2003 Rugby Borough Council election

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Elections to Rugby Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council seats were up for election. The council stayed under no overall control. The number of councillors for each party after the election were Conservative 18, Labour 16, Liberal Democrat 10 and Independent 4. [1]

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Election result

Rugby Local Election Result 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 700041.231.46,793+4.2%
  Conservative 600035.338.78,389+2.9%
  Liberal Democrats 300017.626.55,737-3.7%
  Independent 10005.93.4745-3.4%

Ward results

Admirals
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kathleen Hayter58245.8
Conservative Peter Butlin53542.1
Liberal Democrats Hilda Fletcher15512.2
Majority473.7
Turnout 1,272
Labour hold Swing
Benn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Francis Whistance57354.4
Liberal Democrats James Hotten26124.8
Conservative Christopher Pacey-Day22020.9
Majority31229.6
Turnout 1,054
Labour hold Swing
Bilton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Wright91160.3
Labour Patrick Joyce32221.3
Liberal Democrats Beatrice O'Dwyer27918.5
Majority58939.0
Turnout 1,512
Conservative hold Swing
Brownsover North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carolyn Robbins41856.9
Labour Steven Birkett17523.8
Liberal Democrats Heidi Thomas14119.2
Majority24333.1
Turnout 734
Conservative hold Swing
Brownsover South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Claire Edwards35257.9
Conservative Kevin Taylor18530.4
Liberal Democrats Mervyn Leah7111.7
Majority16727.5
Turnout 608
Labour hold Swing
Caldecott
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sue Roodhouse78848.2
Conservative Ian Smith57635.2
Labour Douglas Hall27116.6
Majority21213.0
Turnout 1,635
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Dunchurch and Knightlow
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Pawsey 1,07649.7
Liberal Democrats Ian Morris73934.2
Independent Vaughan Owen1788.2
Labour Brenda Clarke1707.9
Majority33715.5
Turnout 2,163
Conservative hold Swing
Earl Craven and Wolston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derek Poole1,05162.8
Labour Anthony Harris62337.2
Majority42825.6
Turnout 1,674
Conservative hold Swing
Eastlands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Neil Sandison1,15573.3
Conservative Paul Newsome24415.5
Labour Vasanji Chhana17611.2
Majority91157.8
Turnout 1,635
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Hillmorton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terence Deery64734.5
Liberal Democrats Richard Allanach64534.4
Conservative David Elson58131.0
Majority20.1
Turnout 1,873
Labour hold Swing
Leam Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gordon Collett62878.5-7.0
Liberal Democrats Felicity Bocus9311.6+11.6
Labour John Morgan799.9-4.6
Majority53566.9-4.1
Turnout 800
Conservative hold Swing
New Bilton (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Donald Williams658
Labour Christina Avis613
Conservative Caroline Wright327
Conservative Sabir Yusuf257
Liberal Democrats John Upstone237
Independent Lilian Pallikaropoulos208
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Neville206
Turnout 2,506
Labour hold Swing
Newbold
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ramesh Srivastava70155.2
Conservative Felipe Tejero29122.9
Liberal Democrats Christopher Thoday27821.9
Majority41032.3
Turnout 1,270
Labour hold Swing
Overslade
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kamaljit Kaur74653.1
Labour Michael Hirons66046.9
Majority866.2
Turnout 1,406
Conservative hold Swing
Paddox
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Glenda Allanach68965.4
Conservative Pauline Elson23021.8
Labour Benjamin Ferrett13512.8
Majority45943.6
Turnout 1,054
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Ryton-on-Dunsmore
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ronald Backholler35968.0+7.5
Conservative Philip Cropper11321.4+4.2
Labour Mary Webb5610.6+10.6
Majority24646.6+8.4
Turnout 528
Independent hold Swing

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