2003 Milton Keynes Council election

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The 2003 Milton Keynes Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Milton Keynes Unitary Council in Buckinghamshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Milton Keynes Local Election Result 2003 [3] [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 900052.930.510,985-6.4%
  Conservative 400023.533.111,900+4.8%
  Labour 400023.529.610,630-2.2%
  UKIP 000002.91,049+2.3%
  Green 000002.1770+0.7%
  Independent 000001.8633+0.8%

Ward results

Bletchley and Fenny Stratford [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Antony Mabbott1,81350.6
Conservative Roger Jacobs1,04829.2
Independent Daniel Galvin35710.0
Liberal Democrats Vanessa McPake2948.2
UKIP Alison Phillips712.0
Majority76521.4
Turnout 3,58340.1-0.2
Labour hold Swing
Bradwell [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Exon1,05842.1
Labour Claudine Elliott82532.8
Conservative William Clark41816.6
Green Manfred Ambrosius1094.3
UKIP Robert Willsher1054.2
Majority2339.3
Turnout 2,51527.5-7.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Campbell Park [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Roger Tallack1,09448.2
Labour Martin Petchey64328.3
Conservative Gordon Scott-Morris40918.0
UKIP Michael Maylam1245.5
Majority45119.9
Turnout 2,27022.6-1.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Danesborough [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Hopkins96774.0-1.1
Labour Brenda Jarvis1179.0-0.2
Liberal Democrats Edis Bevan967.3-0.9
Green George Richardson937.1+2.3
UKIP Christopher Tett342.6-0.1
Majority85065.0-0.9
Turnout 1,30740.5-2.3
Conservative hold Swing
Emerson Valley [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Drewett1,08955.8
Conservative Geoffrey Ealden44823.0
Labour Elaine Wales41421.2
Majority64132.8
Turnout 1,95123.0-4.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Furzton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Williams84650.4
Conservative Alexander Swanson45727.2
Labour Colin Lund37522.3
Majority38923.2
Turnout 1,67827.7-9.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Hanslope Park [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Geary1,20378.1+28.5
Liberal Democrats Anthony Pilcher1519.8+2.6
Labour Donna Coventry1318.5-0.6
UKIP Michael Phillips553.6+3.6
Majority1,05268.3+52.9
Turnout 1,54047.9-6.3
Conservative hold Swing
Linford North [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Pugh88343.3
Conservative Stephen Conlan51325.2
Labour Ernest Billups45022.1
Green Peter Edwards1135.5
UKIP Helen Davies783.8
Majority37018.1
Turnout 2,03731.1-3.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Linford South [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Eaton71145.2
Conservative Catriona Morris34822.1
Labour Ilhan Unsal33021.0
Green Clive Bailey1247.9
UKIP Christopher Shaw613.9
Majority36323.1
Turnout 1,57425.3-4.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Loughton Park [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ruth Jury1,04543.7
Labour Victoria Walley64527.0
Liberal Democrats John Napper34614.5
Independent Neil Cawley27611.5
UKIP Ruth Davies793.3
Majority40016.7
Turnout 2,39127.5-5.9
Conservative hold Swing
Middleton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Derek Eastman67144.1
Conservative David Bint54135.6
Labour Alan Roberts18111.9
Green Katrina Topping865.7
UKIP Henry Hulse412.7
Majority1308.5
Turnout 1,52028.6-3.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Sherington [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Seymour89350.3-7.8
Conservative Peter Geary75042.2+6.4
Labour William Bethune995.6-0.5
UKIP Judith Green352.0+2.0
Majority1438.0-14.3
Turnout 1,77754.9+2.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Stantonbury [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Pendry1,10341.1
Conservative David Tunney73527.4
Liberal Democrats William Watts70326.2
Green Carol Barac1445.4
Majority36813.7
Turnout 2,68539.7+8.7
Labour hold Swing
Stony Stratford [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brinley Carstens1,36047.2
Labour David Lewis85529.7
Liberal Democrats John Whistlecraft40514.0
UKIP Clive Davies2639.1
Majority50517.5
Turnout 2,88331.4-6.7
Conservative hold Swing
Walton Park [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Clive Carruthers1,08846.1
Conservative Paul White72530.7
Labour John Colbert44318.8
UKIP Donald Whiteley1034.4
Majority36315.4
Turnout 2,35925.0+0.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Wolverton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janet Irons1,14047.1
Conservative Geoffrey Cavender57923.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Rackliff39916.5
Green Alan Francis30312.5
Majority56123.2
Turnout 2,42123.9-2.8
Labour hold Swing
Woughton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Coventry1,06663.5
Conservative Nicholas Flaherty35421.1
Liberal Democrats Eric Cooper25815.4
Majority71242.4
Turnout 1,67823.8-0.5
Labour hold Swing

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References

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  2. ↑ "How Britain voted: English and Scottish councils". The Independent . 3 May 2003. pp. 18–19.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Borough Council Election" (PDF). Milton Keynes Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
  4. ↑ "Election results". Financial Times . 3 May 2003. p. 8.
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