2003 Sedgemoor District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2003 Sedgemoor District Council election.

The 2003 Sedgemoor District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Sedgemoor District Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

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Election result

Sedgemoor Local Election Result 2003 [1] [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 35+470.054.628,195
  Labour 14-228.021.611,142
  Liberal Democrats 1-22.019.710,186
  Independent 0001.9983
  Green 0001.3694
  UKIP 0000.8408

Two Labour and one Conservative candidates were unopposed. [3]

Ward results

Axbridge [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Scott34048.6
Labour Antony Wilson15522.2
Liberal Democrats John Laband13519.3
Green Gillian Davies699.9
Majority18526.4
Turnout 69946.1
Axe Vale [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Denbee45963.8
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Mansfield16422.8
UKIP David Willis9613.4
Majority29541.0
Turnout 71943.0
Berrow [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Lamb37457.7
Liberal Democrats Anthony Gore27442.3
Majority10015.4
Turnout 64834.6
Brent North [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Gilling40675.5
Liberal Democrats Helen Mansfield13224.5
Majority27451.0
Turnout 53832.9
Bridgwater Bower (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Cresswell435
Labour Bryan Gillard427
Conservative David Preece427
Labour Jillian Rees356
Labour Nigel Parker351
Turnout 1,99618.8
Bridgwater Eastover (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adrian Moore485
Labour Julian Taylor417
Conservative William Cudlipp179
Turnout 1,08121.5
Bridgwater Hamp (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Turner633
Labour Kathryn Pearce586
Labour Brian Smedley519
Conservative John Fulwell288
Turnout 2,02618.1
Bridgwater Quantock (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gill Slocombe810
Conservative Cyril Avent729
Conservative Barrie Crow667
Liberal Democrats Peter Johnstone531
Liberal Democrats Katherine Hall435
Labour Elaine Di Campo389
Labour Elizabeth Leavy358
Turnout 3,91931.3
Bridgwater Sydenham (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Granter514
Labour James Munn472
Labour William Monteith453
Liberal Democrats Trevor Webster295
Turnout 1,73417.2
Bridgwater Victoria (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger Laversuncontested
Labour Kenneth Richardsuncontested
Burnham North (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Clayton1,491
Conservative Dennis Davey1,412
Conservative Neville Jones1,142
Liberal Democrats Adrian Petoud756
Labour Stephen Lester450
Turnout 5,25140.3
Burnham South (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Thorogood807
Liberal Democrats Michael Mansfield759
Conservative Lousie Parkin759
Conservative Jacqueline Richards697
Liberal Democrats Hilary Rose670
Liberal Democrats Joyce Smith633
Labour June Thomas293
Turnout 4,61835.0
Cannington and Quantocks (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lily Cartwright1,668
Conservative Kenneth Dyer1,655
Conservative David Joslin1,487
Liberal Democrats Janice Beasley658
Liberal Democrats Christopher Lloyd-Williams605
Liberal Democrats Joshua Schwieso554
Turnout 6,62744.5
Cheddar and Shipham (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dawn Hill1,027
Conservative Herbert Elliott987
Conservative Peter Downing897
Liberal Democrats John Outhwaite484
Labour Norma Scanlon330
Liberal Democrats Christina Baron319
Green Harry Mottram309
Labour Thomas Scott225
Labour Brian Corney211
Turnout 4,78933.2
East Poidens [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Duncan McGinty43475.6
Labour Martin Rees14024.4
Majority29451.2
Turnout 57436.2
Highbridge (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Derick Cooper583
Labour Jane Whitehouse504
Conservative Michael Brown441
Labour David Poole437
Conservative Beryk Rundall389
Liberal Democrats Patricia Burge379
Conservative Roger Keen365
Liberal Democrats Christopher Williams357
Liberal Democrats Paul Bolton251
UKIP Montague Lucas113
UKIP Julia Lucas110
UKIP Sydney Cox89
Turnout 4,01830.8
Huntspill and Pawlett (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Moreton681
Conservative Michael Herbert482
Liberal Democrats Martin Forsey326
Liberal Democrats Marilyn Wallace322
Turnout 1,81135.6
King's Isle (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derek Alder668
Conservative Norman Turner555
Independent Derrick Pedley427
Green Robert Graham316
Labour Peter Denning200
Labour Anthony Mumby105
Turnout 2,27137.5
Knoll [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Filmer66579.3
Liberal Democrats Philippa Groves17420.7
Majority49158.6
Turnout 83945.2
North Petherton (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Lang958
Conservative Anne Fraser922
Conservative John Swayne737
Independent Anthony Nicholson556
Liberal Democrats Michael Wakefield554
Labour Wendy Darch405
Turnout 4,13238.4
Puriton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Healeyuncontested
Sandford [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ann Bown57076.3
Labour William Munn17723.7
Majority39352.6
Turnout 74743.9
Wedmore and Mark (2) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Diana Bayliss959
Conservative Jessica Healey948
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Hasler419
Labour Andrew Merryfield378
Turnout 2,70442.4
West Poldens [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stuart Kingham51672.3
Labour Elizabeth Stretch19827.7
Majority31844.6
Turnout 71436.6
Woolavington [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Lavers39153.4
Conservative Bridget Hobhouse34146.6
Majority506.8
Turnout 73243.2

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References

  1. ↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online . Retrieved 9 September 2009.
  2. ↑ "Election Results". The Times . 2 May 2003. p. 17.
  3. 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 "District council election". Sedgemoor District Council. Archived from the original on 3 June 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
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