Elections to Adur District Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party held overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 31.7%.
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After the election, the composition of the council was
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 11 | +4 | 73.3 | 46.8 | 7,167 | -2.5% | |||
Labour | 4 | -3 | 26.7 | 31.5 | 4,831 | -9.1% | |||
Liberal Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 1,713 | +10.5% | |
Independent | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4.0 | 607 | -0.8% | |||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 556 | +1.9% | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 442 | +0.8% | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Debra Kennard | 901 | 69.1 | +0.2 | |
Labour | Peter Osmond | 257 | 19.7 | -2.9 | |
Green | Frank Tilsley | 145 | 11.1 | +11.1 | |
Majority | 644 | 49.4 | +3.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,303 | 34 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Carol Bradburn | 433 | 40.3 | -16.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Roy Gibson | 235 | 21.9 | +21.9 | |
Independent | Joy Hartley | 214 | 19.9 | +19.9 | |
Labour | Jeannette White | 192 | 17.9 | -14.8 | |
Majority | 198 | 18.4 | -5.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,074 | 28 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Daniel Yate | 553 | 55.4 | -2.5 | |
Conservative | Brian Boggis | 444 | 44.5 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 109 | 10.9 | -4.9 | ||
Turnout | 997 | 28 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Carol Eade | 562 | 46.0 | +2.8 | |
Labour | Simon Thorpe | 488 | 40.0 | -16.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jacqueline Painter | 171 | 14.0 | +14.0 | |
Majority | 74 | 6.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,221 | 35 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Eade | 602 | 50.4 | +6.2 | |
Labour | Brian Whipp | 419 | 35.1 | -20.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Robert King | 174 | 14.6 | +14.6 | |
Majority | 183 | 15.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,195 | 36 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Angela Mills | 485 | 47.1 | -7.6 | |
Labour | Jean Woolgar | 239 | 23.2 | -3.1 | |
Independent | Denise Ferris | 170 | 16.5 | +16.5 | |
UKIP | Lionel Parsons | 136 | 13.2 | -5.8 | |
Majority | 246 | 23.9 | -4.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,030 | 31 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicola Eves | 247 | 35.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Richard Burt | 193 | 27.8 | ||
Labour | Ann Bridges | 153 | 22.0 | ||
Independent | Patrick Beresford | 81 | 11.7 | ||
Green | Peter Franks-Lovell | 21 | 3.0 | ||
Majority | 54 | 7.7 | |||
Turnout | 695 | 24 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brenda Collard | 419 | |||
Conservative | Andrew McGregor | 402 | |||
Labour | Joyce Burns | 228 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Timothy Clarke | 214 | |||
Labour | John Wales | 180 | |||
Turnout | 1,443 | 26 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoffrey Howitt | 286 | 74.3 | ||
Conservative | Henry Treadwell | 99 | 25.7 | ||
Majority | 187 | 48.6 | |||
Turnout | 385 | 45 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Howard | 642 | 48.5 | -1.3 | |
Labour | Alan Heselden | 360 | 27.2 | -4.7 | |
Green | Moyra Martin | 203 | 15.3 | +6.8 | |
UKIP | Kenneth Bishop | 119 | 9.0 | -0.7 | |
Majority | 282 | 21.3 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,324 | 35 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Berry | 503 | |||
Labour | Sue-Ellen Murrell-Ashworth | 385 | |||
Conservative | Felicity Deen | 364 | |||
Conservative | Laura Graysmark | 361 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Sydney Little | 170 | |||
Green | Louis Gibbs | 109 | |||
UKIP | Eric Faulkner-Little | 108 | |||
UKIP | Michael Henn | 79 | |||
Turnout | 2,079 | 36 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Iris Betty | 544 | 50.6 | -10.6 | |
Labour | Steven Carden | 261 | 24.3 | -14.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Anthony Stuart | 192 | 17.9 | +17.9 | |
Green | Esther Rees | 78 | 7.3 | +7.3 | |
Majority | 283 | 26.3 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,075 | 29 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christine Turner | 662 | 44.3 | -10.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Doris Martin | 364 | 24.3 | +24.3 | |
Labour | Adrienne Lowe | 327 | 21.9 | -23.6 | |
Independent | Edwina Weekes | 142 | 9.5 | +9.5 | |
Majority | 298 | 20.0 | +11.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,495 | 33 | |||
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