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The 2003 Fenland District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Fenland District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999.[1] The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[2]
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Election result
[edit]The results saw the Conservatives easily stay in control of the council taking 36 of the 40 seats, with Conservative candidates having been unopposed in 11 wards.[3] The only ward where any other group won all of the seats was in Waterlees in Wisbech, where Labour took both seats.[3]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 36 | - | - | +7 | 90.0 | 67.5 | 13,088 | ||
Labour | 3 | - | - | -4 | 7.5 | 21.7 | 4,209 | ||
Independent | 1 | - | - | -2 | 2.5 | 6.7 | 1,306 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | - | - | -1 | 0 | 2.9 | 567 | ||
Green | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 223 |
14 Conservative candidates were unopposed at the election.[4]
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Mayor | unopposed | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Butcher | unopposed | |||
Conservative | Pamela Potts | unopposed | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Melton | 304 | 66.5 | ||
Labour | David Biggs | 153 | 33.5 | ||
Majority | 151 | 33.0 | |||
Turnout | 457 | 28.7 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Carol Cox | 245 | 64.6 | ||
Labour | Ann Purt | 134 | 35.4 | ||
Majority | 111 | 29.2 | |||
Turnout | 379 | 23.9 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Denise Laws | unopposed | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Harper | unopposed | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Malcolm Cotterell | 550 | |||
Conservative | Evelyn Green | 486 | |||
Independent | Phillip Webb | 368 | |||
Turnout | 1,404 | 27.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon King | 621 | |||
Conservative | Henry Wegg | 574 | |||
Labour | Lewis Purt | 258 | |||
Turnout | 1,453 | 25.4 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martin Curtis | 239 | 57.6 | ||
Labour | Douglas Costain | 176 | 42.4 | ||
Majority | 63 | 15.2 | |||
Turnout | 415 | 32.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Leslie Sims | 245 | 66.9 | ||
Labour | Ronald Harris | 121 | 33.1 | ||
Majority | 124 | 33.8 | |||
Turnout | 366 | 21.6 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Garratt | unopposed | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Jolley | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bernard Keane | 805 | |||
Conservative | Frederick Yeulett | 674 | |||
Labour | Barry Howlett | 672 | |||
Labour | Barry Wales | 662 | |||
Conservative | Leon Hyde | 624 | |||
Labour | Martin Field | 509 | |||
Green | Christopher Bennett | 223 | |||
Turnout | 4,169 | 29.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Patricia Brewin | 716 | |||
Conservative | Trevor Quince | 641 | |||
Conservative | John West | 633 | |||
Conservative | Kimberley French | 612 | |||
Turnout | 2,602 | 24.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Janet French | unopposed | |||
Conservative | Christopher Owen | unopposed | |||
Conservative | Peter Skoulding | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jonathon Farmer | unopposed | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Cyril Bellamy | 683 | |||
Conservative | Clifford Edwards | 630 | |||
Labour | John Cook | 264 | |||
Turnout | 1,577 | 29.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Elizabeth Carlisle | 295 | 77.2 | ||
Labour | Simon Massen | 87 | 22.8 | ||
Majority | 208 | 54.4 | |||
Turnout | 382 | 22.9 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Humphrey | 851 | |||
Conservative | Brian Hardy | 849 | |||
Conservative | Peter Ward | 810 | |||
Labour | Richard Hibbert | 329 | |||
Turnout | 2,839 | 27.8 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Dickinson | 165 | 39.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Howes | 129 | 30.8 | ||
Labour | Grant Osbourn | 125 | 29.8 | ||
Majority | 36 | 8.6 | |||
Turnout | 419 | 25.6 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ronald Speechley | unopposed | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ursula Cuffe | unopposed | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Green | unopposed | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Albert German | 360 | 61.9 | ||
Independent | Stephen Wilson | 222 | 38.1 | ||
Majority | 138 | 23.8 | |||
Turnout | 582 | 31.1 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Cawthorne | 317 | |||
Labour | Avis Gilliatt | 297 | |||
Conservative | Yvonne Lawrence | 230 | |||
Conservative | Susanah Farmer | 192 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Clapp | 162 | |||
Turnout | 1,198 | 17.7 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Murphy | 353 | 56.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Florence Newell | 276 | 43.9 | ||
Majority | 77 | 12.2 | |||
Turnout | 629 | 35.1 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jillian Tuck | 417 | 79.9 | ||
Labour | Claire Osbourn | 105 | 20.1 | ||
Majority | 312 | 59.8 | |||
Turnout | 522 | 37.4 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ a b "Local council election results". The Daily Telegraph. 3 May 2003. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ^ a b "Fenland District Council results 2003". BBC News Online. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ^ 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 "Election Results". Fenland District Council. Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.