Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election, 2003

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Elections to Weymouth and Portland Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

Weymouth and Portland Borough & Non-metropolitan district in England

Weymouth and Portland was a local government district and borough in Dorset, England. It consisted of the resort of Weymouth and the Isle of Portland, and includes the areas of Wyke Regis, Preston, Melcombe Regis, Upwey, Broadwey, Southill, Nottington, Westham, Radipole, Chiswell, Castletown, Fortuneswell, Weston, Southwell and Easton; the latter six being on the Isle of Portland.

In the context of local authorities in the United Kingdom, the term no overall control refers to a situation in which no single political group achieves a majority of seats; and is analogous to a hung parliament. Of the 310 councils who had members up for election in the 2007 local elections, 85 resulted in a NOC administration.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

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Election result

Weymouth and Portland Local Election Result 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 4 -2 33.3 31.4 4,419 -7.1%
  Liberal Democrat 4 +1 33.3 29.2 4,106 +5.4%
  Independent 3 +1 25.0 16.2 2,281 +11.3%
  Conservative 1 0 8.3 19.7 2,777 -13.2%
  UKIP 0 0 0 3.5 497 +3.5%

Ward results

Melcombe Regis
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Peter Farrell 454 46.8 -14.7
Conservative Derek Model 320 33.0 +9.0
Labour Mary McHugh 197 20.3 +5.8
Majority 134 13.8 -23.7
Turnout 971 25.5 -4.7
North Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Harry Burden 876 54.5 -6.9
Conservative Mark Johnson 732 45.5 +6.9
Majority 144 9.0 -13.8
Turnout 1,608 30.5 -0.6
Preston
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Hazel Bruce 1,064 50.3 +9.4
Liberal Democrat David Mannings 860 40.7 -10.5
Labour Joy Burrow 190 9.0 +1.0
Majority 204 9.6
Turnout 2,114 49.8 -1.7
Radipole
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat George Molyneux 599 50.0
Conservative George Granycome 439 36.6
Labour Stewart Pearson 161 13.4
Majority 160 13.4
Turnout 1,199 34.5
Tophill East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Jacqueline Redfern 358 53.8 -0.8
Independent Margaret Leicester 307 46.2 +46.2
Majority 51 7.6 -21.3
Turnout 665 27.2 -4.1
Tophill West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Leslie Ames 805 74.9 +74.9
Labour Ruth Mackay 154 14.3 -38.0
Independent Simon Avery 116 10.8 +10.8
Majority 651 60.6
Turnout 1,075 26.6 +5.5
Underhill
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Timothy Munro 283 55.5 +55.5
Labour Lynne Coombe 227 44.5 -24.0
Majority 56 11.0
Turnout 510 22.7 -3.2
Westham East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Jacqueline Hayman 514 59.7
Labour Lorraine Rodgers 347 40.3
Majority 167 19.4
Turnout 861 29.5
Westham North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Andrew Hutchings 553 44.7 +17.2
Liberal Democrat Jennifer Harris 463 37.4 -19.1
Conservative John Scott 222 17.9 +1.9
Majority 90 7.3
Turnout 1,238 33.7 -2.8
Westham West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Raymond Banham 522 57.0 +10.9
Labour Angela McCarthy 394 43.0 -10.9
Majority 128 14.0
Turnout 916 38.2 -2.2
Weymouth West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Kay Wilcox 657 44.1 -17.0
UKIP Hugh Chalker 497 33.4 +33.4
Liberal Democrat Shirley Wellman 335 22.5 +22.5
Majority 160 10.7 -11.5
Turnout 1,489 36.4 -0.3
Wyke Regis
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour James Churchouse 663 46.2 +0.7
Independent Jack Biggs 412 28.7 +9.8
Liberal Democrat Charlie Garman 359 25.0 +25.0
Majority 251 17.5 +7.6
Turnout 1,434 34.3 -5.0

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