2003 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election

2003 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election

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All 45 seats to St Edmundsbury Borough Council 23 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Labour Seats won 28 12 Seat change 5 4 Popular vote 16,060 11,909 Percentage 47.8% 35.5% Swing 4.1% 4.0%   Third party Fourth party   Party Independent Liberal Democrats Seats won 3 2 Seat change Popular vote 2,948 2,494 Percentage 8.8% 7.4% Swing 1.3% 1.9%
Winner of each seat at the 2003 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election.
Control before election Conservative Control after election Conservative

The 2003 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of St Edmundsbury Borough Council in England. ^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

The whole council was up for election on new ward boundaries. The number of seats increased by 1.

Summary

Election result

2003 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election [2]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	42	28	N/A	N/A	5	62.2	47.8	16,060	+4.1
	Labour	24	12	N/A	N/A	4	26.7	35.5	11,909	–4.0
	Independent	7	3	N/A	N/A		6.7	8.8	2,948	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	5	2	N/A	N/A		4.4	7.4	2,494	–1.9
	UKIP	1	0	N/A	N/A		0.0	0.5	180	N/A

Ward results

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Abbeygate

Abbeygate (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Farmer	982	62.8
	Independent	Michael Ames*	666	42.6
	Independent	Brian Lockwood*	386	24.7
Turnout			~1,563	45.3
Registered electors			3,451
	Conservative hold
	Independent hold

Bardwell

Bardwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Hale	485	72.9
	UKIP	James Lumley	180	27.1
Majority			305	45.8
Turnout			665	36.9
Registered electors			1,789
	Conservative win (new seat)

Barningham

Barningham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Simmons	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,022
	Conservative hold

Barrow

Barrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Houler	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,729
	Conservative hold

Cavendish

Cavendish

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Stevens	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,509
	Conservative hold

Chedburgh

Chedburgh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nigel Aitkens	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,757
	Conservative win (new seat)

Clare

Clare

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Stevens*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,653
	Conservative hold

Eastgate

Eastgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Warby	383	56.9
	Labour	Leslie Button	290	43.1
Majority			93	13.8
Turnout			673	42.0
Registered electors			1,664
	Conservative gain from Labour

Fornham

Fornham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Jones*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,695
	Conservative hold

Great Barton

Great Barton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Horbury*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,752
	Conservative hold

Haverhill East

Haverhill East (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ernest Goody	639	45.1
	Labour	Patrick Hanlon*	603	42.5
	Labour	Susan Howard	601	42.4
	Conservative	Gordon Cox	597	42.1
	Conservative	Janet Johnson	586	41.3
	Conservative	David Rosen	525	37.0
Turnout			~1,419	28.2
Registered electors			5,033
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Haverhill North

Haverhill North (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gerry Kiernan*	859	52.4
	Labour	Ann Thomas	717	43.7
	Labour	Phillip French*	689	42.0
	Conservative	Timothy Marks	668	40.7
	Conservative	John Harris	649	39.6
	Conservative	Edgar Morton	599	36.5
Turnout			~1,640	33.5
Registered electors			4,895
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Haverhill South

Haverhill South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mary Martin	472	50.0
	Labour	Maggie Lee*	461	48.8
	Conservative	Dorothy Whittaker	264	28.0
	Conservative	Pippa Farthing	263	27.9
Turnout			~944	26.3
Registered electors			3,591
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Haverhill West

Haverhill West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Adam Whittaker	591	57.8
	Conservative	Jeremy Farthing*	522	51.0
	Labour	Julie Jupp	400	39.1
	Labour	Lynne Brixius	359	35.1
Turnout			~1,023	27.7
Registered electors			3,693
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Horringer & Whelnetham

Horringer & Whelnetham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Terence Clements	429	50.3
	Independent	Bert Biglin*	424	49.7
Majority			5	0.6
Turnout			853	51.9
Registered electors			1,695
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hundon

Hundon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Warwick*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,696
	Conservative hold

Ixworth

Ixworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Griffiths*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,620
	Conservative hold

Kedington

Kedington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Rushbrooke	423	62.9
	Labour	Alan Pearson	250	37.1
Majority			173	25.8
Turnout			673	42.3
Registered electors			1,592
	Conservative hold

Minden

Minden (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margaret Charlesworth	718	49.3
	Conservative	Derek Speakman	665	45.7
	Labour	Ray Nowak*	663	45.5
	Labour	Colin Muge*	613	42.1
Turnout			~1,456	40.3
Registered electors			3,612
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Moreton Hall

Moreton Hall (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Terence Buckle	868	59.7
	Conservative	Francis Warby*	861	59.3
	Labour	Trevor Beckwith*	624	43.0
	Labour	Anthony Jones	439	30.2
	Labour	Elle Zwandahl	391	26.9
Turnout			~1,453	38.0
Registered electors			3,824
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Northgate

Northgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Lockwood*	364	55.6
	Independent	Richard Mortlock	153	23.4
	Conservative	Eric Flack	107	16.3
Majority			211	32.2
Turnout			655	35.7
Registered electors			1,834
	Labour hold

Pakenham

Pakenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Spicer	423	64.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Chappell	214	32.5
Majority			209	31.8
Turnout			658	40.0
Registered electors			1,645
	Conservative hold

Risby

Risby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helen Levack*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,957
	Conservative hold

Risbygate

Risbygate (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Nettleton	617	52.1
	Conservative	Robert Everitt	478	40.4
	Labour	Mark Ereira-Guyer*	440	37.1
	Labour	Jennifer Hart	279	23.6
Turnout			~1,185	38.1
Registered electors			3,109
	Independent gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Rougham

Rougham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sara Mildmay-White*	550	77.0
	Labour	Adrian Grenville	164	23.0
Majority			386	54.0
Turnout			714	41.1
Registered electors			1,789
	Conservative hold

Southgate

Southgate (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Jones	804	50.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Bradbury	748	46.6
	Conservative	Paul Hopfensperger	744	46.3
	Conservative	Martin Milnes*	681	42.4
Turnout			~1,606	47.3
Registered electors			3,395
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

St. Olaves

St. Olaves (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Wormleighton*	662	62.5
	Labour	Robert Cockle	608	57.4
	Conservative	George Cockram	286	27.0
	Conservative	Hugh Forster	253	23.9
Turnout			~1,060	30.8
Registered electors			3,441
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Stanton

Stanton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Thorndyke*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,919
	Conservative hold

Westgate

Westgate (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Varley*	633	43.1
	Conservative	Stefan Oliver	549	37.4
	Liberal Democrats	Gerry Taylor	412	28.1
	Labour	Robert Corfe	322	22.0
	Liberal Democrats	Desmond Astley-Cooper	316	21.5
	Independent	Roger Waters	307	20.9
Turnout			~1,467	43.0
Registered electors			3,411
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Wickhambrook

Wickhambrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Derek Redhead*	395	58.0
	Conservative	Alexander Bridges	278	40.8
Majority			117	17.2
Turnout			681	41.5
Registered electors			1,642
	Independent gain from Conservative

Withersfield

Withersfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Clifton-Brown*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,752
	Conservative hold

By-elections

Risbygate

Risbygate by-election: 20 May 2004 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		293	34.1
	Conservative		278	32.3
	Labour		169	19.7
	Green		85	9.9
	Independent		35	4.1
Majority			15	1.7
Turnout			860	26.7
Registered electors			3,221
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Haverhill East

Haverhill East by-election: 10 June 2004 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		520	35.9
	Independent		376	26.0
	Labour		363	25.1
	Liberal Democrats		189	13.1
Majority			144	9.9
Turnout			1,448	28.3
Registered electors			5,117
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Barningham

Barningham by-election: 9 September 2004 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		Unopposed
Registered electors			2,022
	Conservative hold

Risby

Risby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		394	57.7
	Liberal Democrats		289	42.3
Majority			105	15.4
Turnout			683	20.7
Registered electors			3,300
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Haverhill South

Haverhill South by-election: 5 May 2005 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		746	43.8
	Conservative		602	35.3
	Liberal Democrats		357	20.9
Majority			144	8.4
Turnout			1,705	46.6
Registered electors			3,659
	Labour hold		Swing

Westgate

Westgate by-election: 16 February 2006 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		500	54.1
	Liberal Democrats		311	33.6
	Green		64	6.9
	UKIP		50	5.4
Majority			189	20.4
Turnout			925	27.4
Registered electors			3,376
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kedington

Kedington by-election: 15 June 2006 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		350	53.8
	Liberal Democrats		250	38.4
	Labour		51	7.8
Majority			100	15.4
Turnout			651	43.0
Registered electors			1,514
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "St. Edmundsbury Borough Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
2. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Compositions calculator". electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth University: The Elections Centre. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
3. "By-elections". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Archived from the original on 18 January 2026. Retrieved 18 January 2026.