2003 North Somerset Council election

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2003 North Somerset Council election
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All 61 seats to North Somerset Council
31 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Con
LD
Lab
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election32, N/A11 seats, N/A13 seats, N/A
Seats won242410
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 8Increase2.svg 13Decrease2.svg 3
Popular vote38,86239,30720,620
Percentage37.6%38.0%20.0%
SwingN/AN/AN/A
 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Ind
Grn
Party Independent Green
Last election4 seats, N/A1 seat, N/A
Seats won31
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1-
Popular vote3,781627
Percentage3.7%0.6%
SwingN/AN/A
2003 North Somerset Council Election Map.svg
Map of the results of the 2003 North Somerset council election. Conservatives in blue, independent in grey, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and Green Party in green.
Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

No Overall Control

The 2003 North Somerset Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of North Somerset Unitary Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. [1]

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Election result

North Somerset local election result 2003 [2] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 24-839.337.638,862
  Liberal Democrats 23+1137.738.039,307
  Labour 10-116.420.020,620
  Independent 3-14.93.73,781
  Green 101.60.6627
  UKIP 0000.1124
 Others0-1000

Ward results

Backwell (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Felicity Baker1,02361.5%
Conservative Peter Burden90354.3%
Liberal Democrats Helen Madge64839.0%
Liberal Democrats Alan Armstrong51731.1%
Labour David Punter23414.1%
Turnout 3,325
Banwell and Winscombe (3) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ann Harley1,31155.5%
Conservative Anthony Lake1,29754.9%
Conservative Hugh Parsons1,26153.4%
Liberal Democrats Michael Bibb846
Liberal Democrats Amanda Brading801
Liberal Democrats Christopher Luke649
Labour Stanley Banks336
Labour Simon Arlidge324
Labour Andrew Hughes263
Turnout 7,088
Blagdon and Churchill [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Wells64457.8
Liberal Democrats Anthony Hughes37233.4
Labour Ernest Barnhurst988.8
Majority 27224.4
Turnout 1,114
Clevedon Central [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Nobes37551.1
Conservative Carl Francis-Pester21929.8
Liberal Democrats Anne Carpenter14019.1
Majority 15621.3
Turnout 734
Clevedon East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Shopland44547.7
Conservative William Lavelle22724.3
Liberal Democrats Mary Mclean14415.4
Labour Jeremy Callaghan11712.5
Majority 21823.4
Turnout 933
Clevedon North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lionel Bates49558.4
Liberal Democrats Joan Watkins22927.0
Labour John Farley12314.5
Majority 26631.4
Turnout 847
Clevedon South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Cotton31639.4
Liberal Democrats Graham Watkins27133.7
Conservative Christopher Blades21626.9
Majority 455.6
Turnout 803
Clevedon Walton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Morris59252.4
Liberal Democrats Jack Dagnall53747.6
Majority 554.9
Turnout 1,129
Clevedon West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chanel Stevens40945.9
Conservative Ericka Blades25128.2
Liberal Democrats Patrick Mcneill23125.9
Majority 15817.7
Turnout 891
Clevedon Yeo [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Norton-Sealey35145.7
Labour Bryan Moore24031.3
Liberal Democrats Julian Carpenter17723.0
Majority 11114.5
Turnout 768
Congresbury [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Thomas Leimdorfer62758.7
Conservative Gillian Bute44241.3
Majority 18517.3
Turnout 1,069
Easton-in-Gordano [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Fisher63661.4
Liberal Democrats Wendy Griggs23722.9
Labour Derek Waters16315.7
Majority 39938.5
Turnout 1,036
Gordano [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Ashton63967.1
Liberal Democrats Charles Pritchard19820.8
Labour Barry Cooper11512.1
Majority 44146.3
Turnout 952
Hutton and Locking (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Peddlesden1,03954.7%
Conservative Elfan Rees94649.8%
Liberal Democrats Bryan Mcgrath687
Liberal Democrats Richard Bartlett637
Labour Timothy Taylor270
Labour David Roxburgh220
Turnout 3,799
Kewstoke [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Porter42452.7
Liberal Democrats David Evans25531.7
Labour Jacqueline Scholes12515.5
Majority 16921.0
Turnout 804
Nailsea East (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Cole1,11962.1%
Liberal Democrats Robert Coleman98654.7%
Conservative Angela Barber836
Conservative Anita Heappey663
Turnout 3,604
Nailsea North and West (3) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Steadman1,06239.0%
Conservative Jeremy Blatchford1,03137.9%
Liberal Democrats James Tonkin96035.3%
Conservative Mary Blatchford958
Conservative Suzanne Williams955
Liberal Democrats Alan Clarke954
Labour Julian Parry756
Labour Sarah Obrien745
Labour Catherine Elliott738
Turnout 8,159
Pill [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Glyndwr Duck58761.2
Conservative Adrian Phillips22223.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Maw15015.6
Majority 36538.1
Turnout 959
Portishead Central [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Clark20441.3
Conservative James Mcmurray17435.2
Labour Andrew Hamblin11623.5
Majority 306.1
Turnout 494
Portishead Coast [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Walters60859.5
Liberal Democrats Philip Palmer41440.5
Majority 19419.0
Turnout 1,022
Portishead East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Terry38639.4
Liberal Democrats Daisy Bickley30931.6
Labour Roger Whitfield28429.0
Majority 777.9
Turnout 979
Portishead Redcliffe Bay [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Daws60660.2
Liberal Democrats John Clark40139.8
Majority 20520.4
Turnout 1,007
Portishead South and North Weston [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Gething38941.4
Conservative Alan Mcmurray29931.8
Labour Patricia Gardener25226.8
Majority 909.6
Turnout 940
Portishead West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Nicholas Brown89881.9
Conservative Rosalind Cruse19818.1
Majority 70063.9
Turnout 1,096
Weston Super Mare Central (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Crockford-Hawley69352.4%
Liberal Democrats Ian Baker65549.5%
Conservative Mark Terry-Short375
Conservative David Hunt360
Labour Josephine Bateman222
Labour Frederick Roberts199
Independent Adam Nash92
UKIP Alan James51
Turnout 2,647
Weston Super Mare Clarence and Uphill (3) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Roe1,38559.6%
Conservative Anthony Bryant1,36858.9%
Conservative Clive Webb1,34557.9%
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Tucker647
Liberal Democrats Peter Solomon620
Liberal Democrats David Hobb-Titchard599
Labour Stephen Varney339
Labour Jamie Dormer-Durling337
Labour Karoline Bateman328
Turnout 6,968
Weston Super Mare East (3) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Derek Kraft1,03458.1%
Labour Richard Tucker99055.6%
Labour Muriel Kraft94453.0%
Liberal Democrats Grace Atkinson629
Liberal Democrats Bryan Osborne610
Conservative Raymond Hicks591
Liberal Democrats Brian Hampson543
Turnout 5,341
Weston Super Mare Milton and Old Worle (3) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Gosden1,16942.7%
Liberal Democrats Astra Brand1,11840.8%
Liberal Democrats Rosslyn Willis1,11240.6%
Conservative Peter Crew1,025
Conservative Patrick Taylor1,018
Conservative Frederick Hogg1,009
Labour Simon Stokes481
Labour Elizabeth Swan450
Labour William Swan424
Independent Jeffrey Bullingham407
Turnout 8,213
Weston Super Mare North Worle (3) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Hockridge1,35671.0%
Liberal Democrats Ronald Moon1,23664.7%
Liberal Democrats Richard Skinner1,14360.0%
Conservative Frederick Parsons627
Conservative Frederick Gamble610
Labour Paul Francis268
Labour Lynda Pearcey248
Labour Simon Morse243
Turnout 5,731
Weston Super Mare South (3) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Parker1,12271.6%
Labour Mari Owens1,05767.4%
Labour Robert Bateman1,05667.4%
Liberal Democrats Raymond Armstrong388
Liberal Democrats Celia Davies386
Liberal Democrats June How357
Conservative Michael Marriott338
Turnout 4,704
Weston Super Mare South Worle (3) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sally Tabrett98946.9%
Liberal Democrats Colin Golland95345.2%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Wright92143.7%
Labour Christopher Flint621
Labour Michael Lyall608
Labour Christopher Belton-Reed584
Conservative Ena King533
Conservative Sidney Carter526
Conservative Alan Lane479
Independent John Heenan109
Turnout 6,323
Weston Super Mare West (3) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Canniford1,33754.5%
Liberal Democrats Michael Bell1,33654.5%
Liberal Democrats Robert Payne1,17948.1%
Conservative Andrew Horler895
Conservative Robert Cleland864
Conservative Michael Fazackerley853
Independent Paul Spencer223
Labour Robert Craig210
Labour Christopher Hollebon197
Labour Vanessa Hollebon188
UKIP Mervyn Gibbs73
Turnout 7,355
Winford [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Audrey Telling45657.6
Labour Jessica Monks33542.4
Majority 12115.3
Turnout 791
Wraxall and Long Ashton (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Cook1,09756.6%
Conservative Howard Roberts1,00051.6%
Liberal Democrats Angela Neale807
Liberal Democrats Donald Barritt653
Labour Christopher Smart317
Turnout 3,874
Wrington [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Deborah Yamanaka70867.8
Conservative Teresa Kemp33632.2
Majority 37235.6
Turnout 1,044
Yatton (3) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Greta Lewis1,60771.1%
Liberal Democrats Isabel Cummings1,38861.4%
Liberal Democrats Peter Kehoe1,25155.4%
Conservative Stanley Kehoe1,048
Conservative Alison Tull872
Labour Douglas May612
Turnout 6,778

References

  1. ↑ "Local elections". BBC News . Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 "Council Elections – 1 May 2003". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 20 August 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  3. ↑ "Local council election results". The Daily Telegraph . London. 3 May 2003. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
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