2003 Sedgemoor District Council election
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The 2003 Sedgemoor District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Sedgemoor District Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 35 | +4 | 70.0 | 54.6 | 28,195 | ||||
Labour | 14 | -2 | 28.0 | 21.6 | 11,142 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 1 | -2 | 2.0 | 19.7 | 10,186 | ||||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 983 | ||||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 694 | ||||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 408 |
Two Labour and one Conservative candidates were unopposed.[3]
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Elizabeth Scott | 340 | 48.6 | ||
Labour | Antony Wilson | 155 | 22.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Laband | 135 | 19.3 | ||
Green | Gillian Davies | 69 | 9.9 | ||
Majority | 185 | 26.4 | |||
Turnout | 699 | 46.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Denbee | 459 | 63.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Mansfield | 164 | 22.8 | ||
UKIP | David Willis | 96 | 13.4 | ||
Majority | 295 | 41.0 | |||
Turnout | 719 | 43.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Lamb | 374 | 57.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Gore | 274 | 42.3 | ||
Majority | 100 | 15.4 | |||
Turnout | 648 | 34.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Gilling | 406 | 75.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Helen Mansfield | 132 | 24.5 | ||
Majority | 274 | 51.0 | |||
Turnout | 538 | 32.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Cresswell | 435 | |||
Labour | Bryan Gillard | 427 | |||
Conservative | David Preece | 427 | |||
Labour | Jillian Rees | 356 | |||
Labour | Nigel Parker | 351 | |||
Turnout | 1,996 | 18.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Adrian Moore | 485 | |||
Labour | Julian Taylor | 417 | |||
Conservative | William Cudlipp | 179 | |||
Turnout | 1,081 | 21.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Turner | 633 | |||
Labour | Kathryn Pearce | 586 | |||
Labour | Brian Smedley | 519 | |||
Conservative | John Fulwell | 288 | |||
Turnout | 2,026 | 18.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gill Slocombe | 810 | |||
Conservative | Cyril Avent | 729 | |||
Conservative | Barrie Crow | 667 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Johnstone | 531 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Katherine Hall | 435 | |||
Labour | Elaine Di Campo | 389 | |||
Labour | Elizabeth Leavy | 358 | |||
Turnout | 3,919 | 31.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Graham Granter | 514 | |||
Labour | James Munn | 472 | |||
Labour | William Monteith | 453 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Trevor Webster | 295 | |||
Turnout | 1,734 | 17.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roger Lavers | uncontested | |||
Labour | Kenneth Richards | uncontested |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Clayton | 1,491 | |||
Conservative | Dennis Davey | 1,412 | |||
Conservative | Neville Jones | 1,142 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Petoud | 756 | |||
Labour | Stephen Lester | 450 | |||
Turnout | 5,251 | 40.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Thorogood | 807 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Mansfield | 759 | |||
Conservative | Lousie Parkin | 759 | |||
Conservative | Jacqueline Richards | 697 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Hilary Rose | 670 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Joyce Smith | 633 | |||
Labour | June Thomas | 293 | |||
Turnout | 4,618 | 35.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lily Cartwright | 1,668 | |||
Conservative | Kenneth Dyer | 1,655 | |||
Conservative | David Joslin | 1,487 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Janice Beasley | 658 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Lloyd-Williams | 605 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Joshua Schwieso | 554 | |||
Turnout | 6,627 | 44.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dawn Hill | 1,027 | |||
Conservative | Herbert Elliott | 987 | |||
Conservative | Peter Downing | 897 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Outhwaite | 484 | |||
Labour | Norma Scanlon | 330 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Christina Baron | 319 | |||
Green | Harry Mottram | 309 | |||
Labour | Thomas Scott | 225 | |||
Labour | Brian Corney | 211 | |||
Turnout | 4,789 | 33.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Duncan McGinty | 434 | 75.6 | ||
Labour | Martin Rees | 140 | 24.4 | ||
Majority | 294 | 51.2 | |||
Turnout | 574 | 36.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derick Cooper | 583 | |||
Labour | Jane Whitehouse | 504 | |||
Conservative | Michael Brown | 441 | |||
Labour | David Poole | 437 | |||
Conservative | Beryk Rundall | 389 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Burge | 379 | |||
Conservative | Roger Keen | 365 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Williams | 357 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Bolton | 251 | |||
UKIP | Montague Lucas | 113 | |||
UKIP | Julia Lucas | 110 | |||
UKIP | Sydney Cox | 89 | |||
Turnout | 4,018 | 30.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jane Moreton | 681 | |||
Conservative | Michael Herbert | 482 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Forsey | 326 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Marilyn Wallace | 322 | |||
Turnout | 1,811 | 35.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Derek Alder | 668 | |||
Conservative | Norman Turner | 555 | |||
Independent | Derrick Pedley | 427 | |||
Green | Robert Graham | 316 | |||
Labour | Peter Denning | 200 | |||
Labour | Anthony Mumby | 105 | |||
Turnout | 2,271 | 37.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Filmer | 665 | 79.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Philippa Groves | 174 | 20.7 | ||
Majority | 491 | 58.6 | |||
Turnout | 839 | 45.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Lang | 958 | |||
Conservative | Anne Fraser | 922 | |||
Conservative | John Swayne | 737 | |||
Independent | Anthony Nicholson | 556 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Wakefield | 554 | |||
Labour | Wendy Darch | 405 | |||
Turnout | 4,132 | 38.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Healey | uncontested |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ann Bown | 570 | 76.3 | ||
Labour | William Munn | 177 | 23.7 | ||
Majority | 393 | 52.6 | |||
Turnout | 747 | 43.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Diana Bayliss | 959 | |||
Conservative | Jessica Healey | 948 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Hasler | 419 | |||
Labour | Andrew Merryfield | 378 | |||
Turnout | 2,704 | 42.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stuart Kingham | 516 | 72.3 | ||
Labour | Elizabeth Stretch | 198 | 27.7 | ||
Majority | 318 | 44.6 | |||
Turnout | 714 | 36.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christine Lavers | 391 | 53.4 | ||
Conservative | Bridget Hobhouse | 341 | 46.6 | ||
Majority | 50 | 6.8 | |||
Turnout | 732 | 43.2 |