Aylesbury Vale District Council election, 2003

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Map of the results of the 2003 Aylesbury Vale council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Independents in grey. Aylesbury Vale UK local election 2003 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2003 Aylesbury Vale council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Independents in grey.

Elections to Aylesbury Vale District Council were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 increasing the number of councillors by 1. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

Aylesbury Vale Non-metropolitan district in England

The Aylesbury Vale is a large area of gently rolling agricultural landscape located in the northern half of Buckinghamshire, England. Its boundary is marked by the Borough of Milton Keynes and South Northamptonshire to the north, Central Bedfordshire and the Borough of Dacorum (Hertfordshire) to the east, the Chiltern Hills and Wycombe to south, and South Oxfordshire to the west.

Conservative Party (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. Presently led by Theresa May, it has been the governing party since 2010. It presently has 314 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 249 members of the House of Lords, and 18 members of the European Parliament. It also has 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 12 members of the Welsh Assembly, eight members of the London Assembly and 9,008 local councillors. One of the major parties of UK politics, it has formed the government on 45 occasions, more than any other party.

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Results

Aylesbury Vale Local Election Result 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 30 +3 50.8 48.2 33,685
  Liberal Democrat 25 +1 42.4 40.0 27,968
  Independent 4 -2 6.8 5.2 3,660
  Labour 0 -1 0 5.5 3,878
  Residents Action Party 0 0 0 0.9 604
  UKIP 0 0 0 0.2 126

5 Conservative candidates were unopposed.

By ward

Aston Clinton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative William Chapple 1,723
Conservative Carole Paternoster 1,635
Conservative David Thompson 1,493
Liberal Democrat Sheelagh Nolan 809
Turnout 5,660
Aylesbury Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Keith Turner 326 53.0
Conservative David Clarke 200 32.5
Independent Denis Gilford 89 14.5
Majority 126 20.5
Turnout 615
Bedgrove (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Penelope Thorne 1,432
Liberal Democrat Julian Newman 1,404
Liberal Democrat Alan Sherwell 1,324
Conservative John Champion 1,239
Conservative June Toseland 1,188
Conservative Michael Arrowsmith 1,170
Labour Edna Ullmann 225
Turnout 7,992
Bierton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Bernard Griffin 269 46.5
Liberal Democrat Ronald Letts 175 30.2
Conservative Alistair Doe 135 23.3
Majority 94 16.3
Turnout 579
Brill
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Valerie Baxter 580 53.6
Labour Joanna Dodsworth 256 23.7
Liberal Democrat Luke Croydon 246 22.7
Majority 324 29.9
Turnout 1,082
Buckingham North (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Derrick Isham 630
Conservative Timothy Mills 521
Liberal Democrat Pauline Stevens 484
Labour Christine Strain-Clark 479
Turnout 2,114
Buckingham South (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Kenneth Liversedge 601
Conservative Hedley Cadd 574
Labour Robin Stutchbury 399
Liberal Democrat Hannah Saul 290
Turnout 1,864
Cheddington
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Corry Cashman 558 58.7
Conservative Lesley Pollard 392 41.3
Majority 166 17.4
Turnout 950
Coldharbour (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Paul Hughes 589
Liberal Democrat Chloe Willets 567
Liberal Democrat Zulifgar Ahmed 517
Conservative Philip Collinge 393
Conservative Andrew Huxley 376
Conservative Nicholas West 356
Labour Neal Bonham 198
Independent Christopher Card 80
Turnout 3,076
Edlesborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Pauline Hannelly 457 59.8
Liberal Democrat John Brown 307 40.2
Majority 150 19.6
Turnout 764
Elmhurst and Watermead (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Raj Khan 936
Conservative Abdul Khaliq 746
Conservative Jason Bray 725
Liberal Democrat Maria Butler 715
Liberal Democrat Jennifer Puddefoot 690
Conservative Ian West 647
Labour Michael Rowlinson 352
Turnout 4,811
Gatehouse (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Patricia Jamieson 474
Liberal Democrat Terence Sherwin 439
Conservative Jane Sale 180
Labour Philip McGoldrick 160
Conservative Catherine West 160
Labour Malcolm Pike 141
Residents Action Party Frank Merrick 83
Residents Action Party Martin Hill 75
Turnout 1,712
Great Brickhill
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Neil Blake 480 57.1
Liberal Democrat Geoffrey Twiss 268 31.9
Labour Brian Ambler 92 11.0
Majority 212 25.2
Turnout 840
Great Horwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Beville Stanier unopposed
Grendon Underwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Cartwright unopposed
Haddenham (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Neil Stuart 1,281
Conservative Judith Brandis 1,215
Independent Chloe Lambert 1,083
Conservative Brian Foster 1,049
Liberal Democrat Richard Moore 991
Conservative Eric Lambden 850
Liberal Democrat Mary Baldwin 849
Turnout 7,318
Long Crendon (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Smith 1,083
Conservative Michael Edmonds 1,064
Liberal Democrat Elaine Stuart 442
Labour Margaret Liggett 374
Turnout 2,953
Luffield Abbey
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Alison Walsh 555 76.1
Liberal Democrat Laura Takuma 174 23.9
Majority 381 52.2
Turnout 729
Mandeville and Elm Farm (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Denise Summers 828
Liberal Democrat Peter Vernon 764
Liberal Democrat Niknam Hussain 676
Conservative Myles Grandison 467
Conservative Thomas Wilkins 447
Conservative Hugh Williams 445
Labour Henry Gardner 198
Labour Shirley Raw 195
UKIP Gerard McCormack 126
Turnout 4,146
Marsh Gibbon
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Ian Metherell 421 53.3
Conservative Michael Hall 369 46.7
Majority 52 6.6
Turnout 790
Newton Longville
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Pamela Pearce 493 52.6
Conservative Sally Judd 295 31.5
Liberal Democrat Llewellyn Monger 149 15.9
Majority 198 21.1
Turnout 937
Oakfield (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Stephen Patrick 711
Liberal Democrat Glenda Reynolds 675
Conservative Jason Evans 229
Conservative Joseph Cook 222
Turnout 1,837
Pitstone
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Avril Davies 537 68.8
Conservative Paul Garrad 244 31.2
Majority 293 37.6
Turnout 781
Quainton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Sue Polhill unopposed
Quarrendon (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Raymond Ghent 400
Liberal Democrat Raymond Humm 366
Residents Action Party David Davies 188
Residents Action Party Elsie Davies 184
Conservative John Carter 99
Conservative Philip Still 82
Turnout 1,319
Southcourt (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Freda Roberts 627
Liberal Democrat David Ralph 456
Independent Alan Price 271
Labour Zard Khan 222
Conservative Louis Altman 109
Conservative Marion Dorrell 95
Residents Action Party Joanne Merrick 74
Turnout 1,854
Steeple Claydon
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Edward Griffin unopposed
Stewkley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Jennings 609 70.6
Labour William Lyttle 253 29.4
Majority 356 41.2
Turnout 862
Tingewick
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Rowlands 651 73.3
Liberal Democrat Howard Mordue 237 26.7
Majority 414 46.6
Turnout 888
Waddesdon
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Margaret Morgan-Owen unopposed
Walton Court and Hawkslade (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Steven Kennell 515
Liberal Democrat Ranjula Takodra 452
Conservative Paul Milham 196
Conservative John Wiseman 189
Labour Gordon Richardson 126
Independent Albert McNicholls 117
Labour Tom Watt 105
Turnout 1,700
Weedon
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Ashley Bond 380 62.1
Liberal Democrat Harold Newman 129 21.1
Labour Margaret Ewan 103 16.8
Majority 251 41.0
Turnout 612
Wendover (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Christopher Richards 1,062
Conservative Judith Myers 1,061
Conservative Kevin McPartland 1,032
Liberal Democrat Christopher Peeler 944
Liberal Democrat Gordon Knight 940
Liberal Democrat Jane Rutland 933
Turnout 5,972
Wing
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Dorothea Glover 521 65.1
Liberal Democrat Robert Lewis 279 34.9
Majority 242 30.2
Turnout 800
Wingrave
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Peter Cooper 571 64.6
Conservative Colin Smart 313 35.4
Majority 258 29.2
Turnout 884
Winslow (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Colin Ashendon 812
Conservative Angela Rowlands 784
Independent Christopher James 687
Liberal Democrat Sandra Monger 468
Turnout 2,751

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