2003 Chester City Council election

2003 Chester City Council election
← 2002 1 May 2003 (2003-05-01) 2004 →
21 out of 60 seats to Chester City Council
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Party Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election 20 seats, 25.3% 21 seats, 34.4%
Seats won 8 7
Seats after 21 20
Seat change Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 6,765 6,334
Percentage 30.3% 28.4%
Swing Increase 5.0% Decrease 6.0%
  Third party Fourth party
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Party Conservative Independent
Last election 17 seats, 39.3% 3 seats, 1.1%
Seats won 5 1
Seats after 18 1
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 2
Popular vote 7,423 1,211
Percentage 33.2% 5.4%
Swing Decrease 6.1% Increase 4.3%
Winner of each seat at the 2003 Chester City Council election
Council control before election


No overall control

Council control after election


No overall control

The 2003 Chester City Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Chester City Council in Cheshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

2003 Chester City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Liberal Democrats 8 Increase 1 38.1 13 21 35.0 6,765 30.3 +5.0
  Labour 7 Steady 33.3 13 20 33.3 6,334 28.4 –6.0
  Conservative 5 Increase 1 23.8 13 18 30.0 7,423 33.2 –6.1
  Independent 1 Decrease 2 4.8 0 1 1.7 1,211 5.4 +4.3
  UKIP 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 328 1.5 N/A
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 204 0.9 N/A
  CPA 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 75 0.3 N/A

Ward results

Barrow

Barrow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eleanor Johnson* 465 78.0 +6.0
Labour Benjamin Page 68 11.4 –6.0
Liberal Democrats Barry Lockwood 63 10.6 ±0.0
Majority 397 66.6 +12.0
Turnout 596 41.3 –2.0
Registered electors 1,442
Conservative hold Swing Increase6.0

Blacon Hall

Blacon Hall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Price* 758 66.0 –8.8
UKIP Desmond Dodd 164 14.3 N/A
Conservative Charles Isaac 150 13.1 –12.1
Liberal Democrats David Simpson 76 6.6 N/A
Majority 594 51.7 +2.1
Turnout 1,148 21.3 –0.9
Registered electors 5,401
Labour hold

Blacon Lodge

Blacon Lodge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Reginald Jones* 557 73.7 –5.1
UKIP Leslie Ingram 113 14.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Barbara Yakan 86 11.4 N/A
Majority 444 58.7 +1.1
Turnout 756 19.4 –4.5
Registered electors 3,892
Labour hold

Boughton

Boughton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Rudd* 449 52.8 –6.9
Conservative Michael Drinkwater 243 28.6 +1.0
Liberal Democrats James McCabe 94 11.0 –1.7
Green Helen Counsell 65 7.6 N/A
Majority 206 24.2 –7.8
Turnout 851 30.9 –4.5
Registered electors 2,757
Labour hold Swing Decrease4.0

Boughton Heath

Boughton Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ann Farrell* 713 53.2 +6.7
Conservative Paul Stewart 500 37.3 –1.4
Labour Ethel Price 126 9.4 –5.4
Majority 213 15.9 +8.1
Turnout 1,339 43.6 +7.7
Registered electors 3,071
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase4.1

Christleton

Christleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Boughton* 691 56.0 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Katrina Hughes 378 30.6 ±0.0
Labour Christine Davies 165 13.4 –1.9
Majority 313 25.4 +1.9
Turnout 1,234 36.7 –4.1
Registered electors 3,071
Conservative hold Swing Increase1.0

College

College
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janet Black* 385 43.0 –9.0
Liberal Democrats David Mead 223 24.9 ±0.0
Conservative Trudy Ryall-Harvey 200 22.3 –0.8
Green Stephen Dorrans 87 9.7 N/A
Majority 162 18.1 –9.0
Turnout 895 19.2 –0.8
Registered electors 4,659
Labour hold Swing Decrease4.5

Curzon & Westminster

Curzon & Westminster
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Short* 927 64.9 +0.9
Labour Zoe Langmead 260 18.2 –6.1
Liberal Democrats Trevor Jones 241 16.9 +5.3
Majority 667 46.7 +7.0
Turnout 1,428 42.1 –1.4
Registered electors 3,390
Conservative hold Swing Increase3.5

Elton

Elton (2 seats due to by-election)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Barry Cowper* 519 80.3
Labour Mark Peterson 452 70.0
Conservative Andrew Merrill 321 49.7
Turnout 1,292 39.1
Registered electors 3,304
Labour hold
Labour hold

Hoole All Saints

Hoole All Saints
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jean Nuttall* 459 59.8 +6.7
Labour Hilary Harrison 171 22.3 +0.6
Conservative John Burke 66 8.6 N/A
CPA Peter Fabian 47 6.1 N/A
UKIP Jill Pears 25 3.3 N/A
Majority 288 37.5 +9.6
Turnout 768 30.4 –11.5
Registered electors 2,525
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase3.1

Hoole Groves

Hoole Groves
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Beverly Eaton 658 43.7 –14.4
Labour Alexander Black 606 40.3 +10.8
Conservative Christina Alexander 161 10.7 –0.8
Green Helen Trask 52 3.5 N/A
CPA Stephen Allen 28 1.9 N/A
Majority 52 3.5 –25.1
Turnout 1,505 48.9 +4.9
Registered electors 3,080
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease12.6

Huntington

Huntington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Moore* 250 33.3 –9.7
Independent Mark Williams 194 25.9 N/A
Conservative Alexandra van der Zwan 190 25.3 –6.6
Labour Ann Treloar 90 12.0 –13.1
UKIP Allan Weddell 26 3.5 N/A
Majority 56 7.5 –3.6
Turnout 750 49.3 +6.1
Registered electors 1,520
Liberal Democrats hold

Kelsall

Kelsall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Joan Fairhurst 767 52.0 +4.7
Conservative Pauline Tilley* 624 42.3 –3.6
Labour Paul Cornwell 85 5.8 –1.0
Majority 143 9.7 +8.4
Turnout 1,476 51.8 –0.2
Registered electors 2,850
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing Increase4.2

Lache Park

Lache Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Challen* 712 56.9 –3.7
Conservative Max Drury 291 23.3 –16.1
Independent Arthur Harada 143 11.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Pauline McCabe 105 8.4 N/A
Majority 421 33.7 +12.5
Turnout 1,251 28.6 +0.1
Registered electors 4,366
Labour hold Swing Increase6.3

Malpas

Malpas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Ebben 628 58.9 –14.9
Liberal Democrats Robert Flannery 348 32.6 +18.3
Labour Margaret Violet 90 8.4 –3.6
Majority 280 26.3 –33.2
Turnout 1,066 33.3 +3.2
Registered electors 3,198
Conservative gain from Independent Swing Decrease16.6

Mickle Trafford

Mickle Trafford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Parker* 512 79.1 +4.7
Labour Brian Roberts 80 12.4 –13.2
Liberal Democrats Vera Roberts 55 8.5 N/A
Majority 432 66.8 +17.9
Turnout 647 37.3 +3.0
Registered electors 1,736
Conservative hold Swing Increase9.0

Newton Brook

Newton Brook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Jordan* 526 47.7 +3.8
Conservative Karen Bardsley 381 34.5 –9.7
Labour Peter Griffiths 196 17.8 +5.9
Majority 145 13.1 N/A
Turnout 1,103 36.4 –2.7
Registered electors 3,031
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase6.8

Tattenhall

Tattenhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent James Haynes* 874 87.8 N/A
Labour Anthony Pegrum 121 12.2 –0.9
Majority 753 75.7 N/A
Turnout 995 32.8 –4.1
Registered electors 3,035
Independent hold

Upton Grange

Upton Grange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Colin Bain* 864 51.6 +1.6
Conservative Gerald Roose 547 32.7 +1.6
Labour Brenda Southward 264 15.8 –3.2
Majority 317 18.9 ±0.0
Turnout 1,675 33.6 –5.5
Registered electors 4,984
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Steady0.0

Vicars Cross

Vicars Cross
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Proctor* 859 54.9 +2.8
Conservative Peter Moore-Dutton 526 33.6 –7.0
Labour Sara Barnsley 180 11.5 +4.2
Majority 333 21.3 N/A
Turnout 1,726 34.9 –3.6
Registered electors 4,483
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase4.9

References

  1. ^ "Chester City Council Election Results 1973-2007" (PDF). Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 23 March 2024.