2003 South Oxfordshire District Council election

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The 2003 South Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of South Oxfordshire District Council, a non-metropolitan district council in Oxfordshire, England. This was part of the wider 2003 UK local elections. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 reducing the number of seats by 2. [1] The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. [2]

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Election result

The results saw the Conservatives take control from the Liberal Democrat and Labour coalition that had run the council before the election. [3] This was the first time the Conservatives had controlled the council since 1995 and came after they made 5 gains to hold 27 of the 48 seats on the council. [3] [4] The Liberal Democrats lost eight seats, including the council chairman John Griffin in Crowmarsh ward and the council leader Jan Morgan. [5] Meanwhile, Labour also lost three seats including the cabinet member for finance Nick Hards. [5] However the Henley Residents Group gained seats, picking up all 4 seats for Henley. [5] Overall turnout in the election was 35.13%, [6] after voting hours had been extended in an attempt to increase turnout. [7]

South Oxfordshire local election result 2003 [2] [6]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 27+556.347.127,821
  Liberal Democrats 9-818.829.317,291
  Labour 4-38.311.16,563
  Independent 408.35.93,500
 Henley Residents Group4+48.35.13,029
  Green 0001.5874

Ward results

Aston Rowant [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dorothy Brown53074.5
Liberal Democrats Christopher Savory10514.8
Labour Timothy Savory7610.7
Majority 42559.7
Turnout 71138.1
Benson (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Cooper862
Conservative Felix Bloomfield791
Liberal Democrats Paul Booker787
Conservative Patrick Loughran554
Turnout 2,99438.4
Berinsfield (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Cotton825
Conservative Philip Cross764
Liberal Democrats Marc Hiles583
Liberal Democrats Carole Heath-Whyte490
Labour Kenneth Hall325
Labour Michael Hall229
Turnout 3,21639.1
Brightwell [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mary Greene52156.9
Liberal Democrats Jane Fishwick39543.1
Majority 12613.8
Turnout 91646.0
Chalgrove [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Turner51060.6
Conservative Ann Pritchard28433.8
Labour Paul Collins475.6
Majority 22626.8
Turnout 84138.4
Chiltern Woods [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Thomson43867.4
Liberal Democrats Felicity Chancellor21232.6
Majority 22634.8
Turnout 65034.5
Chinnor (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Linda Cameron688
Independent Patricia Haywood523
Conservative David Heaven513
Independent Martin Wright509
Independent Eric Stanley227
Labour Julie Marfleet180
Liberal Democrats Peter Cockayne151
Turnout 2,79132.5
Cholsey and Wallingford South (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Dawe727
Conservative Andrea Leadsom 682
Liberal Democrats Janet Morgan671
Liberal Democrats Josephine Clyde628
Turnout 2,70835.2
Crowmarsh [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Jennings40253.7
Liberal Democrats John Griffin34646.3
Majority 567.4
Turnout 74841.7
Didcot All Saints (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Flood552
Independent Sara Davidson438
Conservative Alan Thompson419
Labour Mark Fysh391
Labour Shirley Brown381
Liberal Democrats Emma Beszant204
Turnout 2,38531.9
Didcot Ladygrove (3) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Service509
Conservative Colin Daukes498
Conservative Marcus Harris478
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Parry473
Liberal Democrats Andrew Jones468
Labour Nicholas Hards435
Liberal Democrats Anthony Worgan420
Labour Philippa Giaretta409
Labour William Atkinson402
Turnout 4,09226.1
Didcot Northbourne (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael McNulty416
Labour David Giaretta388
Conservative Roger Jeffreys265
Conservative Roger Hawlor261
Liberal Democrats Miranda Jennings172
Turnout 1,50221.0
Didcot Park (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Davies665
Labour Eleanor Hards630
Conservative Marie Flood480
Conservative Lyndon Elias442
Liberal Democrats Lee Thacker197
Green David Brooks-Saxl169
Turnout 2,58330.9
Forest Hill and Holton [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Purse58566.5
Conservative John Walsh29533.5
Majority 29033.0
Turnout 88037.8
Garsington [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ann Tomline47160.4
Conservative Michael Belcher30939.6
Majority 16220.8
Turnout 78035.7
Goring (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Ducker1,222
Conservative Pearl Slatter1,117
Liberal Democrats Alice Harrison640
Liberal Democrats Caroline Wardle590
Green James Norman309
Turnout 3,87845.3
Great Milton [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Nowell-Smith41946.5
Conservative Frank Nixey33336.9
Labour Malcolm Newdick9210.2
Green Alistair Morris586.4
Majority 869.6
Turnout 90244.2
Hagbourne [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick Greene66268.4
Liberal Democrats Jancis Smith20321.0
Labour Jeremy Goff10310.6
Majority 45947.4
Turnout 96846.6
Henley North (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Henley Residents GroupKenneth Arlett779
Henley Residents GroupGillian Zakss710
Conservative Nigel Spencer-Jones621
Conservative Bruce Harrison563
Green Aidan Carlisle142
Liberal Democrats Peter Pinfield142
Turnout 2,95735.1
Henley South (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Henley Residents GroupTerry Buckett895
Henley Residents GroupBarry Wood645
Conservative Alan Rooke439
Conservative Anthony Lane417
Liberal Democrats Noel Snell339
Green Susan Miles145
Turnout 2,88035.2
Sandford [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Stimson27545.8
Conservative Rolien Tremain20834.7
Labour William Atkinson6611.0
Green David Scott518.5
Majority 6711.1
Turnout 60028.8
Shiplake (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Rudge973
Conservative Malcolm Leonard945
Liberal Democrats Emily Cooper339
Liberal Democrats David Curl287
Turnout 2,54435.6
Sonning Common (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Donald Naish983
Conservative Henry Kemp908
Liberal Democrats Mary Martyn-Johns399
Liberal Democrats Peter Wardle335
Turnout 2,62533.1
Thame North (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Bretherton526
Conservative Patrick Welply471
Liberal Democrats Jeneva Paul418
Conservative Nicholas Carter416
Labour Euan Aitken222
Labour Christopher Chandler201
Turnout 2,25427.5
Thame South (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ann Midwinter825
Conservative David Dodds642
Labour Mary Stiles566
Conservative Ana Choudhury460
Turnout 2,49333.7
Wallingford North (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Denis Strange978
Conservative Nigel Moor607
Liberal Democrats Norah Laurie581
Conservative John Cohen363
Turnout 2,52935.4
Watlington (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Mann835
Conservative David Sloan803
Liberal Democrats Jane Fleming741
Liberal Democrats Barbara Snell617
Turnout 2,99640.0
Wheatley (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Roger Bell674
Liberal Democrats Sarah Gray638
Conservative John Hamer566
Conservative Diana Ludlow487
Labour Matthew Andrews184
Labour Daniel Ferrett155
Turnout 2,70433.2
Woodcote [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Quinton55358.1
Liberal Democrats Robin Peirce39841.9
Majority 15516.2
Turnout 95149.3

References

  1. ↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online . Retrieved 30 May 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Election Results". The Times . 2 May 2003. p. 17.
  3. 1 2 "Tories win South Oxfordshire". BBC News Online. 2 May 2003. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
  4. ↑ "Good night for Tories". Reading Post . 2 May 2003. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 "South Oxfordshire: Conservatives sweep back to power". thisisoxfordshire. 2 May 2003. Archived from the original on 2 May 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
  6. 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 "Past local elections results". South Oxfordshire District Council. Archived from the original on 15 February 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
  7. ↑ "Will ballot trials woo back voters?". BBC News Online. 25 April 2003. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
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