2003 Uttlesford District Council election

2003 Uttlesford District Council election

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All 44 seats to Uttlesford District Council 23 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Independent Seats won 31 10 3 Seat change 13 6 3 Popular vote 19,108 14,043 2,103 Percentage 50.3% 39.1% 5.5% Swing 6.3% 1.7% 4.2%
Results of the 2003 Uttlesford District Council election
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election Liberal Democrats

The 2003 Uttlesford District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Uttlesford District Council in England. ^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

2003 Uttlesford District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	42	31	6	0	10	70.5	49.8	17,816	+5.8
	Conservative	39	10	0	5	5	22.7	39.4	14,083	+2.0
	Independent	10	3	2	2	3	6.8	5.9	2,103	–3.8
	Labour	5	0	0	1	2	0.0	4.7	1,677	–4.3
	Green	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	86	N/A

Ward results

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Ashdon

Ashdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Savage	351	60.5	+47.6
	Independent	Raymond Tyler*	173	29.8	–30.0
	Independent	Tariq Ali	56	9.7	N/A
Majority			178	30.7	N/A
Turnout			580	44.9	+3.8
Registered electors			1,292
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing	38.8

Barnston & High Easter

Barnston & High Easter

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Eric Hicks	316	61.0
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Bryce	202	39.0
Majority			114	22.0
Turnout			518	41.2
Registered electors			1,257
	Conservative win (new seat)

Birchanger

Birchanger

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Elizabeth Godwin	269	72.7	N/A
	Conservative	Raymond Gooding	74	20.0	–52.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Raynor	27	7.3	–20.2
Majority			195	52.7	N/A
Turnout			370	45.3	+4.2
Registered electors			817
	Independent gain from Conservative

Broad Oak & The Hallingburys

Broad Oak & The Hallingburys (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Keith Arctus	645	66.6
	Conservative	Alan Row*	607	62.7
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Wingard	287	29.6
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Jones	265	27.4
Turnout			~968	36.6
Registered electors			2,646
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Clavering

Clavering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Edgar Abrahams*	352	84.4	–2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Rawlinson	65	15.6	+2.9
Majority			287	68.8	–5.8
Turnout			417	36.7	+0.4
Registered electors			1,137
	Independent hold		Swing	2.9

Elsenham & Henham

Elsenham & Henham (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Morson*	533	57.0
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Dean*	532	56.9
	Conservative	Tamsin Johnston	367	39.3
	Conservative	Keith Mackman	275	29.4
Turnout			~935	33.9
Registered electors			2,757
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Felsted

Felsted (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Gregory*	539	60.5	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Thawley*	531	59.6	+5.3
	Conservative	John Howson	336	37.7	–4.2
	Conservative	Louise McLaughlin	298	33.4	–6.2
Turnout			~892	34.2	–10.4
Registered electors			2,607
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Great Dunmow North

Great Dunmow North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Gaylor*	470	74.1	+22.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Murphy	403	63.5	+24.5
	Conservative	Carol James	152	24.0	–5.7
	Conservative	Heather Powell	136	21.4	–3.5
	Green	Michael Earley	46	7.2	N/A
Turnout			~635	31.2	–4.0
Registered electors			2,034
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Great Dunmow South

Great Dunmow South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Copping*	660	62.2	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Clarke	599	56.5	–4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Silver	598	56.4	N/A
	Conservative	Douglas James	393	37.1	+4.0
	Conservative	Helen Rothwell	374	35.3	+2.6
	Conservative	Barrie Powell	354	33.4	N/A
Turnout			~1,060	29.4	–3.7
Registered electors			3,607
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Hatfield Heath

Hatfield Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Reginald Lemon	286	57.5	N/A
	Conservative	Peter Lewis*	185	37.2	–17.9
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Dyer	26	5.2	–1.8
Majority			101	20.3	N/A
Turnout			497	37.1	–0.2
Registered electors			1,338
	Independent gain from Conservative

Littlebury

Littlebury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Menell*	395	78.1	–6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Johnson	111	21.9	+6.5
Majority			284	40.2	–13.0
Turnout			506	41.2	–2.8
Registered electors			1,228
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.5

Newport

Newport (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	William Bowker*	838	67.2	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wilcock*	834	66.9	N/A
	Conservative	Marilyn Scott	357	28.6	N/A
	Conservative	Ann Smith	338	27.1	N/A
Turnout			~1,247	48.4	+12.0
Registered electors			2,576
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Saffron Walden Audley

Saffron Walden Audley (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Hibbs*	885	57.7	+12.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Bayley*	713	46.5	+17.4
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Lelliott	683	44.5	N/A
	Conservative	David Miller*	655	42.7	+3.3
	Conservative	Alistair Walters	538	35.1	±0.0
	Conservative	Jane Muir	486	31.7	N/A
	Independent	Richard Glover	217	14.2	N/A
	Independent	John Cox	174	11.3	N/A
Turnout			~1,533	40.6	–5.5
Registered electors			3,777
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Saffron Walden Castle

Saffron Walden Castle (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Freeman	539	41.2	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Hughes	526	40.2	+11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Jones	496	38.0	N/A
	Conservative	Sarfraz Anjum	421	32.2	–1.7
	Labour	Peter Preece	416	31.8	–1.5
	Conservative	Robert O'Neill*	409	31.3	–1.1
	Conservative	Jessica Hess	395	30.2	N/A
	Labour	Yvonne Morton	280	21.4	–11.1
	Labour	Simon Trimnell	276	21.1	N/A
Turnout			~1,307	35.2	–5.4
Registered electors			3,713
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Saffron Walden Shire

Saffron Walden Shire (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Baker	531	42.6	+19.0
	Conservative	Alfred Ketteridge*	502	40.2	–5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Boland	484	38.8	+18.6
	Labour	Russell Green*	468	37.5	–12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Dawson	457	36.6	N/A
	Conservative	Adrian Lee	377	30.2	–11.4
	Conservative	Grant St Clair-Armstrong	364	29.2	N/A
	Labour	Steven Lake	237	19.0	N/A
Turnout			~1,247	32.5	–2.5
Registered electors			3,838
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Conservative hold
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Stansted North

Stansted North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Sell*	599	55.3
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Marchant	533	49.2
	Conservative	Alan Williams	385	35.6
	Conservative	Sian Lloyd	354	32.7
	Independent	Raymond Clifford	229	21.2
Turnout			~1,083	41.4
Registered electors			2,615
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Stansted South

Stansted South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Dean*	361	68.6
	Liberal Democrats	Vanessa Ollier	355	67.5
	Conservative	Richard Wallace	172	32.7
	Conservative	John Flack	127	24.1
Turnout			~526	24.6
Registered electors			2,138
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Stebbing

Stebbing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christina Cant*	267	64.8	–3.9
	Conservative	Mark Brackenbury	145	35.2	+3.9
Majority			122	29.6	–7.8
Turnout			412	32.8	–6.0
Registered electors			1,255
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.9

Stort Valley

Stort Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Loughlin	331	62.8	+1.7
	Conservative	Edward Oliver	196	37.2	–1.7
Majority			135	25.6	+3.4
Turnout			527	45.0	+1.6
Registered electors			1,172
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.7

Takeley & The Cranfields

Takeley & The Cranfields (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Harris	479	46.7
	Conservative	Jacqueline Cheetham*	472	46.0
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Westlake	416	40.6
	Conservative	Derek Jones*	388	37.8
	Independent	Richard Smith*	178	17.4
Turnout			~1,026	42.6
Registered electors			2,408
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

The Chesterfords

The Chesterfords

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	E. Tealby-Watson	424	52.3	+6.1
	Conservative	H. Rolfe	387	47.7	–6.1
Majority			37	4.6	N/A
Turnout			811	62.5	+21.3
Registered electors			1,302
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	6.1

The Eastons

The Eastons

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cecile Down*	350	76.4	+31.6
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Wilcock	108	23.6	–15.4
Majority			242	52.8	+47.0
Turnout			458	36.9	–11.8
Registered electors			1,240
	Conservative hold		Swing	23.5

The Rodings

The Rodings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Flack*	608	89.5	+37.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jillien Bolvig-Hansen	71	10.5	–37.6
Majority			537	79.1	+75.2
Turnout			679	49.2	–8.0
Registered electors			1,379
	Conservative hold		Swing	37.6

The Sampfords

The Sampfords

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Schneider*	344	61.1	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Morgan	219	38.9	–8.3
Majority			125	22.2	+16.6
Turnout			563	40.2	–0.1
Registered electors			1,400
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.3

Wenden Lofts

Wenden Lofts

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Chambers*	406	70.6	+12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Neville Reed	169	29.4	–12.1
Majority			237	41.2	+24.2
Turnout			575	47.7	–8.3
Registered electors			1,205
	Conservative hold		Swing	12.1

Wimbish & Debden

Wimbish & Debden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Corke	299	58.9	+31.1
	Independent	Rodney Stone*	169	33.3	–38.9
	Green	Simon Lacey	40	7.9	N/A
Majority			130	25.6	N/A
Turnout			508	35.4	–7.9
Registered electors			1,434
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing	35.0

References

1. "Results 1973 to 2011" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 15 January 2023.