Welwyn Hatfield District Council election, 2003

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

Welwyn Hatfield Borough & Non-metropolitan district in England

The Borough of Welwyn Hatfield is a local government district in southern Hertfordshire, England.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives increase their majority on the council after making one gain from Labour in Hatfield West. [3] No other seats changed parties, with the Conservatives holding Sherrards by 123 votes over Labour. [3] The closest result came in Handside ward where the Conservatives held the seat by 20 votes over the Liberal Democrats, meaning that the Liberal Democrats remained without any seats on the council. [3] Overall turnout in the election was 33.1%, [4] down by 2% from the 2002 election, with a quarter of the votes cast being postal votes. [3]

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The party's platform emphasises greater state intervention, social justice and strengthening workers' rights.

Hatfield, Hertfordshire town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England

Hatfield is a town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, in the borough of Welwyn Hatfield. It had a population of 29,616 in 2001, and 39,201 at the 2011 Census. The settlement is of Saxon origin. Hatfield House, home of the Marquess of Salisbury, forms the nucleus of the old town. From the 1930s when de Havilland opened a factory until the 1990s when British Aerospace closed it, aircraft design and manufacture employed more people there than any other industry. Hatfield was one of the post-war New Towns built around London and has much modernist architecture from the period. The University of Hertfordshire is based there.

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Welwyn Hatfield Local Election Result 2003 [2] [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 910+156.345.19,591-3.1%
  Labour 701-143.832.36,858-2.0%
  Liberal Democrat 0000022.64,794+5.1%

Ward results

Brookmans Park & Little Heath [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Stephen Boulton1,20377.2+1.3
Liberal Democrat Catherine Edwards21113.5+0.7
Labour Margaret White1459.3-2.0
Majority99263.7+0.6
Turnout 1,559
Conservative hold Swing
Haldens [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mike Larkins65251.5-3.1
Conservative Stuart Jackson34527.3-1.9
Liberal Democrat Helen Bassett26921.2+5.0
Majority30724.2-1.2
Turnout 1,266
Labour hold Swing
Handside [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Dennis Lewis1,02244.4+2.8
Liberal Democrat Daniel Cooke1,00243.5+3.0
Labour Lynn Chesterman27912.1-5.8
Majority200.9-0.2
Turnout 2,303
Conservative hold Swing
Hatfield Central [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Maureen Cook53044.3+1.7
Liberal Democrat Hazel Laming42035.1-0.8
Conservative Roger Roberts24720.6-1.0
Majority1109.2+2.5
Turnout 1,197
Labour hold Swing
Hatfield East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Michael Long78255.2-2.9
Labour Samuel Smith35224.9-0.5
Liberal Democrat Lis Meyland-Smith28219.9+3.4
Majority43030.3-2.4
Turnout 1,416
Conservative hold Swing
Hatfield South (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Alfred Appleby377
Labour Linda Mendez376
Conservative Ronald Smith175
Conservative Andrew Peffer164
Liberal Democrat Richard Griffiths111
Liberal Democrat Sheila Archer108
Turnout 1,311
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hatfield West [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Hawkins64447.0-3.5
Labour Roy Moss50937.2-0.5
Liberal Democrat Simon Archer21715.8+4.0
Majority1359.8-3.0
Turnout 1,370
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Hollybush [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Alan Johnson62355.8-4.4
Conservative Yvonne Stanbury28025.1-2.4
Liberal Democrat Janet Gammage21319.1+6.8
Majority34330.7-2.0
Turnout 1,116
Labour hold Swing
Howlands [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Jill Weston62751.8-1.6
Conservative Marian Pile36430.1-1.9
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Arch22018.2+3.6
Majority26321.7+0.3
Turnout 1,211
Labour hold Swing
Northaw [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Mansfield99080.3+0.7
Liberal Democrat Nigel Bain14812.0+1.2
Labour Sheila Jones957.7-1.9
Majority84268.3-0.5
Turnout 1,233
Conservative hold Swing
Panshanger [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Darren Bennett61542.4-8.5
Labour Christopher Cory45331.3+1.7
Liberal Democrat Ted Naseby38126.3+6.8
Majority16211.1-10.2
Turnout 1,449
Conservative hold Swing
Peartree [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Stephen Roberts49147.7-11.4
Liberal Democrat Wanda Armstrong-Bridges36235.1+16.7
Conservative David Perkins17717.2-5.3
Majority12912.6-24.0
Turnout 1,030
Labour hold Swing
Sherrards [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Burnapp98445.6-1.4
Labour Anthony Crump86139.9-2.5
Liberal Democrat Louise Lotz31114.4+3.8
Majority1235.7+1.1
Turnout 2,156
Conservative hold Swing
Welwyn North [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Julie Cragg66462.2-1.3
Liberal Democrat David Bartlett23021.6+4.1
Labour Jan Burnell17316.2-2.9
Majority43440.6-3.8
Turnout 1,067
Conservative hold Swing
Welwyn South [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Richard Smith93560.0-0.8
Labour Julia Henderson31520.2-6.5
Liberal Democrat Ian Skidmore30919.8+7.3
Majority62039.8+5.7
Turnout 1,559
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "English local elections: Results". The Guardian. 2003-05-02. p. 12.
  2. 1 2 "Election Results". The Times. 2003-05-02. p. 17.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Tories tighten grip on Welwyn Hatfield". Watford Observer . 2003-05-02. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Welwyn Hatfield Council Election Result" (PDF). Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
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