2003 Aylesbury Vale District Council election

Map of the results of the 2003 Aylesbury Vale council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Independents in grey.

Elections to Aylesbury Vale District Council were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 increasing the number of councillors by 1. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

Results

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Aylesbury Vale Local Election Result 2003
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 30 +3 50.8 48.2 33,685
  Liberal Democrats 25 +1 42.4 40.0 27,968
  Independent 4 -2 6.8 5.2 3,660
  Labour 0 -1 0 5.5 3,878
  Residents Action Party 0 0 0 0.9 604
  UKIP 0 0 0 0.2 126

5 Conservative candidates were unopposed.

By ward

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Aston Clinton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Chapple 1,723
Conservative Carole Paternoster 1,635
Conservative David Thompson 1,493
Liberal Democrats Sheelagh Nolan 809
Turnout 5,660
Aylesbury Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Turner 326 53.0
Conservative David Clarke 200 32.5
Independent Denis Gilford 89 14.5
Majority 126 20.5
Turnout 615
Bedgrove (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Penelope Thorne 1,432
Liberal Democrats Julian Newman 1,404
Liberal Democrats Alan Sherwell 1,324
Conservative John Champion 1,239
Conservative June Toseland 1,188
Conservative Michael Arrowsmith 1,170
Labour Edna Ullmann 225
Turnout 7,992
Bierton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Bernard Griffin 269 46.5
Liberal Democrats Ronald Letts 175 30.2
Conservative Alistair Doe 135 23.3
Majority 94 16.3
Turnout 579
Brill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Valerie Baxter 580 53.6
Labour Joanna Dodsworth 256 23.7
Liberal Democrats Luke Croydon 246 22.7
Majority 324 29.9
Turnout 1,082
Buckingham North (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derrick Isham 630
Conservative Timothy Mills 521
Liberal Democrats Pauline Stevens 484
Labour Christine Strain-Clark 479
Turnout 2,114
Buckingham South (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Liversedge 601
Conservative Hedley Cadd 574
Labour Robin Stutchbury 399
Liberal Democrats Hannah Saul 290
Turnout 1,864
Cheddington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Corry Cashman 558 58.7
Conservative Lesley Pollard 392 41.3
Majority 166 17.4
Turnout 950
Coldharbour (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Hughes 589
Liberal Democrats Chloe Willets 567
Liberal Democrats Zulifgar Ahmed 517
Conservative Philip Collinge 393
Conservative Andrew Huxley 376
Conservative Nicholas West 356
Labour Neal Bonham 198
Independent Christopher Card 80
Turnout 3,076
Edlesborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pauline Hannelly 457 59.8
Liberal Democrats John Brown 307 40.2
Majority 150 19.6
Turnout 764
Elmhurst and Watermead (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Raj Khan 936
Conservative Abdul Khaliq 746
Conservative Jason Bray 725
Liberal Democrats Maria Butler 715
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Puddefoot 690
Conservative Ian West 647
Labour Michael Rowlinson 352
Turnout 4,811
Gatehouse (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Jamieson 474
Liberal Democrats Terence Sherwin 439
Conservative Jane Sale 180
Labour Philip McGoldrick 160
Conservative Catherine West 160
Labour Malcolm Pike 141
Residents Action Party Frank Merrick 83
Residents Action Party Martin Hill 75
Turnout 1,712
Great Brickhill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neil Blake 480 57.1
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Twiss 268 31.9
Labour Brian Ambler 92 11.0
Majority 212 25.2
Turnout 840
Great Horwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Beville Stanier unopposed
Grendon Underwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Cartwright unopposed
Haddenham (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Neil Stuart 1,281
Conservative Judith Brandis 1,215
Independent Chloe Lambert 1,083
Conservative Brian Foster 1,049
Liberal Democrats Richard Moore 991
Conservative Eric Lambden 850
Liberal Democrats Mary Baldwin 849
Turnout 7,318
Long Crendon (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Smith 1,083
Conservative Michael Edmonds 1,064
Liberal Democrats Elaine Stuart 442
Labour Margaret Liggett 374
Turnout 2,953
Luffield Abbey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alison Walsh 555 76.1
Liberal Democrats Laura Takuma 174 23.9
Majority 381 52.2
Turnout 729
Mandeville and Elm Farm (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Denise Summers 828
Liberal Democrats Peter Vernon 764
Liberal Democrats Niknam Hussain 676
Conservative Myles Grandison 467
Conservative Thomas Wilkins 447
Conservative Hugh Williams 445
Labour Henry Gardner 198
Labour Shirley Raw 195
UKIP Gerard McCormack 126
Turnout 4,146
Marsh Gibbon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Metherell 421 53.3
Conservative Michael Hall 369 46.7
Majority 52 6.6
Turnout 790
Newton Longville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Pamela Pearce 493 52.6
Conservative Sally Judd 295 31.5
Liberal Democrats Llewellyn Monger 149 15.9
Majority 198 21.1
Turnout 937
Oakfield (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Patrick 711
Liberal Democrats Glenda Reynolds 675
Conservative Jason Evans 229
Conservative Joseph Cook 222
Turnout 1,837
Pitstone
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Avril Davies 537 68.8
Conservative Paul Garrad 244 31.2
Majority 293 37.6
Turnout 781
Quainton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sue Polhill unopposed
Quarrendon (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Raymond Ghent 400
Liberal Democrats Raymond Humm 366
Residents Action Party David Davies 188
Residents Action Party Elsie Davies 184
Conservative John Carter 99
Conservative Philip Still 82
Turnout 1,319
Southcourt (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Freda Roberts 627
Liberal Democrats David Ralph 456
Independent Alan Price 271
Labour Zard Khan 222
Conservative Louis Altman 109
Conservative Marion Dorrell 95
Residents Action Party Joanne Merrick 74
Turnout 1,854
Steeple Claydon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Griffin unopposed
Stewkley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Jennings 609 70.6
Labour William Lyttle 253 29.4
Majority 356 41.2
Turnout 862
Tingewick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Rowlands 651 73.3
Liberal Democrats Howard Mordue 237 26.7
Majority 414 46.6
Turnout 888
Waddesdon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Morgan-Owen unopposed
Walton Court and Hawkslade (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Steven Kennell 515
Liberal Democrats Ranjula Takodra 452
Conservative Paul Milham 196
Conservative John Wiseman 189
Labour Gordon Richardson 126
Independent Albert McNicholls 117
Labour Tom Watt 105
Turnout 1,700
Weedon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ashley Bond 380 62.1
Liberal Democrats Harold Newman 129 21.1
Labour Margaret Ewan 103 16.8
Majority 251 41.0
Turnout 612
Wendover (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Richards 1,062
Conservative Judith Myers 1,061
Conservative Kevin McPartland 1,032
Liberal Democrats Christopher Peeler 944
Liberal Democrats Gordon Knight 940
Liberal Democrats Jane Rutland 933
Turnout 5,972
Wing
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dorothea Glover 521 65.1
Liberal Democrats Robert Lewis 279 34.9
Majority 242 30.2
Turnout 800
Wingrave
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Peter Cooper 571 64.6
Conservative Colin Smart 313 35.4
Majority 258 29.2
Turnout 884
Winslow (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Ashendon 812
Conservative Angela Rowlands 784
Independent Christopher James 687
Liberal Democrats Sandra Monger 468
Turnout 2,751
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