2003 Wokingham District Council election

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

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

18 seats were contested with the Liberal Democrats defending 10, the Conservatives 7, while 1 seat was held by an independent. [3] The results saw this situation turned round with the Conservatives winning 10 seats as compared to 8 for the Liberal Democrats. [4] The Conservatives gained seats from the Liberal Democrats in Emmbrook and Little Hungerford wards, while also recovering Sonning which had been held by an independent who had defected from the Conservatives. [4] There was controversy over the result in Whitegates when the Returning Officer initially read the results out as a Conservative gain, while the actual vote count was a Liberal Democrat hold. [3] Overall turnout in the election was 30.4%. [4]

The Conservatives described the results as an endorsement of their record, while the Liberal Democrats called them disappointing but were pleased that their vote share had increased from 2002. [3]

Wokingham Local Election Result 2003 [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1030+355.648.414,234-0.7
  Liberal Democrats 802-244.441.312,124+2.9
  Labour 00000.07.12,087-1.8
  UKIP 00000.02.5747-0.1
  Monster Raving Loony 00000.00.6188+0.6
  Independent 001-10.0N/AN/A-0.9

Ward results

Barkham [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pamela Stubbs39976.0−4.9
Liberal Democrats Robert Bradshaw6512.4+1.3
UKIP Jeremy Allison6111.6+11.6
Majority 33463.6−6.2
Turnout 52528.5−2.0
Conservative hold Swing
Coronation [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Carol Jewell84743.3
Conservative Mark Wilkins77039.3
UKIP Amy Thornton21010.7
Labour Ian Hills1316.7
Majority 774.0
Turnout 1,95834.3−2.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Emmbrook [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ullakarim Clark79447.8−3.9
Liberal Democrats Josephine Shockley57134.4+2.0
UKIP Ann Davis17310.4+1.7
Labour John Ferguson1237.4+0.3
Majority 22313.4−5.9
Turnout 1,66135.7−3.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Evendons [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tina Marinos1,21048.2+9.0
Conservative Christopher Bowring1,13045.0−4.9
Labour John Baker1726.8+0.9
Majority 803.2
Turnout 2,51229.8−1.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Finchampstead South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Muriel Long89767.7−3.8
Liberal Democrats Roland Cundy42832.3+3.8
Majority 46935.4−7.6
Turnout 1,32528.5−1.4
Conservative hold Swing
Little Hungerford [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Chopping1,26147.2−3.6
Liberal Democrats Diana Buckley-Carpenter1,21945.6+6.0
Labour Jacqueline Rupert1937.2−2.4
Majority 421.6−9.6
Turnout 2,67333.3−0.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Loddon [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Clacey77856.0+8.1
Conservative Lee Clarke41029.5−2.7
Labour Janice Kite20214.5−0.6
Majority 36826.5+10.8
Turnout 1,39021.8−1.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Norreys [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Lee1,23066.3+7.3
Liberal Democrats Michael Harper38220.6+2.0
Labour Paul Sharples24313.1−4.6
Majority 84845.7+5.3
Turnout 1,85530.1−3.5
Conservative hold Swing
Redhatch [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Fiona Rolls1,38944.5−8.7
Conservative Norman Jorgensen1,31642.2+5.4
Labour David Sharp2267.2−2.9
Monster Raving Loony Peter Owen1886.0+6.0
Majority 732.3−14.1
Turnout 3,11925.9+1.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Remenham & Wargrave [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Browne82867.1−1.9
Liberal Democrats Lindsay Ferris40632.9+1.9
Majority 42234.2−3.8
Turnout 1,23436.5−5.3
Conservative hold Swing
Shinfield [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barrie Patman1,04164.9+1.0
Labour Jacqueline Pluves29318.3+3.1
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Rowland27116.9−4.0
Majority 74846.6+3.6
Turnout 1,60526.8−1.2
Conservative hold Swing
Sonning [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Rimell37671.8−12.5
Liberal Democrats Robert Samuel8816.8+7.8
UKIP Peter Williams326.1+6.1
Labour Michael Irving285.3−1.4
Majority 28855.0−19.7
Turnout 52445.3−0.1
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
South Lake [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kay Gilder80476.1+23.1
Conservative William Henderson25323.9+4.1
Majority 55152.2+19.0
Turnout 1,05723.7−0.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Twyford & Ruscombe [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Ferris1,36162.2+0.6
Conservative John Jarvis66530.4−0.4
Labour Roy Mantel1627.4−0.2
Majority 69631.8+1.0
Turnout 2,18838.0−1.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Wescott [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Green68655.1+5.4
Liberal Democrats Stephen Bacon33126.6−10.5
Labour Anna Nemeth1169.3−3.8
UKIP Franklin Carstairs1118.9+8.9
Majority 35528.5+15.9
Turnout 1,24432.9−32.1
Conservative hold Swing
Whitegates [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats George Storry66658.8+10.3
Conservative Abdul Loyes26823.7−1.3
Labour Pippa White19817.5−9.0
Majority 39835.1+13.1
Turnout 1,13238.4−29.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Winnersh [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Prue Bray94749.7+19.3
Conservative Anthony Hill79741.9−8.1
UKIP Anthony Pollock1608.4+8.4
Majority 1507.8
Turnout 1,90432.0−2.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Wokingham Without [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Perry Lewis1,11375.5
Liberal Democrats Philip Bristow36124.5
Majority 75251.0
Turnout 1,47428.1
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Election 2003: full results and analysis". The Guardian . London. Archived from the original on 27 August 2006. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Local election results". Wokingham Borough Council. Archived from the original on 10 May 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 "Woky's true blue". Reading Evening Post . 2 May 2003. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 "Tories in true blue victory". getwokingham. 7 May 2003. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
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