conservative | Allan Beal | 464 | 42.6 | ||
Conservative | Brian Sparkes | 429 | |||
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Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | James Joyce-Nelson | 258 | 60.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Edward Matthews | 254 | |||
Conservative | Margaret Belsey | 167 | 39.3 | ||
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Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Martin | 1,263 | 54.9 | ||
Conservative | Gordon Marples | 1,224 | |||
Conservative | Patrick Shanahan | 1,164 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Cook | 811 | 35.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Kemp | 768 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Mulligan | 729 | |||
Labour | Jennifer Epstein | 227 | 9.9 | ||
Labour | Arleene Piercy | 212 | |||
Labour | Stephen Lewis | 187 | |||
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Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Brian Hall | 748 | 63.2 | +7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Bates | 742 | |||
Conservative | Gerald Madden | 435 | 36.8 | +13.2 | |
Conservative | Rodney Ransom | 413 | |||
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Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paddy Henry | 633 | 55.3 | -7.1 | |
Labour | Richard Goddard | 609 | |||
Conservative | Clare Steele | 325 | 28.4 | +6.6 | |
Conservative | James Horsman | 322 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Riddington | 186 | 16.3 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Brown | 172 | |||
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Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Clive Chapman | 548 | 54.2 | +14.8 | |
Conservative | Ian Ellis | 521 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Lucraft | 330 | 32.6 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Mercer | 324 | |||
Labour | Denis Nyman | 134 | 13.2 | -18.4 | |
Labour | Pascal Atkins | 133 | |||
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Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Irene Wilkins | 789 | 56.5 | +8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julia Brown | 774 | |||
Conservative | Margaret Baker | 608 | 43.5 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Timothy Hartley | 604 | |||
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Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Terence Gillard | 695 | 53.8 | ||
Conservative | Derek Booker | 642 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Irene Balls | 597 | 46.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Rodgers | 493 | |||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Christine Field | 775 | 44.6 | ||
Conservative | Christopher Hersey | 591 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Webster | 581 | 33.4 | ||
Green | Paul Brown | 381 | 21.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Leslie Camplisson | 347 | |||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Susanna Kemp | 1,136 | 46.6 | ||
Conservative | David Hampson | 1,084 | |||
Conservative | James Worsley | 1,030 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Rodney Jackson | 827 | 33.9 | ||
Labour | Ann Morgan | 474 | 19.5 | ||
Labour | Malcolm Uhlhorn | 368 | |||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Margaret Hersey | 1,101 | 54.7 | ||
Conservative | George Snowling | 1,093 | |||
Conservative | Mark Sharman | 1,029 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Anne-Marie Lucraft | 910 | 45.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Cyril Povey | 824 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Gillian House | 807 | |||
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Conservative win (new seat) |
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