2003 North Somerset Council election

2003 North Somerset Council election
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All 61 seats to North Somerset Council
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Con
LD
Lab
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election 32, N/A 11 seats, N/A 13 seats, N/A
Seats won 24 24 10
Seat change Decrease 8 Increase 13 Decrease 3
Popular vote 38,862 39,307 20,620
Percentage 37.6% 38.0% 20.0%
Swing N/A N/A N/A
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Ind
Grn
Party Independent Green
Last election 4 seats, N/A 1 seat, N/A
Seats won 3 1
Seat change Decrease 1 -
Popular vote 3,781 627
Percentage 3.7% 0.6%
Swing N/A N/A
Map of the results of the 2003 North Somerset council election. Conservatives in blue, independent in grey, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and Green Party in green.
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

No Overall Control

The 2003 North Somerset Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of North Somerset Unitary Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.[1]

Election result

North Somerset Local Election Result 2003[2][3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 24 -8 39.3 37.6 38,862
  Liberal Democrats 23 +11 37.7 38.0 39,307
  Labour 10 -1 16.4 20.0 20,620
  Independent 3 -1 4.9 3.7 3,781
  Green 1 0 1.6 0.6 627
  UKIP 0 0 0 0.1 124
  Others 0 -1 0 0 0

Ward results

Backwell (2)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Felicity Baker 1,023 61.5%
Conservative Peter Burden 903 54.3%
Liberal Democrats Helen Madge 648 39.0%
Liberal Democrats Alan Armstrong 517 31.1%
Labour David Punter 234 14.1%
Turnout 3,325
Banwell and Winscombe (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ann Harley 1,311 55.5%
Conservative Anthony Lake 1,297 54.9%
Conservative Hugh Parsons 1,261 53.4%
Liberal Democrats Michael Bibb 846
Liberal Democrats Amanda Brading 801
Liberal Democrats Christopher Luke 649
Labour Stanley Banks 336
Labour Simon Arlidge 324
Labour Andrew Hughes 263
Turnout 7,088
Blagdon and Churchill[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Wells 644 57.8
Liberal Democrats Anthony Hughes 372 33.4
Labour Ernest Barnhurst 98 8.8
Majority 272 24.4
Turnout 1,114
Clevedon Central[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Nobes 375 51.1
Conservative Carl Francis-Pester 219 29.8
Liberal Democrats Anne Carpenter 140 19.1
Majority 156 21.3
Turnout 734
Clevedon East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent David Shopland 445 47.7
Conservative William Lavelle 227 24.3
Liberal Democrats Mary Mclean 144 15.4
Labour Jeremy Callaghan 117 12.5
Majority 218 23.4
Turnout 933
Clevedon North[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lionel Bates 495 58.4
Liberal Democrats Joan Watkins 229 27.0
Labour John Farley 123 14.5
Majority 266 31.4
Turnout 847
Clevedon South[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Cotton 316 39.4
Liberal Democrats Graham Watkins 271 33.7
Conservative Christopher Blades 216 26.9
Majority 45 5.6
Turnout 803
Clevedon Walton[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Morris 592 52.4
Liberal Democrats Jack Dagnall 537 47.6
Majority 55 4.9
Turnout 1,129
Clevedon West[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chanel Stevens 409 45.9
Conservative Ericka Blades 251 28.2
Liberal Democrats Patrick Mcneill 231 25.9
Majority 158 17.7
Turnout 891
Clevedon Yeo[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Norton-Sealey 351 45.7
Labour Bryan Moore 240 31.3
Liberal Democrats Julian Carpenter 177 23.0
Majority 111 14.5
Turnout 768
Congresbury[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Thomas Leimdorfer 627 58.7
Conservative Gillian Bute 442 41.3
Majority 185 17.3
Turnout 1,069
Easton-in-Gordano[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Fisher 636 61.4
Liberal Democrats Wendy Griggs 237 22.9
Labour Derek Waters 163 15.7
Majority 399 38.5
Turnout 1,036
Gordano[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Ashton 639 67.1
Liberal Democrats Charles Pritchard 198 20.8
Labour Barry Cooper 115 12.1
Majority 441 46.3
Turnout 952
Hutton and Locking (2)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Peddlesden 1,039 54.7%
Conservative Elfan Rees 946 49.8%
Liberal Democrats Bryan Mcgrath 687
Liberal Democrats Richard Bartlett 637
Labour Timothy Taylor 270
Labour David Roxburgh 220
Turnout 3,799
Kewstoke[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Porter 424 52.7
Liberal Democrats David Evans 255 31.7
Labour Jacqueline Scholes 125 15.5
Majority 169 21.0
Turnout 804
Nailsea East (2)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Cole 1,119 62.1%
Liberal Democrats Robert Coleman 986 54.7%
Conservative Angela Barber 836
Conservative Anita Heappey 663
Turnout 3,604
Nailsea North and West (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Steadman 1,062 39.0%
Conservative Jeremy Blatchford 1,031 37.9%
Liberal Democrats James Tonkin 960 35.3%
Conservative Mary Blatchford 958
Conservative Suzanne Williams 955
Liberal Democrats Alan Clarke 954
Labour Julian Parry 756
Labour Sarah Obrien 745
Labour Catherine Elliott 738
Turnout 8,159
Pill[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Glyndwr Duck 587 61.2
Conservative Adrian Phillips 222 23.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Maw 150 15.6
Majority 365 38.1
Turnout 959
Portishead Central[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Clark 204 41.3
Conservative James Mcmurray 174 35.2
Labour Andrew Hamblin 116 23.5
Majority 30 6.1
Turnout 494
Portishead Coast[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Walters 608 59.5
Liberal Democrats Philip Palmer 414 40.5
Majority 194 19.0
Turnout 1,022
Portishead East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Terry 386 39.4
Liberal Democrats Daisy Bickley 309 31.6
Labour Roger Whitfield 284 29.0
Majority 77 7.9
Turnout 979
Portishead Redcliffe Bay[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Daws 606 60.2
Liberal Democrats John Clark 401 39.8
Majority 205 20.4
Turnout 1,007
Portishead South and North Weston[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Gething 389 41.4
Conservative Alan Mcmurray 299 31.8
Labour Patricia Gardener 252 26.8
Majority 90 9.6
Turnout 940
Portishead West[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Nicholas Brown 898 81.9
Conservative Rosalind Cruse 198 18.1
Majority 700 63.9
Turnout 1,096
Weston Super Mare Central (2)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Crockford-Hawley 693 52.4%
Liberal Democrats Ian Baker 655 49.5%
Conservative Mark Terry-Short 375
Conservative David Hunt 360
Labour Josephine Bateman 222
Labour Frederick Roberts 199
Independent Adam Nash 92
UKIP Alan James 51
Turnout 2,647
Weston Super Mare Clarence and Uphill (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Roe 1,385 59.6%
Conservative Anthony Bryant 1,368 58.9%
Conservative Clive Webb 1,345 57.9%
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Tucker 647
Liberal Democrats Peter Solomon 620
Liberal Democrats David Hobb-Titchard 599
Labour Stephen Varney 339
Labour Jamie Dormer-Durling 337
Labour Karoline Bateman 328
Turnout 6,968
Weston Super Mare East (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Derek Kraft 1,034 58.1%
Labour Richard Tucker 990 55.6%
Labour Muriel Kraft 944 53.0%
Liberal Democrats Grace Atkinson 629
Liberal Democrats Bryan Osborne 610
Conservative Raymond Hicks 591
Liberal Democrats Brian Hampson 543
Turnout 5,341
Weston Super Mare Milton and Old Worle (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Gosden 1,169 42.7%
Liberal Democrats Astra Brand 1,118 40.8%
Liberal Democrats Rosslyn Willis 1,112 40.6%
Conservative Peter Crew 1,025
Conservative Patrick Taylor 1,018
Conservative Frederick Hogg 1,009
Labour Simon Stokes 481
Labour Elizabeth Swan 450
Labour William Swan 424
Independent Jeffrey Bullingham 407
Turnout 8,213
Weston Super Mare North Worle (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Hockridge 1,356 71.0%
Liberal Democrats Ronald Moon 1,236 64.7%
Liberal Democrats Richard Skinner 1,143 60.0%
Conservative Frederick Parsons 627
Conservative Frederick Gamble 610
Labour Paul Francis 268
Labour Lynda Pearcey 248
Labour Simon Morse 243
Turnout 5,731
Weston Super Mare South (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Parker 1,122 71.6%
Labour Mari Owens 1,057 67.4%
Labour Robert Bateman 1,056 67.4%
Liberal Democrats Raymond Armstrong 388
Liberal Democrats Celia Davies 386
Liberal Democrats June How 357
Conservative Michael Marriott 338
Turnout 4,704
Weston Super Mare South Worle (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sally Tabrett 989 46.9%
Liberal Democrats Colin Golland 953 45.2%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Wright 921 43.7%
Labour Christopher Flint 621
Labour Michael Lyall 608
Labour Christopher Belton-Reed 584
Conservative Ena King 533
Conservative Sidney Carter 526
Conservative Alan Lane 479
Independent John Heenan 109
Turnout 6,323
Weston Super Mare West (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Canniford 1,337 54.5%
Liberal Democrats Michael Bell 1,336 54.5%
Liberal Democrats Robert Payne 1,179 48.1%
Conservative Andrew Horler 895
Conservative Robert Cleland 864
Conservative Michael Fazackerley 853
Independent Paul Spencer 223
Labour Robert Craig 210
Labour Christopher Hollebon 197
Labour Vanessa Hollebon 188
UKIP Mervyn Gibbs 73
Turnout 7,355
Winford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Audrey Telling 456 57.6
Labour Jessica Monks 335 42.4
Majority 121 15.3
Turnout 791
Wraxall and Long Ashton (2)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Cook 1,097 56.6%
Conservative Howard Roberts 1,000 51.6%
Liberal Democrats Angela Neale 807
Liberal Democrats Donald Barritt 653
Labour Christopher Smart 317
Turnout 3,874
Wrington[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Deborah Yamanaka 708 67.8
Conservative Teresa Kemp 336 32.2
Majority 372 35.6
Turnout 1,044
Yatton (3)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Greta Lewis 1,607 71.1%
Liberal Democrats Isabel Cummings 1,388 61.4%
Liberal Democrats Peter Kehoe 1,251 55.4%
Conservative Stanley Kehoe 1,048
Conservative Alison Tull 872
Labour Douglas May 612
Turnout 6,778

References

  1. ^ "Local elections". BBC News. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak "Council Elections – 1 May 2003". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 20 August 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Local council election results". The Daily Telegraph. London. 3 May 2003. Retrieved 16 August 2011.