2003 Swindon Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2003 Swindon council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2003. Swindon UK local election 2003 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2003 Swindon council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2003.

The 2003 Swindon Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Swindon Unitary Council in Wiltshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was

Voting trial

Swindon was one of 3 councils which trialed voting by television in 2003 for the first time anywhere in the world. [3] Voters in Swindon also had 8 electronic information kiosks in the town centre where they could vote, [4] telephone and internet voting. [5] These trials, which were open for voting in the week before the election, [5] followed a trial of electronic voting in the 2002 election which saw turnout increase by 3.5%. [6]

Overall turnout in the election was 29.82%, [7] lower than in 2002. [8] [9] However the number of electronic votes increased by 75% from 2002 to 11,055, including 349 cast by television. [8]

Election result

Swindon local election result 2003 [7] [10]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 12+660.041.816,983+3.2%
  Labour 5-625.030.712,455-3.5%
  Liberal Democrats 3015.025.310,287+1.0%
  Socialist Alliance 0000.7289+0.3%
  UKIP 0000.7265+0.7%
  Green 0000.6232-1.2%
 Swindon Org UK People Before Profit0000.3102+0.3%

Ward results

Abbey Meads [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Stoddart65164.9−5.5
Liberal Democrats Derek Richards18218.1+8.0
Labour Ruairi Tobin17016.9−2.6
Majority 46946.8−4.1
Turnout 1,00324.0−4.9
Central [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Dickinson63238.6+3.9
Labour David Cox61637.6−4.3
Conservative Olive Clapham28717.5+0.9
Swindon Org UK People Before ProfitKarsten Evans1026.2+6.2
Majority 161.0
Turnout 1,63723.1−2.3
Covingham and Nythe [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Glenn Smith1,32353.4+13.8
Labour Peter Mallinson76630.9−16.9
Liberal Democrats Ellen Aylett38815.7+3.1
Majority 55722.5
Turnout 2,47735.8+0.1
Dorcan [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Albinson99244.0+2.4
Labour Peter Brown95142.2−2.3
Liberal Democrats John Phipps31113.8+2.2
Majority 411.8
Turnout 2,25432.5−1.7
Eastcott [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Wiltshire1,03953.7+5.9
Labour Richard Young50226.0−0.5
Conservative Valerie Butt39320.3+4.0
Majority 53727.8+6.5
Turnout 1,93425.5−2.6
Freshbrook and Grange Park [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Geraldine Robertson98746.9+6.0
Conservative Gerald Boydell72734.5−0.2
Labour James Grant39118.6−5.9
Majority 26012.4+6.2
Turnout 2,10527.3−0.8
Gorse Hill and Pinehurst [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Ballman60340.4−13.9
Liberal Democrats Steven Camburn35223.6+12.8
Conservative Mark Furkins34823.3−0.8
Socialist Alliance Andrew Newman18912.7+1.8
Majority 25116.8−13.4
Turnout 1,49221.6−1.1
Haydon Wick [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Dobie1,20352.5+4.6
Labour John Keepin62527.3−7.4
Liberal Democrats Tel Hudson46220.2+2.8
Majority 57825.2+12.0
Turnout 2,29028.8−1.2
Highworth [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Melanie Duff1,17647.2−3.3
Labour Lynn Vardy86634.7+6.6
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Shorten45218.1−3.4
Majority 31012.4−10.0
Turnout 2,49438.3−0.4
Moredon [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Caton78740.5−5.9
Conservative Dale Heenan75939.0+3.5
Liberal Democrats Andrew Sharp30115.5−2.6
UKIP Trevor Prescott985.0+5.0
Majority 281.4−9.4
Turnout 1,94526.0+1.3
Old Town and Lawn [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fionuala Foley2,00054.8+14.3
Liberal Democrats Mark Wheaver1,16031.8−17.1
Labour Maire Darker2597.1+0.2
Green John Hughes2326.4+2.7
Majority 84023.0
Turnout 3,65147.6−5.1
Parks [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fay Howard77553.7−10.7
Conservative Natasha Young35024.3+4.9
Liberal Democrats Jacob Pajak31722.0+5.8
Majority 42529.5−15.5
Turnout 1,44220.8−1.0
Penhill [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andy Harrison61350.6−8.9
Liberal Democrats Louisa Sharp32626.9+5.0
Conservative Donald Day17214.2−4.4
Socialist Alliance Roy North1008.3+8.3
Majority 28723.7−13.9
Turnout 1,21126.5+0.8
Shaw and Nine Elms [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Garry Perkins91249.2−4.0
Liberal Democrats Amber Johnson48125.9+5.8
Labour Neil Heavens46124.9−1.8
Majority 43123.2−3.3
Turnout 1,85426.8−0.4
St Margaret [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Van Roon1,27354.4+7.2
Labour Patricia Spry67829.0−10.6
Liberal Democrats David Payne39016.7+3.5
Majority 59525.4+17.8
Turnout 2,34131.0+0.5
St Philip [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Deborah Baylies1,10745.6+5.8
Labour Eriqua Ballman92638.2−7.2
Liberal Democrats Martin Wiltshire39316.2+6.5
Majority 1817.5
Turnout 2,42634.0+2.8
Toothill and Westlea [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Wakefield87950.4
Labour Philip Rashid50328.9
Liberal Democrats Leigh Bint36120.7
Majority 37621.6
Turnout 1,74329.4
Walcot [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Laura Holiday65440.9
Labour Christian Eley56635.4
Liberal Democrats Kathleen McCarthy37823.7
Majority 885.5
Turnout 1,59831.1
Western [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith Small86343.3−6.9
Conservative Halina Roberts51926.0+0.8
Liberal Democrats Russell Scott-Browne44422.3+8.1
UKIP Michael Morton1678.4+2.4
Majority 34417.3−7.8
Turnout 1,99326.3−2.2
Wroughton and Chiseldon [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Morton1,25846.2+2.4
Liberal Democrats Victor Goodman93034.2−3.7
Labour Sarah Bush53419.6+4.9
Majority 32812.0+6.0
Turnout 2,72236.1−3.9

References

  1. ↑ "Local elections". BBC News. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  2. ↑ "How Britain voted: English and Scottish councils". The Independent. 3 May 2003. pp. 18–19.
  3. ↑ "Britain: Pol idol; Television voting". The Economist . 26 April 2003. p. 29.
  4. ↑ "Text, e-mail, click...just vote, please". The Times. 29 April 2003. p. 4.
  5. 1 2 Mathieson, SA (1 May 2003). "Inside IT: X marks the spot: Today's local elections mark the biggest experiment so far in e-voting". The Guardian. p. 15.
  6. ↑ Parker, Simon (30 April 2003). "Society: Cross culture: The government is putting its faith in the potential of electronic voting to the test in tomorrow's local elections. But are indifference and disillusionment the real enemies of democracy?". The Guardian. p. 2.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 "Swindon Borough Council Election Results 1 May 2003" (PDF). Political Science Resources. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  8. 1 2 "Life: Inside IT: News". The Guardian. 8 May 2003. p. 18.
  9. ↑ "West: Voting, which way now?". BBC News. 11 May 2003. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
  10. ↑ "Election results; English Councils; Local elections 2003". The Times. 2 May 2003. p. 16.
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