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The 2003 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. This was the same day as the other 2003 United Kingdom local elections. One third of the seats were up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1]
Background
[edit]Prior to the election, two sitting Labour councillors resigned from the party, leaving the Labour group with 4 seats. Don Quinn (St Andrew's) left the Labour group to sit as an Independent, whilst Phillip Hawkins (Wivenhoe Cross) resigned his seat after moving to Scotland.[2]
Before the election the Conservatives were the largest party with 24 seats, the Liberal Democrats had 23 seats, Labour had 4 seats, there were 8 independents and 1 seat was vacant.[3] The council was run by a cabinet comprising 3 Conservatives, 3 Liberal Democrats and 1 Labour members.[4]
21 seats were being contested, with 2 seats available in Wivenhoe Cross due to the vacancy.[3] The remaining 20 seats all had the sitting councillors defending their seats and included the Labour group leader Tim Young in St Andrew's and the Conservative mayor Nigel Chapman in Fordham and Stour.[3] Meanwhile, in Highwoods, Ian Ringer, defended the seat as an independent after leaving the Liberal Democrats earlier in 2003.[3]
Election result
[edit]Prior to the election, 3 Liberal Democrat councillors from Highwoods ward defected and sat as Independents, reducing the Liberal Democrat group to 23 councillors.
2003 Colchester Borough Council election[5][6] | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrats | 8 | ![]() |
38.1 | 17 | 25 | 41.7 | 8,740 | 32.0 | –4.4 | |
Conservative | 10 | ![]() |
47.6 | 14 | 24 | 40.0 | 11,108 | 40.6 | +1.1 | |
Independent | 1 | ![]() |
4.8 | 5 | 6 | 10.0 | 1,563 | 5.7 | +2.0 | |
Labour | 2 | ![]() |
9.5 | 3 | 5 | 8.3 | 5,467 | 20.0 | +0.9 | |
Green | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 370 | 1.4 | +0.2 | |
Socialist Alliance | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 96 | 0.4 | +0.3 |
Before the election one seat was vacant in Wivenhoe Cross ward.
Ward results
[edit]Shown below are ward results according to the council's election results archive.[6][7][8]
Three of the single-seat wards (Dedham & Langham, East Donyland, Marks Tey) were not up for election this year. Neither were three of the two-seat wards (Harbour, Lexden, St John's).
Berechurch
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Susan Brooks* | 746 | 52.1 | +2.3 | |
Labour | Julia Thomas | 404 | 28.2 | −7.9 | |
Conservative | Sarah McLean | 274 | 19.2 | +5.5 | |
Majority | 342 | 23.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,432 | 24.5 | −6.5 | ||
Registered electors | 5,844 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Birch & Winstree
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Crowe* | 966 | 71.8 | +9.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barry Woodward | 190 | 14.1 | −6.1 | |
Labour | Audrey Spencer | 183 | 13.6 | −3.7 | |
Majority | 776 | 57.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,345 | 31.0 | −8.0 | ||
Registered electors | 4,338 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Castle
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Jones* | 903 | 54.4 | −1.6 | |
Conservative | Pauline Lucas | 404 | 24.3 | +5.0 | |
Labour | Malcolm Cannon | 210 | 12.7 | −1.4 | |
Green | Walter Schwarz | 132 | 8.0 | −2.0 | |
Majority | 499 | 30.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,660 | 28.6 | −3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 5,809 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Christ Church
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Martin Hunt | 662 | 48.0 | +6.3 | |
Conservative | Roger Buston* | 587 | 42.6 | +2.0 | |
Labour | David Canning | 124 | 9.0 | −8.3 | |
Majority | 75 | 5.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,379 | 43.4 | +3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 3,174 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Copford & West Stanway
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Elizabeth Blundell* | 353 | 70.5 | −4.7 | |
Independent | Patrick Mead | 70 | 14.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Anna Trudgian | 40 | 8.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Scott-Boutell | 37 | 7.4 | −17.1 | |
Majority | 283 | 56.5 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 501 | 34.0 | −1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 1,475 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Fordham & Stour
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nigel Chapman* | 797 | 71.9 | +9.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Wilma Sutton | 161 | 14.5 | −7.5 | |
Labour | Gary Griffiths | 144 | 13.0 | −3.0 | |
Majority | 636 | 57.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,108 | 27.6 | −5.4 | ||
Registered electors | 4,021 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Great Tey
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Chillingworth | 645 | 68.6 | +2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Carolyn Catney | 196 | 20.9 | −13.4 | |
Labour | Alan Trudigan | 108 | 11.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 449 | 47.8 | +16.3 | ||
Turnout | 940 | 42.7 | +2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 2,199 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Highwoods
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maris Fuller | 417 | 32.5 | +7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Hayman | 408 | 31.8 | −24.2 | |
Independent | Ian Ringer* | 339 | 26.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Edmund Chinnery | 121 | 9.4 | −9.8 | |
Majority | 9 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,290 | 22.0 | +2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 5,854 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ![]() |
Mile End
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Anne Turrell* | 589 | 44.5 | +13.8 | |
Conservative | Shahid Husain | 400 | 30.2 | −3.5 | |
Labour | Janet Smith | 171 | 12.9 | −12.2 | |
Independent | Jane Chinnery | 124 | 9.4 | N/A | |
Green | Mary Bryan | 40 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 189 | 14.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,331 | 26.3 | +0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 5,058 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
New Town
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Fisher* | 767 | 55.9 | −1.1 | |
Conservative | Glenn Bath | 325 | 23.7 | +8.0 | |
Labour | Jane Green | 281 | 20.5 | −6.8 | |
Majority | 442 | 31.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,395 | 22.9 | −3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 6,088 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Prettygate
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sandra Gray | 1,044 | 48.3 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | Ron Levy* | 935 | 43.3 | +0.7 | |
Labour | Luke Dopson | 182 | 8.4 | −5.5 | |
Majority | 109 | 5.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,161 | 36.2 | −0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 6,002 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
St. Andrew's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tim Young* | 813 | 62.2 | +6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Berriman | 270 | 20.6 | −0.7 | |
Conservative | Anne Allan | 184 | 14.1 | −1.6 | |
Socialist Alliance | Jeremy Jepps | 41 | 3.1 | −3.9 | |
Majority | 543 | 41.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,313 | 19.7 | −0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 6,676 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
St. Anne's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Barrie Cook* | 853 | 58.3 | +3.0 | |
Labour | Peter Brine | 295 | 20.2 | −6.1 | |
Conservative | Angus Allan | 283 | 19.4 | +0.9 | |
Socialist Alliance | David Isaacson | 31 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 558 | 38.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,461 | 22.7 | −2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 6,433 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Shrub End
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Bourne | 596 | 38.3 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | Alan Scattergood* | 530 | 34.0 | −2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Williamson | 408 | 26.2 | −3.8 | |
Socialist Alliance | John Coombes | 24 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 66 | 4.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,568 | 24.5 | −0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 6,410 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Stanway
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Lesley Scott-Boutell* | 918 | 52.3 | −0.9 | |
Conservative | John Reeves | 610 | 34.8 | +0.6 | |
Labour | John Spademan | 222 | 12.7 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 308 | 17.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,755 | 28.8 | −5.2 | ||
Registered electors | 6,090 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Tiptree
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Margaret Crowe | 546 | 35.0 | +17.2 | |
Independent | Anne Burgess | 542 | 34.7 | −1.0 | |
Labour | Alan Mogridge | 415 | 26.6 | +1.2 | |
Green | Stella Barnes | 56 | 3.6 | −4.6 | |
Majority | 4 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,561 | 26.4 | −2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 5,908 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ![]() |
West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jill Todd* | 774 | 66.7 | +19.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Una Jones | 238 | 20.5 | +0.4 | |
Labour | Ian Yates | 149 | 12.8 | −5.1 | |
Majority | 536 | 46.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,166 | 30.3 | −2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 3,846 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
No Green candidate as previous (14.8%).
West Mersea
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Margaret Kimberley* | 1,107 | 63.0 | +2.3 | |
Labour | Bry Mogridge | 359 | 20.4 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ronald Baker | 249 | 14.2 | −3.5 | |
Majority | 748 | 42.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1757 | 30.1 | −0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 5,844 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Wivenhoe Cross
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | David Adams* | 313 | 57.5 | ||
Conservative | Eugene Kraft | 264 | 48.5 | ||
Labour | Aulay MacKenzie | 172 | 31.6 | ||
Labour | Paul Bishop | 142 | 26.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Barry James | 101 | 18.6 | ||
Turnout | 544 | 16.8 | |||
Registered electors | 3,246 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour |
Wivenhoe Quay
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Richard Davies* | 488 | 35.9 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | Kenneth Rogers | 394 | 29.0 | +6.1 | |
Labour | Stephen Ford | 336 | 24.7 | −8.2 | |
Green | Christopher Fox | 142 | 10.4 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 94 | 6.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,371 | 35.6 | −2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 3,846 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ![]() |
By-elections
[edit]Wivenhoe Quay
[edit]A by-election took place on 22 April 2004 after the death of the independent councillor Richard Davies.[9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stephen Ford | 626 | 34.4 | +9.7 | |
Conservative | Anne Quarrie | 614 | 33.7 | +4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Jacobs | 581 | 31.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 12 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,821 | 44.0 | +8.4 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ![]() |
No Independent (35.9%) or Green (10.4%) candidates as previous.
References
[edit]- ^ "Colchester : Hung council on election night". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 2 May 2003.
- ^ "Two councillors quit Labour Party". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Essex: Politicians set to slug it out". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 2 April 2003.
- ^ "Colchester : No Labour place on council cabinet". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 7 May 2003.
- ^ "BBC News Vote 2003 Local Elections". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- ^ a b "Colchester Borough Council Elections 1 May 2003 - Results". Colchester Borough Council. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- ^ "Colchester election results 2003". East Anglian Daily Times. 6 May 2003. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "Summary of the number of votes cast and turnout". Colchester Borough Council. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "Wivenhoe: Man defends election call that cost £1, 400". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 17 March 2004.
- ^ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2014.