2003 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election

Elections to Weymouth and Portland Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 13
• Liberal Democrat 11
• Conservative 6
• Independent 5

Election result

Weymouth and Portland local election result 2003

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	4			-2	33.3	31.4	4,419	-7.1%
	Liberal Democrats	4			+1	33.3	29.2	4,106	+5.4%
	Independent	3			+1	25.0	16.2	2,281	+11.3%
	Conservative	1			0	8.3	19.7	2,777	-13.2%
	UKIP	0			0	0	3.5	497	+3.5%

Ward results

Melcombe Regis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Farrell	454	46.8	−14.7
	Conservative	Derek Model	320	33.0	+9.0
	Labour	Mary McHugh	197	20.3	+5.8
Majority			134	13.8	−23.7
Turnout			971	25.5	−4.7

North Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Burden	876	54.5	−6.9
	Conservative	Mark Johnson	732	45.5	+6.9
Majority			144	9.0	−13.8
Turnout			1,608	30.5	−0.6

Preston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hazel Bruce	1,064	50.3	+9.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Mannings	860	40.7	−10.5
	Labour	Joy Burrow	190	9.0	+1.0
Majority			204	9.6
Turnout			2,114	49.8	−1.7

Radipole

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	George Molyneux	599	50.0
	Conservative	George Granycome	439	36.6
	Labour	Stewart Pearson	161	13.4
Majority			160	13.4
Turnout			1,199	34.5

Tophill East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jacqueline Redfern	358	53.8	−0.8
	Independent	Margaret Leicester	307	46.2	+46.2
Majority			51	7.6	−21.3
Turnout			665	27.2	−4.1

Tophill West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Leslie Ames	805	74.9	+74.9
	Labour	Ruth Mackay	154	14.3	−38.0
	Independent	Simon Avery	116	10.8	+10.8
Majority			651	60.6
Turnout			1,075	26.6	+5.5

Underhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Timothy Munro	283	55.5	+55.5
	Labour	Lynne Coombe	227	44.5	−24.0
Majority			56	11.0
Turnout			510	22.7	−3.2

Westham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Hayman	514	59.7
	Labour	Lorraine Rodgers	347	40.3
Majority			167	19.4
Turnout			861	29.5

Westham North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Hutchings	553	44.7	+17.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Harris	463	37.4	−19.1
	Conservative	John Scott	222	17.9	+1.9
Majority			90	7.3
Turnout			1,238	33.7	−2.8

Westham West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Banham	522	57.0	+10.9
	Labour	Angela McCarthy	394	43.0	−10.9
Majority			128	14.0
Turnout			916	38.2	−2.2

Weymouth West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kay Wilcox	657	44.1	−17.0
	UKIP	Hugh Chalker	497	33.4	+33.4
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Wellman	335	22.5	+22.5
Majority			160	10.7	−11.5
Turnout			1,489	36.4	−0.3

Wyke Regis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Churchouse	663	46.2	+0.7
	Independent	Jack Biggs	412	28.7	+9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Charlie Garman	359	25.0	+25.0
Majority			251	17.5	+7.6
Turnout			1,434	34.3	−5.0

References

• 2003 Weymouth and Portland election result
• Ward results Archived 8 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine