2003 Test Valley Borough Council election

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2003 Test Valley Borough Council election
  1999 1 May 2003 2007  

All 48 seats to Test Valley Borough Council
24 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent
Seats won30162
Popular vote17,12111,7931,138
Percentage52.20%35.95%3.46%

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Council control before election

Conservatives

Council control after election

Conservatives

The 2003 Test Valley Borough Council election took place on the 1 May 2003. With new ward boundaries, all 48 seats were up for election. [1] 24 seats were needed for a majority, with the Conservatives winning 30; the Liberal Democrats won 16 seats, and Independents won 2. [2]

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Results

Test Valley Borough Council Election, 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 3062.5052.2017,121
  Liberal Democrats 1633.3335.9511,793
  Labour 005.41,648
  Independent 24.163.461,138
  UKIP 002.57846
  Green 000.76250
Total4832,796

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Donald Kemish 773 32.89
Conservative Clive Collier 765 32.55
Liberal Democrats Sally Lamb67828.85
Liberal Democrats Paul Rispin528
Labour Charles Damant1345.70
Majority
Turnout 2,350
Independent hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Alamein

Alamein (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robin Hughes 596 48.49
Liberal Democrats Leonard Gates 543
Liberal Democrats Josephine Msonthi 507
Conservative Karen Hamilton46938.16
Conservative Michael Platt432
Conservative Lynsay Scratchley430
UKIP William McCabe16413.34
Majority
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ampfield and Braishfield

Ampfield and Braishfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Hatley 649 78.19
Liberal Democrats Sandra Cosier18121.80
Majority46856.38
Conservative win (new seat)

Amport

Amport
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Arnell 467 69.18
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Warner12919.11
UKIP Dominic Mills7911.70
Majority33850.07
Conservative win (new seat)

Anna

Anna (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Townsend 809 58.49
Conservative Arthur Peters 767
Liberal Democrats John Moon39828.77
Liberal Democrats Kevin O'Leary346
UKIP Stanley Oram17612.72
Majority
Turnout 1,383
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Blackwater

Blackwater (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Gentle 1,205 77.49
Conservative John Lewis 1,024
Liberal Democrats Max Buckmaster35022.50
Liberal Democrats Julian Jones338
Majority
Turnout 1,555
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bourne Valley

Bourne Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Jackson 505 73.93
Liberal Democrats David Webb17826.06
Majority32747.87
Conservative win (new seat)

Broughton and Stockbridge

Broughton and Stockbridge (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Boulton 1,174 59.05
Conservative Daniel Busk 969
Liberal Democrats Maureen Treadwell67433.90
Liberal Democrats Alistair Anderson634
Labour Arthur Paul1407.04
Majority
Turnout 1,988
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Charlton

Charlton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Carr 461 77.21
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Webb13622.78
Majority32554.43
Conservative win (new seat)

Chilworth, Nursling and Rownhams

Chilworth, Nursling and Rownhams (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hall 1,242 59.82
Conservative Nigel Anderson 1,230
Conservative Bruce Cowan 1,084
Liberal Democrats Brian Richards54526.25
Labour Keith Morrel28913.92
Majority
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Cupernham

Cupernham (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Baverstock 838 58.23
Liberal Democrats Alan Marsh 827
Conservative Richard Jenkins60141.76
Conservative Sarah Whitaker594
Majority
Turnout 1,439
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Dun Valley

Dun Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neville Whiteley 478 66.94
Liberal Democrats Judith Houghton23633.05
Majority24233.89
Conservative win (new seat)

Harewood

Harewood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Neal 555 74.29
Liberal Democrats Edwin Treadwell19225.70
Majority36348.59
Conservative win (new seat)

Harroway

Harroway (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia West 875 54.07
Conservative Brian Page 777
Conservative Carl Borg-Neal 718
Liberal Democrats Michael Levitt39124.16
Liberal Democrats Peter Wilson384
Liberal Democrats Rosalie Sweetman376
Labour Michael Mumford35221.75
Labour Alan Cotter279
Labour James Lowe255
Majority
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Kings Somborne and Michelmersh

Kings Somborne and Michelmersh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Bidwell 365 41.95
Conservative David Bonnor-Morris35841.14
Liberal Democrats Roger Harris14716.89
Majority70.80
Turnout 870
Independent hold Swing

Millway

Millway (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Zilliah Brooks 1,078 71.10
Conservative Sandra Hawke 998
Conservative David Drew 989
Liberal Democrats Margaret Henstock43828.89
Liberal Democrats Alan Sweetman418
Majority1,516
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

North Baddesley

North Baddesley (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Cosier 1,437 65.85
Liberal Democrats Celia Dowden 1,214
Liberal Democrats Ann Tupper 1,139
Conservative Robin Oliver62828.78
Conservative Roy Williams576
Conservative Alfred-Hans Monsen441
Labour Christopher Deverell1175.36
Majority
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Over Wallop

Over Wallop
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Hope 320 77.48
Liberal Democrats Jane Fisk9322.51
Majority22754.96
Conservative win (new seat)

Penton Bellinger

Penton Bellinger (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Lashbrook 770 56.20
Conservative Timothy Southern 739
Liberal Democrats Lance Mitchell36026.27
UKIP Derek Rumsey24017.51
Majority
Turnout 1,370
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Romsey Extra

Romsey Extra (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Caroline Nokes 542 53.82
Conservative Ian Hibberd 495
Liberal Democrats Karen Dunleavy46546.17
Liberal Democrats George Johnson444
Majority
Turnout 1,007
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

St Mary's

St Mary's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rodney Bailey 704 44.75
Liberal Democrats Barbara Levitt 602
Liberal Democrats Donald MacDonald 583
Conservative Kenneth Whitehouse54634.71
Conservative Peter Wood528
Conservative Barry Hodgson516
Labour Paul Goddard32320.53
Labour Martyn Wilson276
Labour Peter Scarrott267
Majority
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Tadburn

Tadburn (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Cooper 909 51.76
Liberal Democrats Sally Leach 900
Conservative Peter Daw70139.92
Conservative David Willox635
Labour Carolyn Nixson1468.31
Majority
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Valley Park

Valley Park (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Dowden 1,153 58.46
Liberal Democrats Jacquie Shaw 1,023
Liberal Democrats Norman Lewis 929
Conservative John Barton67234.07
Conservative Richard James631
Conservative Peggy Humphries613
Labour David Moores1477.45
Labour Teri Moores144
Majority
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Winton

Winton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marion Kerley 1,251 55.52
Conservative Pamela Mutton 1,085
Conservative Alan Smith 1,061
Liberal Democrats David Metcalf56525.07
Liberal Democrats Yvonne Jones502
Liberal Democrats John Smith479
Green James Todd25011.09
UKIP Anthony McCabe1878.30
Majority
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

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References

  1. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Test Valley (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  2. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2003 - Test Valley". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2021.