Brentwood Council election, 2003

Elections to Brentwood Borough Council were held on 1 May, 2003. One third of the council was up for election, all seats last being elected in 2002 following boundary changes. Twelve years of Liberal Democrat control ended with the council passing into no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was
* Liberal Democrat 18
* Conservative 16
* Labour 3

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 6
gain = 2
loss = 0
net = +2
seats % = 50.0
votes % = 47.4
votes = 7,414
plus/minus = +5.7%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 5
gain = 0
loss = 2
net = -2
seats % = 41.7
votes % = 36.5
votes = 5,698
plus/minus = -5.2%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 1
gain = 1
loss = 0
net = +1
seats % = 8.3
votes % = 10.8
votes = 1,688
plus/minus = -0.1%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 1
net = -1
seats % = 0.0
votes % = 2.9
votes = 456
plus/minus = +1.0%Election Summary Party
party = New Britain Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0.0
votes % = 1.4
votes = 219
plus/minus = +1.4%Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0.0
votes % = 1.0
votes = 151
plus/minus = +0.3%Election Summary
party = Others
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0.0
votes % = 0.0
votes = 0
plus/minus = -1.5%

The swing was 5.5% from the Liberal Democrats to the Conservatives.

Ward results

Election box begin | title=Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2003: Brentwood North Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Reg Straw
votes = 597
percentage = 45.7
change = -4.9 Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Hamilton
votes = 461
percentage = 35.3
change = +6.4 Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Roy Goddard
votes = 150
percentage = 11.5
change = +0.5 Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Frank Seckleman
votes = 96
percentage = 7.4
change = -2.3 Election box majority
votes = 136
percentage = 10.4
change = -11.3 Election box turnout
votes = 1,306
percentage = 28.6
change = -4.9 Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = -5.7 Election box end Election box begin | title=Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2003: Brentwood South Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Hann
votes = 564
percentage = 40.6
change = +3.3 Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Margaret Hogan
votes = 481
percentage = 34.6
change = +5.1 Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Louise Monnickendam
votes = 337
percentage = 24.3
change = +0.8 Election box majority
votes = 83
percentage = 6.0
change = -3.0 Election box turnout
votes = 1,389
percentage = 35.2
change = -2.4 Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = -0.9 Election box end Election box begin | title=Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2003: Brentwood West Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Allan Wheatley
votes = 560
percentage = 54.4
change = -1.3 Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Cullum
votes = 378
percentage = 36.7
change = +6.9 Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Cornelius Maxey
votes = 91
percentage = 8.8
change = +0.9 Election box majority
votes = 182
percentage = 17.7
change = -8.2 Election box turnout
votes = 1,030
percentage = 25.3
change = -8.6 Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = -4.1 Election box end Election box begin | title=Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2003: Brizes & Doddinghurst Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Colin Brown
votes = 850
percentage = 66.0
change = +6.8 Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robin Maillard
votes = 356
percentage = 27.7
change = +2.8 Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michele Wigram
votes = 77
percentage = 6.0
change = -4.7 Election box majority
votes = 494
percentage = 38.4
change = +4.1 Election box turnout
votes = 1,287
percentage = 28.1
change = -4.3 Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = +2.0 Election box end Election box begin | title=Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2003: Herongate, Ingrave & West Horndon Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gordon MacLellan
votes = 662
percentage = 54.5
change = +18.3 Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
candidate = Roy Boggis
votes = 456
percentage = 37.6
change = -1.0 Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Burns
votes = 92
percentage = 7.6
change = +2.6 Election box majority
votes = 206
percentage = 17.0
change = +7.3 Election box turnout
votes = 1,214
percentage = 42.0
change = -0.9 Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
swing = +9.6 Election box end Election box begin | title=Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2003: Hutton East Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Hossack
votes = 556
percentage = 57.6
change = +17.4 Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stephen Tilley
votes = 326
percentage = 33.8
change = -10.0 Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Harman
votes = 77
percentage = 8.0
change = -2.4 Election box majority
votes = 230
percentage = 23.8
change = +20.2 Election box turnout
votes = 965
percentage = 34.6
change = -0.7 Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = +13.7 Election box end Election box begin | title=Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2003: Hutton North Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dudley Payne
votes = 649
percentage = 60.7
change = +18.1 Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Doris Suckling
votes = 315
percentage = 29.5
change = -13.1 Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Bisson
votes = 101
percentage = 9.4
change = +0.6 Election box majority
votes = 334
percentage = 31.2
change = +27.8 Election box turnout
votes = 1,069
percentage = 34.0
change = -4.6 Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +15.6 Election box end Election box begin | title=Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2003: Ingatestone, Fryerning & Mountnessing Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sarah Courage
votes = 1,057
percentage = 55.2
change = +1.8 Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jacqueline Anslow
votes = 497
percentage = 25.9
change = -8.9 Election box candidate with party link
party = New Britain Party
candidate = Arthur Howes
votes = 219
percentage = 11.4
change = +11.4 Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Margrave
votes = 79
percentage = 4.1
change = -1.2 Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Beryl Lankester
votes = 55
percentage = 2.9
change = -1.9 Election box majority
votes = 560
percentage = 29.2
change = +10.6 Election box turnout
votes = 1,916
percentage = 41.3
change = -5.1 Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box end Election box begin | title=Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2003: Pilgrims Hatch Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Charles Myers
votes = 718
percentage = 52.3
change = -5.3 Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kathryn Dean
votes = 499
percentage = 36.4
change = +9.6 Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Bingley
votes = 149
percentage = 10.9
change = +1.8 Election box majority
votes = 219
percentage = 16.0
change = -14.7 Election box turnout
votes = 1,372
percentage = 30.1
change = -5.9 Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = -7.4 Election box end Election box begin | title=Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2003: Shenfield Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Baker
votes = 1,141
percentage = 75.6
change = +21.8 Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Max Gottesmann
votes = 239
percentage = 15.8
change = -3.7 Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bernadette Pavitt
votes = 123
percentage = 8.1
change = +1.4 Election box majority
votes = 902
percentage = 59.7
change = +31.8 Election box turnout
votes = 1,510
percentage = 36.5
change = -2.6 Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +12.7 Election box end Election box begin | title=Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2003: Tipps Cross Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Madeline Henwood
votes = 665
percentage = 56.5
change = +8.0 Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alastair Wakeley
votes = 456
percentage = 38.8
change = -1.5 Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Gow
votes = 54
percentage = 4.6
change = -1.2 Election box majority
votes = 209
percentage = 17.8
change = +9.6 Election box turnout
votes = 1,176
percentage = 39.4
change = -3.0 Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +4.7 Election box end Election box begin | title=Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2003: Warley Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jill Hubbard
votes = 659
percentage = 45.5
change = -0.8 Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joan Holmes
votes = 653
percentage = 45.1
change = +6.5 Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Anderson
votes = 131
percentage = 9.0
change = +1.1 Election box majority
votes = 6
percentage = 0.4
change = -7.2 Election box turnout
votes = 1,448
percentage = 33.2
change = -4.4 Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = -3.6 Election box end

Composition of expiring seats before election

External links

* [http://www.brentwood.gov.uk Brentwood Council] sequence
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