The 2003 Norwich City Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. 16 of 48 seats (one-third) were up for election, with an additional seat up in Henderson ward due to a by-election.
Result summary
[edit]2003 Norwich City Council election[1] | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrats | 10 | ![]() |
58.8 | 20 | 30 | 62.5 | 13,978 | 39.0 | -5.1 | |
Labour | 5 | ![]() |
29.4 | 10 | 15 | 31.3 | 11,176 | 31.2 | -2.0 | |
Green | 2 | ![]() |
11.8 | 0 | 2 | 4.1 | 5,689 | 15.9 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 4,539 | 12.7 | +0.1 | |
Independent | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 488 | 1.4 | +0.9 |
Ward results
[edit]Bowthorpe
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ronald Borrett | 1,102 | 43.6 | −5.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Arundell | 617 | 24.4 | −7.1 | |
Conservative | Antony Little | 603 | 23.8 | +8.8 | |
Green | Beth Brockett | 208 | 8.2 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 485 | 19.2 | +1.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,530 | 29.1 | +2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Catton Grove
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bernard Smith | 630 | 38.3 | −4.5 | |
Conservative | Colin Barker | 491 | 29.9 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Kendrick | 337 | 20.5 | −3.0 | |
Green | Janet Bearman | 186 | 11.3 | +6.3 | |
Majority | 139 | 8.5 | −5.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,644 | 28.9 | −1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Coslany
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | H. Watson | 846 | 42.9 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Strong | 434 | 22.0 | −8.7 | |
Conservative | Ernest Horth | 331 | 16.8 | −3.1 | |
Green | Adrian Holmes | 231 | 11.7 | +3.5 | |
Independent | David Bethell | 131 | 6.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 412 | 27.3 | +15.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,973 | 35.8 | +3.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Crome
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alan Waters | 920 | 50.7 | −0.3 | |
Conservative | D. Lovewell | 425 | 23.4 | −1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Roger Smith | 375 | 20.7 | −0.9 | |
Green | Fiona Dowson | 94 | 5.2 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 495 | 27.3 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,814 | 35.8 | +0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Eaton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Judith Lubbock | 2,164 | 62.9 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | Ian Mackie | 782 | 22.7 | −2.3 | |
Labour | J. Bremner | 338 | 9.8 | −0.4 | |
Green | Neville Bartlett | 159 | 4.6 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 1,382 | 40.1 | +2.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,443 | 55.2 | +1.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Heigham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | M. Verran | 860 | 45.6 | −5.2 | |
Labour | Carol Morrey | 644 | 34.1 | −1.0 | |
Green | Rupert Read | 382 | 20.3 | +14.9 | |
Majority | 216 | 11.5 | −4.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,886 | 33.7 | −2.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Henderson
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Jessica Goldfinch | 1,011 | 47.5 | +6.1 | |
Green | Adrian Ramsay | 991 | |||
Labour | H. Panting | 638 | 30.0 | −0.4 | |
Labour | John Sheridan | 473 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Phillip Bazley | 355 | 16.7 | −5.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anne Stairs | 305 | |||
Conservative | C. Page | 124 | 5.8 | ±0.0 | |
Conservative | F. Leatherdale | 112 | |||
Turnout | 35.7 | −1.3 | |||
Green hold | |||||
Green hold |
Lakenham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Linda Harper | 938 | 48.2 | −0.9 | |
Labour | Charles Sanderson | 657 | 33.7 | −4.4 | |
Conservative | Christine Munroe | 224 | 11.5 | +2.3 | |
Green | Andrew Knighton | 129 | 6.6 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 281 | 14.4 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,948 | 36.4 | −0.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ![]() |
Mancroft
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Diane Lowe | 1,058 | 40.5 | −1.2 | |
Labour | P. Harris | 882 | 33.7 | −5.6 | |
Conservative | Trevor Ivory | 388 | 14.8 | +2.4 | |
Green | R. House | 287 | 11.0 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 176 | 6.7 | +4.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,615 | 38.3 | +4.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ![]() |
Mile Cross
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Victor Elvin | 802 | 49.5 | +2.3 | |
Labour | B. Simpson | 710 | 43.9 | −4.6 | |
Green | Jennifer Parkhouse | 104 | 6.4 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 92 | 5.7 | — | ||
Turnout | 1,616 | 29.9 | −2.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ![]() |
Mousehold
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Nicholas Williams | 778 | 41.3 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Hopkins | 579 | 30.7 | −8.7 | |
Independent | Paul Scruton | 357 | 18.9 | +9.4 | |
Green | L. Freaney | 171 | 9.1 | +5.7 | |
Majority | 199 | 10.6 | — | ||
Turnout | 1,885 | 30.8 | −1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Nelson
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | P. McAlenan | 1,000 | 42.7 | −9.4 | |
Green | Robert Gledhill | 835 | 35.6 | +21.2 | |
Labour | Stephen Cook | 345 | 14.7 | −12.2 | |
Conservative | Victor Hopes | 164 | 7.0 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 165 | 7.0 | −18.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,344 | 42.4 | +4.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
St. Stephen
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Thomas Wells | 1,082 | 49.1 | −2.3 | |
Labour | S. Wright | 534 | 24.2 | −5.6 | |
Green | Stephen Little | 302 | 13.7 | +7.5 | |
Conservative | Richard Wells | 287 | 13.0 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 548 | 24.9 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,205 | 39.5 | −2.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ![]() |
Thorpe Hamlet
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Joyce Divers | 1,106 | 57.3 | −3.8 | |
Labour | Julie Westmacott | 384 | 19.9 | −2.6 | |
Conservative | M. Ivory | 233 | 12.1 | +3.4 | |
Green | R. Farrington | 206 | 10.7 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 722 | 37.4 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,929 | 30.7 | +3.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Town Close
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Derek Wood | 1,031 | 47.3 | −13.1 | |
Labour | Keith Driver | 709 | 32.5 | +6.8 | |
Conservative | John Wyatt | 240 | 11.0 | +1.3 | |
Green | Christopher Webb | 199 | 9.1 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 322 | 14.8 | −19.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,179 | 41.0 | +1.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
University
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ian Williams | 935 | 50.5 | −12.2 | |
Labour | Roy Blower | 586 | 31.7 | +8.0 | |
Green | Katharine Willett | 194 | 10.5 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Dipesh Palana | 135 | 7.3 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 349 | 18.9 | −20.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,850 | 35.0 | −0.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ "Norwich City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. Retrieved 17 July 2021.