2003 Stafford Borough Council election

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Elections to Stafford Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. All 59 seats on the council were up for election, with boundary changes meaning the number was reduced from 60. There were elections held in 24 wards, with a further 2 wards (Church Eaton and Milwich) uncontested. The Conservative Party gained majority control of the council after the council was under no overall control prior to the election. Overall turnout was 37.51%, with the lowest turnout (24.08%) in Coton ward and the highest (55.77%) in Seighford. As a result of the election, the new council leader was Cllr. Judith Dalgarno.

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Election result

Stafford Local Election Result 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 40+1767.8%
  Labour 14-1323.7%
  Liberal Democrats 5-38.4%
  Independent 0-20

The total number of seats on the Council after the election was:

Sources: BBC Stafford Borough Council

Results by ward

All results from Stafford Borough Council.

Barlaston and Oulton (2 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Fairbanks817
Liberal Democrats John Russell763
Conservative Philip Jones674
Turnout 1,44344.29%

Baswich (2 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ann Edgeller868
Conservative Susan Francis728
Labour Michael Evans349
Labour Mellony Millichap300
Liberal Democrats Paul Brett250
UKIP Adrian Wood195
Turnout 1,46342.47%

Chartley (1 seat)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brendan McKeown34650.2%
Conservative Christopher Walster34349.8%
Turnout 69447.86%

Church Eaton (1 seat)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Barry StampElection Uncontested

Common (2 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Kennedy438
Labour William Simpson422
Conservative James Eld246
Conservative Carol Lee234
Liberal Democrats Robert Hine178
UKIP Leslie Gittins142
Turnout 92029.00%

Coton (2 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Kemp378
Labour Michael Shone345
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Vance-Cotsford155
UKIP Paul Gilbert150
Conservative Dominic Brisby128
Conservative Edith Foster121
Turnout 69624.08%

Eccleshall (3 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Butter1134
Conservative John Sillito1039
Conservative Ivan Jennings925
Independent Gordon Dale775
Liberal Democrats David Kirby674
Liberal Democrats Bryan Delanchy465
Turnout 1,95438.26

Forebridge (2 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Baron648
Liberal Democrats David Seary559
Labour Ian Ronald313
Labour Lisa Pearce261
Conservative Violet Allan198
Conservative Patrick Roe187
Turnout 1,13835.09%

Fulford (3 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Bedson1019
Conservative Sydney Oldfield913
Conservative Andrew Harp828
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Brayford636
Liberal Democrats Richard Mycock618
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Brayford599
Labour Michael Shaw366
Turnout 1,90240.62%

Gnosall and Woodseaves (3 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raymond Smith1057
Conservative James Kelly1039
Conservative Kenneth Williamson1019
Liberal Democrats Richard Philpott623
Liberal Democrats George Sunley612
Liberal Democrats Robert Philpott593
Turnout 1,80635.66%

Haywood and Hixon (3 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jean Tabernor999
Conservative Amyas Northcote968
Conservative Alan Perkins951
Labour John Coates487
UKIP John Mosley367
Liberal Democrats Timothy Hackett364
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Hemingway349
UKIP Ronald Chell342
Labour John Boyle336
Turnout 2,00339.69%

Highfields and Western Downs (3 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Aidan Godfrey668
Labour Maureen Bowen630
Labour Anthony Pearce561
Independent Neil Thomas428
Conservative Richard Downs365
Liberal Democrats Lynda Turner333
Conservative Trevor Tabernor332
Independent Scott Wilson296
Turnout 1,46230.64%

Holmcroft (3 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Cantrill845
Conservative Bryan Cross MBE827
Labour Andrew Compton MBE693
Conservative Isabella Davies684
Labour Maureen Compton679
Labour James Paton628
Independent Andrew James281
UKIP David Hilton160
Turnout 1,80235.47%

Littleworth (3 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Heenan850
Conservative Michael Bentley776
Conservative Denis Skelland749
Liberal Democrats Peter Voss642
Labour Anothony Welch557
Labour Rosalind Kennedy557
Labour Julian Thorley503
Liberal Democrats John Hopkinson464
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Milln435
Turnout 1,92040.73

Manor (3 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Angela Loughran757
Labour Geoffrey Rowlands686
Labour Patricia Rowlands670
Conservative Gary Simmonds416
Conservative Christopher Knapped385
Conservative Paul Robinson352
UKIP Carl Gilbert243
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Page224
Liberal Democrats Stephanie Spiers223
Liberal Democrats John Phillips218
Turnout 1,54031.74%

Milford (2 seat)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Francis Finlay904
Conservative Trevor Reeves808
Liberal Democrats Trevor Fisher278
Turnout 1,15933.98%

Milwich (1 seat)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Wilfred DavisElection Uncontested

Penkside (2 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ralph Cooke404
Labour Malcolm Millichap354
Conservative Trevor Houlton235
Conservative Anthony Williams200
Liberal Democrats Julia Towers131
UKIP Jillian Crutchley110
Turnout 78328.28%

Rowley (2 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Allan662
Conservative Patrick Farrington648
Labour Elaine Kidney639
Labour John Hartshorne552
Liberal Democrats Richard Hinton231
UKIP Richard Hilton145
Turnout 1,52743.04%

Seighford (2 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Winnington725
Conservative Raymond Sutherland725
Liberal Democrats Frank James631
Liberal Democrats Gillian Cox605
Labour Raymond Allsop177
Labour Beryl Kemp176
Turnout 1,58555.77%

St Michael's (2 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stanley Goodall571
Conservative Linda Davies550
Labour Harry Brunt478
Labour Peter Sinnott367
Liberal Democrats Mark Hatton349
Turnout 1,27236.07%

Stonefield and Christchurch (2 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joyce Farnham718
Conservative Michael Leese522
Liberal Democrats Peter Stevens484
Labour David Smithwick477
Labour Desmond Byrne342
Liberal Democrats John Warren248
Turnout 1,47439.99%

Swynnerton (2 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Highfield857
Conservative David Price721
Independent Robert Simcock469
Labour Diana Osbourne332
Turnout 1,40839.98%

Tillington (2 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Goodland524
Conservative Adam Tedstone518
Labour Stephen Moore448
Labour Anthony Nixon402
Liberal Democrats David Hughes205
Turnout 1,16135.21%

Walton (3 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Phillip Leason821
Conservative Michael Carey796
Labour Deborah Wakefield765
Labour John Beecham672
Conservative Douglas Doney666
Labour Roy Osborne625
Liberal Democrats Janet Stevens279
Turnout 1,67136.66%

Weeping Cross (3 seats)

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Judith Dalgarno1,369
Conservative John Francis1,153
Conservative Colin Wilkinson1,113
Labour Michael Barber698
Liberal Democrats Henry Towers523
UKIP Malcolm Hurst356
Turnout 2,19141.40%

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