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 =
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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 =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Russell
votes = 763
percentage =
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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 =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Francis
votes = 728
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Evans
votes = 349
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mellony Millichap
votes = 300
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paul Brett
votes = 250
percentage =
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party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Adrian Wood
votes = 195
percentage =
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votes = 1,463
percentage = 42.47%
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Chartley (1 seat)

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Brendan McKeown
votes = 346
percentage = 50.2%
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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 =
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Common (2 seats)

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Kennedy
votes = 438
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Simpson
votes = 422
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Eld
votes = 246
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Carol Lee
votes = 234
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Hine
votes = 178
percentage =
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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 =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Shone
votes = 345
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Rosemary Vance-Cotsford
votes = 155
percentage =
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party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Paul Gilbert
votes = 150
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dominic Brisby
votes = 128
percentage =
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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 =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Sillito
votes = 1039
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ivan Jennings
votes = 925
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Gordon Dale
votes = 775
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Kirby
votes = 674
percentage =
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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 =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Seary
votes = 559
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Ronald
votes = 313
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Lisa Pearce
votes = 261
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Violet Allan
votes = 198
percentage =
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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 =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Kathleen Brayford
votes = 636
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Richard Mycock
votes = 618
percentage =
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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 =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Kelly
votes = 1039
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kenneth Williamson
votes = 1019
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Richard Philpott
votes = 623
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = George Sunley
votes = 612
percentage =
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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 =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Amyas Northcote
votes = 968
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Perkins
votes = 951
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Coates
votes = 487
percentage =
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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 =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jacqueline Hemingway
votes = 349
percentage =
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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 =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Maureen Bowen
votes = 630
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony Pearce
votes = 561
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Neil Thomas
votes = 428
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Downs
votes = 365
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Lynda Turner
votes = 333
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Trevor Tabernor
votes = 332
percentage =
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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 =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Bryan Cross MBE
votes = 827
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Compton MBE
votes = 693
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Isabella Davies
votes = 684
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Maureen Compton
votes = 679
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Paton
votes = 628
percentage =
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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 =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Bentley
votes = 776
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Denis Skelland
votes = 749
percentage =
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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 =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Rowlands
votes = 686
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Patricia Rowlands
votes = 670
percentage =
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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 =
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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 =
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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 =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Trevor Reeves
votes = 808
percentage =
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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 =
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Penkside (2 seats)

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ralph Cooke
votes = 404
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Malcolm Millichap
votes = 354
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Trevor Houlton
votes = 235
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony WIlliams
votes = 200
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Julia Towers
votes = 131
percentage =
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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 =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Patrick Farrington
votes = 648
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Elaine Kidney
votes = 639
percentage =
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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 =
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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 =
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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 =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Leese
votes = 522
percentage =
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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 =
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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 =
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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 =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Moore
votes = 448
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony Nixon
votes = 402
percentage =
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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 =
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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

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