Epping Forest Council election, 2003

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

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Conservative 23
*Liberal Democrat 16
*Labour 9
*Residents 6
*Independent 4

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 10
gain = 1
loss = 1
net = 0
seats % = 55.6
votes % = 52.8
votes = 7,826
plus/minus = +4.6%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 5
gain = 1
loss = 0
net = +1
seats % = 27.8
votes % = 32.8
votes = 4,863
plus/minus = +5.1%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 2
gain = 0
loss = 1
net = -1
seats % = 11.1
votes % = 6.8
votes = 1,014
plus/minus = +1.4%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 1
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 5.6
votes % = 5.5
votes = 811
plus/minus = -6.9%Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.3
votes = 186
plus/minus = +1.3%Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.8
votes = 120
plus/minus = +0.4%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Penny Smith
votes = 389
percentage = 85.7
change = -0.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gilbert Graty
votes = 65
percentage = 14.3
change = +0.1Election box majority
votes = 324
percentage = 71.4
change = -0.2Election box turnout
votes = 454
percentage = 29.5
change = -2.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Goold
votes = 803
percentage = 55.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Haluk Ulkun
votes = 635
percentage = 44.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 168
percentage = 11.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,438
percentage = 29.6
change = +3.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Keith Wright
votes = 576
percentage = 58.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Glyn Pritchard
votes = 413
percentage = 41.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 163
percentage = 16.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 989
percentage = 32.7
change = -6.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Monica Richardson
votes = 666
percentage = 49.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jean Ashbridge
votes = 593
percentage = 43.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Sheen
votes = 98
percentage = 7.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 73
percentage = 5.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,357
percentage = 29.1
change = -2.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Green
votes = 731
percentage = 47.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Janet Hedges
votes = 574
percentage = 37.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Thomas Norris
votes = 115
percentage = 7.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Louis Appiah
votes = 111
percentage = 7.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 157
percentage = 10.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,531
percentage = 35.3
change = -13.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gavin Stollar
votes = 779
percentage = 60.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Cheryl-Anne Kashket
votes = 516
percentage = 39.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 263
percentage = 20.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,295
percentage = 28.3
change = -5.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Richard Morgan
votes = 400
percentage = 67.5
change = +8.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Wright
votes = 193
percentage = 32.5
change = -8,1Election box majority
votes = 207
percentage = 35.0
change = +16.2Election box turnout
votes = 593
percentage = 37.1
change = +1.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Metcalfe
votes = 452
percentage = 61.5
change = +5.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Huckle
votes = 283
percentage = 38.5
change = -5.8Election box majority
votes = 169
percentage = 23.0
change = +11.6Election box turnout
votes = 735
percentage = 48.6
change = +1.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Daphne Borton
votes = 495
percentage = 54.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dennis Ramshaw
votes = 262
percentage = 28.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Martin Harvey
votes = 120
percentage = 13.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kelvin Morris
votes = 96
percentage = 10.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Spencer
votes = 34
percentage = 3.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 233
percentage = 25.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 907
percentage = 32.8
change = -9.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Harrington
votes = 207
percentage = 72.1
change = +4.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Enid Robinson
votes = 80
percentage = 27.9
change = +15.4Election box majority
votes = 127
percentage = 44.2
change = -3.5Election box turnout
votes = 287
percentage = 19.5
change = -3.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anne Grigg
votes = 677
percentage = 80.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Rumble
votes = 98
percentage = 11.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Barry Johns
votes = 71
percentage = 8.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 579
percentage = 68.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 846
percentage = 25.8
change = -7.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mary Sartin
votes = 371
percentage = 75.7
change = +35.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Vincent Coen
votes = 119
percentage = 24.3
change = -19.1Election box majority
votes = 252
percentage = 51.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 490
percentage = 30.5
change = -1.1Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Gode
votes = 223
percentage = 60.1
change = +4.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Frank Love
votes = 89
percentage = 24.0
change = -3.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Brian Surtees
votes = 59
percentage = 15.9
change = -0.5Election box majority
votes = 134
percentage = 36.1
change = +5.9Election box turnout
votes = 371
percentage = 27.2
change = -2.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sydney-Ann Stavrou
votes = 456
percentage = 87.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Lucille Thompson
votes = 67
percentage = 12.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 389
percentage = 74.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 523
percentage = 31.4
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Donald Spinks
votes = 626
percentage = 77.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ingrid Black
votes = 178
percentage = 22.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 448
percentage = 55.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 804
percentage = 18.4
change = -3.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Patricia Brooks
votes = 476
percentage = 59.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Antony Watts
votes = 328
percentage = 40.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 148
percentage = 18.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 804
percentage = 26.8
change = -1.7Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Haines
votes = 564
percentage = 83.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Sinfield
votes = 114
percentage = 16.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 450
percentage = 66.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 678
percentage = 22.4
change = -1.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ulrike Gadsby
votes = 324
percentage = 52.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christine Akers
votes = 294
percentage = 47.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 30
percentage = 4.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 618
percentage = 22.7
change = +2.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/106.stm 2003 Epping Forest election result]
* [http://www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/Library/files/policy_unit/2003results.pdf Ward results]
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/elections/tables/0,,947922,00.html 2003 Council election results]

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