Castle Point Borough Council election, 2003

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Map of the results of the 2003 Castle Point Borough Council election. Conservative in blue and Labour in red. Castle Point UK local election 2003 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2003 Castle Point Borough Council election. Conservative in blue and Labour in red.

The 2003 Castle Point Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Castle Point Borough Council in Essex, England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes increased the number of seats by 2. [1] The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from the Labour party. [2]

Castle Point Borough in England

Castle Point is a local government district with borough status in south Essex, 30 miles (48 km) east of central London. The borough comprises the towns and villages of Canvey Island, Hadleigh, South Benfleet, and Thundersley where the council has its headquarters.

Borough status in the United Kingdom is granted by royal charter to local government districts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The status is purely honorary, and does not give any additional powers to the council or inhabitants of the district. In Scotland, similarly chartered communities were known as royal burghs, although the status is no longer granted.

Essex County of England

Essex is a county in the south-east of England, north-east of London. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and London to the south-west. The county town is Chelmsford, the only city in the county. For government statistical purposes Essex is placed in the East of England region.

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Election result

The Conservatives took control of the council after gaining 22 seats to have 39 of the 41 councillors. [3] Meanwhile, Labour was reduced to only 2 councillors after losing 19 seats. [3] Overall turnout at the election was 26.8%, down from 32% at the 1999 election. [4]

A Councillor is a member of a local government council.

Voter turnout percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election

Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election. Eligibility varies by country, and the voting-eligible population should not be confused with the total adult population. Age and citizenship status are often among the criteria used to determine eligibility, but some countries further restrict eligibility based on sex, race, or religion.

Among the Labour councillors to be defeated were the leader of the council Dave Wells and the mayor Charles Smith. [5]

In England, the offices of mayor and lord mayor have long been ceremonial posts, with few or no duties attached to them. In recent years they have doubled as more influential political roles while retaining the ceremonial functions. A mayor's term of office denotes the municipal year. The most famous example is that of the Lord Mayor of the City of London.

Castle Point local election result 2003 [4] [6]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 39+2295.160.831,753
  Labour 2-194.937.619,641
  Green 0001.2621
  Independent 0-100.3178
  Socialist Alliance 0000.147

Ward results

Appleton (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Eugene Egan864
Conservative Pamela Freeman840
Conservative Thomas Skipp830
Labour Michael Gamble615
Labour John Trollope587
Labour Lorna Trollope566
Turnout 4,30230.1
Boyce (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Wendy Goodwin1,069
Conservative Gail Boland1,039
Conservative Christopher Freeman1,014
Labour John Hart390
Labour Frank Callow380
Labour Gilian Wilson372
Turnout 4,26428.4
Canvey Island Central (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour David Blackwell621
Conservative Jane King586
Labour Terry Blackwell584
Conservative Laurence Martin578
Conservative Terry Sessions556
Labour Barry Dixie551
Turnout 3,47622.7
Canvey Island East (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Geoffrey Coates655
Conservative Shirley Coates633
Conservative Lionel Hart629
Labour Jackie Reilly593
Labour Mark Reilly561
Labour Sarah Beales542
Green Christopher Keene135
Turnout 3,74825.5
Canvey Island North (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Matthew Howard560
Conservative Patricia Haunts511
Conservative Heather Searle510
Labour John Payne449
Labour William Deal448
Labour Kenneth Finch433
Turnout 2,91120.0
Canvey Island South (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Mark Howard855
Conservative Sylvia Waymark818
Conservative Jeffrey Stanley791
Labour Mike Curham477
Labour Adrian Fletcher457
Labour Lynne Fletcher447
Green Clifford Hughes152
Turnout 3,99727.2
Canvey Island West (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Raymond Howard902
Conservative Anthony Belford769
Labour Christine Andrews190
Labour Heidi Cox182
Green Irene Willis75
Turnout 2,11829.5
Canvey Island Winter Gardens (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Norman Bambridge575
Conservative Dorothy Best563
Conservative Lance Munt517
Labour Katie Curtis373
Labour Jane David366
Labour William Green355
Independent Norman Garnett178
Socialist Alliance Robert Chapman47
Turnout 2,97420.5
Cedar Hall (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Peter Burch967
Conservative Norman Smith931
Conservative Norman Ladzrie914
Labour Jennifer Howlett434
Labour George Wilson418
Labour Charles Smith416
Turnout 4,08030.3
St Georges (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Jacqueline Govier720
Conservative Andrew Cole689
Conservative Terence Turpin653
Labour Joseph Cooke642
Labour David Wells626
Labour Roy English606
Turnout 3,93628.5
St James (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Tony Thomas964
Conservative Godfrey Isaacs884
Conservative W Sharp799
Labour John West361
Labour Godfrey Harris352
Labour Harry Brett345
Green Douglas Copping259
Turnout 3,96428.2
St Marys (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Kathleen Meager764
Conservative Lisa Preston734
Conservative David Cross719
Labour Brian Wilson715
Labour Anthony Wright686
Labour Daniel Regan685
Turnout 4,30329.0
St Peters (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative William Dick948
Conservative Pamela Challis924
Conservative Beverley Egan912
Labour John Hawkins564
Labour Matthew Thomas508
Labour Adrian Hobden481
Turnout 4,33729.6
Victoria (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Colin Riley868
Conservative Clifford Brunt861
Conservative Enid Isaacs838
Labour Frederick Jones433
Labour Robert Peters427
Labour Philip Brunt403
Turnout 3,83029.1

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References

  1. ↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online . Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Election Results - English Councils". The Times . NewsBank. 2 May 2003. p. 17.
  3. 1 2 Johnston, Philip (3 May 2003). "Tories back in charge in former true-blue towns: Conservatives". The Daily Telegraph . NewsBank.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Castle Point Borough Council election results May 2003" (PDF). Castle Point Borough Council. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "South Essex: It's a blue day as Tories run riot". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 2 May 2003.
  6. ↑ "Election results". Financial Times . NewsBank. 2 May 2003. p. 4.
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