The 2003 South Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of South Oxfordshire District Council, a non-metropolitan district council in Oxfordshire, England. This was part of the wider 2003 UK local elections. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 reducing the number of seats by 2.[1] The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.[2]
Election result
[edit]The results saw the Conservatives take control from the Liberal Democrat and Labour coalition that had run the council before the election.[3] This was the first time the Conservatives had controlled the council since 1995 and came after they made 5 gains to hold 27 of the 48 seats on the council.[3][4] The Liberal Democrats lost eight seats, including the council chairman John Griffin in Crowmarsh ward and the council leader Jan Morgan.[5] Meanwhile, Labour also lost three seats including the cabinet member for finance Nick Hards.[5] However the Henley Residents Group gained seats, picking up all 4 seats for Henley.[5] Overall turnout in the election was 35.13%,[6] after voting hours had been extended in an attempt to increase turnout.[7]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 27 | +5 | 56.3 | 47.1 | 27,821 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 9 | -8 | 18.8 | 29.3 | 17,291 | ||||
Labour | 4 | -3 | 8.3 | 11.1 | 6,563 | ||||
Independent | 4 | 0 | 8.3 | 5.9 | 3,500 | ||||
Henley Residents Group | 4 | +4 | 8.3 | 5.1 | 3,029 | ||||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 874 |
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dorothy Brown | 530 | 74.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Savory | 105 | 14.8 | ||
Labour | Timothy Savory | 76 | 10.7 | ||
Majority | 425 | 59.7 | |||
Turnout | 711 | 38.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Susan Cooper | 862 | |||
Conservative | Felix Bloomfield | 791 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Booker | 787 | |||
Conservative | Patrick Loughran | 554 | |||
Turnout | 2,994 | 38.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Cotton | 825 | |||
Conservative | Philip Cross | 764 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Marc Hiles | 583 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Carole Heath-Whyte | 490 | |||
Labour | Kenneth Hall | 325 | |||
Labour | Michael Hall | 229 | |||
Turnout | 3,216 | 39.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mary Greene | 521 | 56.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jane Fishwick | 395 | 43.1 | ||
Majority | 126 | 13.8 | |||
Turnout | 916 | 46.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Turner | 510 | 60.6 | ||
Conservative | Ann Pritchard | 284 | 33.8 | ||
Labour | Paul Collins | 47 | 5.6 | ||
Majority | 226 | 26.8 | |||
Turnout | 841 | 38.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julian Thomson | 438 | 67.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Felicity Chancellor | 212 | 32.6 | ||
Majority | 226 | 34.8 | |||
Turnout | 650 | 34.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Linda Cameron | 688 | |||
Independent | Patricia Haywood | 523 | |||
Conservative | David Heaven | 513 | |||
Independent | Martin Wright | 509 | |||
Independent | Eric Stanley | 227 | |||
Labour | Julie Marfleet | 180 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Cockayne | 151 | |||
Turnout | 2,791 | 32.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patricia Dawe | 727 | |||
Conservative | Andrea Leadsom | 682 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Janet Morgan | 671 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Josephine Clyde | 628 | |||
Turnout | 2,708 | 35.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Jennings | 402 | 53.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Griffin | 346 | 46.3 | ||
Majority | 56 | 7.4 | |||
Turnout | 748 | 41.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Flood | 552 | |||
Independent | Sara Davidson | 438 | |||
Conservative | Alan Thompson | 419 | |||
Labour | Mark Fysh | 391 | |||
Labour | Shirley Brown | 381 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Emma Beszant | 204 | |||
Turnout | 2,385 | 31.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Service | 509 | |||
Conservative | Colin Daukes | 498 | |||
Conservative | Marcus Harris | 478 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Parry | 473 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Jones | 468 | |||
Labour | Nicholas Hards | 435 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Worgan | 420 | |||
Labour | Philippa Giaretta | 409 | |||
Labour | William Atkinson | 402 | |||
Turnout | 4,092 | 26.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael McNulty | 416 | |||
Labour | David Giaretta | 388 | |||
Conservative | Roger Jeffreys | 265 | |||
Conservative | Roger Hawlor | 261 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Miranda Jennings | 172 | |||
Turnout | 1,502 | 21.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Davies | 665 | |||
Labour | Eleanor Hards | 630 | |||
Conservative | Marie Flood | 480 | |||
Conservative | Lyndon Elias | 442 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Lee Thacker | 197 | |||
Green | David Brooks-Saxl | 169 | |||
Turnout | 2,583 | 30.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Purse | 585 | 66.5 | ||
Conservative | John Walsh | 295 | 33.5 | ||
Majority | 290 | 33.0 | |||
Turnout | 880 | 37.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ann Tomline | 471 | 60.4 | ||
Conservative | Michael Belcher | 309 | 39.6 | ||
Majority | 162 | 20.8 | |||
Turnout | 780 | 35.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Elizabeth Ducker | 1,222 | |||
Conservative | Pearl Slatter | 1,117 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alice Harrison | 640 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Caroline Wardle | 590 | |||
Green | James Norman | 309 | |||
Turnout | 3,878 | 45.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Nowell-Smith | 419 | 46.5 | ||
Conservative | Frank Nixey | 333 | 36.9 | ||
Labour | Malcolm Newdick | 92 | 10.2 | ||
Green | Alistair Morris | 58 | 6.4 | ||
Majority | 86 | 9.6 | |||
Turnout | 902 | 44.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick Greene | 662 | 68.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jancis Smith | 203 | 21.0 | ||
Labour | Jeremy Goff | 103 | 10.6 | ||
Majority | 459 | 47.4 | |||
Turnout | 968 | 46.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Henley Residents Group | Kenneth Arlett | 779 | |||
Henley Residents Group | Gillian Zakss | 710 | |||
Conservative | Nigel Spencer-Jones | 621 | |||
Conservative | Bruce Harrison | 563 | |||
Green | Aidan Carlisle | 142 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Pinfield | 142 | |||
Turnout | 2,957 | 35.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Henley Residents Group | Terry Buckett | 895 | |||
Henley Residents Group | Barry Wood | 645 | |||
Conservative | Alan Rooke | 439 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Lane | 417 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Noel Snell | 339 | |||
Green | Susan Miles | 145 | |||
Turnout | 2,880 | 35.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Stimson | 275 | 45.8 | ||
Conservative | Rolien Tremain | 208 | 34.7 | ||
Labour | William Atkinson | 66 | 11.0 | ||
Green | David Scott | 51 | 8.5 | ||
Majority | 67 | 11.1 | |||
Turnout | 600 | 28.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Rudge | 973 | |||
Conservative | Malcolm Leonard | 945 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Emily Cooper | 339 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Curl | 287 | |||
Turnout | 2,544 | 35.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Donald Naish | 983 | |||
Conservative | Henry Kemp | 908 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mary Martyn-Johns | 399 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Wardle | 335 | |||
Turnout | 2,625 | 33.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Bretherton | 526 | |||
Conservative | Patrick Welply | 471 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jeneva Paul | 418 | |||
Conservative | Nicholas Carter | 416 | |||
Labour | Euan Aitken | 222 | |||
Labour | Christopher Chandler | 201 | |||
Turnout | 2,254 | 27.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ann Midwinter | 825 | |||
Conservative | David Dodds | 642 | |||
Labour | Mary Stiles | 566 | |||
Conservative | Ana Choudhury | 460 | |||
Turnout | 2,493 | 33.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Denis Strange | 978 | |||
Conservative | Nigel Moor | 607 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Norah Laurie | 581 | |||
Conservative | John Cohen | 363 | |||
Turnout | 2,529 | 35.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Mann | 835 | |||
Conservative | David Sloan | 803 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jane Fleming | 741 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Snell | 617 | |||
Turnout | 2,996 | 40.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Roger Bell | 674 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Gray | 638 | |||
Conservative | John Hamer | 566 | |||
Conservative | Diana Ludlow | 487 | |||
Labour | Matthew Andrews | 184 | |||
Labour | Daniel Ferrett | 155 | |||
Turnout | 2,704 | 33.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Quinton | 553 | 58.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Robin Peirce | 398 | 41.9 | ||
Majority | 155 | 16.2 | |||
Turnout | 951 | 49.3 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
- ^ a b "Election Results". The Times. 2 May 2003. p. 17.
- ^ a b "Tories win South Oxfordshire". BBC News Online. 2 May 2003. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
- ^ "Good night for Tories". Reading Post. 2 May 2003. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
- ^ a b c "South Oxfordshire: Conservatives sweep back to power". thisisoxfordshire. 2 May 2003. Archived from the original on 2 May 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
- ^ 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 ad ae "Past local elections results". South Oxfordshire District Council. Archived from the original on 15 February 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
- ^ "Will ballot trials woo back voters?". BBC News Online. 25 April 2003. Retrieved 1 June 2010.