2003 Maidstone Borough Council election

The 2003 Maidstone Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Maidstone Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

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Before the election no party had a majority on the council with the Liberal Democrats on 21 seats, the Conservatives 19, Labour 12 and 3 independents.[3] The Conservatives stood in all 18 seats which were being contested, the Liberal Democrat and Labour parties each put up 17 candidates, the United Kingdom Independence Party 10 and there were 2 independent candidates.[3]

Election result

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Overall turnout in the election was 30.8%.[3]

Maidstone Local Election Result 2003[3][4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 9 2 0 +2 50.0 42.2 10,894 +3.6%
  Liberal Democrats 7 1 1 0 38.9 34.3 8,872 -2.6%
  Labour 1 0 2 -2 5.6 16.3 4,210 +0.7%
  Independent 1 0 0 0 5.6 4.3 1,110 -0.8%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 748 +1.7%

Ward results

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Allington[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Cynthia Robertson 1,169 61.5
Conservative Sally Nicholson 459 24.1
Labour Marianna Polisczuk 197 10.4
UKIP Gareth Kendall 77 4.0
Majority 710 37.4
Turnout 1,902 33.5 −4.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Bearsted[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Allan Bradshaw 1,312 62.2
Liberal Democrats Sheila Chittenden 363 17.2
Labour Jeanne Gibson 332 15.7
UKIP Peter Croughton 103 4.9
Majority 949 45.0
Turnout 2,110 32.5 −7.4
Conservative hold Swing
Boxley[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Malcolm Greer 763 46.1
Liberal Democrats Ian Chittenden 643 38.9
Labour Stephen Gibson 172 10.4
UKIP Margaret Leggat 77 4.7
Majority 120 7.2
Turnout 1,655 25.7 +0.3
Conservative hold Swing
Coxheath and Hunton[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Williams 943 48.7
Conservative Adrian Brindle 794 41.0
Labour John Hughes 198 10.2
Majority 149 7.7
Turnout 1,935 35.6 +0.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Detling and Thurnham[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Horne 485 72.6 +9.5
Liberal Democrats John Watson 123 18.4 −6.2
Labour Raymond Huson 60 9.0 −3.4
Majority 362 54.2 +15.7
Turnout 668 29.7 +0.7
Conservative hold Swing
Downswood and Otham[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Frederick Winckless 470 76.3 −2.5
Conservative Paul Butcher 115 18.7 −2.5
Labour Richard Coates 31 5.0 +5.0
Majority 355 57.6 0.0
Turnout 616 29.0 +2.0
Independent hold Swing
East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Naghi 1,074 54.2
Conservative Alan Warner 623 31.5
Labour Brian Wood 216 10.9
UKIP Anthony Robertson 67 3.4
Majority 451 22.7
Turnout 1,980 31.8 −2.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Fant[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Patrick Schnell 724 43.6
Labour John Morrison 593 35.7
Conservative Joanne Frith 274 16.5
UKIP Stephen Dean 68 4.1
Majority 131 7.9
Turnout 1,659 29.0 +0.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Harrietsham and Lenham[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janetta Sams 709 44.6
Conservative David Marshall 674 42.4
Liberal Democrats Stephen Morris 205 12.9
Majority 35 2.2
Turnout 1,588 39.8 −1.9
Labour hold Swing
High Street[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Fran Wilson 616 47.8
Conservative Scott Hahnefeld 317 24.6
Labour Leonard Burfield 252 19.6
UKIP Terence Kendall 103 8.0
Majority 299 23.2
Turnout 1,288 22.0 −0.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Leeds[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Parvin 536 68.9 −1.3
Liberal Democrats Sarah Gould 141 18.1 +1.9
Labour Elizabeth Stevens 101 13.0 −0.6
Majority 395 50.8 −3.2
Turnout 778 41.5 +5.5
Conservative hold Swing
Loose[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hugh Laing 389 51.9 +0.1
Conservative Michael Oben 319 42.5 −5.7
Labour Edith Davis 42 5.6 +5.6
Majority 70 9.3 +5.7
Turnout 750 41.1 +8.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Marden and Yalding[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Annabelle Blackmore 1,079 62.3
Liberal Democrats Patricia Gerrish 317 18.3
Labour Michael Jackson 252 14.5
UKIP Brian Hogg 84 4.8
Majority 762 44.0
Turnout 1,732 29.6 +0.5
Conservative hold Swing
North[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mervyn Warner 849 58.4
Conservative Jamie Devlin 379 26.1
Labour Keith Adkinson 161 11.1
UKIP Margaret Kendall 65 4.5
Majority 470 32.3
Turnout 1,454 27.8 −0.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Shepway North[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marion Ring 647 42.4
Labour Wendy Marlow 621 40.7
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Samme 196 12.8
UKIP Michael George 62 4.1
Majority 26 1.7
Turnout 1,526 24.6 −1.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
South[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Chell 711 33.6
Independent Alan Smith 640 30.2
Liberal Democrats John Wilson 624 29.4
Labour Allan Rimmer 102 4.8
UKIP Michael Oakley 42 2.0
Majority 71 3.4
Turnout 2,119 36.6 −0.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Staplehurst[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Lusty 883 63.9
Liberal Democrats Thomas Burnham 328 23.7
Labour Michael Casserley 171 12.4
Majority 555 40.2
Turnout 1,382 30.0 −1.6
Conservative hold Swing
Sutton Valence and Langley[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paulina Stockell 524 75.7 +5.0
Liberal Democrats Shona Stevens 168 24.3 −5.0
Majority 356 51.4 +9.9
Turnout 692 31.7 −1.3
Conservative hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Election results". Financial Times. 3 May 2003. p. 8.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Maidstone elections 2003" (PDF). Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  4. ^ "English councils". The Times. 3 May 2003. p. 47.
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