Elections to Herefordshire Council were held on 1 May 2003, along with other local elections in England and Scotland. Due to prior boundary reviews, all 38 wards were contested - with each ward electing either one two or three members to the council, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2007. The council remained in no overall control, with the Conservative Party replacing the Liberal Democrats as the largest party on the council, winning 20 out of a total of 56 seats on the council.
Result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 20 | n/c | 35.71 | 31.89 | 36,515 | -10.11 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 16 | -5 | 28.57 | 26.50 | 30,344 | -4.90 | |||
Independent | 15 | +8 | 26.79 | 28.85 | 33,028 | +15.85 | |||
Labour | 4 | n/c | 7.14 | 6.26 | 7,172 | -0.96 | |||
No description | 1 | +1 | 1.79 | 2.38 | 2,721 | New | |||
Green | 0 | -1 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4,574 | -0.30 | |||
UKIP | 0 | n/c | 0.00 | 0.12 | 138 | New |
The overall turnout was 60.80% with a total of 114,492 valid votes cast. A total of 2,808 ballots were rejected.
Council Composition
[edit]Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
21 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
Liberal Democrats | Conservative | Independent | Labour | G |
After the election, the composition of the council was:
20 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 1 |
Conservative | Liberal Democrats | Independent | Labour | NL |
G - Green Party
NL - No description
Ward Results
[edit]Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. Councillors seeking re-election were first elected in 2000, and these results are therefore compared to that year's polls. All results are listed below:[1]
Aylestone
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Denis Brian Wilcox | 900 | 19.69 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alan Lloyd Williams | 873 | 19.10 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Andrews* | 814 | 17.80 | ||
Conservative | Peter Stanton Berry | 614 | 13.43 | ||
Independent | Diane Margaret Walker | 492 | 10.76 | ||
Independent | James Francis Knipe | 448 | 9.80 | ||
Green | Anna Milne | 248 | 5.42 | ||
Green | Alison Dorothy Harrington | 183 | 4.00 | ||
Majority | 59 | 1.30 | |||
Turnout | 4,572 | 54.05 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Backbury
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Josephine Elisabeth Pemberton* | 680 | 48.89 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Gilbert | 521 | 37.45 | ||
Independent | Graham Ronald Baker | 190 | 13.66 | ||
Majority | 159 | 11.44 | |||
Turnout | 1,391 | 60.52 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Belmont
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Philip James Edwards | 1,396 | 18.26 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Walter Newman* | 1,140 | 14.91 | ||
Independent | Glenda Ann Powell | 992 | 12.97 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Ann Carwardine | 887 | 11.60 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kevin John Charles Wargen | 808 | 10.56 | ||
Independent | Arthur Graham Morgan | 757 | 9.90 | ||
Conservative | Susan Diane Trout | 467 | 6.12 | ||
Labour | Barbara Ann Evans | 361 | 4.72 | ||
Labour | John Arthur Hitchin | 341 | 4.46 | ||
Labour | David Stewart Thomson | 259 | 3.39 | ||
Conservative | Allan Bright Lloyd | 238 | 3.11 | ||
Majority | 105 | 1.37 | |||
Turnout | 7,646 | 47.74 | |||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Bircher
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Luis Sebastian Bowen | 1,030 | 65.77 | ||
Conservative | Pauline Robinson | 536 | 34.23 | ||
Majority | 494 | 31.54 | |||
Turnout | 1,566 | 72.51 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Bringsty
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas William Hunt* | 598 | 43.36 | ||
Independent | Joan Anne Dauncey | 364 | 26.40 | ||
Independent | William Albert Gibbard | 295 | 21.39 | ||
Labour | David John Goodman | 122 | 8.85 | ||
Majority | 69 | 5.01 | |||
Turnout | 1,379 | 64.68 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bromyard
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Bernard Hunt | 768 | 21.74 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter John Dauncey | 766 | 21.68 | ||
Conservative | Richard Edward James* | 694 | 19.64 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Leslie Mervyn Henson Andrews* | 578 | 16.36 | ||
Conservative | Carole Surman | 446 | 12.63 | ||
Independent | John Bernard Haycock | 207 | 5.86 | ||
Independent | Tracy Michael Paton | 74 | 2.09 | ||
Majority | 72 | 2.04 | |||
Turnout | 3,533 | 55.46 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Andrews previously served as a cllr for Three Elms. Both Haycock and Paton previously stood as BNP candidates.
Burghill, Holmer & Lyde
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sally Jane Robertson | 915 | 58.54 | ||
Conservative | James Richard Makin* | 490 | 31.35 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mary Ida Short | 158 | 10.11 | ||
Majority | 425 | 27.19 | |||
Turnout | 1,563 | 36.02 | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Makin previously served as cllr for Dinmore Hill
Castle
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John William Hope | 984 | 59.42 | ||
Independent | Martin Powell | 672 | 40.58 | ||
Majority | 872 | 40.58 | |||
Turnout | 1,656 | 69.80 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Central
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David John Fleet* | 373 | 37.37 | ||
Conservative | Patricia Edith Paul | 208 | 20.84 | ||
Independent | Mark Edward Sayce | 151 | 15.13 | ||
Labour | Harold E Bayley | 133 | 13.33 | ||
Green | David Gillett | 133 | 13.33 | ||
Majority | 165 | 16.53 | |||
Turnout | 998 | 53.74 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Credenhill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert Ivor Matthews* | 819 | 55.40 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Crispin Lawrence Mark Abel | 459 | 31.06 | ||
Conservative | Robin Baldry | 200 | 13.54 | ||
Majority | 259 | 17.52 | |||
Turnout | 1,478 | 61.78 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Frome
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Michael Manning | 792 | 46.67 | ||
Green | Guy Harry Morgan Woodford* | 767 | 45.20 | ||
UKIP | Christopher Rupert Kingsley | 138 | 8.13 | ||
Majority | 25 | 1.47 | |||
Turnout | 1,697 | 70.46 | |||
Conservative gain from Green | Swing |
Golden Cross with Weobley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hutcheson Ruell Goodwin* | 809 | 50.69 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lucy Ann Hurds | 632 | 39.60 | ||
Independent | Stephen David Grist | 155 | 9.71 | ||
Majority | 177 | 11.09 | |||
Turnout | 1,596 | 68.78 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Cllr Goodwin previously served as councillor for Weobley.
Golden Valley North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nigel John James Davies | 526 | 36.33 | ||
Independent | Brendan Charles Treanor | 467 | 32.25 | ||
Liberal Democrats | June Margaret Pickering | 455 | 31.42 | ||
Majority | 59 | 4.08 | |||
Turnout | 1,448 | 65.98 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Cllr Davies previously served as councillor for Merbach.
Golden Valley South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Berisford Williams | 628 | 41.78 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Mary Houston | 504 | 33.53 | ||
Conservative | Raymond Maxwell Chillington | 371 | 24.69 | ||
Majority | 124 | 8.25 | |||
Turnout | 1,503 | 67.80 | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Hagley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert Michael Wilson | 607 | 41.75 | ||
Conservative | David William Greenow | 503 | 34.59 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alexander Paul George Wenyon | 344 | 23.66 | ||
Majority | 104 | 7.16 | |||
Turnout | 1,454 | 58.31 | |||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Hampton Court
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Gordon Grumbley | 660 | 46.48 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael John Kimbery* | 485 | 34.15 | ||
Independent | Edward George Bevan | 275 | 19.37 | ||
Majority | 175 | 12.33 | |||
Turnout | 1,420 | 67.98 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Hollington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | William John Stuart Thomas* | 351 | 35.28 | ||
Independent | Gerald Dawe | 259 | 26.03 | ||
Independent | Audrey Jennifer Layton | 247 | 24.82 | ||
Conservative | Phillip Bernard Howells | 138 | 13.87 | ||
Majority | 92 | 9.25 | |||
Turnout | 995 | 67.77 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Hope End
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roy Vincent Stockton* | 1,554 | 30.71 | ||
Conservative | Rees Mills* | 1,469 | 29.03 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Terence Leonard Kimberley White | 785 | 15.52 | ||
Green | Katrina Emma Turnbull | 681 | 13.46 | ||
Green | Mark Robert Davies | 571 | 11.28 | ||
Majority | 684 | 13.51 | |||
Turnout | 5,060 | 64.47 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Kerne Bridge
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ruth Frances Lincoln | 863 | 66.59 | ||
Conservative | James Hinton Alexander | 433 | 33.41 | ||
Majority | 430 | 33.18 | |||
Turnout | 1,296 | 55.60 | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Kington Town
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Terence Morgan James | 576 | 38.10 | ||
Independent | Allan William Lloyd | 550 | 36.37 | ||
Conservative | Elizabeth Christine Shayler | 386 | 25.53 | ||
Majority | 26 | 1.73 | |||
Turnout | 1,512 | 67.19 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Cllr James previously served as councillor for Kington.
Ledbury
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Donald William Rule* | 1,791 | 19.16 | ||
Conservative | Peter Edward Harling* | 1.762 | 18.85 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Barry Frank Ashton* | 1,496 | 16.00 | ||
Independent | Michael Holcroft | 1,272 | 13.61 | ||
Conservative | Mary Edna Cooper | 1,186 | 12.69 | ||
Jacqueline Kay Swinburne | 982 | 10.50 | |||
Conservative | Jonathan Richard Mills | 859 | 9.19 | ||
Majority | 224 | 2.39 | |||
Turnout | 9,348 | 57.54 | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
This ward previously only elected two members to the council. Both Cllrs Harling and Ashton served in the Ledbury ward, whilst Cllr Rule served as a councillor for Marcle Ridge.
Leominster North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | June Patricia French | 996 | 26.65 | ||
Conservative | Peter Jones | 995 | 26.63 | ||
Labour | Peter John Goody | 527 | 14.10 | ||
Labour | Pamela Anne Smith | 443 | 11.86 | ||
Independent | Patricia Catherine Hales | 401 | 10.73 | ||
Independent | David Athelstan Romilly Martin | 375 | 10.03 | ||
Majority | 468 | 12.53 | |||
Turnout | 3,737 | 49.29 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Leominster South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dick Burke* | 1,082 | 25.69 | ||
Labour | John Parry Thomas* | 880 | 20.89 | ||
Conservative | Catherine Mary Fothergill | 673 | 15.98 | ||
Labour | Ann Elizabeth Leedham-Smith | 364 | 8.64 | ||
Green | Julie Anne Howard Haslam | 313 | 7.43 | ||
Independent | Susan Elizabeth Wright | 305 | 7.24 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ashley James Bowkett | 304 | 7.22 | ||
Green | Joan Thwaites | 291 | 6.91 | ||
Majority | 207 | 4.91 | |||
Turnout | 53.73 | 4,212 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Both Cllrs Burke and Thomas previously served as councillors for Leominster East & South prior to the election.
Llangarron
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jennifer Ann Hyde | 755 | 51.33 | ||
Independent | Tony Dudfield | 446 | 30.32 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lorraine Fletcher | 270 | 18.35 | ||
Majority | 309 | 21.01 | |||
Turnout | 1,471 | 60.83 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Mortimer
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lillian Olwyn Barnett* | 942 | 62.14 | ||
Green | John Charlton Gaunt | 222 | 14.64 | ||
Independent | Steve Dawson | 209 | 13.79 | ||
Labour | John Ernest Howard Smith | 143 | 9.43 | ||
Majority | 720 | 47.50 | |||
Turnout | 1,516 | 66.41 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Old Gore
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John William Edwards* | 871 | 60.15 | ||
Conservative | Charles Nigel Kenyon | 577 | 39.85 | ||
Majority | 294 | 20.30 | |||
Turnout | 1,448 | 64.18 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Penyard
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harry Bramer | 892 | 53.19 | ||
Independent | Eunice May Saunders* | 785 | 46.81 | ||
Majority | 107 | 6.38 | |||
Turnout | 1,677 | 69.39 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Pontrilas
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Godfrey William Davis | 904 | 54.16 | ||
Conservative | Anthony Robert Phillips | 765 | 45.84 | ||
Majority | 139 | 8.32 | |||
Turnout | 1,669 | 65.34 | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Ross-on-Wye East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Anne Elizabeth Gray | 921 | 28.43 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Cynthia Joyce Davis* | 904 | 27.90 | ||
Conservative | Nigel Thomas Gibbs | 711 | 21.94 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Derek Bedford | 704 | 21.73 | ||
Majority | 193 | 5.96 | |||
Turnout | 3,240 | 56.04 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Ross-on-Wye West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mark Robert Cunningham* | 746 | 19.03 | ||
Conservative | Gordon Lucas | 736 | 18.77 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anthony John Allen* | 709 | 18.09 | ||
Conservative | Phillip Grenfell Haydn Cutter | 653 | 16.66 | ||
Independent | Marilyn Ann Teague | 653 | 16.66 | ||
Independent | John William Davies | 423 | 10.79 | ||
Majority | 27 | 0.68 | |||
Turnout | 3,920 | 51.71 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
St. Martins & Hinton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Christopher Richard Chappell* | 1,265 | 14.26 | ||
Labour | Robert Preece* | 1,222 | 13.77 | ||
Labour | Winefride Ursula Attfield* | 1,152 | 12.98 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Aubrey Thomas Oliver | 1,035 | 11.67 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter John Cecchetto | 909 | 10.24 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Linda Diane Griffiths | 811 | 9.14 | ||
Independent | Mark Rone | 693 | 7.81 | ||
Conservative | Martha Ann Ball | 604 | 6.81 | ||
Independent | Janice Cindy Reid | 486 | 5.48 | ||
Conservative | Carol Ellen Courtenay Cranch | 397 | 4.47 | ||
Independent | Anthony Ronald Capon | 299 | 3.37 | ||
Majority | 117 | 1.31 | |||
Turnout | 8,873 | 48.42 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Cllrs Chappell and Attfield previously served as councillors for Hinton ward, and Cllr Preece served as a councillor for St. Martins prior to the election.
St. Nicholas
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Evaline Mary Bew* | 1,105 | 24.88 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Cyril Short* | 1,013 | 22.81 | ||
Independent | Julie Diane Woodward | 840 | 18.92 | ||
Conservative | John Hodges | 534 | 12.02 | ||
Conservative | David Brian Ellis | 491 | 11.06 | ||
Independent | Patrick Henry James | 458 | 10.31 | ||
Majority | 173 | 3.89 | |||
Turnout | 4,441 | 52.59 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Stoney Street
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No description | David Charles Taylor | 636 | 47.46 | ||
Conservative | Marsha Elizabeth Barnsley | 320 | 23.88 | ||
Independent | Michael John Rogers | 276 | 20.60 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Roy Dando | 108 | 8.06 | ||
Majority | 316 | 23.58 | |||
Turnout | 1,340 | 63.32 | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Sutton Walls
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Gerrans Stuart Guthrie* | 612 | 42.80 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Roland Charles Summers | 566 | 39.58 | ||
John Paul Amor | 252 | 17.62 | |||
Majority | 46 | 3.22 | |||
Turnout | 1,430 | 62.97 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Cllr Guthrie previously served as the councillor for Brumarsh prior to the election.
Three Elms
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paulina Averil Andrews | 1,491 | 15.18 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anna Maria Toon | 1,297 | 13.20 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Petula Ann Daniels | 1,156 | 11.77 | ||
Independent | Peter Derwent Evans | 1,074 | 10.94 | ||
Independent | David John Benjamin | 919 | 9.36 | ||
Conservative | Jason Hankins | 867 | 8.83 | ||
Conservative | Arthur George Staton | 802 | 8.17 | ||
Conservative | Marion Kathleen Luscombe | 773 | 7.87 | ||
Independent | Tracy Wood | 724 | 7.37 | ||
Independent | Malcolm Thomas Hankins | 718 | 7.31 | ||
Majority | 82 | 0.83 | |||
Turnout | 9,821 | 49.47 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Tupsley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marcelle Denise Lloyd | 1,544 | 15.51 | |||
Independent | George Vincent Hyde | 1,305 | 13.11 | ||
Liberal Democrats | William James Walling | 1,275 | 12.80 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Basil Cuthbert Baldwin | 1,155 | 11.60 | ||
Conservative | Henry Ball | 1,041 | 10.45 | ||
Conservative | Jane Ann Carter* | 1,039 | 10.43 | ||
Guy Griffiths | 851 | 8.55 | |||
Independent | Stephen Patrick Davies | 583 | 5.85 | ||
Green | Robert Milne | 480 | 4.82 | ||
Green | Anthony Charles Shoring | 387 | 3.89 | ||
Green | Agnes Mary Glen-Bott | 298 | 2.99 | ||
Majority | 120 | 1.20 | |||
Turnout | 9,958 | 57.50 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Valletts
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Philip Guy Turpin | 1,048 | 73.75 | ||
Conservative | Robert Anthony Jones | 373 | 26.25 | ||
Majority | 675 | 47.50 | |||
Turnout | 1,421 | 59.93 | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Wormsley Ridge
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Charles Mayson | 628 | 50.24 | ||
Conservative | Judith George | 381 | 30.48 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lionel John Meredith | 241 | 19.28 | ||
Majority | 247 | 19.76 | |||
Turnout | 1,250 | 64.41 | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
References
[edit]- ^ "Herefordshire election results - Herefordshire Council". Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.