2003 Tandridge District Council election

Map of the results of the 2003 Tandridge District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2003.

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

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 28
• Liberal Democrat 10
• Labour 3
• Independent 1 ^[2]

Election result

Overall turnout at the election was 39.33%. ^[3]

Tandridge local election result 2003 ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	10	0	1	-1	62.5	49.5	9,886	-0.6%
	Liberal Democrats	4	0	0	0	25.0	37.7	7,518	+2.0%
	Labour	1	0	0	0	6.3	6.7	1,338	-2.9%
	Independent	1	1	0	+1	6.3	2.6	524	+0.3%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	3.4	687	+1.6%

Ward results

Bletchingley and Nuffield ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Christopher Hoskins	841	61.1	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Fowler	431	31.3	-3.5
	Labour	Hubert Cockerham	105	7.6	-0.5
Majority			410	29.8	+7.4
Turnout			1,377	31.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burstow, Horne and Outwood ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Diana Brown	734	59.5	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Brock	500	40.5	+1.9
Majority			234	19.0	+2.8
Turnout			1,234	28.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chaldon ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ian Chaplin	364	68.8
	Liberal Democrats	Juanita Lopez	165	31.2
Majority			199	37.6
Turnout			529	37.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dormansland and Felcourt ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robert Bisset	623	60.3	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mavis Tettmar	410	39.7	+3.5
Majority			213	20.6	-2.4
Turnout			1,033	36.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Felbridge ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Nicholas Weston	379	71.0
	Liberal Democrats	Robert O'Brien	155	29.0
Majority			224	42.0
Turnout			534	35.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Godstone ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Hamish Beaton	878	52.9	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Cluff	681	41.0	-6.5
	Labour	Maxine Mathews	102	6.1	-0.4
Majority			197	11.9
Turnout			1,661	37.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harestone ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Beverley Connolly	656	54.2	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Martin	555	45.8	+1.8
Majority			101	8.4	+0.3
Turnout			1,211	41.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Limpsfield ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Colin Hall	697	60.2	-5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Wilson	410	35.4	+6.1
	UKIP	Jeremy Marsh	51	4.4	+4.4
Majority			287	24.8	-11.9
Turnout			1,158	41.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lingfield and Crowhurst ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Dalrymple	822	52.9	+8.0
	Conservative	Michael Clark	671	43.2	-6.7
	Labour	James Bridge	60	3.9	-1.3
Majority			151	9.7
Turnout			1,433	51.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Oxted North and Tandridge (2) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Martin Fisher	891
	Conservative	David Weightman	885
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Griffiths	589
	Liberal Democrats	John Curtin	588
	UKIP	David Eardley	213
Turnout			3,166	40.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oxted South ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Robin Harling	840	40.9	+5.5
	Conservative	Edward Chater	670	32.6	-6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ceri Lewis	308	15.0	+1.2
	UKIP	Anthony Stone	236	11.5	+0.2
Majority			170	8.3
Turnout			2,054	49.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Portley ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Botten	635	58.5
	Conservative	Michael Cooper	451	41.5
Majority			184	17.0
Turnout			1,086	37.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tatsfield and Titsey ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Robert David	524	56.7
	Conservative	Christina Fry	393	42.5
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Mascall	7	0.8
Majority			131	14.2
Turnout			924	64.0
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Valley ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Alexandra Caudle	554	52.6
	Conservative	Philip Mortimore	269	25.5
	Labour	Niven Matlock	231	21.9
Majority			285	27.1
Turnout			1,054	38.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Warlingham East, Chelsham and Farleigh ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Ashley Burridge	708	51.3	+4.7
	Conservative	Margaret Frankcom	484	35.1	-2.9
	UKIP	Martin Haley	187	13.6	+6.4
Majority			224	16.2	+7.6
Turnout			1,379	35.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

1. "Local elections". BBC News Online . Retrieved 5 January 2012.
2. "Election results". Financial Times . 2 May 2003. p. 4.
3. "Candidates by ward - District Council Elections May 1, 2003" (PDF). Political Science Resources. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
4. "English councils". The Times . 3 May 2003. p. 47.