2003 South Kesteven District Council election
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The 2003 South Kesteven District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of South Kesteven District Council in Lincolnshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained control of the council from no overall control.[1]
Background
Before the election the Conservatives had half of the seats on the council with 29 councillors, compared to 14 independents, 12 Labour and 3 Liberal Democrats.[2] The Conservatives ran the council in alliance with the Liberal Democrats,[2] with Linda Neal taking over as leader of the council from Phil Taylor in 2002.[3]
96 candidates stood for the 58 seats on the council over 34 wards, 15 fewer candidates than at the 1999 election.[2] In 11 wards there was no election as the candidates for those seats were elected without opposition.[2] The Conservatives stood 42 candidates, compared to 20 for Labour, 19 independents, 13 Liberal Democrats and 2 candidates for the Green party.[2]
Election result
The Conservatives gained two seats to take an overall majority on the council with 31 councillors.[4] This came at the expense of the independents and Labour, who both lost two seats to have 12 and 10 councillors respectively.[5] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats picked up two seats to have 5 councillors.[4] Overall turnout at the election was 29.65%,[6] around 3% less than in 1999.[4]
The successful candidates included five married couples, Labour's Dorrien and Neil Dexter, Fereshteh and John Hurst and Avril and Mike Williams, as well as Conservatives Margery and Norman Radley and Graham and Mary Wheat.[4] Conservative gains included picking up a seat in Bourne East, but they did lose three seats to the Liberal Democrats in Stamford St John's.[7] In Stamford St George's the second seat for the ward was decided by the toss of a coin and had Conservative Bob Sandall defeat Liberal Democrat Ray Lee.[7]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 31 | +2 | 53.4 | 43.9 | 15,421 | ||||
Independent | 12 | -2 | 20.7 | 20.2 | 7,103 | ||||
Labour | 10 | -2 | 17.2 | 19.4 | 6,813 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 5 | +2 | 8.6 | 15.5 | 5,438 | ||||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 373 |
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terl Bryand | 443 | |||
Conservative | Paul Morris | 425 | |||
Labour | Mark Ashberry | 352 | |||
Labour | Robert Loomes | 347 | |||
Turnout | 1,567 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Taylor | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Pamela Bosworth | 491 | 82.9 | ||
Labour | Paul Jacklin | 101 | 17.1 | ||
Majority | 390 | 65.9 | |||
Turnout | 592 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Chivers | 441 | |||
Conservative | Nicholas Craft | 441 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jane Carr | 288 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Carr | 232 | |||
Green | Helen Cross | 174 | |||
Turnout | 1,576 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Kirkman | 854 | |||
Conservative | Judith Smith | 636 | |||
Conservative | Donald Fisher | 569 | |||
Independent | Guy Cudmore | 473 | |||
Labour | Derrick Crump | 417 | |||
Turnout | 2,949 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Linda Neal | 715 | |||
Conservative | John Smith | 683 | |||
Conservative | Brian Fines | 659 | |||
Labour | Trevor Holmes | 573 | |||
Turnout | 2,630 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Raymond Auger | 797 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Joynson | 761 | |||
Conservative | Bryan Helyar | 683 | |||
Labour | Helen Blades | 617 | |||
Turnout | 2,858 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neil Dexter | 356 | |||
Labour | Dorrien Dexter | 345 | |||
Labour | Yvonne Gibbins | 290 | |||
Conservative | Madge Allen | 230 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Simon Finch | 143 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Raymond Harding | 119 | |||
Turnout | 1,483 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Manoharan Nadarajah | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Carpenter | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Angeline Percival | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Wilks | 480 | |||
Labour | John Hurst | 325 | |||
Conservative | Donald Atkinson | 245 | |||
Turnout | 1,050 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Parkin | 588 | |||
Conservative | Frank Turner | 542 | |||
Labour | Alan Kane | 217 | |||
Turnout | 1,347 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Taylor | 443 | |||
Conservative | Joan Stokes | 422 | |||
Labour | Erica South | 231 | |||
Turnout | 1,096 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Stephen Hewerdine | 621 | |||
Labour | Michael Williams | 462 | |||
Labour | Avril Williams | 458 | |||
Labour | Clifford Wells | 423 | |||
Independent | Bruce Wells | 410 | |||
Conservative | Peter Stephens | 382 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Julie Hirst | 229 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Martin James | 226 | |||
Turnout | 3,211 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Martin-Mayhew | 513 | 79.8 | ||
Independent | Terence Norman | 130 | 20.2 | ||
Majority | 383 | 59.6 | |||
Turnout | 643 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Elizabeth Channell | 405 | 60.7 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Trollope-Bellew | 262 | 39.3 | ||
Majority | 143 | 21.4 | |||
Turnout | 667 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Selby | 326 | 51.5 | ||
Conservative | William Adams | 307 | 48.5 | ||
Majority | 19 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 633 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Radley | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A.V Kerr | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Galbraith | unopposed | |||
Independent | Reg Howard | unopposed | |||
Conservative | Stan Pease | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Margery Radley | 302 | 53.8 | ||
Independent | Christopher Robinson | 259 | 46.2 | ||
Majority | 43 | 7.7 | |||
Turnout | 561 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Jeffery Thompson | 411 | 68.5 | ||
Conservative | Ian Stokes | 189 | 31.5 | ||
Majority | 222 | 37.0 | |||
Turnout | 600 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frances Cartwright | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Paul Wood | 350 | 55.2 | ||
Conservative | Nigel Parker | 284 | 44.8 | ||
Majority | 66 | 10.4 | |||
Turnout | 634 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Doarkanathsing Bisnauthsing | 714 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Maureen Jalili | 618 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen O'Hare | 574 | |||
Conservative | Michael Exton | 561 | |||
Conservative | David Nalson | 544 | |||
Conservative | Brian Sumner | 475 | |||
Turnout | 3,486 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Charles Burrows | 468 | |||
Labour | Fereshteh Hurst | 296 | |||
Conservative | Janice Clough | 281 | |||
Independent | Harry Thomas | 217 | |||
Green | Margaret Gregory | 199 | |||
Turnout | 1,461 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joyce Gaffigan | 370 | |||
Conservative | Percival Sandall | 340 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Raymond Lee | 339 | |||
Labour | Robina Hill | 307 | |||
Turnout | 1,356 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Conboy | 666 | |||
Conservative | Azar Woods | 486 | |||
Independent | Cedric Cadman | 321 | |||
Turnout | 1,473 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Herbert Wheat | 614 | |||
Conservative | Mary Wheat | 559 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Judith Smith | 398 | |||
Turnout | 1,571 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Nicholson | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Reg Lovelock | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Paul Genever | 649 | |||
Independent | George Waterhouse | 541 | |||
Independent | Thomas Butterfield | 514 | |||
Turnout | 1,704 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rosemary Kaberry-Brown | unopposed |
By-elections between 2003 and 2007
Greyfriars
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Stokes | 166 | 47.6 | −18.1 | |
Labour | 98 | 28.1 | −6.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 85 | 24.4 | +24.4 | ||
Majority | 68 | 19.5 | |||
Turnout | 349 | 12 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
All Saints
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 271 | 40.8 | −14.9 | ||
Labour | 193 | 29.0 | −15.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 186 | 28.0 | +28.0 | ||
Independent | 14 | 2.1 | +2.1 | ||
Majority | 78 | 11.7 | |||
Turnout | 664 | 19.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Earlesfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 219 | 62.2 | +13.4 | ||
Conservative | 133 | 37.8 | +6.2 | ||
Majority | 86 | 24.4 | |||
Turnout | 352 | 8.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
St Anne's
Labour won a by-election in St Anne's ward after the death of councillor Fred Burrows.[12] Labour candidate Lee Steptoe was unopposed after the Conservative candidates papers were found to be invalid, while the Liberal Democrats were unable to find the required 10 seconders.[12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lee Steptoe | unopposed | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Market and West Deeping
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Exton | unopposed | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Truesdale
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Webster | 416 | 42.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 232 | 23.6 | |||
Independent | 171 | 17.4 | |||
Independent | 166 | 16.9 | |||
Majority | 184 | 18.7 | |||
Turnout | 985 | 27.7 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
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- ^ a b c d "Five married couples on council". Grantham Journal. 9 May 2003. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Election Results - English Councils". The Times. NewsBank. 2 May 2003. p. 17.
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- ^ a b c "Toss of a coin decides election". Stamford Mercury. 2 May 2003. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
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- ^ a b c "Labour wins as opponents get it hopelessly wrong". Grantham Journal. 6 October 2005. Archived from the original on 7 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
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