- North Somerset Council election, 2003
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The 2003 North Somerset Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of North Somerset Unitary Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.[1]
Election result
North Somerset Local Election Result 2003[2][3] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/- Conservative 24 -8 39.3 37.6 38,862 Liberal Democrat 23 +11 37.7 38.0 39,307 Labour 10 -1 16.4 20.0 20,620 Independent 3 -1 4.9 3.7 3,781 Green 1 0 1.6 0.6 627 UKIP 0 0 0 0.1 124 Others 0 -1 0 0 0 Ward results
Backwell (2)[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Felicity Baker 1,023 Conservative Peter Burden 903 Liberal Democrat Helen Madge 648 Liberal Democrat Alan Armstrong 517 Labour David Punter 234 Turnout 3,325 Banwell and Winscombe (3)[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Ann Harley 1,311 Conservative Anthony Lake 1,297 Conservative Hugh Parsons 1,261 Liberal Democrat Michael Bibb 846 Liberal Democrat Amanda Brading 801 Liberal Democrat Christopher Luke 649 Labour Stanley Banks 336 Labour Simon Arlidge 324 Labour Andrew Hughes 263 Turnout 7,088 Blagdon and Churchill[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Elizabeth Wells 644 57.8 Liberal Democrat Anthony Hughes 372 33.4 Labour Ernest Barnhurst 98 8.8 Majority 272 24.4 Turnout 1,114 Clevedon Central[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Michael Nobes 375 51.1 Conservative Carl Francis-Pester 219 29.8 Liberal Democrat Anne Carpenter 140 19.1 Majority 156 21.3 Turnout 734 Clevedon East[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent David Shopland 445 47.7 Conservative William Lavelle 227 24.3 Liberal Democrat Mary Mclean 144 15.4 Labour Jeremy Callaghan 117 12.5 Majority 218 23.4 Turnout 933 Clevedon North[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Lionel Bates 495 58.4 Liberal Democrat Joan Watkins 229 27.0 Labour John Farley 123 14.5 Majority 266 31.4 Turnout 847 Clevedon South[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Alan Cotton 316 39.4 Liberal Democrat Graham Watkins 271 33.7 Conservative Christopher Blades 216 26.9 Majority 45 5.6 Turnout 803 Clevedon Walton[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative George Morris 592 52.4 Liberal Democrat Jack Dagnall 537 47.6 Majority 55 4.9 Turnout 1,129 Clevedon West[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Chanel Stevens 409 45.9 Conservative Ericka Blades 251 28.2 Liberal Democrat Patrick Mcneill 231 25.9 Majority 158 17.7 Turnout 891 Clevedon Yeo[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Norton-Sealey 351 45.7 Labour Bryan Moore 240 31.3 Liberal Democrat Julian Carpenter 177 23.0 Majority 111 14.5 Turnout 768 Congresbury[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Green Thomas Leimdorfer 627 58.7 Conservative Gillian Bute 442 41.3 Majority 185 17.3 Turnout 1,069 Easton-in-Gordano[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Peter Fisher 636 61.4 Liberal Democrat Wendy Griggs 237 22.9 Labour Derek Waters 163 15.7 Majority 399 38.5 Turnout 1,036 Gordano[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Nigel Ashton 639 67.1 Liberal Democrat Charles Pritchard 198 20.8 Labour Barry Cooper 115 12.1 Majority 441 46.3 Turnout 952 Hutton and Locking (2)[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Ian Peddlesden 1,039 Conservative Elfan Rees 946 Liberal Democrat Bryan Mcgrath 687 Liberal Democrat Richard Bartlett 637 Labour Timothy Taylor 270 Labour David Roxburgh 220 Turnout 3,799 Kewstoke[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Ian Porter 424 52.7 Liberal Democrat David Evans 255 31.7 Labour Jacqueline Scholes 125 15.5 Majority 169 21.0 Turnout 804 Nailsea East (2)[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Andrew Cole 1,119 Liberal Democrat Robert Coleman 986 Conservative Angela Barber 836 Conservative Anita Heappey 663 Turnout 3,604 Nailsea North and West (3)[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Robert Steadman 1,062 Conservative Jeremy Blatchford 1,031 Liberal Democrat James Tonkin 960 Conservative Mary Blatchford 958 Conservative Suzanne Williams 955 Liberal Democrat Alan Clarke 954 Labour Julian Parry 756 Labour Sarah Obrien 745 Labour Catherine Elliott 738 Turnout 8,159 Pill[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Glyndwr Duck 587 61.2 Conservative Adrian Phillips 222 23.1 Liberal Democrat Peter Maw 150 15.6 Majority 365 38.1 Turnout 959 Portishead Central[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat John Clark 204 41.3 Conservative James Mcmurray 174 35.2 Labour Andrew Hamblin 116 23.5 Majority 30 6.1 Turnout 494 Portishead Coast[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative James Walters 608 59.5 Liberal Democrat Philip Palmer 414 40.5 Majority 194 19.0 Turnout 1,022 Portishead East[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Arthur Terry 386 39.4 Liberal Democrat Daisy Bickley 309 31.6 Labour Roger Whitfield 284 29.0 Majority 77 7.9 Turnout 979 Portishead Redcliffe Bay[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Daws 606 60.2 Liberal Democrat John Clark 401 39.8 Majority 205 20.4 Turnout 1,007 Portishead South and North Weston[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Jonathan Gething 389 41.4 Conservative Alan Mcmurray 299 31.8 Labour Patricia Gardener 252 26.8 Majority 90 9.6 Turnout 940 Portishead West[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Nicholas Brown 898 81.9 Conservative Rosalind Cruse 198 18.1 Majority 700 63.9 Turnout 1,096 Weston Super Mare Central (2)[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat John Crockford-Hawley 693 Liberal Democrat Ian Baker 655 Conservative Mark Terry-Short 375 Conservative David Hunt 360 Labour Josephine Bateman 222 Labour Frederick Roberts 199 Independent Adam Nash 92 UKIP Alan James 51 Turnout 2,647 Weston Super Mare Clarence and Uphill (3)[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Michael Roe 1,385 Conservative Anthony Bryant 1,368 Conservative Clive Webb 1,345 Liberal Democrat Kenneth Tucker 647 Liberal Democrat Peter Solomon 620 Liberal Democrat David Hobb-Titchard 599 Labour Stephen Varney 339 Labour Jamie Dormer-Durling 337 Labour Karoline Bateman 328 Turnout 6,968 Weston Super Mare East (3)[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Derek Kraft 1,034 Labour Richard Tucker 990 Labour Muriel Kraft 944 Liberal Democrat Grace Atkinson 629 Liberal Democrat Bryan Osborne 610 Conservative Raymond Hicks 591 Liberal Democrat Brian Hampson 543 Turnout 5,341 Weston Super Mare Milton and Old Worle (3)[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Jennifer Gosden 1,169 Liberal Democrat Astra Brand 1,118 Liberal Democrat Rosslyn Willis 1,112 Conservative Peter Crew 1,025 Conservative Patrick Taylor 1,018 Conservative Frederick Hogg 1,009 Labour Simon Stokes 481 Labour Elizabeth Swan 450 Labour William Swan 424 Independent Jeffrey Bullingham 407 Turnout 8,213 Weston Super Mare North Worle (3)[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Alan Hockridge 1,356 Liberal Democrat Ronald Moon 1,236 Liberal Democrat Richard Skinner 1,143 Conservative Frederick Parsons 627 Conservative Frederick Gamble 610 Labour Paul Francis 268 Labour Lynda Pearcey 248 Labour Simon Morse 243 Turnout 5,731 Weston Super Mare South (3)[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Ian Parker 1,122 Labour Mari Owens 1,057 Labour Robert Bateman 1,056 Liberal Democrat Raymond Armstrong 388 Liberal Democrat Celia Davies 386 Liberal Democrat June How 357 Conservative Michael Marriott 338 Turnout 4,704 Weston Super Mare South Worle (3)[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Sally Tabrett 989 Liberal Democrat Colin Golland 953 Liberal Democrat Andrew Wright 921 Labour Christopher Flint 621 Labour Michael Lyall 608 Labour Christopher Belton-Reed 584 Conservative Ena King 533 Conservative Sidney Carter 526 Conservative Alan Lane 479 Independent John Heenan 109 Turnout 6,323 Weston Super Mare West (3)[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Mark Canniford 1,337 Liberal Democrat Michael Bell 1,336 Liberal Democrat Robert Payne 1,179 Conservative Andrew Horler 895 Conservative Robert Cleland 864 Conservative Michael Fazackerley 853 Independent Paul Spencer 223 Labour Robert Craig 210 Labour Christopher Hollebon 197 Labour Vanessa Hollebon 188 UKIP Mervyn Gibbs 73 Turnout 7,355 Winford[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Audrey Telling 456 57.6 Labour Jessica Monks 335 42.4 Majority 121 15.3 Turnout 791 Wraxall and Long Ashton (2)[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Robert Cook 1,097 Conservative Howard Roberts 1,000 Liberal Democrat Angela Neale 807 Liberal Democrat Donald Barritt 653 Labour Christopher Smart 317 Turnout 3,874 Wrington[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Deborah Yamanaka 708 67.8 Conservative Teresa Kemp 336 32.2 Majority 372 35.6 Turnout 1,044 Yatton (3)[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Greta Lewis 1,607 Liberal Democrat Isabel Cummings 1,388 Liberal Democrat Peter Kehoe 1,251 Conservative Stanley Kehoe 1,048 Conservative Alison Tull 872 Labour Douglas May 612 Turnout 6,778 References
- ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/189.stm. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak "Council Elections - 1 May 2003". Political Science Resources. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/loc03/pages/NorthSomerset/results.html. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ^ "Local council election results". The Daily Telegraph. 3 May 2003. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1429056/Local-council-election-results.html. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
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