2003 Tendring District Council election

2003 Tendring District Council election
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All 60 seats to Tendring District Council
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election 17 seats, 33.3% 9 seats, 14.2% 23 seats, 37.6%
Seats before 17 11 21
Seats won 25 13 11
Seat change Increase9 Increase4 Decrease14
Popular vote 12,898 7,503 7,503
Percentage 36.0 21.7 21.0
Swing Increase2.7 Increase7.5 Decrease12.3
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Party Community Representative Independent Holland Residents
Last election Did Not Stand 6 seats, 12.8%
Seats before 0 6
Seats won 4 4 3
Seat change Increase4 Decrease2 Increase3
Popular vote 3,116 2,217 1,098
Percentage 8.7 6.2 3.1
Swing Increase8.7 Decrease6.6 Increase3.1
Majority party before election

No overall control

 Majority party after election

No overall control

Elections to Tendring District Council took place on 1 May 2003. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.

Summary Result

Tendring District Council election, 2003
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 25 0 0 Increase 9 36.0 12,898 +2.7
  Liberal Democrats 13 4 0 Increase 4 21.7 7,766 +7.5
  Labour 11 0 14 Decrease 14 21.0 7,503 -12.3
  CRP 4 4 0 Increase 4 8.7 3,116 N/A
  Independent 4 0 0 Decrease 3 6.2 2,217 -6.6
  Holland Residents 3 0 0 Steady 3.1 1,098 N/A
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 1.8 652 N/A
  UKIP 0 0 0 Steady 0.9 326 N/A
  Socialist Alliance 0 0 0 Steady 0.6 204 N/A

Ward results

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CRP = Community Representative Party

Alresford

Alresford
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Gary Scott 413 75.2
Labour Terry Ripo 136 24.8
Turnout 32.0
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Alton Park

Alton Park
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Delia Aldis 330 46.0
Labour Mark Morley-Souter 299
Liberal Democrats Graham Saltmarsh 207 28.9
Liberal Democrats Kevin Mitchell 198
Conservative Susan Powell 180 25.1
Conservative Sheila Wilde 157
Turnout 21.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Ardleigh & Little Bromley

Ardleigh & Little Bromley
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Neil Stock 370 78.1
Labour Colin Olivier 104 21.9
Turnout 27.0
Conservative win (new seat)

Beaumont & Thorpe

Beaumont & Thorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jose Powell Unopposed
Turnout
Independent hold Swing

Bockings Elm

Bockings Elm
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Harold Shearing 757 73.4
Liberal Democrats Patricia Beadles 731
Conservative Grant Penny 274 26.6
Conservative David Cottage 236
Turnout 30.4
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Bradfield, Wrabness & Wix

Bradfield, Wrabness & Wix
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark de Roy 353 56.7
Green Michael Mealing 205 32.9
Labour Richard Exell 65 10.4
Turnout 36.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Brightlingsea

Brightlingsea
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats David Dixon 1,034 26.2
Labour Josephine Ruffell 1,023 25.9
Independent Peter Patrick 989 25.1
Liberal Democrats Thomas Dale 770
Conservative Vivien Chapman 551 14.0
Conservative Jane Girdlestone 542
Green Valerie Bentinck 350 8.9
Turnout 34.6
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Burrsville

Burrsville
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Charles Sambridge 336 51.5
Liberal Democrats Walter Bensilum 317 48.5
Turnout 34.6
Conservative win (new seat)

Frinton

Frinton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Allen 974 60.6
Conservative Nicholas Turner 887
UKIP Anthony Finnegan-Butler 326 20.3
Liberal Democrats Brian Whitson 164 10.2
Labour Ann Evander 142 8.8
Labour Graham Ford 130
Turnout 41.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Golf Green

Golf Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CRP Roy Smith 1,135 61.1
CRP Kenneth Sargeant 651
Labour Maurice Alexander 491 26.4
Conservative Kenneth Spooner 231 12.4
Turnout 36.4
CRP gain from Labour
CRP gain from Labour

Great & Little Oakley

Great & Little Oakley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Lines 228 41.3
Labour Graham Turner 215 38.9
CRP Anthony Colbourne 109 19.7
Turnout 32.2
Conservative hold Swing

Great Bentley

Great Bentley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Taylor 478 90.2
Labour Lily Jakubowski 52 9.8
Turnout 30.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hamford

Hamford
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Roy Caddick 921 67.2
Conservative Iris Johnson 893
Labour Valerie Bird 234 17.1
Liberal Democrats Sheila Harrison 215 15.7
Turnout 37.7
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Harwich East

Harwich East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lawrence Payne 295 46.7
CRP Michael Gardner 198 31.3
Conservative Janet Little 100 15.8
Socialist Alliance Richard Allday 39 6.2
Turnout 32.8
Labour hold Swing

Harwich East Central

Harwich East Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Brand 499 35.9
Conservative William Bleakley 492 35.4
Labour David McLeod 481
CRP Fraser Leeks 315 22.6
Socialist Alliance Sylvia Noble 85 6.1
Turnout 30.8
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Harwich West

Harwich West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leslie Double 613 44.4
Labour Hugh Markham-Lee 456
Conservative Eric Yallop 359 26.0
CRP Ricardo Callender 329 23.8
CRP Hugh Thompson 256
Socialist Alliance John Tipple 80 5.8
Turnout 29.6
Labour hold
Labour hold

Harwich West Central

Harwich West Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CRP Steven Henderson 704 53.2
CRP David Rutson 607
Labour Louise Armstrong 386 29.2
Labour Colin Knight 386
Conservative Karoline Hlubek 233 17.6
Turnout 32.2
CRP gain from Labour
CRP gain from Labour

Haven

Haven
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Holland Residents Brian Thomasson 361 46.8
Conservative Joyce Broderick 296 38.4
Independent George Craft 114 14.8
Turnout 42.2
Holland Residents gain from Independent Swing

Holland & Kirby

Holland & Kirby
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Robert Bucke 907 75.8
Conservative Mark Cossens 875
Labour Joan Bond 289 24.2
Turnout 33.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Homelands

Homelands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Page Unopposed
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)

Lawford

Lawford
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Sarah Candy 452 38.9
Liberal Democrats John Kelly 353 30.4
Conservative Russell Ginn 287
Labour Michael Barker 203 17.5
Labour Gregory Morgan 198
CRP David Smy 154 13.3
Turnout 27.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Little Clacton & Weeley

Little Clacton & Weeley
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Peter de Vaux-Balbirnie 617 54.2
Conservative Bernard Leatherdale 578
Liberal Democrats John Candler 309 27.1
Labour Ronald Fluin 213 18.7
Turnout 26.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Manningtree, Mistley, Little Bentley & Tendring

Manningtree, Mistley, Little Bentley & Tendring
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Michael Dew 547 48.0
Liberal Democrats Graham Potter 511
Conservative Alison Johnson 438 38.5
Conservative Alistair Ford 403
Labour Christine Morgan 154 13.5
Turnout 32.6
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Peter Bruff

Peter Bruff
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Susan Shearing 485 70.4
Liberal Democrats Pauline Bevan 481
Conservative John Stephenson 204 29.6
Conservative Madeline Pound 184
Turnout 21.4
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Pier

Pier
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Audrey Overton 357 47.9
Conservative Ann Oxley 333
Labour Anne Alexander 291
Labour Raymond Rogers 291 39.1
Green Marie Herbert 97 13.0
Turnout 21.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Ramsey & Parkeston

Ramsey & Parkeston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Elmer 205 39.8
CRP Michael Lowe 181 35.1
Conservative Andrew Purdy 129 25.0
Turnout 27.8
Labour hold Swing

Rush Green

Rush Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clive Baker 300 41.6
Labour Anthony Sargent 283
Liberal Democrats Robert Harper 224 31.0
Liberal Democrats Tracy King 217
Conservative Helen Doddridge 198 27.4
Turnout 20.5
Labour hold
Labour hold

St. Bartholomew's

St. Bartholomew's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Holland Residents Mary Bragg 737 53.5
Holland Residents Michael Holden 673
Conservative Claire Moor 640 46.5
Conservative Brian Pennell 624
Turnout 38.0
Holland Residents hold
Holland Residents hold

St. James

St. James
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Griffiths 403 32.4
Conservative Gill Downing 384
Liberal Democrats Gloria Bargent 376 30.2
Liberal Democrats Charles Harrison 253
Labour David Bolton 249 20.0
Independent Martyn Hughes 215 17.3
Labour Roy Raby 214
Turnout 32.6
Conservative gain from Ind. Conservative
Conservative gain from Labour

St. John's

St. John's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Bevan 577 47.1
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Cripps 504
Conservative Anthony Cooper 326 26.6
Conservative Colin Madge 313
Labour Norman Jacobs 231 26.2
Turnout 29.3
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kenneth Aldis 264 34.2
Conservative Amanda-Jane Pound 261 33.9
Labour Susan Morley-Souter 251
Conservative Francis Woods 248
Liberal Democrats Peter Miller 246 31.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Redding 209
Turnout 21.3
Labour hold
Conservative gain from Labour

St. Osyth & Point Clear

St. Osyth & Point Clear
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John White 680 65.0
Independent Michael Talbot 655
Conservative Ronald Walker 366 35.0
Turnout 30.1
Independent hold
Independent hold

St. Paul's

St. Paul's
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Pierre Oxley 793 55.5
Conservative Catherine Jessop 701
Labour David Gamman 239 16.7
Independent Brian White 219 15.3
Liberal Democrats Christine Jarvis 177 12.4
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Smith 154
Turnout 34.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Thorrington, Frating, Elmstead & Great Bromley

Thorrington, Frating, Elmstead & Great Bromley
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Ian Dimmock 586 52.3
Conservative Harry Jessop 563
Liberal Democrats Roger Bell 534 47.7
Liberal Democrats Marc Mannings 502
Turnout 31.4
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Walton

Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeanette King 676 70.7
Conservative Christine Turner 637
Labour Sacha Aldis 280 29.3
Turnout 28.4
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

References

  1. ^ "Tendring District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2021.