2003 Broxbourne Borough Council election

The Broxbourne Council election, 2003 was held to elect council members of the Broxbourne Borough Council, the local government authority of the borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England.

Composition of expiring seats before election

Ward	Party	Incumbent Elected	Incumbent	Standing again?
Broxbourne	Conservative	1999	Peter Robinson	No
Bury Green	Conservative	1999	Hazel Jackson	Yes
Cheshunt Central	Conservative	1999	Ray Hannam	Yes
Cheshunt North	Conservative	1999	Len Merry	Yes
Flamstead End	Conservative	1999	Edna Lazzari	No
Goffs Oak	Conservative	1999	Marie Dowsett	No
Hoddesdon North	Conservative	1999	Robert Groucott	Yes
Hoddesdon Town	Conservative	2002	Brian Perry	Yes
Rosedale	Conservative	1999	Amanda Hayward	Yes
Rye Park	Conservative	1999	David Hale	Yes
Theobalds	Conservative	1999	Norman Ames	Yes
Waltham Cross	Labour	1999	Alan McCole	Yes
Wormley / Turnford	Conservative	1999	Brian Hill	Yes

Election results

Broxbourne Local Election Result 2003

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	11	0	1	-1	84.62	60.81	9,884
	Labour	1	0	0	0	7.69	28.04	4,557
	BNP	1	1	0	+1	7.69	7.32	1,189
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	3.83	623

Results summary

An election was held in all of the 13 wards on 1 May 2003.

The British National Party gained 1 seat from the Conservative Party in Rosedale Ward

The new political balance of the council following this election was:

• Conservative 34 seats
• Labour 2 seats
• Independent 1 seat
• British National Party 1 seat

Ward results

Broxbourne Ward Result 1 May 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Perry	898	68.24
	Liberal Democrats	Kirstie De Rivaz	227	17.25
	Labour	James Bolden	191	14.51
Majority			671
Turnout			1,316
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bury Green Ward Result 1 May 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hazel Jackson	748	58.44
	Labour	Alexander McInnes	532	41.56
Majority			216
Turnout			1,280
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cheshunt Central Ward Result 1 May 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Hannam	815	53.72
	Labour	Richard Greenhill	304	20.04
	BNP	Ian Seeby	242	15.95
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Gould	156	10.29
Majority			511
Turnout			1,517
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cheshunt North Ward Result 1 May 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leonard Merry	629	42.99
	BNP	John Cope	451	30.83
	Labour	Sylvia Courtnage	383	26.18
Majority			178
Turnout			1,463
	Conservative hold		Swing

Flamstead End Ward Result 1 May 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Suzanne Ball-Greenwood	823	77.13
	Labour	Neil Harvey	244	22.87
Majority			579
Turnout			1,067
	Conservative hold		Swing

Goffs Oak Ward Result 1 May 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Pearce	1,184	84.03
	Labour	Malcolm Theobald	225	15.97
Majority			959
Turnout			1,409
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hoddesdon North Ward Result 1 May 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Groucott	911	74.37
	Labour	Arthur Hillyard	314	25.63
Majority			597
Turnout			1,225
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hoddesdon Town Ward Result 1 May 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Burdett	602	56.42
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Porrer	240	22.49
	Labour	Hugh Kelly	225	21.09
Majority			362
Turnout			1,067
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rosedale Ward Result 1 May 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Ramon Johns	496	48.44
	Conservative	Mandy Hayward	346	33.79
	Labour	Christopher Simonovitch	182	17.77
Majority			150
Turnout			1,024
	BNP gain from Conservative		Swing

Rye Park Ward Result 1 May 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Hale	714	53.32
	Labour	Annette Marples	625	46.68
Majority			89
Turnout			1,339
	Conservative hold		Swing

Theobalds Ward Result 1 May 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Ames	936	72.11
	Labour	Ronald McCole	362	27.89
Majority			574
Turnout			1,298
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waltham Cross Ward Result 1 May 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan McCole	617	55.54
	Conservative	Christine Mitchell	494	44.46
Majority			123
Turnout			1,111
	Labour hold		Swing

Wormley / Turnford Ward Result 1 May 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Hill	784	68.95
	Labour	Edward Hopwood	353	31.05
Majority			431
Turnout			1,137
	Conservative hold		Swing