2003 Stroud District Council election

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The 2003 Stroud Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Stroud District Council in Gloucestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Stroud local election result 2003 [3] [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 502-229.435.67,268-5.9%
  Labour 401-123.524.65,023-4.3%
  Green 400023.515.43,141+5.0%
  Liberal Democrats 220+211.820.34,144+4.0%
  Independent 210+111.83.1624+0.7%
  UKIP 000001.0211+0.4%

Ward results

Cainscross [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Shortt 760 48.5 +8.7
Conservative Norma Rodman35522.7+1.4
Liberal Democrats Darren Jones34121.8+1.0
Green Carol Kambites1117.1-0.3
Majority40525.8
Turnout 1,56730.4-5.0
Labour hold Swing
Cam East [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Miranda Clifton 524 40.4 +2.2
Conservative Julian D'arcy49338.0+1.0
Liberal Democrats Keith Pearce28121.6-2.6
Majority312.4
Turnout 1,29839.7-1.5
Labour hold Swing
Cam West [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Fowles 496 41.8 +3.4
Liberal Democrats John Dapling47039.6+4.0
Conservative Lawrence Hall22018.5-0.7
Majority262.2
Turnout 1,18635.9-2.5
Labour hold Swing
Central [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Williams 255 46.5 -5.8
Green Kevin Cranston12623.0+3.7
Labour Anne Snelgrove10118.4-10.0
Liberal Democrats Deborah Sutherland6612.0+12.0
Majority12923.5-0.4
Turnout 54839.0+1.3
Conservative hold Swing
Chalford [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Peters 875 46.5 +7.3
Labour David Taylor31616.8-10.7
Green David Wood30616.3-4.7
Liberal Democrats Barbara Brown27714.7-11.0
UKIP Leslie Banstead1075.7-4.4
Majority55929.7
Turnout 1,88137.7-0.7
Conservative hold Swing
Dursley [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Marsh 727 42.5 +10.0
Conservative Loraine Patrick58234.0-0.1
Labour Daryl Matthews36421.3-9.8
UKIP Anthony Gardiner372.2+2.2
Majority1458.5
Turnout 1,71036.4-2.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Farmhill and Paganhill [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Sheffie Mohammed 361 61.8 +6.2
Labour Lesley Williams10117.3+1.7
Conservative Catherine James7713.2-0.9
Liberal Democrats Mark Rogers457.7-2.8
Majority26044.5+4.5
Turnout 58433.9+3.7
Independent hold Swing
Minchinhampton [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elisabeth Bird 889 59.6 -0.7
Labour Audrey Smith33022.1-2.5
Liberal Democrats Margaret Edmunds22415.0+15.0
UKIP Adrian Blake483.2-4.6
Majority55937.5
Turnout 1,49143.8+7.4
Conservative hold Swing
Nailsworth [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Jeffreys 643 33.1 +0.1
Green John Nicholson62132.0+3.8
Labour Keith Norbury41721.5-7.7
Liberal Democrats Myles Robinson25913.4-0.9
Majority221.1
Turnout 1,94039.7-1.8
Conservative hold Swing
Rodborough [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Cooper 521 39.2 +1.6
Green Steven Penny42331.9+17.4
Labour Martin Alder29522.2-11.4
Liberal Democrats John Howe896.7-7.4
Majority987.4
Turnout 1,32837.9
Conservative hold Swing
Slade [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Gwendoline Belcher 252 48.3 +5.6
Conservative Deborah Westgate14828.4+2.7
Labour Henrietta Nichols12223.4-8.2
Majority10419.9+8.9
Turnout 52231.1-2.0
Green hold Swing
Stonehouse [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Brine 761 47.0 -8.3
Conservative Philip Brine56634.9+3.4
Liberal Democrats Milner Woodhead1549.5+9.5
Green Sally Pickering1398.6-2.7
Majority19512.0
Turnout 1,62028.5-3.4
Labour hold Swing
Thrupp [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Martin Whiteside 436 50.4 +10.7
Conservative Patricia Carpenter27031.2-3.7
Labour John Howgate10311.9-13.5
Liberal Democrats Colleen Rothwell566.5+6.5
Majority16619.2+14.4
Turnout 86547.9+0.1
Green hold Swing
Trinity [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green John Marjoram 387 53.5 -15.5
Conservative Kenneth Brown16923.3+23.3
Labour Marta Cock11415.7-9.3
Liberal Democrats Christine Beckingham547.5+1.5
Majority21830.1-13.9
Turnout 72444.7-2.0
Green hold Swing
Uplands [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Linda Townley 263 40.8 +4.7
Conservative Linda Jeffreys16725.9-1.8
Labour Karin Degenberg10616.4-19.7
Liberal Democrats Ian Owen467.1+7.1
Green Henry Leveson-Gower446.8-4.2
UKIP Alan Lomas192.9+2.9
Majority9614.9
Turnout 64536.7+3.6
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Valley [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Tobias Green 296 48.4 +10.9
Conservative Brian Wheatley14523.7+4.4
Labour John Appleton11318.5-8.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Stayte579.3-6.6
Majority15124.7+14.5
Turnout 61135.9+1.0
Green hold Swing
Wotton-under-Edge [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Smith 998 52.8 +12.7
Conservative Sidney Gowers89347.2-6.4
Majority1055.6
Turnout 1,89137.8+0.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

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