Stafford Borough Council Election, 2003

Stafford Borough Council Election, 2003

Elections to Stafford Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. All 59 seats on the council were up for election, with boundary changes meaning the number was reduced from 60. There were elections held in 24 wards, with a urther 2 wards (Church Eaton and Milwich) uncontested. The Conservative Party gained majority control of the council after the council was under no overall control prior to the election. Overall turnout was 37.51%, with the lowest turnout (24.08%) in Coton ward and the highest (55.77%) in Seighford. As a result of the election, the new council leader was Cllr. Judith Dalgarno.

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 40
gain =
loss =
net = +17
seats % = 67.8%
votes % =
votes =
plus/minus =
Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 14
gain =
loss =
net = -13
seats % = 23.7%
votes % =
votes =
plus/minus =
Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 5
gain =
loss =
net = -3
seats % = 8.4%
votes % =
votes =
plus/minus =
Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = -2
seats % = 0
votes % =
votes =
plus/minus =

The total number of seats on the Council after the election was:
*Conservative Party - 40
*Labour - 14
*Liberal Democrats - 5Sources: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/269.stm BBC] [http://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/static/Documents/Elections/Borough-2003-Results.pdf Stafford Borough Council]

Results by ward

All results from [http://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/static/Documents/Elections/Borough-2003-Results.pdf Stafford Borough Council] .

Barlaston and Oulton (2 seats)

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Fairbanks
votes = 817
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Russell
votes = 763
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Jones
votes = 674
percentage =
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 1,443
percentage = 44.29%
change =

Baswich (2 seats)

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ann Edgeller
votes = 868
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Francis
votes = 728
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Evans
votes = 349
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mellony Millichap
votes = 300
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paul Brett
votes = 250
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Adrian Wood
votes = 195
percentage =
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 1,463
percentage = 42.47%
change =

Chartley (1 seat)

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Brendan McKeown
votes = 346
percentage = 50.2%
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Walster
votes = 343
percentage = 49.8%
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 694
percentage = 47.86%
spoiled = 5
change =

Church Eaton (1 seat)

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Barry Stamp
votes = Election Uncontested
percentage =
change =

Common (2 seats)

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Kennedy
votes = 438
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Simpson
votes = 422
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Eld
votes = 246
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Carol Lee
votes = 234
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Hine
votes = 178
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Leslie Gittins
votes = 142
percentage =
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 920
percentage = 29.00%
change =

Coton (2 seats)

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Kemp
votes = 378
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Shone
votes = 345
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Rosemary Vance-Cotsford
votes = 155
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Paul Gilbert
votes = 150
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dominic Brisby
votes = 128
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Edith Foster
votes = 121
percentage =
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 696
percentage = 24.08%
change =

Eccleshall (3 seats)

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Henry Butter
votes = 1134
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Sillito
votes = 1039
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ivan Jennings
votes = 925
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Gordon Dale
votes = 775
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Kirby
votes = 674
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Bryan Delanchy
votes = 465
percentage =
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 1,954
percentage = 38.26
change =

Forebridge (2 seats)

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christine Baron
votes = 648
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Seary
votes = 559
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Ronald
votes = 313
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Lisa Pearce
votes = 261
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Violet Allan
votes = 198
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Patrick Roe
votes = 187
percentage =
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 1,138
percentage = 35.09%
change =

Fulford (3 seats)

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Bedson
votes = 1019
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sydney Oldfield
votes = 913
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Harp
votes = 828
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Kathleen Brayford
votes = 636
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Richard Mycock
votes = 618
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Kenneth Brayford
votes = 599
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Shaw
votes = 366
percentage =
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 1,902
percentage = 40.62%
change =

Gnosall and Woodseaves (3 seats)

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Raymond Smith
votes = 1057
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Kelly
votes = 1039
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kenneth Williamson
votes = 1019
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Richard Philpott
votes = 623
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = George Sunley
votes = 612
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Philpott
votes = 593
percentage =
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 1,806
percentage = 35.66%
change =

Haywood and Hixon (3 seats)

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jean Tabernor
votes = 999
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Amyas Northcote
votes = 968
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Perkins
votes = 951
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Coates
votes = 487
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = John Mosley
votes = 367
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Timothy Hackett
votes = 364
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jacqueline Hemingway
votes = 349
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Ronald Chell
votes = 342
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Boyle
votes = 336
percentage =
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 2,003
percentage = 39.69%
change =

Highfields and Western Downs (3 seats)

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Aidan Godfrey
votes = 668
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Maureen Bowen
votes = 630
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony Pearce
votes = 561
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Neil Thomas
votes = 428
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Downs
votes = 365
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Lynda Turner
votes = 333
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Trevor Tabernor
votes = 332
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Scott Wilson
votes = 296
percentage =
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 1,462
percentage = 30.64%
change =

Holmcroft (3 seats)

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Cantrill
votes = 539
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Bryan Cross MBE
votes = 827
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Compton MBE
votes = 693
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Isabella Davies
votes = 684
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Maureen Compton
votes = 679
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Paton
votes = 628
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Andrew James
votes = 281
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = David Hilton
votes = 160
percentage =
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 1,802
percentage = 35.47%
change =

Littleworth (3 seats)

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Heenan
votes = 850
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Bentley
votes = 776
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Denis Skelland
votes = 749
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Voss
votes = 642
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Anothony Welch
votes = 557
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Rosalind Kennedy
votes = 557
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Julian Thorley
votes = 503
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Hopkinson
votes = 464
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jeremy Milln
votes = 435
percentage =
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 1,920
percentage = 40.73
change =

Manor (3 seats)

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Angela Loughran
votes = 757
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Rowlands
votes = 686
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Patricia Rowlands
votes = 670
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gary Simmonds
votes = 416
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Knapped
votes = 385
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Robinson
votes = 352
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Carl Gilbert
votes = 243
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Elizabeth Page
votes = 224
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stephanie Spiers
votes = 223
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Phillips
votes = 218
percentage =
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 1,540
percentage = 31.74%
change =

Milford (2 seat)

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Francis Finlay
votes = 904
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Trevor Reeves
votes = 808
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Trevor Fisher
votes = 278
percentage =
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 1,159
percentage = 33.98%
change =

Milwich (1 seat)

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Wilfred Davis
votes = Election Uncontested
percentage =
change =

Penkside (2 seats)

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ralph Cooke
votes = 404
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Malcolm Millichap
votes = 354
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Trevor Houlton
votes = 235
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony WIlliams
votes = 200
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Julia Towers
votes = 131
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Jillian Crutchley
votes = 110
percentage =
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 783
percentage = 28.28%
change =

Rowley (2 seats)

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Allan
votes = 662
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Patrick Farrington
votes = 648
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Elaine Kidney
votes = 639
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Hartshorne
votes = 552
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Richard Hinton
votes = 231
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Richard Hilton
votes = 145
percentage =
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 1,527
percentage = 43.04%
change =

eighford (2 seats)

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Winnington
votes = 725
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Raymond Sutherland
votes = 725
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Frank James
votes = 631
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gillian Cox
votes = 605
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Raymond Allsop
votes = 177
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Beryl Kemp
votes = 176
percentage =
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 1,585
percentage = 55.77%
change =

t Michael's (2 seats)

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stanley Goodall
votes = 571
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Linda Davies
votes = 550
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Harry Brunt
votes = 478
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Sinnott
votes = 367
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mark Hatton
votes = 349
percentage =
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 1,272
percentage = 36.07%
change =

tonefield and Christchurch (2 seats)

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joyce Farnham
votes = 718
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Leese
votes = 522
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Stevens
votes = 484
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Smithwick
votes = 477
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Desmond Byrne
votes = 342
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Warren
votes = 248
percentage =
change =
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 1,474
percentage = 39.99%
change =

wynnerton (2 seats)

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Highfield
votes = 857
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Price
votes = 721
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Robert Simcock
votes = 469
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Diana Osbourne
votes = 332
percentage =
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 1,408
percentage = 39.98%
change =

Tillington (2 seats)

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Goodland
votes = 524
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Adam Tedstone
votes = 518
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Moore
votes = 448
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony Nixon
votes = 402
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Hughes
votes = 205
percentage =
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 1,161
percentage = 35.21%
change =

Walton (3 seats)

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Phillip Leason
votes = 821
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Carey
votes = 796
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Deborah Wakefield
votes = 765
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Beecham
votes = 672
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Douglas Doney
votes = 666
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Roy Osborne
votes = 625
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Janet Stevens
votes = 279
percentage =
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 1,671
percentage = 36.66%
change =

Weeping Cross (3 seats)

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Judith Dalgarno
votes = 1,369
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Francis
votes = 1,153
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Wilkinson
votes = 1,113
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Barber
votes = 698
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Henry Towers
votes = 523
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Malcolm Hurst
votes = 356
percentage =
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 2,191
percentage = 41.40%
change =

ee also

*United Kingdom local elections, 2003
*Elections in the United Kingdom

sequence
prev=Stafford Borough Council election 1999
list=Stafford local elections
next=Stafford Borough Council election 2007


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