2003 Colchester Borough Council election
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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
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 after the sitting Labour councillor moved to Scotland.[2] The council was run by a cabinet comprising 3 Conservatives, 3 Liberal Democrats and 1 Labour members.[3]
21 seats were being contested, with 2 seats available in Wivenhoe Cross due to the vacancy.[2] 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.[2] Meanwhile, in High Woods, Ian Ringer, defended the seat as an independent after leaving the Liberal Democrats earlier in 2003.[2]
Election result
Prior to the election, 3 Liberal Democrat councillors from Highwoods ward defected and sat as Independents, reducing the Liberal Democrat group to 23 councillors.
Following the election Bob Newman left the Labour group to sit as an independent, reducing Labour to 4 councillors.[3][4] Labour then went into opposition after refusing to work with the Conservatives and a new cabinet was formed with 4 Conservative and 4 Liberal Democrat members.[3]
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 % | +/− | ||
Conservative | 10 | ![]() |
47.6 | 14 | 24 | 40.0 | 11,108 | 40.6 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 8 | ![]() |
38.1 | 17 | 25 | 41.7 | 8,740 | 32.0 | –4.4 | |
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 |
Ward results
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Susan Brooks | 746 | 52.1 | +2.0 | |
Labour | Julia Thomas | 404 | 28.2 | −7.1 | |
Conservative | Sarah McLean | 274 | 19.2 | +5.1 | |
Majority | 342 | 23.88 | |||
Turnout | 1,432 | 24.5 | −6.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Birch & Winstree
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Crowe | 966 | 71.8 | +9.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barry Woodward | 190 | 14.1 | −6.2 | |
Labour | Audrey Spencer | 183 | 13.6 | −3.8 | |
Majority | 776 | 57.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,345 | 31.0 | −8.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Castle
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Jones | 903 | 54.4 | −2.0 | |
Conservative | Pauline Lucas | 404 | 24.3 | +4.8 | |
Labour | Malcolm Cannon | 210 | 12.7 | −1.4 | |
Green | Walter Schwarz | 132 | 8.0 | −2.0 | |
Majority | 499 | 30.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,660 | 28.6 | −3.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Christ Church
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Martin Hunt | 662 | 48.0 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | Roger Buston | 587 | 42.6 | +1.8 | |
Labour | David Canning | 124 | 9.0 | −8.3 | |
Majority | 75 | 5.4 | — | ||
Turnout | 1,379 | 43.4 | +3.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Copford & West Stanway
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Elizabeth Jewell Blundell | 353 | 70.46 | −4.69 | |
Independent | Patrick James Mead | 70 | 13.97 | +13.97 | |
Labour | Anna Geraldine Trudgian | 40 | 7.98 | +7.98 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Scott-Boutell | 37 | 7.39 | −17.07 | |
Majority | 283 | 56.49 | +5.81 | ||
Turnout | 501 | 34.0 | −1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Fordham & Stour
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 | |||
Turnout | 1,108 | 27.6 | −5.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Great Tey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Chillingworth | 645 | 68.6 | +2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Carolyn Catney | 196 | 20.9 | −13.4 | |
Labour | Alan Trudigan | 108 | 11.49 | New | |
Majority | 449 | 47.8 | +16.3 | ||
Turnout | 940 | 42.7 | +2.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Highwoods
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maris Fuller | 417 | 32.3 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Hayman | 408 | 31.6 | ![]() | |
Independent | Ian Ringer[a] | 339 | 26.3 | New | |
Labour | Edmund Chinnery | 121 | 9.4 | ![]() | |
Majority | 9 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,290 | 22.0 | ![]() | ||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ![]() |
Mile End
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Anne Turrell | 589 | 44.3 | +13.6 | |
Conservative | Shahid Husain | 400 | 30.1 | −3.6 | |
Labour | Janet Smith | 171 | 12.9 | −11.8 | |
Independent | Jane Chinnery | 124 | 9.3 | New | |
Green | Mary Bryan | 40 | 3.0 | New | |
Majority | 189 | 14.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,331 | 26.3 | +0.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
New Town
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 | |||
Turnout | 1,395 | 22.9 | −3.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Prettygate
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sandra Gray | 1,044 | 48.3 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | Ronald Levy | 935 | 43.3 | +0.7 | |
Labour | Luke Dopson | 182 | 8.4 | −5.5 | |
Majority | 109 | 5.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,161 | 36.2 | −0.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
St. Andrew's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | — | ||
Turnout | 1,313 | 19.7 | −0.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Anne's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Barrie Cook | 853 | 58.4 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Peter Brine | 295 | 20.2 | −6.1 | |
Conservative | Angus Allan | 283 | 19.4 | +0.9 | |
Socialist Alliance | David Isaacson | 31 | 2.1 | New | |
Majority | 558 | 38.2 | — | ||
Turnout | 1,461 | 22.7 | −2.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Shrub End
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Bourne | 596 | 38.0 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | Alan Scattergood | 530 | 33.8 | −3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Williamson | 408 | 26.0 | −3.7 | |
Socialist Alliance | John Coombes | 24 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 66 | 4.2 | +4.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,568 | 24.5 | −0.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 3.9 |
Stanway
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Lesley Scott-Boutell | 918 | 52.3 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | John Reeves | 610 | 34.8 | +0.4 | |
Labour | John Spademan | 222 | 12.7 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 308 | 17.6 | — | ||
Turnout | 1755 | 28.8 | −5.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Tiptree
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Margaret Crowe | 546 | 35.0 | +17.2 | |
Independent | Anne Burgess | 542 | 34.7 | −0.9 | |
Labour | Alan Mogridge | 415 | 26.6 | +1.2 | |
Green | Stella Barnes | 56 | 3.6 | −4.6 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,561 | 26.4 | −2.6 | ||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jill Tod | 774 | 66.4 | +19.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Una Jones | 238 | 20.4 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Ian Yates | 149 | 12.8 | −5.1 | |
Majority | 536 | 46.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,166 | 30.3 | −2.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
West Mersea
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Margaret Anne Kimberley | 1107 | 63.0 | ||
Labour | Bry Whittle Mogridge | 359 | 20.43 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ronald Charles Laurance Baker | 249 | 14.17 | ||
Majority | 748 | 42.57 | |||
Turnout | 1757 | 30.1 | −0.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wivenhoe Cross
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Adams | 313 | 53.4 | +17.3 | |
Conservative | Eugene Kraft | 264 | |||
Labour | Aulay MacKenzie | 172 | 29.4 | −14.6 | |
Labour | Paul Bishop | 142 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Barry James | 101 | 17.2 | −2.7 | |
Turnout | 544 | 16.8 | −0.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Wivenhoe Quay
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Richard Davies | 488 | 35.6 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Kenneth Rogers | 394 | 28.7 | +5.8 | |
Labour | Stephen Ford | 336 | 24.5 | −8.4 | |
Green | Christopher Fox | 142 | 10.4 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 94 | 6.9 | — | ||
Turnout | 1,371 | 35.6 | −2.4 | ||
Independent hold | Swing |
- ^ The Independent candidate in Highwoods ward was elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2002.
By-elections between 2003 and 2004
A by-election took place on 22 April 2004 after the death of the independent councillor Richard Davies.[9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Ford | 626 | 34.4 | +9.7 | |
Conservative | Anne Quarrie | 614 | 33.7 | +4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Jacobs | 581 | 31.9 | +31.9 | |
Majority | 12 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,821 | 44.0 | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
References
- ^ "Colchester : Hung council on election night". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 2 May 2003.
- ^ a b c d "Essex: Politicians set to slug it out". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 2 April 2003.
- ^ a b c "Colchester : No Labour place on council cabinet". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 7 May 2003.
- ^ "Wivenhoe: Councillor Newman leaves Labour". 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". Retrieved 27 May 2014.